We started trying to have children in May 2002. After pursuing fertility treatments, domestic, and international adoption, our daughter Nadia Renee was born on 6-24-08 (at 36w4d). IVF #2 resulted in Ian Alexander, who was born on 12-12-09 (at 34w3d). Oliver Elliot (IVF #3) was born on 8-7-12 (at 31w6d)! Three other pregnancies (in 2005, 2007, and 2013) ended in miscarriage. Our family is complete! We are so thankful for our three miracles!
Our milk consumption lately has been less than usual because I stopped having cereal for breakfast a month ago and because Nadia has been on an apple juice kick lately. We are down to Ian's last two cans of EleCare. They have lasted us a lot longer because I have been giving him a very diluted version of it since he's been doing a pretty good job of eating. I had decided once we got near the end of our supply that I would work on transitioning him to skim milk. A few days ago I started putting a little EleCare into a glass of skim milk rather than water. My plan is to keep putting in less and less EleCare until he's just drinking skim milk. I also am going to start reducing how many seconds I microwave his cup until I get him used to drinking cold milk. I am so very grateful that his allergies seem to be a thing of the past. PTL! Oliver will be turning 1 in 7 days, and I will be switching him to whole milk. With Ian and Oliver starting to drink cow's milk we will be going through a lot more milk in this house each week! Milk is a lot cheaper than formula; I am not complaining!
All of these photos are from at the Treasure Castle Playland on Monday afternoon. Both boys had a lot of fun there. Ian spent 99% of the time playing with the toys and only went down the slide two times. The first time he only climbed up half-way, but the second time he did climb all the way up to the highest tunnels. Yesterday I took the boys shopping during her camp. I plan to take them shopping again today, but I think I'll take the boys back to the Castle on Thursday and Friday as the McDonald's in that city doesn't have a playland. Nadia went to her first camp the week she turned 3 years old (ballet) so I think it's nice if Ian gets to go to the castle as his special thing this week since he's not doing a camp. I am so glad that we won't have any daily commitments (like VBS, swimming lessons, or theatre camp) until next summer because it's exhausting for me. Yesterday we were gone from 12:30pm to 6:45pm as the kids had t-ball at 5:30 after Theatre Camp. Next week the kids will be using bats and mitts for the first time. Last night they worked on learning about the bases in addition to working on their throwing and catching skills.
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