Happy Veterans' Day!

Ok first I want to say Happy Veteran's Day to everyone. We have lots of Veterans in our family and I just want them all to know how very proud I am of them for serving their country for us. I believe that this holiday gets overlooked too much and I just want to share my appreciate and love to all those who have served and who are currently serving.

Baby Showers are fun! You know I never actually thought I would have a baby shower. I love throwing them for other people but it's just as fun when you have them for yourself. Today was my first baby shower. It was thrown by two great friends Katie and Dawni. It was held at where I work. We had quite a lot people there and some even brought their babies which I was so happy about. Katie and Dawni did a great job and I am really thankful to the both of them. We got a lot of neat things that I know we will both need and use in the future. We got a couple of really cute outfits, a boppy pillow, and a whole bunch of other things that were on our registry. Someone even made us a diaper cake with disney diapers and a stuffed Mickey Mouse as a topper. It is really cute. I am so thankful for everyone who came and for their thoughtfulness. We put everything in the crib and the weekend we get back from Etna we'll try and start organizing.

Today marks the beginning of one of our busiest weeks since going to Thousand Oaks for the invitro. Tomorrow is really the only day that we don't have something going on and knowing me something will come up. But this week we also get to go back to the 3D ultrasound place and hopefully get better pictures and a dvd of Sadie. That is the thing I am most waiting for. Wednesday we have our monthly appointment with the Dr and I also have to do any laundry we will be taking up north. Saturday we are leaving bright and early so we can hopefully make it to Redding for lunch. I am looking forward to getting out of town and to go home. It's been too long and I can't wait to just get up there and relax and not think about anything or have to do anything. 6 more days and counting.

My blood sugar has been fine and I was even able to have a large portion of Steve's lasagna he made for the shower today and it didn't make my levels go up at all. I think we are getting the hang of everything. Last Thursday I had to go into the Dr's office for a 2 hour blood test and I weighed myself on their scale and according to the Dr's scale I had lost 9 pounds since the 31st of October which was the last time I was in the office. So that brings my total weight gain approximately 17 pounds which is not bad for seven months. I'm hoping that with sticking to this diet that I'll lose some more. Just as long as I don't lose too much that it is bad for Sadie. But the doctor assured us that me losing some weight would not harm her. We are also going to try and stick to the diet/plan after Sadie is born as well. I think this was just the nudge that we needed to get everything back under control. And to be honest it hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be. Although I am looking forward to the occasional treat after Sadie is born.

Since this week is so busy and we are traveling next weekend I may not update my blog until we get back after Thanksgiving. So I want to wish everyone a fun filled and safe Thanksgiving. And I give everyone permission to have a slice of pie for me.

Food Glorious Food!

Well I met with the diabetes nurse coordinator on Friday morning. I watched a movie about gestional diabetes and met with the nurse and went over what I should be doing. Bascially I am a restricted carbohydrates diet. Which I knew was going to happen. Yesterday was the first full day with the new regime and it wasn't as bad as I thought. I did however end up drinking more water, if that is even possible. Basically I am allowed 15 gms of carbs for breakfast, 45-60 gms for lunch and dinner and I'm allowed two snacks of 15 gms plus a protein. I am supposed to try and not have a snack in the morning, but in the afternoon and evening time. Which that part I'm having a hard time with. I'm not a big snack before bedtime person but I do get major hungry around 10am or so. That's going to be the biggest adjustment I think, besides the small portion of carbs for breakfast. I just have to find the right combination of foods to fill me up for the same amount of carbs.

For example yesterday I had 1/3 cup Honey Nut Cheerios and 1/4 cup milk for breakfast. That's it. I was so shocked at the portion size I even took a picture for my records. But today I was able to have three 3 eggs and a slice of toast. Eggs are free no carbs, so all my carbs came from the piece of whole wheat toast I had. I am a lot fuller this morning than I was yesterday.

I finished one of Sadie's afghans yesterday. It turned out really cute. It's just pink and simple. No fancy patterns for this girl just a simple single crochet. But I did add a bit of flair and put fun fur around the edges so she has something to tickle her nose with. This blanket is for the car seat and no it's not going under her it's just for covering her up with when we go out. It's not very big just big enough for the car seat. I am still working on the bigger afghan. I'm making 12 squares of 6 different colors and crocheting them together. It will look cute (I hope) when it's all through. I still have 6 squares to go.

This week we start our birthing classes. I'm really excited about it. Although the diabetes nurse said I will more than likely end up having a c-section because of my size and the fact that I have gestional diabetes which if not controlled can cause the baby to be really large. I'm hoping that I can still try and have her natural but that may not be the case. Because I'm controlling my diabetes. We are hopefully going to go and tour the facility this week too and get pre-registered. Everything is happening very quickly now and I'm starting to get a little nervous. But I think I will feel a lot better after the birthing classes and I have a little bit more insight to what is going to happen. I have two baby showers this next weekend so we will have more of an idea of what we will need to get. So I will feel a bit more prepared...I think that is one of my biggest problems right now is I don't have a lot of stuff and I'm not feeling prepared yet.

Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers as the next couple of months are going to be a challenge for me with the diabetes. And I'll keep you posted of my progress.