Umm...

Umm...we took in a foster baby on Monday as an emergency case.
He's 14 months old.

So we now have a 12 month old and a 14 month old.

That's all the update we have time for.

xoxo,
us

Bubba is 1! :)

Happy First Birthday to our sweet baby boy!!!

At 12 Months, you...

• have two bottom teeth that are super cute when you smile
• spin in circles while you're standing until you fall on your bottom giggling
• raise your hands in the air like you're praising Jesus
• walk backwards just to show off
• jumped on the trampoline w/ your sisters for the very first time...and LOVED it
• cried when we took you off the trampoline
• have learned how to vrooom a car all over the place
• think mama is the greatest thing since applesauce  :)
• cry when you're the center of attention in the living room and one of your "fans" aka sisters leaves the living room
• holler joyfully for da-da when you wake up, even though you know mama is the sleepy head in bed  :)
• have successfully been able to eat mashed chicken, carrots, cauliflower & sauerkraut mixed into tasty soups w/ broth on the GAPS diet over the last 2 weeks
• have been weaned off your Nutramigen AA formula!!!
• celebrated your First Birthday with da-da, mama, gabi, sara & emma

We love YOU!  You are the greatest little guy on the planet!  We are SO thankful to Jesus for blessing our lives with you.  You are THE BEST thing to ever happen to the Morrows!  Happy Birthday precious little one!  We love you to infinity & beyond!  

GAPS for FPIES?

Our baby was diagnosed with FPIES at 6 months of age.
I can't get into specifics until he's officially ours, but it was a NIGHTMARE to discover this.

We have several specialists working side by side with us to make sure we don't have any more nightmares like that.

In the midst of all this, I have found a wonderful online support group from other FPIES moms.  All like me, exhausted, worried, trusting the Lord and praying for healing for our babies.  And then one of them shared w/ us about something called GAPS diet.  And then other moms piped in saying they had heard about it and were thinking of trying it.

So I started doing tons of research on it.  It sounds like a miracle.
Here's the link w/ the most beneficial info in a language that is understandable  :).

If you were me, would you try it?
xoxo,
mary

Baby is 11.5 Months!!! :)

I'm behind on updating this again...you'd think we had family in town and Christmas or somethin'!  Ha!

Our perfect baby boy, at 11.5 Months, you are...

• still the giggliest little thing we ever did meet!
• cutting your 2nd tooth and hardly complaining about it
• had a "pass" with CINNAMON sticks thanks to Aunt Kimber's homemade cinnamon applesauce (she gave us a case of jars baby!!!)
• running like a sports star!
• LOVE, LOVE, LOVE family worship - especially when daddy sits on the floor with you along with his iMac!  :)
• incredibly fond of Uncle Steve, Aunt Kimber, Ethan & Eli!
• incredibly fond of Uncle Steve's guitar!
• went to your first Christmas party @ Daddy's work and everyone gushed over your cuteness :)
• celebrated your First Christmas!!!
• enjoyed carrying various Little People Nativity toys around the living room all throughout the month of December
• received several gifts from DHS as well as family members
• helped sing Happy Birthday to Jesus by squealing happily along
• had your first snow fall and your second; absolutely LOVED looking at it through the windows, but momma thought it was too cold for you to play
• partook in your first New Years Eve party & were even crazy enough to stay up and welcome the new year in along w/ family & a few friends!  :)
• you are dearly, fiercely, tenderly loved little one...we were so, so, so thankful to be able to celebrate Jesus birthday with you!  :)

We love you to the moon & back,

Your Morrow Family