Sam's FSY

Ada had a disco party with her friends.

I made lentils while Sam was away.

Syl wanted to help write in Ada's Book of Mormon journal with me.

Jer dropped Sam off at the UVU FSY, I got to pick him up.  He had a great time and has had a renewed commitment to personal scripture studying. I love this sweet boy of mine and it's an absolute joy to see his spirit grow.

 

Soccer

Soccer is going well this season.  We're almost all the way through and I feel like it's flown by.  Seth is loving playing defense and Sam's done really well despite an allergy/exercise induced asthma attack.  

 

Thanksgiving weekend

So these are the vials that we used over the last three years for Sam's allergy drops.  We're starting shots and I was throwing these away.  This box represents about $7,000.

The day after Thanksgiving, we went shopping for new suits for the boys.  Then we went to the church and set up for a mission reunion for me.  About 7 families said they were coming.  I expected everyone late.... but by 4 pm I'd gotten messages from all 7 families that they wouldn't be able to make it.  That's okay.  I was sad not to see my friends, but my family had a blast playing pickleball, basketball, soccer, some paper activities, and just plain wrestling in the gym with each other.   I got to show Evelyn and Seth how to shoot a basket (I used to play with my Dad when I was younger), so that was fun.

We wore them all out.  We had an excellent sacrament meeting about charity, Unity, and President Nelson's talk about the new normal from a couple years ago.  I don't think my family heard a word of it.  All 4 on the one side of me were out for the count and Seth was brushing my hair.

 

Busy busy

We've had quite the week.

Judy had her another chemo treatment.  She's doing really well.  Feels sick, but the tumors are gone as far as the doctor can see.

Ada kicked two goals in her last game of the season.  She played mid field the entire game.

Seth went on a field trip with school for the first time.  He loved it.  They went to Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point.  He came home and told me how he played in the box with corn and ended up with it in his pants pockets and shoes.  They let them pick out a small pumpkin to take home.  Seth told me not to throw it away because it was for, "Hawaleen." That night he couldn't sleep and the next morning he had broken out in blisters all over his feet.  Sooooo, he is either having an allergic reaction to the corn which he's never tested positive for (he has external outbreaks when he's allergic to something) or he has caught hand foot and mouth disease somewhere in the last week.  I talked to their school and they haven't had anyone report it at their school.  That's the only place that he's been in the last week.... We'll see.  I gave him allergy meds and put his eczema cream on .  That made it not itch at least.  If it's hand foot and mouth, it takes about a week to heal.  If it's allergies it take about 3-4 days.  Today is day 2.

Sam, Evelyn and I all took turns with a fever and head ache.  Sam's class had a reported lice incident.  I checked all the kids, I'm making sure that they are wearing their hair up and spraying their hair with a lice repellant spray for a few weeks just to make sure we don't catch it again. I will say that lice is not nearly as scary now.  It's annoying to deal with, but it isn't scary anymore.

My friend, Silvia, left to go home to Ecuador.  She was only here for a month instead of 6 like she'd planned.  Her English improved a lot in that month though.  Her work called and asked her to come home early, she missed her family so it was easy to say yes.  She said that she wants to apply to BYU's ESL program with her husband so that they can both come study up here and bring her son too.  She'd also like to try to get into the art museum circuit up here.  She enjoyed being here.  She said that with all the Venezuelan immigrants coming to Quito, it's hectic, hard to get employment and scary to let you children leave the house.  Well, we might see her again if their visas get approved.  I admire that she has goals and is willing to jump through the hoops to get to them instead of taking shortcuts.   My Friday was spent running her around to finish up any errands (her son is vitamin deficient and his hair is starting to fall out, we went and found all the vitamins that the doctor asked her to bring home for him), and driving her up to the airport for her flight.  Ada drove up with me and we had a mini date on the way back.  In between, I was going over to mow the Robertson's lawn and Evelyn didn't want to go.  We were dropping her friend off at his house and they invited Evelyn and Seth to stay and play while I went.  Their oldest daughter asked how long it would take me.... I told her that with two people it took about 1 1/2-2 hours but I was on my own this time so it would probably be about 3 hours.  She said, "Just a minute." When she came to the door, she had shoes in her hand and said, "Okay, I'm ready."  She's one of my Laurels that really struggles spiritually.  She's so willing to serve.  I think this will help her as her testimony grows.  Sam and her took turns with the push mower doing the edges of the grass and helped with the leaf blower at the end.

