I'm so tired!

I can't seem to get enough sleep lately. I took 2 naps today and still feel totally exhausted right now. I've been eating the special diet and all my readings have been pretty good this week. Hopefully I'll be able to test less next week. I guess I'll email my numbers to the dr and see what she thinks.

Oliver needs a haircut.

I'm eating my snack early and GOING TO BED.

The past week...

We've been busy. At least, I feel like we have been but I can't really remember what we did. Pregnancy brain!

Friday Oliver and I went to the Children's Museum with Elizabeth and Isabel. We had a great time! They played together pretty well although most of the time they were just running around doing their own things. We went out to lunch afterwards at Mimi's - have I mentioned that I *love* that place?! I think we're going to get together more often now. We've both been so busy with our kids and our pregnancies that it's been a while. Oh, she also said they'd come get Oliver when I go into labor so he doesn't have to be in the room with me while I'm suffering...I don't think that would be good for him. We will, of course, return the favor when she goes in!

Saturday Oliver and Bob went to Raleigh to visit Bob's dad. They spent the day out on the boat having a grand time...they even had a picnic out there! Bob said Oliver really enjoyed it even though after a while the rocking nearly put him to sleep. There are pictures but I don't know where Bob saved them so I'll try to post them at some point.

Sunday we lounged around a lot. I got some housework done, Bob did some yard work. Oliver played a lot. We took a long walk - which was nice. Monday we were both home from work again so we did some shopping. I got a new purse/bag that is waaaay bigger than my old one. It's big enough to fit everything I need so I retired the old purse AND the book bag that I usually carry. There's even enough room for an emergency diaper and wipes!! I also got a new water bottle. I've been refilling an Aquafina bottle but that's not a good thing to do. That type of plastic is not made to be reused like that. Anyway, the new bottle is red and it's made of (BPA free) Nalgene. I wanted a cute bottle to take to the hospital so now I have one! It's about a liter so according to my dr I only have to drink 2 of them a day. I'll probably do 3 or 4 though, it's HOT outside!

I had my followup visit at the nutritionist today. She said that everything looked pretty good except a few readings. She asked me what I ate those days and I pulled out my food journal and showed her. She was pretty impressed that I had started the journal since she hadn't mentioned it at the first appt. Anyway, she told me what I could do to get better readings and said that if I keep good readings for another week then I can start testing only once a day instead of four times!!! I will definitely be following the diet to the LETTER for the next week because I hate hate hate testing! She also said I should do my exercise in the evening instead of in the morning because that made my morning reading better, too. I guess I'll still try to do the walking in the morning but also do prenatal yoga when I get home from work...if I'm not too tired.

Roy is still moving around like a maniac. The dr said he's head down now although he could move back around anytime. She said most babies don't go and stay head down until about 36 weeks. Oh, and I lost 4 pounds! I guess it's the diet I'm on. I was at 136 a few weeks ago, now I'm at 132. I'm not sure that's a good thing but the nutritionist said it was ok.

A big update...if I have time

It's been a long time and a lot has happened.

The weekend I was at my dad's I was on a special high sugar/high carb diet because I had to take the 3 hour glucose tolerance test. You only have to take this if you fail the one hour test, so I was a bit concerned, but not overly so. I got there and sat for four hours and had blood drawn 4 times. Of course after they sugar you up for 3 days they starve you for 12 hours before the test so I was soooo hungry. After the 4th stick with a needle they sent me on my way and said I should hear the results in a few days. That was Monday. On Thursday my dr's office called and said I needed to come see the dr. that day - would 2:45 or 4:15 be better. Well, this made me a bit more worried so I took the 2:45 and we headed over. (Bob and Oliver were with me) They told me I failed the 3 hour test and that meant that I have Gestational Diabetes. So now I'm considered a "high risk" pregnancy - which means no more midwives for me. :-( They are sending me to a nutritionist (tomorrow) so I know what I can and can't eat and also how much or little I should exercise. I guess it wasn't THAT bad of a failure if I don't have to take insulin or anything, but I will have to check my blood sugar throughout the day. That means I'll have to stick myself with a needle...something I'm NOT looking forward to. They also said that I am now at a higher risk to develop diabetes as I get older. Hopefully that won't happen but I'll definately be keeping a closer eye on my diet even AFTER Roy is born. I'm not really sure how this will change my plans for labor and delivery, I was too flustered to ask, but I have to go every week to see the dr now so I will ask them at my next appointment.
This also sucks because all I crave is candy and ice cream and chocolate!

