Back again
Dec 12th, 2008 by Bethany
Our host disappered with all our sites a couple of months ago, but Colin’s got us back up again. Yay Colin! I’m missing a ton of posts from July through October, but at least we have everything from before July this time around. Yay backups!
So, what’s been going on here? Hmmmm…
Thanksgiving in Arizona with my parents and some of my siblings was divine. We had all sorts of good food, including a cheesecake flan made by my very own Chef Colin. My brother, Uncle Nephi, was a hit with Degen and Maggie as expected. They just can’t stop talking about him and how wonderful he is. We did some yard work together, which really means everyone else did yard work while I sat in the sun and kept them company. I tried to lift a shovel of dirt once and immediately thought better of it with my very large belly and confused sense of balance (not to mention my healing sprained knee and very loose ligaments). I got to see my sisters Ruth and Eliza pass their road tests and receive their driver licenses on the same day! Yay Liza and Ruthie! The test proctor was impressed with both of them and their driving skills. We cooked and talked and my mom adjusted all of our backs (she’s a DO so she can do that stuff) and went to the park and the kids played with Grandma and Grandpa and their aunts and uncle. It was really ideal, except that a couple of my sisters were missing (on the other side of the country for Thanksgiving this year). My mom cut Maggie’s hair for the first time (with bangs so she can see without pigtails) and trimmed Degen’s to a presentable length, then Mom and I went to a nearby salon and had our hair cut too. I really love spending time with my mom, even when she has to study for her next qulifying exam part of the time.
Just before Thanksgiving I was officially diagnosed with gestational diabetes, and just after Thanksgiving I was put on a low dose of insulin overnight to take care of that stubborn fasting number, just like when I was pregnant with Maggie. My current OB, Dr. Klekman in Santa Rosa, is wonderful and is very laid back about the whole thing while also vigilantly watching and listening for any possible problems. The diabetes educator I’ve been assigned to, Astrid Ortega, is also friendly and relaxed, even when my kids are running around her office in circles. I do have to have weekly consults with her, weekly appointments with Dr. K, weekly nonstress tests, an ultrasound at 36 weeks to check the baby’s size, and they want me to induce at 39 weeks if the baby doesn’t arrive before then. They only have me testing my blood sugar four times a day (compared to seven plus when I was pregnant with Maggie) this time and I don’t have to check my ketones in the morning like I had to last time around. It’s really helped me this time around to have relaxed providers who explain things slowly and listen to me when I have concerns. It also helped to have some past experience to compare it to so I had some idea of what was coming.
Monday was Colin’s birthday. Happy Birthday Colin! We spent it, just the two of us, in Los Angeles at a training for a new product Colin was researching for his company. It was the first time we’d been (relatively) childless overnight since Degen was born, so it was fun for me to have a little break from my “job.” It really was amazing to have a room to myself and several meals in a row with no squeals of “Mommy Mommy Mommy!” requesting a refill of plate or cup. Thanks so much to Sonja and Dick for the time off!
Wednesday was my sister Abby’s birthday. Happy Birthday Abby! We celebrated Colin’s birthday with his parents, sister Kim, and her boyfriend that evening. I gave him 2G of RAM for his laptop, which he’s apparently very happy about but accidentally found out about in advance because I wasn’t sneaky enough to delete it from the history of my browser. So, no surprise, but a good gift anyway. Kim and Colin’s parents surprised us with an awesome gift–an overnight stay in Kim’s downtown San Francisco apartment after Christmas (hopefully before baby), complete with local restaurant reservations, spa treatments, babysitting, and touristy touring recommendations. And I thought our LA trip was a vacation! Definitely a surprise, and a very cool gift. No, I wasn’t bothered that his birthday present was pretty much half for me (and neither was Colin, as far as I could tell). Who needs Christmas presents when your husband gets birthday gifts like that?
Maggie chipped a tooth this week, so I’ve got to get her to a dentist to check and see if we can/should do anything about it in the near future. We’ve got to finish off the Christmas shopping and do some seriousgift wrapping. And I need to have the car serviced right away (of course the regular maintenance would fall on this month). And our renters of our house in Utah gave notice, so we’ve got to find a new family to live there, preferably starting in January. And I really should get appointments for teeth cleaning and doctor checkups and eye glasses for everyone in the family before the end of the year. I don’t even know if that’s possible, but if it were it’d be ideal.
It’s always busy around here, even when I have no energy. Actually, I’m usually okay as long as I don’t have to stand up for long or carry anything and I get a nap in the afternoon. Any guesses on how often those three things coincide? 