adjusting

Fall has brought a few adjustments for us... we are adjusting to my new schedule.... not a bad thing. We are also adjusting to my being borderline gestational diabetic which brings with it additional weekly appointments with diabetic education, checking my blood sugars 4-5 times a day, planning out my meals and writing down everything I consume and testing each mornings urine for ketones ( it shows if I'm burning my own body fat, which they don't want me to do while I'm pregnant)





Since Eleanor and I had the weekend off and daddy had to work, we headed to grandma Cindy and grandpa Don's for the day yesterday. Eleanor had fun and mommy got to rest a bit while grandma entertained. we even had a surprise visit from great grandma and grandpa while we
were there!












Eleanor's new favorite sayings are "Thank you" after everything and "doin?" (whatcha doin) about 5000 times a day. it's pretty cute. she also loves to name off all her friends at daycare over and over. she loves letters and numbers and she tries to spell whenever she see's something written. she is getting pretty good at her shapes and colors.. if she doesn't say brown, there's a pretty good chance she'll get the right color. lol

As Summer Ends

As summer ends, so does the 2nd trimester of my pregnancy. Here I am at 27 weeks.
I failed my 1 hour glucose tolerance test last week, so next week, I have to do the 3 hour test.... not exactly looking forward to it, but hoping I pass that one and rule out gestational diabetes. this last week has been kind of rough, Eleanor and I have had a cold. and being sick while pregnant is just no fun and daddy has been working nights so I haven't had much time to rest, even though I've had 3 days off work. I have started my new position this week which means 12 hour shifts, but more days off. back to work tomorrow.




Eleanor found mommy's robe and just had to wear it



play date with Ava



pretending to have a sleep over




I am loving the new hair cut




playing with grampy in the new favorite toy




meeting up with grampy at the state fair




at the bottom of the big slide




she is still bringing this up! "I had fun with daddy on the big slide!"