Wow...Really?

OK, so I am now convinced that I actually have gestational diabetes. I am also convinced that my baby is HUGE! Listen to this...that girl is 6 pounds 3 ounces at 34 weeks. She really needs to slow her row.

So now I am on Glyburide to control my nighttime sugars, as this is when the doctor thinks she is taking in the most glucose, and fattening up. But now I am dealing with some crazy hypoglycemia in the morning. I am working on getting that figured out.

Also, she was lying transverse last time we checked. I am doing all the yoga moves I can to get that girl to turn, but she just may really like lounging where she is. I thought I felt her move around, but she tricked me!

Also, nothing like a crazy pregnancy to make you truly consider the tubal ligation....considering...not asking for opinions...just saying.

I went to do some window shopping yesterday in the "city". It was much fun. I will be returning with Andrew to purchase a few cute things I saw. Especially those baby nightgowns with the elastic in the bottom. I love those!

We are rowing the Wild Horses of Sweetbriar this week. The kids are loving the lap books or "Fold and Learns "created by the folks at Five in a Row. They have learned about Massachusetts, similes, writing in a first person view, and today we will talk about splatter art. We are sticking close to the recommendations from FIAR. None of these are my idea. I love it when I don't really have to think.

Monkey has been presenting me with several books each night to enjoy with him. Last night he took it one step further and asked me to look up several authors and illustrators he wants to check out at the library next time we go. That is so great! That is called a love of learning folks....goal accomplished. Sparking the interest, and letting them roll with it. I act all cool about it when he tells me a new author or illustrator, but inside I am doing cartwheels, or some other fantastic gymnastic move this body has not done in well....too long. :)

Puppy is busy regressing in his potty training. He loves to pee his pants these days. At least it is just pee. Also, while shopping yesterday in this outdoor outlet facility, kind of swanky place, they have little trees planted here and there. Well, one tree was apparently just too dry, it needed watering...yes, we scandalized many a passerby yesterday. Love it!

Mouse has just finished Where the Red Fern Grows. Her official review...It is soooo sad, I can never read that again. That reminds me that most animal stories end poorly. Why must they always kill off our sweet animal friends....WHY? Just think of your top 3 favorite animal stories, classic, not this new feel good stuff...they all die don't they?

Well, we are nesting around here, so it is clean the house day...week....ok month! Today is bedrooms. Don't tell Andrew but I am packing up books...lots of them. I hate to say that yes some people can have too many books. Especially old computer study guides. I am sure he feels the same about our 3 bookshelves of children's books. Those are next. HONEST!

This just in....

Another update from my world...

Well, after much testing and crying and arguing with my doctor, he finally diagnosed me with gestational diabetes. I am working hard to control my glucose levels by eating the right foods. The kids are jealous of all my snacks...Neeener neener neener!

Puppy stays busy banging his hammer "fixing" lots of things. Also, he is no longer going by his given name...He is now either Bob, or Mater, Underdog, or any other character he decides to be. Some that he made up and that he is especially fond of are, Super Underpants, and Super Poop, and Super Naked. Toilet talk....Super!

Monkey boy is asking some great Santa questions this year....that's all I am saying.

Mouse is busy becoming a young lady. She primps and prisses all the time. She takes as long as me to get ready to leave the house these days.

Andrew is still helping out with Friday night football at the local private school. They are in the playoffs, and that means travel! Uh, did you know I am a big scaredy cat??? Well, I am, so it has been a miracle that I have endured the first away game. Tonight is a home game. Go Cougars!

As for me, I am starting to feel the nesting coming on. I think our holidays are going to a great time of cleaning and decluttering. Also, I think I want baby things up and organized by Christmas.

In the world of homeschooling....

We are going to make some ornaments to exchange with other users of our homeschool curriculum, Five in a Row. Tomorrow is the deadline for mail out. I will post on that soon.

We just finished up a semester of co-op with our local homeschool group. That has been fun. The kids have really enjoyed getting to know other homeschoolers. We return for the next semester right after the baby comes. We will see how that goes. 3 kids and a newborn...that is going to be a new experience.

Ok, so, that is all...hope you enjoyed this edition of Mommy Logic.

