Monthly Archives: March, 2013

Easter weekend!

We had a super fun weekend of beautiful weather! We were so busy but it was awesome! We went to a birthday party Saturday and TJ had lots of fun playing with the other kids. Pool noodle sword fights in the little bouncy house. He drove a cute little blonde girl for hours. (My little …

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We dyed Easter eggs!

I have so much to do today and I’ve gotten off to a pretty good start, but I’ve just put the boys down for a nap and seem to have lost my motivation. So, I decided to blog instead and maybe sew for a little bit before tackling my monstrous list of to dos today. …

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Ortiz update

I haven’t been very good about updating my blog lately, so here goes (all in one post)! Gabriel’s allergy test results came back and he’s not allergic to wheat! Yay! He is allergic to eggs (duh, we already knew that) but we did find out that’s he’s allergic to the albumin which means he can’t …

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What’s he want?

Tony scored some brownie points tonight. He bought all the ingredients and made a fresh batch of homemade salsa! One of my all time favorites. He did cheat a little and buy some pre-chopped onions but he cut up all the peppers and tomatoes by hand as usual. I can’t remember the last time he …

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Braject 2013 (1st attempt)

4 cups, 3 Days, 2 drinks, and 1 complete bra. I started out with my size, some pattern pieces and fabric. With some hard work and the help of a good friend (lots of help from BW) I managed to complete my first home made bra. Here’s what I did: Laid out my pattern pieces …

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A T1 play date

We met up with other families dealing with type 1 diabetes. The kids ages ranged from 2-4 and the parents D experience from just a couple months to about 3 years. It was really nice to talk to other parents going through the same things we are. There was a lot of discussion about pumps …

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My Saturday morning plan

As always, on a saturday morning, my boys were ready to get up before Tony and I were. This morning I devised a plan to keep them quiet and safe so Tony and I could attempt to sleep in. Here’s what I did: I opened the shades and curtains in their room to let the …

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Just another day

It really is just another day in our lives, every third day to be exact. We had to change out TJs pump port and his sensor today (it was actually the 4th day–don’t tell on us) This is what happens to TJs skin under his sensors. Not pretty, poor kid. We’ve been trying to be …

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