So yeah...I'm a slacker. I haven't updated this thing in almost a year, and shame on me because there has been so much going on!
First of all I started working at a new high school and co-coaching a bunch of wonderful cheerleaders! Here are some pictures from the beginning of the year!
The Freshmen
JV
Some CHS cupcakes I made for our beginning of the year party...yum!
Not too long after the start of the school year this happened...
Yep, I took too just to be sure. Then I got to come home to this surprise...
That husband of mine can be really cute sometimes!
Here are some photos of the evolution of my belly throughout this process...
Very early on...I miss how thin I was
Getting ready for a football game...I was puffing out my belly for the picture
A little pooch, but still not much. THEN while on winter break in DC I popped!
I'm just downright huge as this was taken a month ago or so.
This pregnancy has been a roller coaster ride. It started out pretty easily and then in early March I started feeling not so well and the doctor ran some tests- turns out I have gestational diabetes. Not only that, but I have a REALLY bad case of gestational diabetes. So bad in fact that the day I met with the specialist he admitted me to the hospital and I have been on bed rest ever since. I'm greatful that I was only in the hospital for a little over 24 hours, but since returning home my days have been filled with medications, taking my blood sugars, and giving myself insulin shots- not fun! Not to mention the very limited selection of foods I am allowed to eat. The good news is that now we have reached 38 weeks and our little guy is totally healthy (although at the high end of normal in size). This is a HUGE improvement because the day I was admitted to the hospital the doctor told us that our little boy was in the 98th percentile...basically, he was the size of a Tongan baby! This was dangerous because his size and fluid levels were tricking my body into thinking it was time for him to come and sending me into preterm labor. If they hadn't caught it he may have come long before his lungs were ready in addition to a whole list of other problems. Thankfully, remaining dedicated to the doctors orders turned has made all of the difference! Now he is a totally healthy boy and we are anxiously waiting for him to make his appearance.
In the meantime, I was taken off of bed rest last week and Craig and I kicked it into high gear trying to prepare for this little guy to come. This meant a shopping spree for baby stuff! We had a list a mile long and Craig was such a good sport through it all- if you know the bandito (or pretty much any guy) you are probably aware that he he doesn't do too well on shopping trips; however, we shopped for two whole days and not only did he never complain, he also came home on both days and unpacked and put together all of our loot.
Craig found these awesome bike helmet at Target! They had lizards all sorts of animals on them. Craig is wearing the gorilla one here. We didn't buy any, but they were fun to try on!
We now have everything we need for this little dude, we just need to set up the nursery. I will post pictures of our haul as soon as we get his room ready.
Wow, that was such a long post and I never even got to our DC trip over the holidays! Next time!