In Oliver news he's using the potty pretty regularly in the morning until after his nap but after the nap he doesn't seem to care anymore. I've tried everything to get him to remember to tell me he has to go but nothing has worked so far. The good news, though, is that I haven't had to change a poopy diaper for about 5 days! I tried him in the training pants today but I'm not sure he's ready for them. I explained what they were, called them "cool dude" pants, and told him cool dudes only pee in the potty. He then proceeded to tell me he had to go potty every few minutes and then when I got him there he wouldn't go. Maybe it's because the training pants feel different than a diaper? Any advice would be appreciated!

He's picked up so many new words, he's just a chatterbox! He talks all day long and now he tells stories...for example he'll say Daddy, truck, drive, working...or he'll say walk, strolly, puppy...which means Daddy is at work driving his truck or that he did/wants to walk in his stroller with the puppy. When we're driving he names everything he sees.

We are still working on colors. He gets them sometimes but I just don't think he cares that much. He gets green most of the time, and blue and red sometimes. Yellow, orange, black and white are completely out most of the time - usually he calls them red. He does know that Daddy's truck is black, though.

We've started getting up early when it's still cool and walking around the block a few times. Saturday we did two laps, today we did 3. Three laps is just under a mile so I thought that was pretty good. We met the lady on the next street who has 4 boys, one of which is just about Oliver's age and she said she would come walking with us some days. She didn't come out today so I guess she was either busy or she didn't see us. I told her what time we'd be around so if we keep our schedule then we'll eventually meet up.

I guess that's all for now. I'm going to try to update more often. I've been obsessed with facebook lately and spent all my time there instead of here.

Father's Day fun in the yard...

We got up early yesterday and went to Mimi's Cafe for breakfast with our neighbors. (Incidentally Mimi's was voted #3 most kid friendly restaurant in Parent's magazine this month!) After a very yummy breakfast we came back home and took a nap - which was exactly what we all needed. Then We had some lunch and went outside to play. It was pretty hot (around 91, I think) but there was a breeze so it didn't feel too bad. Bob and Oliver played ball, then they fed the birds (picture 2), then they played in the rocks in the parking space. We were still outside when Nanny and Pappy showed up to hang out for a while. They stayed for about an hour playing and chatting and such then they had to leave to get home. After they left we went out to dinner at Red Robin (also on Parents kid friendly list, but Bob's favorite burger place) and it was yummy! Bob even treated himself to a delicious chocolate milkshake, which he shared because it was HUGE. Overall, I'd say it was a pretty good day.

Happy Father's Day!!

Oliver loves his daddy!!

We went to SC this past weekend to visit my dad and see his new house. We had a good time, and Oliver really liked playing cars with Grampa. He was a bit scared of Grampa at first but it didn't take long for them to become friends. Oliver even helped Grampa in the garden a little bit.

Here they are in the garage looking for peep peeps. Oliver heard one but it must have been outside.
The unsolicited hug!

a belly shot...finally!

31 weeks (ish)

What the... ... ...HAIL??

Last night I was at work when Bob told me it was pouring down hail at the house! It didn't last long but it tore up the trees and flowers. We didn't get any of this at work (where I was) and it's only about 15 minutes away!

Playing in his room...

Oliver looks so pleased to have so many cars. Some of them are new, we just got a pack of "wee-ooohs" the other day. What is a "wee-oooh" you might ask? Well...any type of vehicle with a siren - ambulance, police car, and most of all the fire truck.

Here he's pointing out where the man sits in the truck. He always does this with every car he picks up. Sometimes he says man and sometimes he says Daddy. I wonder how he determines which one.

In this one he's putting the cars away when he was done playing. He did such a good job of cleaning up his room.
When he was done playing with the cars and had put them away he got out his animals. Of course, there are people in there, too. He's holding the doctor lady and the cowboy and he was smooching them and then making them smooch each other. He's so affectionate!

Updates, but just a few...more to follow

Since putting Oliver in his own room he has slept really well 2 out of 3 nights. The first night was wonderful for him - not so much for me. I woke every time there was the slightest sound in the monitor. I'd go in to check and he'd be sleeping soundly. The second night he woke up a few times calling for "honey" which is what he calls me sometimes now and I had to actually go in to put him back down. Last night I woke up twice, but he was asleep the ony time I went in. The other time he didn't make any more noise so I just went back to sleep. I can't believe how nice it is to get so much sleep. I had really forgotten!

We got our new dishwasher - which leaked. We had a tech out today and he said it's defective and we need a new one. We are going to try to return that one all together and get another one at Lowes. HHGregg didn't really treat us very nicely when we told them we needed a new one. This should all happen tomorrow.

