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.