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Hold me to this!

Hi! My name is Tara and I...am addicted to reading health books. I blame Jonah actually. You see this all started in October when Jonah had his second bowel obstruction. His pediatrician recommended reading "The Maker's Diet" since that I have been reading books and online. Then we have had all this allergy business between the boys and it has spun out of control! I have finished a book today, and I am NOT allowed to read another book until I read a book on another subject! Hold me to this!

On the allergy note we are going to continue the gluten free diet for another couple weeks. The diet is ok when we are home, but it is so hard when others are providing food! I feel so bad for Jonah! We did find a gluten free carry out pizza here in Des Moines! I think that Jordan and I were more excited than Jonah!

I sat down on Saturday and looked at my daily routine and how my days were actually going and I realized that I am trying to pack WAY to much in to my afternoon since I have about 45 min. So I made a big decision (gulp) I need to start setting my alarm in the morning instead waiting for a child to wake me up. We will see how this goes. You can hold me to this one too!

Looking back we had a pretty uneventful week. (That is not a bad thing!) We have a pretty busy one coming up though. Jordan treated us to a great weekend. He let Jonah do a project with him on Saturday morning, took Audrey on a date for Saturday lunch and took me out on a date Saturday night. Previously Jordan and I had been out twice without Reuben in the past 10 months. Once out with friends and once just the two of us for an hour. We were long over due! If was fantastic. I am pretty sure that I talked his ear off, but he was kind enough to agree to go out with me again sometime! You can hold us to this!

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