My brother, Seth, came over to host another kid D&D night.  Sam surprised him with a new player.  I felt bad, but Sam had been talking up D&D to our autistic neighbor and he loved it.  Seth has the patience of a saint.  I know it's not easy to try to roll with the punches that kids can throw at you, but he did and it was beautiful.

For Mutual, we had a hygiene night.  Did you know that hygiene is part of the Personal Progress Program?  We did a scavenger hunt in groups, then we talked about each of the items and why they were important.  They were things like soap, deodorant, bras, pads, toothpaste, etc.... we also talked about alternative things they can use ie:salt sticks instead of deodorant, baking powder instead of toothpaste, etc... basically that taking care of your body is important and should be done and there are different ways and things that you can use to do it.  I was surprised at how many people didn't have an answer to why you use deodorant or toothpaste.  Or why you should wash your bras and clothes.  Hmmmmm….. the laurels were  hosting, so we put a lot of 11-15 year old girls on the spot, but it turned out well.  For the fun activity afterwards I bought dollar store eyeshadow and lipstick.  The girls got in pairs and had to close their eyes and use q tips to put make up on each other.  They even did mine.  It was so funny.

We now officially have a new roof.  We've had rain and no leaking, so I think we should be good for awhile.  Our old neighbor was our roofer, they did a great job, cleaned up after, and it only took 3 days.  Roofing is a very lucrative business I think.  About half of what is charged goes to materials, the other half is split between your 3 person crew for a 3 day venture.  (besides taking out money for business taxes and insurance)  Especially if your crew is fast and you have a lot of jobs scheduled.... That's a decently paying business.  I've done roofs a couple of times now.  We could have done it ourselves, but I'm really glad not to right now.  I'm okay with paying someone for this one.  On Friday, we should get our solar panels back on.  I'm excited for that.  That's a big chunk of the need to dos here.  The next one is trimming trees before it snows.

As a side note, Jer was able to get tickets for our family to go to the Conference center for Saturday morning's session of conference.  I'm excited.  Seth will stay with my parents and I'll sit next to Evelyn to keep her happy, but I think that it will be a neat experience all around.

Our week

I like to put pictures with my posts, but not this week.  This week was super fun and very busy too.  Mother's Day was great.  Ada brought me a rose that she bought at school.  Ada also made me breakfast.  Jer made an amazing dinner, and my favorite.... all the kids sang in the Primary program... except for Ada.  She was sick.  They did such a good job and when I asked Ada if she'd sing to me when she got better she said, "Well, I don't know the words to that one anyways."  Funny girl.

We had Emma and her husband Stephen over for dinner Tuesday.  That was so fun.  We caught up and played a game.  I'm looking forward to seeing her a little bit more now that they're close. 

We had our last soccer games for the season.  Ada was super sick, but didn't really tell us how sick until after the game.  Ada got kicked in the ankle and had to come out for a bit, then she told her coach she was ready to play and she immediately made a goal.  That was a good end to the season for her I think. 

My cousin, Amber, got married and had her reception this week.  It was so nice to go.  I saw my Dad's cousin, Randy Rawlins and his wife... I also got to visit with my Uncles Wayne, Chris and Aunt Cheryl.  I saw Elliot, Mitch, Taylor, Kim, Wendee, David, Whitney and I loved it.  I got to meet Whitney's baby for the first time and she's beautiful.  And I got to see Eowyn and her husband.  That was so exciting.  We're planning on an art exhibit outing this summer.

I hosted a craft/play group at our house.  My current 4 closest neighborhood friends came.  One is getting ready to move and two were pretty distracted about upcoming events, so it was pretty funny to see not too much interaction going on.  We did have a discussion on the second coming that was very interesting.  My one friend is married to a Jewish convert and had a lot of interesting input. 

Thursday morning, I was pretty sure that Ada had a sinus infection instead of a cold.  I sent her to school with Tylenol in her to help. Then I called to get an appointment with the doctor for after school. She called me three hours later and said that she was covered in red spots and her hands and feet were swollen.  She was having an allergic reaction to the Tylenol and didn't bother calling me until after her reading group because she didn't want to miss it.  I went and picked her up and called the doctor for an earlier appointment.  Poor girl.... it's 3 days later and she's still having minor allergy symptoms.  I guess she's one of the 3% that react to it that way. 

