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So I'm a slacker..... I'll be the first to admit it. I have had a lot to post about but now it's not so fun to read about things that happened over a month ago over a long post. So I'm just gonna quickly recap on what has been going on around here. (These are in no particular order)

*WE DID IT! Back at the beginning of May we took a road trip up through South Dakota and saw Mt. Rushmore and just far enough into North Dakota to count that we've been there and with that Jason and I have been to all 50 states since we've been married. It just took us a little over three years! We also drove through Montana and down through Idaho to get home. We drove 10 hours in one day! I thought I did pretty dang good for being 5 months pregnant!

*We spent the weekend at our cabin with my mother and father in-law and our good friend Walter, from Hawaii, and it was so nice! I just relaxed on the deck with my belly hanging out to give my little girl some sunlight while the boy were four wheeling and choppin' wood, watched movies, ate what I wanted (this was obviously before I had to started poking myself) and cuddled with my love :)

*One of my best friends, Brittany Evans had her little boy, Peyton, on June 15 and he is so stinkin' cute! I'm so happy for her and her little family! Holding him made me so stinkin' excited for my little ladybug to get here!

*I'm getting huge! I don't have all my pictures round up and on the computer yet but I will post some soon :)

*So, I guess I still can't keep my glucose under control, so in addition I have to take a pill every night in addition to poking myself four times a day and eating only 30 t0 45 carbs a meal to help my levels stay down. (start looking at the carb content on what you eat and you'd be surprised at how many things have loads of carbs in them. Which is ok if your pancreas is producing insulin like it's supposed to, but for me I'm not so lucky to be able to give into all the pregnancy cravings I have!) I guess it's better than having to give myself an insulin shot everyday. So hopefully this helps just enough that I won't have to do that.

*And, now I have to go do a non-stress test TWICE a week! My first appointment is tomorrow so I'm gonna see if we can knock down the appointments to just a few. I personally think that twice a week is a little excessive but we'll see.

*Jason and I still can't agree on a name for our ladybug! He wants Sara Noelle Button and I want Everley Noelle Button. I saw Everley in a magazine and can't stop thinking about it since and that was four or five months ago. I want something that's not so common but not WEIRD. When I saw that name it's just different enough that I fell in love with it. It was spelled Everleigh in the magazine, but I didn't like that spelling so much so I changed it. So we'll see what happens. We may not have a name until she is with us and in my arms! Hopefully it doesn't boil down to that but I know we will eventually come up with something we can both agree on.

*My hands and feet and swelling like balloons! Ok, it's not that bad, but it's uncomfortable.

*OH! We cleaned out and painted the nursery :) Just have to finish hemming the curtains and find cute decorations to put up around the room!

Uh, so that's pretty much it in a nutshell. I know there are things that I'm missing and I'll probably remember in an hour, but this is good enough for me. I will post pictures, hopefully this weekend :)

You want me to what?

So, about a week ago I had my glucose test... you know, the one with the nasty orange drink. It's actually not THAT bad, but it is super sweet and the fact you have to guzzle it down does not help. Well, the next day my nurse calls and says my glucose was elevated and I have to go back for the three hour test. YES, THREE HOURS! Sitting in the doctors office for three hours not being able to leave or eat anything but the lovely orange drink (and water, thank goodness) was not what I had in mind for my day off but it wasn't too bad considering. I brought our iTouch and watched a movie and played some games and then four pokes later I was home free! Only thing is, I get a call the next day saying two of my tests were elevated...... YUP, I have it. I have gestational diabetes. What the crap am I supposed to eat? I started to breakdown cause I knew my eating habits were going to have to change and it was gonna be a big change. I asked my sister about it cause she had it too and she started to tell me what it involves with counting carbs and only being able to have so many in a day and per meal. So naturally I start looking at labels and start to cry cause it seems like I'm just gonna have to starve. THERE ARE SO MANY CARBS IN EVERYTHING! I couldn't believe it. Well, I set up an appointment with a dietitian this last Tuesday and found out everything I need to know. Yes, I have to poke myself to test my blood everyday..... oh wait, not just everyday, FOUR times a day, everyday! Did I mention I really don't like needles?? But in all reality I thought it was going to be a lot worse than it actually is. They have made so many improvements that you can barely even feel the poke. It's really just the thought of it that gives me the hee-bee-gee-bees! Plus I can only eat 30 to 45 grams of carbs per meal (which is NOT very much) but veggies and meat are freebies. So after the class, I felt a little better about things and started thinking that this will actually be kinda good, the whole diet and exercise thing, cause then maybe I won't gain a ton more weight and it'll be easier to shed the weight after having my little ladybug. Plus, having more of an idea how much crap there really is out there to eat maybe after I have her I won't over do it.... but who am I kidding, I love chocolate, ice cream and bread among other things that have a lot of carbs. OH, and I'm slightly anemic so I have to take extra iron everyday, which isn't that big of a deal it's just one more thing I have to keep track of. But I'll do anything to keep my little girl healthy and strong as well as for my own good. So all in all things are still going good! Just wish I didn't have to poke myself four times a day!