24-26 weeks

For all of you who want to see the belly picture there it is. That is me at 26 weeks. I swear it feels bigger than it looks in that picture.

Last Monday I had my 24 weeks appointment. All went well, weight gain and growth all fine. I had my appointment in the morning so I went ahead and did my glucose test at the same time, that was not quite as good. My fasting sugar was 100 then I drank the yummy Lemon-Lime drink, taste 7-Up with too much sugar. I waited my hour and then rechecked my sugar...231!?! The cut off for Gestational Diabetes is 135, so I was almost 100 points over. I got my referral to go see the Diabetic Educator and went home and scheduled my appointment like a good patient. I saw her the next day, I figure with a sugar that high I didn't want to put it off long at all. That had to have been the most boring and pointless hour of my life. The lady knew I worked as a nurse over at Basin Clinic and even recognized that she had talked to me early that day calling on someones labs, but she still took me through the process of how to check my blood sugar! I ran my own Glucose test, I check blood sugars all day, I could not believe she showed me how to check my blood sugar. I was glad I went so I could get my Glucometer and have where my blood sugar ranges should be written down for me to see, but other than that it was a waste. She gave me a food pyramid and talked about what I should eat, but I had figured that out all on my own. I scheduled my follow up appointment with her for the following Monday but ended up calling and cancelling. There wasn't anything else she could do for me that I could have done at the clinic.

So far things are pretty good. I've cut out all the cookies and cake and my maybe one coke a week. I've gone to Skinny Cow and Weight Watchers ice cream and sugar free candy when I need to satisfy my sweet tooth, or grapes and strawberries. I eat quite a bit of fruit now. My noon and dinner sugars are right down where they need to be. My morning sugars are borderline normal. I took my blood sugar book to my OB doctor on Tuesday and had him look over them and had a few questions to ask him. I stepped on the scale that morning and had a 3 lbs weight loss, this is not the time to be losing weight, and I noticed my pulse has always been running over 100, my finger tips are even more numb that a week ago, what can I say I felt like I was falling apart and needed someone to tell me I was okay.
I'm so glad I work in the same office as my OB doctor. Since my thyroid is normal he's not worried about my pulse. There is nothing to do for my numb finger tips, basically it's pregnancy induced carpal tunnel syndrome. It wouldn't be so horrible to deal with but when you already feel like you are falling apart it can just be that last straw. My weight loss he says is good since it is just from changing how I eat. We have to keep watching my morning sugars and see how they do with some workout added in, but for now I get to avoid being put on medication.
That afternoon I got my belly support band I ordered so I have now started a 30 minute workout in the morning.
So I'm not falling apart and things are going good so far. For all of you who have passed your Glucose Test be happy. I was okay with being pregnant and I still am but I am definitely feeling more like I am ready to get this over with now.

I finished Ryann's quilt and took it to a girl I work with that has a quilting machine. She put that design in it for me. Brown thread on the bottom and green thread on top, a heart and flower pattern.

I love my dogs

Who needs a cat when their dogs can do this... SURPRISE for me when I walked out of the bedroom.

Last month we went down to St. George with a couple friends to escape the cold and snow. It was quite hard to have to come back to it. This is the only picture I took while we were there. We drove by this house a few times and I though it was funny. My favorite is the stork with the frog in its mouth.

Have you ever..

Have you ever been locked out of the house? Have you ever been locked out of the house by a dog? Well I have. Saturday I was out shoveling the little snow we had gotten over night. I had Maggie outside with me for a while but had to put her back inside when the man who shovels the sidewalks with his riding lawnmower got close. I don't worry about her and Sally being inside alone while I shovel because they just look at me out the window. Well the man came by and I could hear Maggie messing with the door to pull it open. When I was done I went to go back inside and the door was locked. Maggie had flipped the dead bolt in the process of trying to pull the door open. Luckily I had my cell phone in my pocket and could call Clint's mom to bring me our spare key. While I was waiting I could hear Maggie messing with the door and I kept checking to see if she had unlocked the door. When Clint's mom got the house I went to use the key and she had unlocked the door in the meantime. Don't think there are too many people who can say their dog locked them out of the house...but now I can.