Friday was my friend's funeral.  When Jer and I got married, I worked at QuicKutz as the clean room lead.  The night shift supervisor was the dad of one of my high school friends.  I knew Tiff quite well and got to know Jared and Jonathan through school and Stake Youth activities.  The Dad, Gil, introduced me to his daughter Heather, who I then hired to work with me.  She was a good friend too.  I liked Gil.  We had daily status meetings and we'd chat when work was slow.  He told me all about his time in the Army and especially about the time he spent on the Korean military bases.  He told me about meeting his wife (who is the sweetest lady ever).  He told me about his conversion and about all the jobs that he'd tried that weren't quite right for him.  He tried being a trucker, but he said he had too many accidents.  He went back to school after the Army and got his Bachelors and his Masters in business management.  He was very proud that he accomplished that goal!  He didn't like the student loans though.  He gave me advice on the guys I was dating and was always willing to share his testimony with me.  At his funeral, I learned that he had two more kids that I hadn't met and had served as Bishop and other leadership roles that he'd never told me about.  He had a stroke about 8 years ago.  He thought it was a little one, but it brought on early onset dementia. It got bad enough that his family couldn't take care of  him at home... eventually his inability to care for himself led to his death.  One thing that I learned from my friend was that no matter what your circumstances in life, family and faith are the things that matter.

Friday we went over to Jer's parent's house to help them lay some sod.  We got there too late to help with the laying, so we trimmed edges, picked up leftovers and sticks, etc... Jer went back on Saturday morning to help out more.

We had been planning on driving out to Mary's house this weekend to celebrate Joseph graduating high school and getting his Eagle.  Unfortunately, they had a nasty cough going around and where we're planning a long hiking/camping trip with Jer's Dad in the next couple weeks, we didn't want to share.  But YAY Joseph!  We love you and are very proud of you!

Saturday and Sunday were our Ward Conference.  We were taught about Family History work, Temples and giving our wills over to the Lord.  My favorite thing said was, "Our will is the only thing that truly and surly belongs to us.  Our greatest sacrifice is giving our will entirely over to the Lord."

Sunday, we picked up a neighbors garbage can that our dog got into.... then we went to take brownies and a gift to Sam's good friend Deacon.  Their family is moving to Mexico for a couple of years.  Sweet hearted Sam is pretty sad.  He gave him a copy of The Indian in the Cupboard with his address in the cover so that they can be pen pals.  Then we came home and watched CoCo.  The kids had seen it, but I rather enjoyed it. 

Seth too

Seth has had bad eczema that has been getting worse. I've tried doing everything I can think of to help it go away. Finally I took him into the allergenist to get tested. He is allergic to corn, peanuts and cats. Corn is in everything. And his cat follows him everywhere.

Allergy testing

Our allergies have been an interesting thing in our family. Sam has always had a lot of allergies. Through a lot of things that we've gone through his allergies have gotten better. But as they change sometimes new ones pop up. He is still mildly allergic to eggs. But his newest one is now grass and hay. This is the first time we've had an external allergy show. It's always been a food allergy. He's also mildly allergic to a dog. And the allergy Adventure Continues.

Whirlwind

I know everybody has those times that are just a whirlwind of events.  Sometimes expected, sometimes not.  I really appreciate my husband, mom and mother-in-law during these especially exciting times. 

Sunday, Evelyn was jumping with the kids on the tramp... she hyper-extended her knee.  I took her to the Instacare while Jer and his parents put the kids to bed.  Luckily she didn't break anything that we can see, but she still won't walk on it... three days later.  Taking a 30 lb kid up and down the stairs for meals, to the bathroom, in and out of the car, to and from her bed.... all while trying to carry/feed/care for her 6 month old brother who broke his first tooth yesterday and is working on 2-3 more.  She kept waking up in tears, would refuse ibuprofen, and only wanted to cuddle.  I'm so grateful for a mom that was able to get Sam from school, a husband who was able to work from home today, and especially for tonight.

