food, museum, & Sam, oh my! =]

For many months now I've been running across a "diet" that supposedly heals the body- anywhere from allergies to MS to autism. It's called the GAPS diet (Gut And Psychology Syndrome) & it's basically cutting out hard-to-process & also non-nourishing foods (sugar, grains, starches, & uncultured dairy) so the gut can heal & therefore, the body can heal. For all our married years, 7!, my honey hasn't felt good. His ailments have gotten worse & no doc has ever found what the problem is. So at the beginning of this month, 17 days ago, we decided to try this "diet" & see for ourselves if it works. Doing nothing wasn't. So maybe trying a crazy diet would.

I myself started feeling better immediately. My head is clearing, my body wasn't bouncing back after this last C-section & now it feels like it's at least heading that way =], & I do think I have more energy- & it's not the kind that's linked to the morning coffee, either =]

The only thing I've noticed about Z so far is he has alot more energy. Almost hyper energy. But more attentive, too, so it's not the ADD kind =]

J. My sweet J. This year has been rough on the poor guy. I've always heard a child will act how he feels. Well, my J was filled with rage. Not the typical 3 yr old tantrums (we're still getting that) but an outright uncalled-for fury. And soon after starting GAPS, his rage stopped, TYJ! =] He also started pooping regularly & alot (TMI?) =]

Unfortunately, my C hasn't felt good at all. Since day 1 he's been miserable. The only thing I can find for reasoning is that he has alot of die-off (the bad gut flora starving to death) & rebuilding to do. Which, if he's been miserable for 7 yrs, he probably does have a lot of bad bugs.

Anyway, you're probably here for pics of the cuties so let's get on with it, shall we?? =]

I had a hankering for hot chocolate the other night so I found a "legal" recipe & made some up. To help fill up the never-full boys' bellies, we dipped bananas in it. It wasn't the best cocoa I've ever had, but it wasn't the worst either =]

The other day I was reading Peter Pan to the boys & we were saying how silly it was that Wendy was sewing Pan's shadow back on. I asked Z "have you ever lost your shadow before?" & he said "yes!" me: "really??" Z: "at the children's museum in the box with the light"... smart boy =]... & so we went to the museum on Wed & lost our shadows (among other things):

Check out S- such a big boy sitting in his stroller =]

S discovered his toes big time this week. He's been crankier than ever but somehow chewing on his toes has cheered him up most of the time
He's also starting to "play"
And today was an impossible 'Alfalfa' kind of day
I finally made it to WM today & got him a feeder net. Loved it! An apple, mmmm =]
And lastly. A biscuit for supper. But no ordinary biscuit, mind you. It's the only way in all my 31 yrs I have been able to tolerate walnuts. See, this diet has already made me a changed person =]