Fairy Godmother

You can't see my wings, but on August 13th, I became a Fairy Godmother.  On August 13, Charlie (or as he will be referred to from now on by me...Piglet) decided that it was time to be in the world.  Unfortunately, he wasn't supposed to show up until October 13th.  When he was born, Piglet weighed just over 2 pounds and was eight weeks early.  Today he weighed in at 4 lbs 4 oz and poohed all over his plexiglass castle, his father, his awesome camo sleeper, and...me.  And it was awesome.  I actually had to pick his mother up off of the floor she was laughing so hard.  What a difference a month makes.  When I first visited Piglet in the hospital, he was two days old, I couldn't see him and his Mama, one of my closest friends since college, was understandably exhausted, worried, hungry, stressed, and did I mention exhausted?

Just think of me as Merryweather :) wiith better cleaning skills

Today, I got to hold him (don't tell his grandparents, but I was the first non-medical person other than his parents to hold him and feed him-perks of being a fairy godmother) and feed him and hopefully, tomorrow, this miracle baby gets to home.  If every nurse in that NICU is as awesome as Piglet's nurse today was, he had fantastic care the entire time.  

FISP

Well, folks...it's official.  I'm officially OFFICIALLY the Worst Dinner Guest Ever!  Saw a specialist last week, who, according to his page on the McFarland Clinic website is my age...that was a little weird.  Apparently, my digestive system sucks even worse than earlier presumed and I've been put on a low-FODMAP diet.  Google it.  I dare you. Apparently my body doesn't digest fructose.  I'm Fructose Malabsorbant.  I didn't even know that was a thing.  He also wants me to stay egg and dairy free for a month and then reintroduce because since I'm probably also intolerant (but not allergic) to those, he wants to check reactions after everything has been cleared out of my system.  So now, (the short list) I am not able to eat gluten, dairy, eggs, apples (farewell Angry Orchard Cider), onions, garlic, high fructose corn syrup (hey...guess what's in EVERYTHING?), asparagus, broccoli, brussels sprouts (which happen to be my three favorite vegetables), all legumes (farewell, dear hummus) and watermelon (which is no big loss...never a big fan).  Also...remember that recipe I went on and on about since I love chicken salad and mayo is out and I also love guacamole?  Yup!  NO MORE AVOCADOS.

Now, this is where FISP comes in.

Fuck

It

Stay

Positive

Because at this point, what else is optional?  I survived my first tailgate of the season by bringing a super delicious crab, arugula and quinoa salad, grapes, Snyders GF pretzels, a banana and my new favorite invention, the WINE JUICE BOX. And because it was so wicked hot out, I was double fisting all afternoon with water, so was not hungover Sunday morning.  Nice :)  FISP.

So, it's a gorgeous Labor Day in Iowa (thank you humidity for finally breaking yesterday. And since Labor Day is officially the beginning of fall, I'm creating my favorite fall drink at home.  Can't wait to drink my dairy free pumpkin spice latte on the porch.  Recipe HERE.

Wisconsin cousins came down for the first ISU game of the year!  As a Panther Clone, I cheered for both teams.