could it be...?

That I am giving birth to an octopus?!?!?!?! How is it that her whole little tiny self can move around so much at one time and in all directions? I promise you, sometimes she starts twirling around so much that it hurts!!

The results are in...

and all my glucose tests came back normal. YEAH!!!

I said earlier that Jackson got to go meet Mo Willems this weekend. He though it was awesome!!! Mo was in town to promote his new book "Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed", and while he was at the library he read some other books and did a short Q & A before the book signing. Jackson was super excited that out of all of the kids who had questions, he got called on! Jackson's question..."What inspired you to write your new book?". Mo's answer "no one had written a book about a naked mole rat, so now I kinda own them". I was very proud of Jackson's question and he was just so excited that he got to ask it! The library had about 250 people more than they had expected so things were crazy crowded. After making a 'pigeon' hat and reading some other books, we finally got in line to meet Mo Willems. Jackson didn't get to talk to him much because the lady in front of us in line WOULDN'T SHUT UP and with so many people they were herding us through like cattle, but Jackson didn't even seem to notice, so I didn't make a big deal out of it. Here are some pics from the evening...






Also, I had my 3 hour glucose test yesterday and will hopefully have the results tomorrow. The fasting and the whole experience itself made me pretty sick, so I was in bed yesterday until about 3. Thankfully Jackson was with my mom and my husband was so worried about me that he didn't dare expect me to get up. Pray good thoughts everyone that this is the last of the glucose testing!

3 hour test tomorrow...

Well tomorrow I have to go take the 3 hour glucose test and I am not happy about it one bit!!! Any score over 130 on the 1 hour test is a fail and my sugars came back at 166. So tomorrow I have to get up super early and make it to the lab, so I can drink the awful glucose stuff again and then sit there for 3+ hours while they draw my blood on the hour, every hour for 3 hours. Mind you, I can have nothing to eat or drink before the test and nothing until after the test is over. So, these sad people are creating for themselves a hungry, tired, pregnant woman whom they then fill with sugar and start poking with needles repeatedly...what fun!

Oh well, just pray that I pass this time everyone, or not fun things with continue to ensue.

I will get pics up tomorrow, but we spent this evening at the library headquarters where children's author Mo Willems read some of his books and then did a signing. Jackson had a blast, and like I said I will get pics posted this weekend...

Dang...

new hair...

So...I cut my hair REALLY short. For many of you, it may not seem like it's insanely short, but being that my hair has found itself somewhere about 2-3 inches past my shoulders since I was 12, taking about 6 inches off and going obviously ABOVE the shoulders was a big deal. Even my husband admitted to needing more than 1 day to adjust to the idea. All said, I like it and I'm pretty glad I did it. It was time for a change!




Also, just for fun here's me and baby girl at 26.5 weeks. I'm starting to freak out that she is less than 15 weeks away; I think mainly because we're much closer to 10 weeks than 20 now! Wow! In that picture I look much bigger than I thought I was, although there is also a part of me that sometimes feels like I barely look pregnant. It has to do with the fact that she's transverse, so depending on her mood and position she sometimes cuddles up very deep and closer to my back, which makes her less noticeable. Last week I went to my doctor and she is still a bit concerned that I have only gained about 5 pounds, but I know with Jackson that I gained the majority of my weight...and I got BIG with him...at the end of my pregnancy. So, since she's measuring perfectly my doctor has agreed to not worry about the weight issue. BTW, for someone who has struggled with being overweight her entire life, its so weird to have people worry that you aren't gaining enough!