Tonight, we ate tilapia and carrots for dinner.  Sam has allergies that occasionally pop up... mangos and lentils were our last two adventures... he's had tilapia and carrots before.  The only thing that I can think of is that he either reacted to the dill I seasoned the fish with or that the fish I bought had gotten mixed in with shell fish in the display case... I don't know if he's allergic to shell fish, but it's possible.  Another possibility is that he was having a straight up panic attack (because he wanted to go play on the wii and we told him he needed to eat some dinner) with no food allergies.  He was having a hard time breathing, said he was having a heart attack, his back hurt, his stomach hurt, he had red cheeks and looked wild eyed.  I gave him some Benadryl and sat on the couch with him to rub his back and trying to get him to just breathe in and out... then baby woke up and started crying.  Ada brought him to me, but he was hungry and just kept crying.  Evelyn was mad that she was stuck at the table because I couldn't come get her to carry her upstairs, and Ada still hadn't done her homework for the next day so I'd just been scolding her.... and Jer was at Young Mens.  Nice timing.  I called Jer and he brought all the deacons to our house for their meeting.  Two of the young men volunteered to feed the baby, Jer carried Sam upstairs (he'd fallen asleep on my lap after all the deep breathing), I helped Evelyn upstairs and helped Ada get her homework done.  I'm so very grateful for Jer's willingness to help things happen, and that he's in a situation that can be flexible.

Bad friend moment

I am a complete dork. I was just rushing to get the kids to the carpool on time and sent Sam to the car with his toast, which had peanut butter on it.  Their oldest daughter is severely allergic to peanuts... And I know that! Now they have to clean out their car before she can ride in it again. I offered to clean it for them, but I sure feel like a dork.

Crap

I thought that Sam was done with food allergies.  I guess not.  He hasn't had any reactions to anything for about 3 years.  His eczema gets worse if he eats lots of treats, but other than that he's been fine.  Today at Costco, he was trying all the samples and either the pomegranate or the mango sample made him break out it hives and choke.  I still keep Benadryll in my bag from all those times that he's had a reaction in the past... it's about 3 years old at this point, but luckily it still works.  He came home, napped and now is using my sympathy as a chance to play video games on a non video game day.  Adventure never stops.

Allergic reation

I feel like a big brown bear... you know how they sidle up to trees and scratch up and down?  That's what I feel like right now.  Sunday I broke out in hives.  I have big, itchy, red splotches up my chest, neck arms and a little on my face and in my hair line.  All I want to do is grab a hold of a rough tree and scratch up and down.  I'm doing my best not to touch though. 

They think that I'm having an allergic reaction to either the HCG shot that they gave me to make me ovulate or the Progesterone that I have to be taking for the next month.  I've done both of these before, but man.... ouch.  It's worth it one way or another though.... If I get pregnant, it's worth it.  If I don't, at least I know that we did all we could for now. 

I'm on Benadryll, but it doesn't seem to be making a difference. Darn.

Tea Party

Our sweet neighbor hosts a princess/prince party every year when her grandkids come to visit.  She invites us as well because we are good friends.  The problem is that we though Evelyn had the chicken pox this year.  Luckily or not so luckily, it ended up being an allergic reaction to either the antibiotics that she was on or the cashews that she ate at my parents house.  It wasn't like the hives that either my older kids ever broke out it... and they lasted for five days, but they did go away and that was great.  Since we missed their party, we had our own tea party with my sister Sharon.  It was so fun to see how much fun the kids had playing pretend while they ate lunch at the same time. Cuties.

mix up

Evelyn gets horrible excema.  Mostly in cold weather or extreme hot, but the allergenist and our NAET doctor said to use Cetaphil cleanser to wash her... can't wash her with the other kids and to use the same kind of lotion morning, night and after a bath.  The problem (besides it being expensive... which Costco is having a great deal on Cetaphil right now...) is that the lotion and cleansers look alike besides the words "lotion" and "cleanser" on the bottom of the bottle.  I wondered why my baby looked like her hair was all oily all day... and today I found that the lotion had been put in the tub where the cleanser goes. 

"Hate"

Ada's conversation with the NAET Doctor:

-"Ada seems to be allergic to something inside her.  It looks like her Fallopian tubes."
- Ada's response:  "I HATE Fallopian tubes."

Jer thinks that we should make spaghetti for dinner and tell her that we're eating fallopian tubes. 

