Party Time

Today we went to a birthday party for one of Breeze's best friends. Parties can be difficult for pkuers so I was hoping to bring along some lo protein food that was similar to what was being served. I asked the Momma and my challenge was crescent roll wrapped baked hotdogs and Mickey Mouse cupcakes. Food available that she could have was fruit, veggie straws and veggies! 

I decided to try a vegan recipe for the hot dog. It was a marinated carrot wrapped and baked in some lo protein bread dough. My bread dough recipe is from Cook for Love and it is delicious! I always have some bread dough in the fridge for easy access. For the cup cakes I used a bought mix (maddies) from the low protein food store at the hospital( a large storage closet with food on some shelves) for the ears, k- too gluten free Oreo type cookie from whole foods and a store bought frosting that is phe free.

She ate some of the 'hotdog' as well as the other things available. The cupcake looked super cute and I think she ate part of an ear and some frosting. ( Hers is the vanilla one) Regardless of what she ate I feel this party was a success!

Happy New Year

This year I am really going to try and become an official 'blogger'. To me that means write more, post more and I think I will be changing this blog a little. I think that it is nice to read and see what other moms are doing to help their children grow and become active participates in this world we live in. I am trying my best and would like to share the success and failures that I have had while on this journey of parenthood, it just so happens my kid also has PKU so that might be interesting to some other PKU moms as well!

Having two children has been, so far, a little easier than expected. Raven is still pretty immobile so that is likely to change. I have really enjoyed watching Raven grow up with a sibling. The instant love for a siblings is amazing, I think Breeze trumps me at times.

 I am always on the hunt for fun new things to try with Breeze. For example this week we went bowling for the first time and she loved it! We will definitely be trying it again soon! One struggle we are having is being nice and all that in tales. Today Breeze decided to push, A LOT! We had to leave a gymnastics class because of it. I think she is all about getting a response from anyone. We also are taking the bottle away, today is DAY 2! Today she did not finish all her formula and she hardly ate. So needless to say this was a stressful day for Mom. But alas there is a good drink, bedtimes and always, always tomorrow. Good night world!

There's a New Kid in Town!

It happened! We had another beautiful baby girl. Her name is Raven Star Porter. She was born May 29th and 3:54am (on her due date!) She weighed in at 6lbs 11oz and 19 1/4" long.  To answer the burning question, no she does not have PKU. We found out when she was 6 days old that her levels came back normal. I think that I was shocked, I was expecting her to have PKU. But what a relief it is. Raven has nursed like a champ since she came out and I really did not want to have to take that away, if even temporarily. I am so grateful and feel so blessed. Having  a non-PKU little baby and being able to do things "normal" has been like I am a first time Mom. It is not something to be taken for granted. I am relishing in every cry. every late night feeding in every poopy diaper.

Breeze is adorable with her and calls her 'Baby Sister awww' The aww part came in because if she would kiss Raven or hug her people around her would go awwww, and it stuck. Its pretty cute and I hope it stays around for a while. She is adjusting to sharing Mom as well. I just make sure to get lots of cuddle time with Breeze when baby sister is sleeping.

With Raven not having PKU its hard not to think about the issues that may arise with having one sibling with and one without. But that's for another blog in another year far from now. So at the moment  I'm just going to enjoy the many blessing that have come my way.