Uhhhh...Apparently I don't like to blog

or something!

So, since I last posted, we have a new president-elect. I am in the single digit weeks until I deliver our baby girl, and all the leaves are changing color and falling. So, please accept my apologies if you look for a new post regularly, and there is none.

I am always hesistant to write about little things, although those are some of the things I most enjoy on other blogs....weird!

So, here are a few little things:

We are getting some much needed rain. And it is a perfect day for beef stew. I will be making some yummy bread to go with it today.

I am looking forward to finding a little space for the baby. Mouse is hoping she will room with her, but I am sure she will be in with Andrew and I for a while.

Monkey is busy making lego creations. His current passion is submarines. I think someone may need more legos for Christmas.

Puppy is making mess after mess, and has become very bi-polar in his opinions on the baby. One day he really loves her and will love and kiss on my tummy. The other day he told me that he hates her. I just casually said, "Really, hmmm, why do you hate her?" He says, "Because she kicks me alll the time! She kicks and hits me all the time!" So, now we don't focus on her "kicking", we talk about her moving. That is a much nicer thing, wouldn't you say?

We are enjoying co-op. This is our last week until January. It will be nice to have a break, but really we love it so much that we will truly miss going.

We are working on a "kindness bouquet" at our house. We have a bunch of paper flower cutouts attached to straws, and 2 jars, one is a mason jar that holds the supply of flowers, and the other is a pretty vase to hold our boquet. Flowers are earned when a member of the family follows Christ's example in three specific areas, kindness, loving one another, and serving others. If someone is acting contrary to the example of Christ, a flower is removed from the bouquet and back into the "supply jar". If we have all the flowers in the pretty jar by Saturday at midnight, we will go to a really fun park on Monday for Family Home Evening. Monkey especially loves this activity. I am glad we found a motivator! I will let you know if we make it to the "swirly twirly" park!

Oh, and soon we will be receiving a wonderful freezer full of venison. My awesome father in law shot a deer and we had it processed. I will be so happy to have all that meat in the fridge!

I hope you enjoyed this little update. Hopefully there will be more to come.

Here's Hoping...

For a side job, my family cleans up the football stadium after home games at my husband's school. Today while were working together, my dd tells me, "Teenagers are so stupid. I am just going to skip right over that part of my life, so I don't have to be stupid."

ROCK ON! Here's hoping she can do it! LOL!

A Renewed Hobby

I have a friend who introduced me to the art of wreath making about 10 years ago. I am so thankful. It has become something I truly enjoy, and can bless others with. I have not made a wreath in over 2 years, since I made a wreath for our new house.

So without further ado, here is the new Fall wreath:

The halloween trimming will be replaced with something else when Halloween is over.

Here is the wreath I made for our house 2 years ago:

The flowers he brought...

Andrew is great about giving me wildflowers. He knows I fully appreciate a fist full of flowers. I enjoyed these especially.

13 Years Since Our First Dance

Yesterday was the 13th anniversary of the day Andrew and I became a couple.

It was a Friday night. We went to a church dance for single adults. I called his roommate to make sure he would be there that night. Then I got all fancied up, and headed to the dance with my brother. When Andrew got to the dance, I pretended I just barely remembered his name. Which went way over his head...and we talked for a while before he asked me to dance. We danced the rest of the night together. How could he resist? The fix was in! After the dance, I invited Andrew back to my apartment to play Skip-bo. My brother said he would meet us at the apartment. He wisely hung out with some friends before coming home. We played Skip-bo, Andrew told me very sweetly, that I was cute. I was glad he noticed. Then we stayed up all night talking. It was so fun!

The next day, I had to go to Houston to help my mom with some things, and I knew I would be trashed from staying up all night. Andrew offered to drive. Now it was my turn to not be able to resist! We enjoyed the weekend with my mom.

At one point we went to get some dinner with my mom. While he went in ahead of us, my mom tells me that she thinks this boy is head over heels for me. I was not convinced. We enjoyed our drive back to Dallas. On this drive, he told me that he would be referring to me as his girlfriend. I had no problem with that.

I love our whirlwind relationship. It was such a fun and confusing time. Who falls in love in a weekend? I guess we did.