Haha

At my kids allergy elimination appointment today we got to see my cousin Joe's cute family and I just had to laugh at what the Dr said about Evelyn. He does the treatment and then asks your body if there were any emotions that it had about that certain allergy... Sounds funny, I know but it has worked so far... Evelyn had stubbornness... I thought, you got that right... Her most favorite word is NO.
Speaking of words... She can say no, yeah, kitty, Lucy, nella, mama, Ada, ice, binki, ball, neigh, dee for daddy, gragra for grandpa, go, and she can mimic a lot of intimations... Very cute to see her communicating with you.

Brigham City Temple Openhouse

I want to preface this post by saying that NOTHING went right with my day on Thursday.  In my experience, all of the most worth while pursuits are prefaced with challenges.  It was always during the hardest times on my mission that we'd meet someone that was looking for the gospel... and Thursday was no exception.  Sammy peed in his carseat... and it leaked onto the seat in the van... I got both cleaned but not put back together before it was time to go.  Children (won't name names...) wouldn't nap.  Sam peed his bed overnight, then again during nap time and just as a note... he also peed his pants at Grandma's house the day after and on my stairs the day after that.  grrr... I finally got all the bedrooms figured out.  I moved Sam into where the office used to be and Evelyn into Ada's room... lots of time, lots of moving and carpet cleaning.  I had to go to the Chiropractor and the kids always make a mess there that we have to clean up before we leave... so instead of taking 20 minutes it takes closer to an hour.  Then the kids whinned that they wanted to go to McDonalds... we never go there... I don't like their food so I don't know where the kids got that idea.  Evelyn's blood results hadn't come back from the doctor so I went in to pick them up from the receptionist and to pick up a list of allergies.  But I wasn't Jer.  (This was my third time trying to get them from them without success.)  I was at the appointment with Jer and all the kids but Jer filled out the paperwork, not me... so I couldn't pick up the results unless Jer came in and signed release forms.  I was so mad that I was about to cry.  Plus, I remember the "fun" of trying to cook foods that Sammy could eat and that would be a good food ratio for my PCOS stuff and that the others would enjoy... now we were trying that with Evelyn. I am so going to take her to Dr. Joe.  Also, I was already late leaving for our temple trip... we were supposed to leave at 1 and it was 1:30.  The doctor came out and kind of got after the receptionist for not having called with the test results.  I rarely get mad at people for doing their jobs but I sure as heck wanted to for this one.  Finally got out of there... she's allergic to eggs by the way... what was so hard about saying that?  I drove up to pick up Jer and go to the temple openhouse... it's about 2 hours from our house with good traffic... and about 5 minutes into the trip Ada starts asking why it's taking so long. 

We did make it eventually... and we were all in one piece too.  And we LOVED it.  The minute we drove up the main streets the kids were jumping up and down and yelling that they could see it, they could see the temple.  We parked, met Grandma and Grandpa Robertson, and John and Diane's families.  Sammy kept telling me about the temple movie that they showed us and then how we got to go in the temple.  I told them about when I was young and got to go to the Mt. Timp Temple dedication.  My dad was in the bishopric so we had tickets for the sealing room where Elder Monson dedicated the temple.  I remember him say, "You children that are here today, I want you to touch the walls of the temple and I want the temple to touch you.  I want you to remember and come back."  (not exact quote... but what stuck with me).  So I told the kids to touch the temple and pay attention to how they felt inside.  Ada told me that she felt warm in her heart and Sammy said, "Good."  My favorite visual thing in this particular temple was the peach blossoms that they had painted around the chandeliers in the sealing rooms.  I felt all Dr. Suessish saying, "My favorite is the ceiling in the sealing room."  My favorite kid comment came from Sam.  He saw the baptismal font on the back of the 12 oxen... "Mommy, they're squashed!"

It was a hard day, but a good end.  I love the temple and the promises that we make with God there.  I love that I now have a chance to show my kids what a temple is and tell them what we do inside.  To understand temples visit here.

"Hard is not bad. It's just hard."

Yup, you guessed it.  Sick at home again.  It must be spring or something.  We all have colds, Evelyn especially bad... probably because of her tooth that she's trying to cut.  And Ada had an allergic reaction to something last night that we don't know.  Usually if she has one we give her 1/2 tsp of Benadryll and she's fine... this time... every four hours it comes back and we have to give her another dose.  I don't think I have any of the 24 hour Zyrtec for kids left... hmmmm.  Lovely. 

