The Joys

Hello gestational diabetes, Goodbye pastry

Yes, it's official, I have gestational diabetes. Fortunately the doctors and nutritionist seem to think I will be able to keep it under control with diet and exercise. I have been monitoring my glucose levels and following a diet plan since friday. So far I have actually been feeling really good and I have been below my maximum glucose levels. There are definitely pros and cons to having this right now.

• Pro: feeling good because my glucose levels are, well, level through out the day
• Con: having to prick my finger to check said levels four times a day

• Pro: getting some kind of exercise EVERY DAY
• Con: getting some kind of exercise EVERY DAY - even if I don't feel like it

• Pro: paying attention to what and how much I eat a time time
• Con: no more pastry - Baby and I were loving danish, bear claws, donuts. The bakery is now like a drug den for us. How badly I want to stop and get my pastry fix but I can't - no good for us right now

• Pro: getting extra ultrasounds to monitor the baby's growth - which means extra pictures of the very cute Baby Joy (new pictures coming tomorrow)
• Con: finding out through ultrasound that Baby Joy weighs 4 lbs. when I still have 2 1/2 months to go (baby should be weighing a little over 2 lbs). Any thoughts I had of delivering a nice small 7lb baby are now out the window

You get the picture. This is only for the rest of the pregnancy - I can handle it. I'm just going to be a busy girl. Between my regular OBGYN appts (which are now every 2 weeks), my diabetes appts (every 2 weeks), my nutritionist appts (every 3 weeks), and ultrasounds (every 4 weeks) my insurance company is going to hate me. Oh well, that's what we pay for. Other than being big ( both of us), Baby Joy and I are doing really well. We're just passing time until we can meet face to face.

Love,

What a lazy day

It's pretty overcast and muggy here today. It's the kind of day that makes you feel like doing a whole lot of nothing. I decided to take advantage of this and go through some of the pictures I've taken lately. Sitting with my computer is about all the energy I'm going to muster(at this stage of pregnancy the heat and humidity gets to me pretty easily). So here we go . .

  Father's Day was cute this year seeing as it was Tim's first. Though if you ask him it won't officially be Father's Day for him until next year. Anyway, he and I had a relaxing day just the two of us. We went out to breakfast (oh how we love Cracker Barrel) and then watched some crazy reality TV. We went over to his parents' house that evening for a cookout. Tim and his dad were having fun grilling together then wandering around the yard checking out Bob's garden. We're hoping it will turn out as great as last year's!

We've also been doing some strawberry picking lately. Actually Tim has been doing the majority of the picking. It's a bit too much for me to constantly squat and pick. I just take pictures and point out the "good ones" I see from my bird's eye view. I must say there is nothing like fresh picked strawberries. Makes the ones you get in the store a sad substitute. Needless to say we have been having lots of strawberry shortcake around here.

Love,

More cute kids

While I'm on the subject of cute kids, thought I would share one more picture. These are my niece and nephews at our baby shower last month in Phoenix. As everything was wrapping up, I looked over and saw them patiently sitting on these chairs waiting to leave. It was so perfect.

Love,