The big boy room...

I finally caved and decided it was time to move Oliver into his own room. I cleaned it up and vacuumed really well - we moved Bob's dresser and my rocking chair out and moved the boy bed in. Oliver seemed to like it really well. He played on his little town rug with his (new) cars and got up in his bed a few times to pretend sleep. He had a pretty hard time going to sleep tonight because there was so much to look at but hopefully he'll still sleep ok. He's right across the hall...he's RIGHT ACROSS the hall...that's what I have to keep telling myself.

Potty news: Oliver had a few wet diapers today but he pooped in the potty and peed 4 or 5 times, too. I'm so proud of the little man!

Playing outside

Here is Oliver playing with a bucket of rocks...

Here he is sitting on the porch after he'd gotten a little tired. After a minute he turned around and started knocking on the door so he could go in.
Here he is pulling his new wagon. We were at Target the other day looking for something else completely but when Oliver saw this he dragged it off the shelf and around the aisles. Bob is a complete sucker so we took it home with us. It does come in handy for carting around watering cans and garden tools, though.

Eye hand coordination is fun!

We played outside today for a loooong time. Oliver pulled his wagon around (will post pics of that later) and helped me water the flowers...and himself. He spent about half an hour scooping up rocks with his trowel and putting them in that bucket and then pouring the bucket back out so he could do it again. I just let him because he was playing quietly, not running into the road, and working on a very important skill - eye hand coordination. He was having a really hard time keeping the rocks on the trowel at first until he figured out to keep it level until he got it to the bucket. After that it was no problem...he'd rake them loose from the ground and then scoop scoop scoop them up. Bob took the last picture and it turned out so well that I just had to post it.

Potty Training Breakthrough!

Yesterday first thing in the morning Oliver came to me and said "potty! potty! potty!" So I took him to the potty and he peed and pooped in the potty! A while later he did it again...and again...and again! I only changed one diaper yesterday - it was (unfortunately) a poop diaper but I think it was because he was just SO tired that he didn't remember to tell me he had to go. He even woke up from his nap dry and went in the potty after that. Thinking this was some kind of fluke and it was a one time deal I didn't expect much today...I was hopeful and optimistic, but I wanted to be realistic. However, the little guy suprised me and has gone potty 3 times already today and had NO wet diapers again! I think he's finally got it! I'm soooooo proud of the little man and very thankful that the diaper days are almost gone...at least for a month or two.

Thank you, George!

Yesterday we got our stimulus check in the mail. We went out looking for dishwashers (which we need because the one we have has a crack that leaks steam when it runs and it's ruining the counter) but ended up with this. A new bedding set! This is what I used part of my "fun money" from the check on. We really needed a new quilt because the one we had (we got for a wedding present) has a tear in it and the sheets were starting to get holey. Anyway, this set came with 2 shams, a comforter, a bed skirt, a flat sheet, a fitted sheet and two pillowcases! All for a VERY reasonable price! The comforter and shams are reversable - the second picture is one side, the third picture is the other side. The last picture is the sheets. This will also match our old sheets, which are red. I'm sooooo excited to get into bed tonight!

We did end up getting a dishwasher, too. We paid less that what we budgeted and got the one I really really liked from HHGregg. I'll take pictures when we get in installed, hopefully on Saturday. We saved by picking it up and installing it ourselves - hopefully everything will go ok!

New shirt

My mom got Oliver a new shirt for my birthday...Here's his reaction...

The shirt says "Save my planet" and has a picture of a planet and an alien. Toooooo cute!
Oliver, What do we need to save?

"my PLANET!"

The sweet sweet sound of mookie...

Bob got out this old keyboard that I had when I was a kid. Oliver just loves playing it! It has some buttons where you can change the instrument sounds and a setting where you can push a button and it plays a beat by itself. He's good at playing and dancing, too! I think he's figuring out that one end plays low notes and one end plays high notes...he goes back and forth with those busy little fingers and listens to the difference. I took a couple of videos that I may or may not post within a few days. (by the way "mookie" is how Oliver says music)

finger painting...fun?

I tried out Oliver with some finger paints. I really needed him to be occupied while I tried to tidy up the kitchen (see in the background?!) so I put one of my old T-shirts on him for a smock and got out some red and blue paint. He seemed to have fun, but all I heard the whole time was "messy! messy! messsyyyyy!"...I don't know where this boy got his neat-freakness from! He did paint long enough for me to get the dishwasher loaded and the counters cleaned. We got 4 good pictures, too. I'll have to get pictures of them and post them on here at some point.