Holiday Festivities!

To kick start holiday festivities, Julian's school hosted the cutest little performance! Julian so excited about the whole thing, but even more so after Maw Maw and Murphy showed up to spend the day with us! On Fridays, we ALWAYS do something special.. rather it be getting a cupcake, doughnut or McDonalds. I told him we were having a treat early, and secretly met my mom and murphy at Pizza hut as his surprise!

 

We had to be at Ju's school for 6:15, and his performance started at 6:30.( our normal dinner time) Jai was not happy about skipping a meal, or having a late dinner should I say. So he fussed most of the play and I stood outside with him. The Tree was huge! But Ju being the BIGGEST kid in his school( height and weight wise) stuck out easily! He was the cutest thing, making all types of faces during the songs.

The Friday following Ju's Christmas Presentation, his class hosted a party. It was all about gift giving, and creating gingerbread houses! Josh was able to stay home with Jai' so I could go spend some QT time with my big boy! It was a lot of fun too!...

 

 

as you can tell, Ju was sneaking some icing lol!! love himmmm!

Picking up where I left off...

Following my birthday came October 23rd. I was laying on the sofa, editing pictures while watching American Horror Story, when my phone rang. It was beside me how it rang in the first place, because it was on 'do not disturb' & was currently being used as a noise maker(rain sounds) for Jai', because the one we'd been using since I was pregnant with Julian, finally gave out. When I got to my phone, I had missed the call, but immediately saw I had 10 missed calls, from my mom, brother, and Ashley Wade. I called my mom back first, because out of the tree, she was the first. The news I got following made my heart stop...drop...roll...my mom on the other end telling that my brother was killed in a car accident. I don't recall much after that point, just know that I was in new Orleans and in the matter of a few hours and the rest of that week was just like chaotic chicken scratch in my brain.

The week following was Halloween, and the weather was indeed not in the southern states favor. Thankfully the sky held up long enough for me and my ninja turtle crew to trick or treat and get home with dry shells.
The week following was all about prepping for our JDRF walk & vacation to GatlinBerg,TN. So much going on in so little time, with editing squeezed in-between as well as my school work. from November 7-17, we were out of town! on Saturday the 9th was Julian's JDRF walk and we had such a awesome turn out! We are truly blessed to have such great friends and family as support! On the 10th, we left for TN at 4:30 am... It was a very long drive, but our boys did fantastic! The drive up the mountain to the cabin was stomach turning, cabin was beautiful, the views were breath taking. Overall, it was a nice get away, but was not quite what I'd call relaxing..haha. The change from 2 children - 5 children is a BIG change!

Coming back to the south- we drove straight back to NOLA, as we had a special package to pick up! The boy's were given the heads up, but truthfully had no idea what we were taking on..
The day following our return to the south, we drove to Raceland to pick up our new family member, Otis' Danford.
He was found by in her neighborhood, and had been posting pictures of him for weeks. Cuter than a button, he tugged my heart strings. After hearing nothing but good report, and having josh on board we decided to adopt him, which turned out to be the best decision we've made(with dogs). Otis' has been a complete angel, and true blessing. He LOVES to ride in the car, is so tolerable with the boys, very playful with them, house broken, rarely barks, excellent listener, doesn't mind his bath's and enjoys getting brushed.. OH & is the best cuddlier. He has totally won our hearts, and became a big part of our family.

my life is like a theme park... Let me take you on this weeks roller coaster ride...

Well for starters.. Monday was Columbus day, so Josh & Julian didn't have school, nor work. Ashley and Addison came over today, so we can show them how to use the dexcom! This was perfect timing, being that today was the day Julian was due for his new one to be put on, so I decided we'd do them together, in hopes of giving Addi some comfort if she felt scared. The visit went great, and Addi was such a big girl getting her dexcom on for the very first time! Bless her heart, she was so excited to have it, and was so proud to show it to everyone.

Tuesday, Ju had school. At this new school, the teacher doesn't communicate with me like at the old school. Some days I don't hear from her at all.. which is a good and bad thing. Good- because I cant play scenarios in my head, if I'm not being told his BG constantly. Bad, because maybe I should be playing those scenarios. Well on this day, I was in carpool, and hadn't heard from his teacher all day long. As I sat in line,  was telling my mom how I worry less and blah blah, yet on days I don't hear from the teacher, I get anxious waiting for him to walk out the door and be walked to my car bc I can tell from that first glance if he's HIGH or LOW. As we are sitting there talking, Julian is next to walk out, and the moment I lay my eyes on him, I know it... he is VERY LOW. He gets in the car and the lady is helping him buckle, and he begin to cry. His eyes have that funny look, and I hand him his meter. I ask her whats he crying about, and she replies that she doesn't know but if I pull up, she'll run inside to ask mrs. kim(his teacher). As she runs in, Julian is checking his BG, 60mg/dl. UGH.. no wonder. When she comes back out she tells me he was flipping out over a sticker... I show her his meter, and explain that these out of character swings are red flags, and good reason to always check his BG. Granted, his Dex hadn't yet alarmed(it can lag a little) but it read 109 with two down arrows. that too is a red flag! :(
We had lunch with daddy shortly after, and which gave my boo the protein he needed. Then we came home to prep for his first baseball game that night! wooohoo!

  

I can not even begin to explain how proud I was of Julian tonight! and his team! they ROCKED IT! THey are soooo good for their age, and sooo freakin precious!

 

 

Wednesday- Julian headed off to school. I wasn't to concerned as I usually am the day after baseball, because to my surprise he wasn't running low like he typically does.(but hey I wasn't complaining, since he wasn't running high either!) Then that day at school his teacher texted that his dex alarmed at 65- so she gave him cookies. at the 15 min post check, she had him check his BG and it read 345. I was like damn, no way he's 345- its the day after teeball.. so I told her to insure he cleaned his finger before checking, otherwise the cookie crumbs would give a false HIGH. sure enough, as I loaded Jai in the car to go up to the school, I got the call saying he was 220. much better. he was probably a little low( around 90 if I had to guess) prior to eating the cookies. Dexcom is sometimes a little off. But good deal, he got to finish his day at school. That night, he stinkin dexcom came off early! DANG IT! we only get 4 of these a month, and they're suppose to stay on for 7 days. yet, this one lasted 3 friggen days!! ugh! So of course that means a no go for school tomorrow, and he'll return Friday, since Josh is heading to school for Donuts with dad & a field trip with him. His next dex will be put on next Monday.

 

Thursday- Well I fought highs all night last night and since Julian's dex is off today, he is playing hookie. Good thing we let him play hookie, he has since thrown u his breakfast and has Large ketones. WTF! his bg's haven't been out of whack.. im not getting it! SO I start praying to god he's not getting a virus! I start trouble shooting..

*insulin-- is good.

*no bubbles in tubing

--so next is pull the pump site off and change it out. AAA-HAA.. there's the issue. his CANNULA was completely bent. I assume I didn't catch it as soon as I would typically, bc he didn't run high like he normally does when his cannula is bent. I am also assuming he didn't run high, because of all the exercise he has been doing lately. So today we will battle vomiting, and ketones. :(

 

are you seeing the tend. Hope you enjoyed the free admission to our life, and the complimentary roller coaster Blood sugar ride! :)