12 Weeks and Sugar Blues

I can hardly believe I am already 12 weeks pregnant.  Time is really moving fast.  And I am sure it will move even faster with 2 little ones.  So I had my monthly check-up yesterday, and all was fine with baby.  The little heartbeat was just pounding away.  My doctor told me she would be surprised if this wasn’t a little girl.  Her heartbeat was around 155, and I guess the word is that the higher heartbeats belong to the girls.  I think it’s because we’re so emotional and feel everything with our hearts.  My guess anyway!  I am a little skeptical of statistics like that, but we shall see!  Then I read Kelly’s blog where her little Hollis had a heartbeat of 150, so maybe it is a girl, I don’t know.

I had the dreaded task of taking an early glucose test yesterday too.  My sugar was high in the prenatal labs, so I had to go ahead and get that checked.  I was really not looking forward to it.  I mean, who does, really?  And it was as bad as I remembered it being with Parker.  Except this time, I had the pregnancy nausea to throw into the mix.  I survived though.  I put on my big girl clothes and used a little positive mental reinforcement to survive.  No need to describe!  I am really praying for everything to be ok, and that if I do have GD, that the Lord will give me the discipline I need to follow a healthy diet and deliver a healthy baby.  No matter boy or girl, I just want us to be healthy.

On a positive note, I lost 4 lbs since my last OB visit!  How that’s possible, I don’t know, but I was thrilled.  This is the first time in my life that I actually lost weight through the Christmas season!! 

Back to Normal

Things around here are getting back to normal after the crazy busy holiday season.  The only bad part about that is daddy is back at work.  We got a little attached to him while he was off for 2 weeks, and then we had to let him go back to work.  Someone has to bring home the bacon, I guess.  It was nice to have him around though.  When Parker woke from his nap yesterday afternoon, he said “I want daddy come home”.  He’s lost without him right now. 

We had a great time with family and friends over Christmas and got really spoiled.  All 3 of us!  We usually dread all of the traveling and moving from place to place, but we actually kind of enjoyed it this time around.  It wasn’t so bad and the traveling was easy.  It helps that Parker was just pretty much perfect in the car.  We were expecting much worse! 

Our decorations are put away now, and everything is back in place.  Well, except for all of the toys I can’t figure out what to do with.  That will come soon enough though.  Right now, I am really enjoying some down time.  We actually stayed home all day yesterday!  I don’t know if anyone else is like this, but I like some home time and some down time quite often.  Not just here and there, but quite often!  I just like routines and a feeling of ‘normalcy’, whether it’s normal or not.  The occasional spontaneous behavior is fine and good too, but some routine has to be thrown back into the mix. 

Well a little someone is trying his best to cuddle with me… so I gotta go!