Small Victory!

I had a victory today.... a small one, but a victory none the less. I cleaned up after lunch AND dinner. My kitchen is spotless and the dishes are running in the dishwasher. Oh yeah! My kitchen has been clean for the past few days and I do feel good. Thanks for all the comments on here and my facebook about personal stories as well. It is comforting to know I am not the only slacker.. ha ha!

Gestational Diabetes

Well I just received a call from my doctor that I failed the 3 hour glucose tolerance test. Which means I do have Gestational Diabetes. They are referring me to a Prenatal specialist to start the diabetic care plans. I start out trying to do a diet controlled plan and if my sugar is still high I will have to be put on medication (which is what happened with my pregnancy with Ethan), and if it STILL is high on medication then I have to do insulin shots. So needless to say I am not excited, but it was to be expected. I had a crazy 90% chance that I would have it again in this pregnancy, so the odds were against me. The part that is hard is there is NOTHING I can do. My body doesn't produce enough insulin to support me and the baby. I just pray that after I have this precious boy that I will be able to maintain a healthy weight and watch what I eat so that I do not have Diabetes. While this will be no fun, I am glad there is something that can be done and other than it causing a large baby, we both should be fine if the medication helps. Off to go chew on a celery stick... I guess I shouldn't drink the Sunkist I was planning on drinking. Hee hee!

I need a support group

This picture is pretty much the norm in our kitchen. I have a horrible habit of letting the house get horribly bad before I clean it. Especially when it comes to the kitchen. We have a working dishwasher and everything, but I can't seem to conquer this issue in my life. I need help. The bad thing is it usually takes someone coming over to kick our butts into gear with the cleaning. Matt doesn't seem to mind, and I don't really mind unless we get to a point where we have no clean dishes (this happens frequently) or fruit flies start invading.
I haven't always been this way. I used to be an extreme neat freak. Getting married and having a child has completely done me in. I now toss things on the counter with the thought of, "i'll get to it later"... in my mind I mean like later in the day, however truthfully it usually isn't until a week later! When I do clean it, I usually keep it spotless for a few days, then it only takes one or two things to get sat on the counter before the build up begins. I have really wanted this bad habit to be demolished, but now that I know in just a few months we'll be adding another child into the mix, I know I have to get on top of this. It will only get worse. My mom always tells me, "just clean up at the end of each day and it won't get this bad"! I started doing that and that lasted well... one day. I glance at the kitchen before heading to bed and say, "oh, i'll just get to it tomorrow!"
So i'm confessing this to the world out there so that hopefully i'm embarrassed enough to actually change my habit! I need to take the wonderful advice of my mom and just DO IT at the end of every day, or I need to have people come over everyday so we are forced to clean. Anyone want to come over?

It's a....

BOY! Just wanted to let my few readers out there know that we are expecting another boy! While at first I was a bit disappointed, I am very happy! In the words of my dad: "just another one to add to your team!" Matt already has talked about putting both our boys in baseball training. What have we gotten ourselves into?? The name hunt begins, we currently have NONE that we like. HA! Now taking suggestions.

Make your own coloring pages!

This is so cool! A friend had this on her facebook, she got it from Parents magazine, and I just did it and it works! You upload your own pictures of friends, family, pets and it makes them into coloring pages and you just print them out. This is awesome if you're a teacher, babysit, have grandkids, kids, or just enjoy coloring yourself. Ha! Follow these directions:

Go to this site:

crayola.com/colorme

Enter in this promotion code:

PR24QCHT

You can only use it 24 hours after you register. To register you just enter in your name and e-mail address. It is completely free. I just printed out 6 different pictures from our family vacations and such and printed them out as coloring pages. I am raiding all my folders in my computer for any possible pictures I want to use. I am thinking I will make 2 copies of each and keep one as a master copy and just use them over and over again. I only have like 23 hours left, so I better get to it! If you end up doing this, leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts and how you used it!

