It's another day in the Vail household. I come home from work, Isabella climbs in her highchair and wants dinner right NOW!! I prepare it, take it over to her and then I attempt to get our dinner started. As I turn around from the stove, I see her with her dress hiked up on top of her highchair in this pose with her mouth shoved FULL of food. I should be mad but I find this behavoir so odd that all I can do is chuckle to myself, grab my camera and capture this moment...because I am in complete shock.
Odd behavoir moment number two: Bob drops Isabella off at school. The teacher, Mrs. Sheerhan says: "Bob, you know all of the kids will be gathered around our circle real quiet and then all of a sudden Isabella will start singing songs to everyone. And then everyone will start laughing and then singing with her." After hearing this - I just had to ask Mrs. Sheerhan in the evening when I picked Izzy up - WHAT songs is she singing? Thankfully, her response was that Isabella sings Twinkle Twinkle little star or ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYandZ...now I know my ABC's, next time won't you sing with me. With a sigh of RELIEF, I SMILE and am thankful she is not singing Lady GaGa's "Poker Face."
NEW MILESTONE: Isabella got tested again for her four allergies - which would include milk, soy, eggs and rice. The last time she was tested was January of 2010. Her results showed that she is now ONLY allergic to milk and eggs. So we went from being allergic to 4 things to 2! What great news!
For the first time in two years, Isabella is no longer drinking formula AT ALL. She now drinks soy milk daily and seems to be taking it well. She is eating more food! I still feel really bad that she can't enjoy the simple things we do such as cheese, pizza, creamy pasta dishes, ice-cream, scrambled eggs, yogurt and so much more. Hopefully in time, she will outgrow these two major allergies just as she has outgrown her allergies to soy and rice.
