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Angela on January 17th, 2012

I’m happy to report that for the first time since Simone has been born, she does not have cold urticaria. What is cold urticaria?
By Mayo Clinic staff
Cold urticaria (ur-tih-KAR-e-uh) is an allergy to cold temperatures. With cold urticaria, exposure to cold temperatures causes redness, itching, swelling and hives on the skin that [...]

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Angela on January 6th, 2012

Since Simmi can’t eat potato chips or corn chips on the GAPS Diet, Dom has been making her the most amazing alternative chips.
We slice butternut squash very thin with a mandolin, brush them with a little organic olive oil and sea salt and dehydrate them for 12 hours in the oven on the “warm” setting. [...]

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Angela on December 29th, 2011

Yesterday we celebrated our Christmas. A few last minute things were were purchased for decorating the house and it was so wonderful to finally see our dining room starting to take shape. I wanted so much to make all the gifts this year, but with all the work we were doing in the house, it [...]

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Angela on December 25th, 2011

Yesterday Vicki, Simmi and I took a ride up to Sam’s Club to pick up lamb for the 28th (We’ll be celebrating Christmas then) and then to Williams Sonoma and Kohls. For those of you who know me, I do NOT like going to the stores, especially during the holidays, but I made an exception [...]

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Angela on December 16th, 2011

Back in September 2011 I took a video of Simmi while she ate her meat and rice. Her diet basically consisted of chicken, pork, some fish, beef, rice, homemade potato chips, corn tortilla chips, and special cookies made from rice flour, potato flour, egg replacer and other ingredients she can eat. She also can eat [...]

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Angela on December 2nd, 2011

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The dvd is for [...]

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Angela on November 18th, 2011

We’ve been very busy working on our homestead so I’ll try not to neglect Simmi’s website any more. I would like to get back into writing about her, so the best way to do that is to just start posting again, right? Here are a few videos I took of her yesterday. She’s wearing her [...]

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Angela on June 10th, 2011

Happy Birthday Simone! Thank you for being in our lives and making each day so special for us. Even though you don’t understand what a birthday is, you like the birthday song! We’ve been practicing with you to say “I’m four” and to hold up your four fingers. Sometimes you can do it, sometimes you [...]

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Angela on August 19th, 2010

As my thoughts begin to migrate towards the end of summer, I’m left wondering, “Where do I find great therapists?” I gave Simmi a break from her therapies because she was no longer receptive to anything they had to give, she was angry, hostile and would just run and hide after a few minutes of [...]

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Angela on June 17th, 2010

How time flies my sweet Simone! You were born on June 10th, three years ago, and from the moment I held you, I knew that you were such a treasure. Oh how you have grown from that tiny 6 lbs 11oz sweet pea with strawberry blond hair and deep beautiful eyes! While your red hair [...]

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