Let me introduce you to my family

Well I guess I should start with a little introduction. I am 27, a stay-at-home mom who works a friday shift as a Respiratory Therapist to keep my sanity! I currently work in a Pulmonary Function Lab doing breathing tests to diagnose lung disease. I used to love sports but then I got old and realized it was alot more fun when I was good at it. I spend alot of my time wondering how my house got so dirty or how long I am willing to let the clothes sit in the dryer before I fold them. I am pretty average. my life mostly revolves around my family so here they are. My husband and I married in 2004 and we are still happily married, he is a wonderful man who has the capacity to drive me nuts and make me laugh all at the same time, he is very talented at that. I always tease, "we have been married this long and I still kinda like him, sometimes." Which in reality means I pretty much am still head over heels for him and cant imagine my life without him. He runs a small buisness which gives us some headaches! I am a also mother of 2 young, busy, happy, boys, Carson who is 4.5 and Gavin who is 2.5. They are best friends and at the same time different as night and day, which can lead to crazy, silly, and sometimes downright head shaking bizarre moments. Gavin is my youngest, a 2 year old little sweetheart. Diagnosed at 4 months with FPIES, he gave me more headaches, stress, and scary moments than I thought a little guy could. FPIES is Food Protein Intolerance Entercolitis Syndrome, a digestive disease in which if exposed to trigger foods (Gavin could not have even the smallest morsel of dairy protein) the bowels swell and the body is unable to digest ANY food. After diagnosis we went through weekly weights, lots of tears, diet changes, special formulas, added fats, caloric increases, and an unbelievable amount of stress. When we finally got to 8 months and he still only weighed 12 pounds they were going to put a feeding tube in, they tried one more caloric increase and thank the high heavens it worked! I never understood how stressful having a child with food issues could be until he came along. On Nutramigen AA, an amino acid based formula and microlipids until his 2nd birthday, his only dietary need now is pediasure just to make sure we get all the calories he needs. So we now have a healthy happy toddler! He is a bubbly, sassy, but rather small, 2.5 year old. He is most definitely a big guy in a little package. Sweet and loving until youve pushed him to far and then he is a little volcano of you better watch yourself! Hands on his hips and finger pointed he will tell you right what he thinks, and to all my dismay I cannot help but laugh. We always ask him where he is hiding his 'tude, he just smiles and responds with either his shirt or shoes. Carson is a fun-loving, super smart, ball of energy. At 4.5 He LOVES and I mean LOVES pirates, I often feel as though I actually live with Jack Sparrow himself, that is if Jack Sparrow where blonde, short, and walked around poking people with plastic swords all day. He is a boy who has boundless, endless, energy. He has a vocabulary that blows me away. He comes up with the most silly, can't help but laugh, comments. He is a sweetheart and can strike up a conversation with pretty much anyone, especially any grown woman whom he deems cute at the grocery store, and can keep them talking for EVER it feels like. He is a tease and has a sense of humor that at times, I cannot believe. He loves music of all types and loves to blast it to high heaven if its a song he enjoys. He, much like his dad, can bring me to my wits end, and then bring me back again in about 1 second flat! He is something else, I always knew he was extra special and thats because he is, he has SPD. Well thats us, me and my family, pretty average.