Life with a ONE year old

What a little sweetie. On July 18th he had more allergy tests done, a back scratch test. Unfortunately his back puffed up like crazy. In addition to ALL of the other allergies (they tested positive on his back too) he is also allergic to RICE, LEMON, GARLIC, LAMB, PORK, and BRAZIL NUTS....... So we are eating a LOT of chicken, fish, corn and potatoes. We are waiting for the RAST results for goat's milk. The Dr is out until Aug 15th, so the waiting continues.

Nicholas is really doing very well. Walking with your finger (or two) and into everything. He is squealing and jabbering like he is telling you something VERY important. Say a little prayer for him.....so we can get the tummy and allergies under control.

Celebrate with FRIENDS

Jacob, Nicholas, Konstantina, Joshua, and Sam.


There is just nothing as good as celebrating with friends. We have been VERY blessed since moving to Florida 2 years ago. Jake and Josh belong to Erin and Joe. We met them in our old neighborhood and realized that we also attended the same church. When Nicholas was baptized they stood up for him as Godparents. We don't get to see them as often as we would like, but they are such great friends! Kontantina "Dina" belongs to John and Voula. From the moment Voula and I met we have been wondering if we were accidentally separated at birth. We have so much in common from teaching to first time momming. All thanks to our neighbor Mary (Voula's grandmother) for introducing us. Sam belongs to Gigi, they also attend our church. Gigi is such a nice person....especially for listening to my ongoing BF and feeding problems with Nicholas. GREAT, great people at our son's first birthday.

Behind the scenes

This is just for you Auntie......here is how it looked. We sure missed you at the party. I know you wanted all the juicy details. We love YOU!

Birthday pictures II

Joshua and Mr. G.....one wanting out and the other wanting in!
Big hug (I mean tackle) from Nicholas to Joshua!
Playing away...Driving Miss Daisy.
Jake and Sam....doing some pirate moves.

The boys in the pool :)

Birthday pictures

Nicholas and Konstantina
The Valentine family with "1" Nicholas
John and Voula.....my wonderful friends and Konstantina' parents
Grammie and Poppie and "1" Nicholas

Happy Birthday Dad dad!

Happy Birthday to my 'other' man! 32 years old....my I feel very young! We went out to eat at Outback on Sunday to celebrate and the ity bity hostess asked if I lived in the area because I was in earlier in the week too! Lovely! Rosemary took us there last Saturday night. It is one of the only places I can eat Gluten Free! Have a wonderful day honey...... at least your got ONE manly present from my dad!
I love YOU!

ONE!!!

I am not sure what order this crazy setup is in but the first picture was this afternoon....Nicholas and his (homemade FREE) cake. It was totally okay for him to eat, I stayed away from all of the allergies...it really had the texture of really spongy angel food cake. I cut it into the shape of a star. Don't worry, for his party we are getting a real cake for everyone else! As you can see from the picture he had cake and frosting everywhere but his mouth. Smart kid it tasted pretty bad!
Happy Birthday Nicholas.....right after he woke up I took this one. He is taking steps left and right. He will walk about 5 steps from person to person and trots right along behind his fire truck. He is so sweet! He did seem to like to frosting.....LOVE that face!
Okay he looks like he is 5 years old! When did that happen? He is such a beautiful boy.....not a baby anymore.....Look at that face!