Sammy's been doing really well with potty training considering I didn't have to do a lot of training... just bribing.  But today he pooped in his pants while he was in the basement... the bad news? It was the little rabbit like poops and they kept falling out of his pants all the way upstairs... so we had a little poop trail up three flights of stairs and all over that bathroom because he decided to take his pants off in the bathroom and then picked it up to bring it to show me... which dumped the rest of the poop on the floor in the bathroom.  I got him cleaned up, scrubbed the bathroom, Jer picked up poop and carpet cleaned... Evelyn decided to wake up and was screaming in her bed because no one was available to come get her. And... Ada decided to play in my bathroom... peed in the potty and then started playing with everything before she washed her hands.  Yeah... more to clean.  So excited.  And my head is pounding because it's stuffy, and my throat hurts.  And all I can think is of the podcast that Jer and I were trying to listen to last night... Sherri Dew interviewing Jeffery R. Holland and his wife... and Sherri Dew said, "Hard is not bad.  It's just hard."  Luckily, my life is not hard.  Just some days.  Needless to say, I haven't done my extra reading because we missed our classes at church again.  Maybe that will just be my spiritual thought for the day. 

"Hard is not bad.  It's just hard."

Sayings

So... some recent snippets of my talking children:

Ada - 
"Mommy, this is the mommy pony (a pink one) and this is the daddy (a purple one) and these are their babes."  (not babies... just babes... I think it's because both me and my mom say things like, "Hey babe.")
She was "capturing and saving" her little ponies again... and at one point I heard her surprise the baby pony by saying "Boo!" and a little while later the baby said, "Dang it!"

Sammy - "But I don't want to be a pill."  (I was mad at him and said, "Sam, stop being a pill.")
Sammy has discovered a love of the Wii... especially the Wii Sports Resort.  But it's started spilling over into other parts of his life.  For example: If the movie is left on the menu, instead of saying "Press play."... he says, "Mommy!  Press A."  Because that's what you do to get to the next screen on the Wii.
On a side note....
Evelyn is as wiggly as ever... she stands up to things and will smile at me from her crib while she's proudly hanging on the edge... and crawls to the bathroom every chance that she can get so that she can peep over the edge of the tub and look at the toys in there.  The other day I saw her going to the bathroom and I said, "Evelyn, no." and she just looked at me and shook her head with the biggest grin on her face. 

Sam and Jer have been doing the NAET treaments... Sam had his ultimate last one today I hope... We had to take him back because he had that anaphlactic reaction to lentil soup... And Jer's going because his throat closes smaller when he eats things he's allergic to... (told to us by an emergency room doctor)... we just didn't know what he was allergic to.  We'll see if it helps.

We went to the new Muppet movie last night!  I was in heaven.  I absolutely loved the muppets for years... and this one is the best of them all!  Definitely recommend it. 

And all you fencers out there.... the junior olympics is in Salt Lake this year.  It's worth a try.

NAET follow up

Yay!  Sammy and I are official done with our treatments! 

Sam can eat like any healthy little boy now and I actually giggle as I give him a glass of milk in the mornings. He doesn't react to it either.  He's energetic, happy... bouncy even. My happy Sammy from almost two years ago is back!  He's also talking more and paying more attention than he used to... granted, he is still only 2 1/2... but I've noticed a difference in the last month. And his 2T clothes are getting tight on him!  He only went from 18 month clothes about 2-3 months ago... he's getting taller and gaining weight at a rate that he hasn't ever done before.  Amazing!

As for me, I don't smell all the mold in everywhere that I go.  I can wake up in the morning instead of having to drag myself out of bed.  I don't have to eat first thing in the morning, I can get the kids taken care of and then feed myself.  I've lost 9 lbs so far without changing my diet or exercise... makes me wonder what I could do if I actually did a diet now...?  And here's an unexpected one... I was able to easily fast this last fast Sunday... usually by about half way through I'm exhausted, starving, and have a head ache... not this time!  It makes me feel normal!

I'm officially a fan of NAET!

Hmmm...

So, found out today that Sammy's also allergic to plastic. 

How would we avoid that one? He is two after all... everything he owns is plastic.

The kids dishes, his toys, the carpet usually has some in it... even his car seat.  Hmmm... it's a good thing that we're trying to get rid of his allergies!