Three Years Old!

Gavin turned three a couple of weeks ago and we had his yearly check-up with Dr. Shana today. All I can say is that kid is tall! He's 39 3/4 inches tall, which is in the 90 - 95% and he's nearly 32 lbs, so he's shot up to the 50% range in weight (formerly at 20%). Long and lanky. He definitely go the height from my uncles, brother, grandfather, etc. Not from me and not from Joe. Now if I could find some pants that fit in length...

Blood Sugar

Last week was a horribly frustrating week trying to keep my blood sugar down. Everything just seemed to fall apart and I was constantly battling with food, either eating too much or not enough of the right things and feeling pretty crappy. Well, let's be honest here. I was a sobbing mess on Sunday afternoon, deciding that the doctor was going to immediately put me on insulin the minute she saw my numbers for the week. Thankfully, that didn't happen. As bad as my numbers were, on occassion (and they weren't really that bad, just borderline), my mornings sugars improved greatly due to some new things I tried (read: eating ice cream at 10:30 at night), so I'm off the hook for now. This week has been tons better, and I'm feeling better, too. In fact, I felt so good today that I marched right over to Hot Mama and bought two sun dresses for summer. I figure if I look good I will feel better...right? That's my crazy logic, anyway. And spending money on clothes somewhat satiated my craving for vanilla cupcakes with icing, the likes of which I won't be tasting until, oh, October.

The Long and the Short of It

Life is busy these days. Really busy. And yet, I don't really go out more than an evening or two a week; mostly because I'm so drained from the days. Someday I'll remedy that...like when my youngest child is in school. This past week we pulled off many miraculous feats including, but not limited to:

• Completely de-cluttering and cleaning our house (not to mention removing wiring, patching walls, sanding and painting) so our realtor could senda photographer over to take photos of our place for the listing.


• Completely cleaning our place again and having the entire family out of a spotless house in time for a 9:30 a.m. Broker's Open House.


• Planning and cooking for a three-year-old birthday that involved 25 guests, and then cleaning our house in 30 minutes after the aforementioned party ended in order to show it to potential buyers.


• Two doctor's appointments for me, including one with my endocrinologist, who told me that if my fasting blood sugars don't improve this week I will have to begin insulin. Yes, shots in the stomach daily.


• Breaking down and sobbing in the endicrinologist's office after hearing that I may need to begin insulin, and having the doctor shift uncomfortably in her chair while telling me, "I forgot how hard this can be to hear. Most of my patients have regular diabetes and are used to this." Well, I'm not, sister!


• Feeling the baby's first kick at 15 weeks and 1 day.


• Having my husband begin his job search...woo hoo!


• Spending hours upon end on a client project that launches next week (yeah, like three full days).


• Realizing that two-year-old tantrums have got nothing on three-year-old tantrums. And since when does a three-year-old think he can negotiate his own discipline??

Today is the first time in months I haven't had a deadline looming at the end of the day, so I'm going to enjoy it. Maybe I'll even read a book while Gavin is napping. Imagine. And then I'll go to the prayer retreat at church, have a date night with my husband, and take a deep breath.

Good News!

The last time I had some sort of good news headline on a blog post it turned out I was pregnant, so this time I want to announce that...I'm pregnant again! Somehow my life seems much more hectic and interesting when I'm in the family way (family way...what is this, Little House on the Prairie?), so hopefully I'll be recording it all here. Let's see, where to start? Perhaps I should answer the questions I am receiving most frequently:

"You're pregnant? Ohhhh...were you trying to get pregnant?" Yes. People, I realize that I'm as old a Mariah Carey, but this is my second child. It's only her first. And I'm still younger than Nicole Kidman and she has a newborn. So there.

"When is your due date?" September 28, but remember that pesky fibroid situation from my first pregnancy? Yeah, I may need to have another c-section scheduled before then.

"Are you sure you're not having twins?" Yes, another mother asked me this question and all I have to say is...really? Granted, my belly has popped out much sooner (I saw it at 10 weeks), but strangers still don't know I'm pregnant. But to add insult to injury, my doctor did tell e that at 14 weeks I'm measuring 16-17 weeks, probably due to the fibroid.

"How is your pregnancy going?" Well, let's see. Constant nauseau and vomiting, which is par for the course for many women. And you know how all you want to eat is carbs when you feel nauseas? Yeah, well I already have gestational diabetes so I can't eat them. Consequently I'm down two pounds since I got pregnant. Don't worry, all the cashews and plain full fat ice cream I'm allowed to eat will soon pack those pounds back on!

Hopefully my entree into the second trimester will give me a new, rosy attitude. For now, I need to go take a nap.