Sneaky Sally

I have been greatly underestimating Sally's intelligence lately. Maggie is so smart and good at problem solving, the things that Sally does I over look. Well, the other day I was in the living room and Maggie was stealing things from Sally as usual. Sally walked over to the box with their bones in it. I watched her drag this bone in front of Maggie and then walked off a couple of feet and laid down to watch Maggie. Maggie seeing that Sally had interest in something new went and picked the bone up and chewed on it. Sally then went and got a different bone from the box. Her plan worked, Maggie left her alone. Maggie maybe the bossy younger sister, but Sally seems to have adjusted just fine.

Ryann's Room

My goal is to make Ryann one blanket before she is born. I went and picked up and couple fabrics, figured out a simple design and started to sew. This blanket will be big enough that we can cover ourselves while we are rocking her in the chair. The dots are the middle of the blanket with the green minky on the sides. The brown minky is the back. All that is left to do is sew the front to the back, so it's looking good that it will be done before she is born.
A close up of the brown minky. I fell in love with the hearts instead of the typical dots and knew it had to be part of her blanket.
While I was at work Clint put up the shelf and put her name on it. Decorating the wooden letters for her name was the first project I completed after getting the room painted.
The curtain rod, the perfect amount of girl.
I was looking on Etsy.com (one of my favorite websites) and I found these cute butterflies that I had to have for Ryann's room. Just a hint of yellow butterflies. They turned out even better than I imagined. The picture really makes the butterflies stand out on the closet doors, but they are a little more sutle in person.
I feel Ryann's kicks all the time now but once I have seen it. On Monday I was laying on my bed with a bare belly and I saw and felt my belly move right by my belly button. I haven't had any other hard enough kicks to be felt from the outside. It was pretty fun to see my belly move.
I have my 24 week appointment in about a week...lets hope I pass my Glucose Tolerance Test!

Maggie's Ride

On one of Clint's days off he went and rented a Bobcat to clear out all the snow and ice in front of our house. Clint had the driveway all nice and clear and then come the snowplows to pile it back in front of the driveway. It makes me cold just looking at these pictures. When Clint took the Bobcat back, Maggie went for a ride. She is such a good dog to get in and ride when she clearly is unsure what is happening.

20 weeks

There is no more denying the belly. I had my 20 weeks appointment today and along with that comes measuring my belly. So here is the first of my belly pictures...After my appointment I went back to ultrasound (US #6). On day two of my official ultrasound Loretta, the technician, could not get a good nose lip pictures since Ryann had her face smashed again the placenta. She went ahead and finished out my ultrasound at the time and everything reported back normal. Loretta told me to come back when I was further along to get a better look and double check. Of course Ryann did not want to cooperate. She wouldn't hold still when Dr. Anderson was trying to get her heart rate and when Loretta tried to see her nose lip she was face down. When she did shift she put her arm over her face. We finally got a good look and there are no detectable defects. Yeah! Everything still normal. Oh and for my father in law, it's still a girl. He is not believing it is a girl, but I did hear him say the other day granddaughter. I had her double check nothing new had poked up.
Clint hung up my flower and butterfly for me. After looking at the flowers for a couple days it just did not feel complete. Back to the store I went but there were not any more large flowers to hang on the wall. I thought I would get one that had a stand and just have my father in law take off the stand but they were too much. The little flowers were not the colors I was looking for. I ended up buying two more small flowers and repainting one of them. I love how it turned out, plus I do love painting. The small flower in the middle is the one I repainted. I just repainted the outside purple and the middle yellow.
The butterfly
The nursery will probably sit like this for a couple months, but the big stuff is done.
I am feeling pretty good. The mornings are still rough, but not as bad as they had been. By about 10 o'clock I am feeling fine. I have excepted that I'm just not going to feel good in the mornings for the rest of my pregnancy. I feel little Ryann's kicks and nudges all the time. Time is going by fast for me and I know it's because I'm working but that is just fine. I'm taking advantage of feeling good and getting done what I can now.
Everyone is asking if I have been craving anything. I didn't think I had been but when I got to thinking about it I am always wanting oranges. The Realtor we used brought us by a big box of oranges and since then that is what I always want to snack on. Just writing about it make me want to go eat one...and I think I will.