Raisinglittlegrays

This past Saturday we got to get together with our friends and family and celebrate the life of our oldest. He turns 4 tomorrow, and I can't believe how quickly time has surpassed us.  Hasting has a slight obsession with Minions and Star Wars (we aren't really sure where the whole Star Wars obsession is from. Neither one of us have seen any of the movies really). He decided on a minion theme, so I rolled with it!  We really enjoyed celebrating Hasting, and were so thankful for everyone who came out and made Hasting's day so special! 

November 15 before my first color with the ION products After my first ION color! November 28, about a week shy of 5 months: December 4, 2015 December 7th-- my beautiful grandmothers funeral. My first real attempt at a decent semi-formal up-do: December 9-- 5 months old! After I wash my hair, and before I palm roll: After I was my hair, after I palm roll: Shrinkage in mature, 1 year locks: videoblog here!  It's blurry.. Sorry 😩😩

It's an entire lifestyle change.  But one that needed to be dealt with now. In both the kids and us as parents.  For about a year on and off, Chad dealt with some pretty severe internal gut issues. We were going to Doctor after doctor and leaving with zero results. At one point, doctors believed he was battling giardia, but tests said otherwise. He was tested for celiac, but that too came back negative.  But you see, there's a fine line difference between Celiac Disease and a gluten intolerance. C eliac disease is the most severe form of gluten intolerance. Celiac disease is a condition that causes an immune system reaction when an individual consumes food containing gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley.  Milder forms of gluten intolerance occur independently and cannot be diagnosed with blood tests or a small intestine biopsy, (tissue sample), the way celiac can be.  So, with all that, finally, a little bubble popped up in my head. (A long time ago). We tried going