The Final Countdown........

Well the countdown has begun, I have officially started my "low iodine diet". I now have 12 days until I become radioactive, not many of you can say that! I never knew how much food contains "sea salt" which I definitely cannot eat. What I wouldn't give for a piece of cheese or chocolate right now. I told Roland that if I weren't under Dr.'s orders that I would've shoved those down my throat long ago. I am feeling very nervous about taking the radioactive Iodine, so if anyone has any toughts or tips for me, please let me know.

Thankfully, I have an amazing support system. Roland has just been terrific. He lets me sleep in in the morning, one of the side effects of being off medication is that I am feeling as though I haven't slept in 3 days. I am constantly tired and my mood swings are like a ride at Lagoon. In fact, it's almost like when I was pregnant!LOL.

Also, if anyone has any advice on how to explain to a 4 yr old that you have to be gone for a week but you'll only be 20 minutes away, please HELP! I think that has been the hardest thing, is trying to figure out what to tell Alex. Luckily, Lincoln is too young to know time yet, so I could be gone 2 wks and he'd think I just ran to the store. The one good thing about this "low iodine diet" is that I actually feel good, besides the tiredness and mood swings. It just goes to show that what we put in our bodies really affects how we feel. With that said, as soon as this is over, I am going to Hires and getting a Big H with fries and a shake!!!

A Child's Prayer........

"Thank you for dinner, thank you for healthy food, thank you for Lincoln, thank you for Lincoln's head, thank you for Lincoln's nose, thanks for Lincoln's eyes, thank you for Lincoln's bum, thanks for Lincoln's pee pee!, wait does he have a pee pee? (hahaha) .............Amen!"

Lincoln is 11 months old!!! I can't believe that he is almost a year old. How time flies. He is so much fun. He loves to eat and eat and eat! He is also trying to keep up with his big brother, Alex. He watches everything that Alex does and so I can tell he is going to keep us on our toes. He is almost walking, he stands up all by himself and he is babbling up a storm. He is our "Mr. Smiley Pants Man" as Roland calls him because he is always smiling. Alex has decided that he wants to send him back to the hospital! I am hoping that this is a 4yr old phase, he will be four in November. If anyone can give me any advice on age 4 it'd be much appreciated. I thought that it was only the "terrible two's"? Compared to age 4, the terrible two's seem like a walk in the park. Our sweet little Alex can go from Angel to Devil in about 5 seconds! I have never seen anything like it, it amazes me. Most of the time he doesn't even know why he's freaking out in the first place! Oh and also, he started this whole thing, "I'm gonna make Lincoln disappear, Abra Kadabra......... he's gone!"

I was at Restoration Hardware today, because I go there almost everyday because of our house, but that's another blog! Anyways, they had a book there on Astrological signs and so I started to read a little about "Scorpions", that's what Alex and Lincoln are. It basically said that its easier to just give in than to try and fight them when it comes to something they want and I think that I have to agree! Poor Roland, he doesn't have a chance in a household of two Scorpions and a Taurus! By the way, Roland is a Pisces, so he is obviously the Peacemaker in this household!