busy weekend..

Our weekend was super busy! First we tended to car shopping for me. We orginally intended to wait to car shop for a while, but after one week of being down to one automoble... we quickly changed our mind!
Friday we headed to the bank, and to some car lots, and dealerships. After the sun went down and it was nearly 8 oclock we decided to head home, eat some dinner & call it a night. Julian' was basically crying because he was so hungry, so we opted to just grab fast food. Checked his sugar...and headed home..finally. once in down town ocean springs, i went to grab his meter remote from the back seat to treat him for his happy meal..
The meter was not there. We pulled over..searched..searched... it was gone. Turned around went back to every dealer/carlot we went to. Sat in each and every car... retaced every foot step... still nothing. I sat in the front seat, & the bundled fustration broke. The meter had just been in the car when we checked..how could it be gone?? Josh asked Julian where it was. Julian replyed.." out the wimbo, when daddy going fast". Josh & I both knew he must have thrown it out the window while going down the interstate. I called the animas company where they so nicely agreed to send us one free of cost,- but explained that this would be the only 'gift' meter. the next will cost us $200.00! OuCh! Needless to say... The windows are now child locked & Julian's medicine does not go in his diaper bag anymore- always in my purse!
Saturday- we began our car hunt again. And found me a hot ride. :) i really like my new mommy mobile

the same day- we made out first trip to lowes in my new car! The space- WE LOVE. Josh can recline his seat w/o getting in Julian's leg room... and we had so much room in the back for a lawnmower,weedeater, bricks, plants, molch & potting soil! -- would have never been able to do this in a camry!( although i loveeeeeeeeeeeed my camry)

Sunday- we busted butt in the my flowerbed!!! really-- it was so bare & ugly before. It's still not finished. we fell short a few bricks & i counted wrong for my plants, so i need one more little flower in the front & then we are starting on the flower bed on the other side the house. but here is some pictures of the one by our walk way..

Remember how ugly?

Josh & Ju cutting the grass! :P

As a treat- I brought Ju to the snowball stand up the street. We been wanting to go- but just hadn't... the entire way there i was plotting how i was going to keep his sugar down.. bc lord knows all the sugar in a snowball would have him through the roof!
But to my surprise- the man there had ONE sugar free flavor- Cherry. I got it for Ju and explained to the man that Julian had type 1 diabetes & exactly what a normal snowball would do to him. He asked Julian what all his favorite flavors were- because for now on he is going to keep Julian's favorite flavors in sugar free- just for us! :) how sweet is that? :)

Juju enjoying his sugar free snowball!

Anatomy Scan!

Well.. Today was my long awaited anatomy ultrasound! Most mommy's look forward to this ultrasound, to find out the gender of their unborn baby. We however, already knew we were having a little baby boy, so I looked forward to seeing his growth, making sure the bleed hadn't come back & to check on the ' unknown' in my uterus.

First and for most- my baby boy is growing quite well! Most 19 week baby's weigh 9-10oz... where as Jai, he weighs 13! LOL he is still measuring almost a week early ( today 20w1d ).  All of his little organs were perfect, even his fingers, toes, & nose! :) I was so happy to hear that he is doing well. Also, i found out why today- that im only feeling slight movement on my sides( not in the front of my belly). My placenta is in the front, so it's a cushion for his jabs and kicks! Maybe as he gets stronger i'll feel them better(hopefully).

As for my bleed-.. what bleed? ;) it is still healed!! THANK you LORD!

&& the 'Unkown'... well i know that it is not a cyst, that it is a solid mass of some type.( so i shouldn't worry about it popping.) Today it did appear that there was blood flow to it,or through it. It's really hard to explain, because even the tech herself, couldn't explain it well. She still does not know what it is. But we do know that it is not effecting Jai in the least. So as long as it stays this way, that is all that matters to me. They are going to continue to follow & check this 'unknown' for the next visit and then send me over to NOLA or Mobile to see a maternal fetal specialist. The 'unknown' did grow slightly, but not enough to cause a fuss.

I was suppose to see my doctor after to talk about this specialist, and also ask him about my bed rest/activity level-- but he had to leave for a delivery & surgery. So he wouldn't be back for hours. They told me he will review my chart when he returns and if he wants to see me sooner then my already scheduled appointment, then he'll call.  Next appointment we will be doing another ultrasound to again check this unknown && go from there.

Thank you everyone for continuing to pray for us! I will keep everyone posted!!

oh.. PS i will post ultrasound picture soon!

our weekend!

wow. time is flying now that i am able to move around & get things done!!  This past weekend my mom came to visit us with my nephew, Alex. Sadly, the weather was damn, misty & chilly. We had to remain inside most of the day. We took a trip to wal mart to get the goodies for Crawfish & shrimp stew... and when there they had high chairs & boster chairs on sale. The high chairs were only $28 and the boosters were $19. My mom told me if i wanted one for Jai, she would get it for him. I had a hard time choosing. I wanted the highchair, but wasnt sure how much i'd like that in my dinning room.( im funny and dont like cluttered rooms) So i stuck to what i knew i was okay with, and got a booster seat. It's almost exactly what we had for Julian, just a little more snazy with toys on the tray.

He obviously wont use it for the first few months, and will be fed from his bumbo,walker or bounce chair. but still something that was very vital when we had Julian, and im so thankful to have another to use for Jai!

Also,

Josh's co- worker sent him home with some really nice clothes for Jai. Along with a bottle warmer, pack of diapers, halloween costume, a new pack of paci's.

most of them still have the tags on them, or havent been worn bc her baby grew out of them so quickly! I am very thankful ! :)

Also, we also went to the beach for the first time here. We had so much fun !

it was such a beautiful day! We cant wait to go back again soon!

painting..&& ??puppp's???

It has been a busy weekend in out household.

Friday, Josh had his root canal done. It wasn't as bad as he anticipated. That night we made a trip to Lowes to get the paint and rest of the supplies for Jai's room. (I really wanted to get the knocked out this weekend) That night we came home to eat red beans & sausage..then went to work! We[Josh] primed Jai's room that night!

Julian has been such a big help all weekend! He loved painting in Jai's room & being a bigger helper & being told he's a good big brother!

Saturday, we[Josh] taped off the stripes and began the brown stripe... we worked on that most of the day as well as lounged around.

Today, we went to church, cleaned the garage, I did some laundry that had been in the garage. Two big boxes of clothes i was sending to good will( all Julian's). SO glad i didnt. i clean them and packed them back up so Jai can use them! He wont get use out of them until 24 months and over.. but still.. haha.

 Also, Josh painted the rest of the walls Green! We just have a tiny bit of touch up work to do & to paint the small stripe eggshellwhite. I know, we did it backassward..lol but we always seem to do things that way!!

So far this is what his room looks like! We still have PLENTY we want to do-- but are very proud of how much we have already got done! :)

23 week to go-- hopefully they go by VERYY quickly!

OHH .. && i've broken out with a rash on my belly the last few days! It is ONLY on my belly. A friend told me it could be Puppps. i had no clue what that was. But i plan to call my doc to see if there is anything i can do about it. Its itchy and annoying :( Supposedly it's the pregnancy rash, that last until delivery... My kind of luck right ;)

   

The unknown

today while at the doctors for my 16 week sugar test, I took a picture of my ultrasound that was clipped to my chart. You can see here the "weird, fonky" thing that is in my uterus.

It's the bubbly looking thing on the bottom of the picture. it's hard to explain but im sure those of you who have had kids, and ultrasounds see it.