Pregnancy updates

I realized that my blogging has really slacked off. By slacking off I mean I have gone from blogging every day, sometimes multiple times a day to once a week or less. I think it's a good thing because I had become addicted to blogging and facebook. It is very easy to get sucked in and spend so much time on the internet. With that being said, I realized today after receiving some news that I haven't blogged much about my pregnancy. I cannot believe I am almost halfway through already! We find out the gender next week. I am very excited. This pregnancy has been different than with Ethan's. I haven't been near as emotional as I was with Ethan. Although i've had my moments: like almost bawling in Wal-mart because Matt told me I couldn't buy Ethan a Halloween costume. Ha ha, I laugh about it now but I was distraught then. I haven't gained as much weight this pregnancy so far. However, today I learned that I have failed an early 1 hour glucose test. So next week I have to go back and have the 3 hour test. For those of you who don't know me I had gestational diabetes with Ethan and required medication. So they decided to do an early test this time and lo' and behold my sugar is reading high. Oh joy. I am praying that I don't have it or if I do that it isn't near as bad! I think I had convinced myself that for some miracle reason I wouldn't have it this time, so I was upset to receive the call today about it. So i'll probably have another beast of a baby. Ha ha. Ethan was 9.5 lbs and over a week early. I wouldn't know what to do with a dainty baby. Ethan was never in newborn clothes or newborn diapers. But if it's a girl I hope she isn't a hoss.
Anyhow, i'm feeling good and doing well. I am one of those few people that LOVES being pregnant. I dress better pregnant than not. I am not a very fashionable person but I have some cute maternity clothes. I am very excited that Ethan loves the baby and talks to it. I know he will be a great big brother! Well that is it for now. Glad I got through the first trimester sickness, I definitely was way more nauseous with this baby than Ethan. It last about 14 weeks too. Woo hoo for 2nd trimester energy boost!

The best birthday gift ever

Potty training update

We have officially been potty training for 6 days now. On day 1 he was perfect...not a single wet diaper or underwear. He even went poo poo on the potty that night. The next few days were a bit of a struggle, but not too bad. I knew I shouldn't expect perfection but I got a little frustrated. I wanted to give up. But the past few days he has done really well. (Despite being constipated and having to sit on the potty for almost 2 hours this morning to work it out) He has even woke up a couple of mornings with a completely dry diaper/pull-up. I know we are far from being over, but I have to say I am really proud of him and he is doing very well. It is true what they say... the kid is not being potty trained, the parents are. Because right now most of the time it is me remembering to take him and reminding him to potty, he isn't voluntarily offering me that information. Although, he is sorta telling me when he has to go poo poo. We occasionally offer M&M's, but generally he isn't expecting any kind of treat for going. I never wanted him to be dependent on that. We did however, buy him a monster truck toy and when he went poo poo a few times in the potty we gave it to him. He knows that when he goes in his diaper that we have to put it up until the next time he goes in the potty. So far we haven't had to do that. It is definitely easier to just let your child be in diapers. But I keep reminding myself that i'd rather be training him now while i'm pregnant, than with a newborn who i'm going to be consumed with. Have hope mommy's, it can be done! It may take some time, but potty training will be a good thing. Share your tips with each other and know that what works for some children, may not work for others.
p.s. I'm not looking forward to the first stomach bug he has...I have heard far too many stories about kiddos who are potty training, or just out of diapers and then the wonderful stomach bug hits the household. Joy.

sweet story

This conversation took place between Ethan and I when I was driving him to Matt's office so that I could go to a dr. appointment.

Me: "Mommy is taking you to daddy's office."

Ethan: "Mommy go to work?"

Me: "No, Mommy is going to the doctor."

Ethan: "Mommy doesn't feel good?"

Me: "No, i'm not sick... this is to check on the baby in mommy's belly."

Ethan: "My baby sister is hurt?"

How precious is that??!!!!! Not only was he concerned because he thought I might be sick, but then he thought his baby sister might be hurt. I love his sweet little heart. His poor little heart will be broken if this ends up being a boy, because he is set on it being a sister. Anyhow, he melted my heart this morning in the car.
My dr. appointment went well, I actually have to go back next week and they are going to do a 1 hour glucose test to check for gestational diabetes. Not fun. I am only 15 weeks, but they want to keep tabs on me since I required medication with Ethan. Then my dr. said that they will schedule an ultrasound in 3 to 4 weeks so we can find out the gender, yeee haaw!