checking in

eleanor is doing so much better and such a champ

at taking her antibiotics

she is the most darling baby ever

she smiles constantly

and even has a dimple in her right cheek
we spend a large portion of our day smiling at each other
i love it

olive has been acting a little crazy the last few weeks

we assumed it was because she's almost two

and has a new baby sister

 until she pointed at her ears and said ouchie 

so we took her to the doctor

and both of her tubes are blocked and she has an ear infection

poor girl

now if only i could figure out how to get her antibiotics down her

she spits them out like they're poison

at least she can't do that with her ear drops

hazel is acting so old lately

she turns four this weekend

but she acts like she's a teenager

she loves to help me with eleanor

and has pretty much outgrown her fits

she says she's going to stop sucking her thumb when she's four

so we'll see about that

noah is so funny

he used to be really in to thomas the train

then he moved on to hotwheels

and lately it is lego ninjagos

he's our little collector

he and hazel play so well together, too

he's happy to be her baby 

so she can be the mommy, it's pretty cute

yesterday i ran for the first time since i had eleanor

i figured i should be able to handle two miles

since i ran a half marathon the week i got pregnant with her

and even kept running until 15 weeks

wrong! it was way harder than i thought

and i'm totally sore from it

how lame is that?

michael is busy working

and looking for a house for us to rent in utah

hopefully we find one soon

he's also busy trying to find alternate recipes 

for foods for me to eat

on my new milk-protein free diet

it's sweet

but so far diary free margarine has ruined

cookies and pancakes