First of all, I hope you all had the most amazing Thanksgiving ever.  Our family is so truly blessed. 

One thing did try to put a black cloud on our Thanksgiving weekend.  My oldest son is battling a flare up of a chronic condition he has called ulcerative colitis.  Things could be much worse though - he was diagnosed at 3 with a severe case, and none of the meds helped him.  By age 5 his doctor was recommending a surgery to remove his colon, but I just couldn’t do it.  We were basically held hostage here at home by his disease so we had to do something - he had been hospitalized for a blood transfusion at one point, so something had to change.  I prayed, cried, researched - slept little.  I finally took a more natural, holistic approach to his condition.  Right before he started Kindergarten he cleared up, and aside from a special diet (Specific Carbohydrate Diet) he is as normal as any other kid.  He’s now 8 yrs old and in the 3rd grade.  So, though he’s having a little trouble right now, we are truly greatful for his health.  I just hope he doesn’t need steroids - they have easily worked on any minor flare ups since we started the diet, but it’s not a pleasant medication to go on.  So, we’re doing a few tricks I keep up my sleeve and hope/pray for him to pull out without the steroids!

Anyway, this has all made me just a little sad, and so I’ve not been blogging like normal.  I did have an amazing session yesterday with two gorgeous kiddos, though!  I won’t share here because mom was not comfortable with the online thing, so I will just say THANK YOU, ‘T’, for allowing me to photograph your gorgeous children!

And I’ll share a video to help get you in the Christmas Spirit!