Summertime Adventures

We are so enjoying how adventurous Sawyer has become! He just loves playing in any kind of water; the hose, puddles, pools, squirt guns, you name it! If it splashes, he's there!

He's just growing up so much and I love watching him grow and learn everyday! 

Back in June we took a trip to the allergist to have Sawyer tested for a wheat allergy and we were really excited to find out he didn't react! We proceeded to give him a couple noodles of wheat penne pasta that evening to test it out. But that night he cried the whole... night... and the next day came the diarrhea. So now we know he has a gluten intolerance not an allergy, but I am still hopeful that he will outgrow the intolerance over time. For now we will enjoy all the fun alternatives the gluten free life has to offer! 

There are so many things to be grateful for though! We had Sawyer's 15 month check up on Monday and he checked out healthy and pretty average on all the growth charts; weight: 23.3 lbs (54%), height: 32 in. (72%) and head: 18.5 in. (52%). Keep up the good work Sawyer Bug!  

  

We spent some time yesterday picking and eating apricots from the neighbors tree and today I canned a couple jars of raspberry apricot jam! Yummy! Here's a few pics from the adventure.

I made eight jars and that didn't even use up half of what I picked! I used the recipe on the jar of pectin and it was super duper easy. The neighbor's tree is still overflowing with apricots so I think they'll be a round two apricot jamming session. 

We made a trip to The Pie Pizzeria to check out their gluten free pizza for lunch! I wish I could explain how bad I wanted pizza after a huge "cauliflower crust" pizza fail experience last week. Should have blogged about that one! Let's just say soggy crust is a no go in my book. I actually have a picture of the crust before I baked it because it was so beautiful and looked so pizza-dough-ish. Not so after baking... But if you're curious, here's the link to the recipe I used. Maybe someone else will have better luck than I!  

But The Pie was amazing and hit the spot for sure!