Life

Life...it's something that seems to tick by at an incredibly fast rate, always something going on, and never seem to get to sit behind this black thing anymore. That's fine for the most part, but this is kinda a journal...that never seems to get typed into anymore.

Gerard is fine... well sorta he did something to his knee which is better now, but now he can't get get out of bed in the morning. I tell him excuses, excuses you don't want to, to which of course he replies "he gets no sympathy around here." You can lend him a shoulder to cry on, but really I am trying to get out of bed myself with something like a 10-pound bag of potatoes strapped around my midsection. It is pretty bad as he actually made a doctor's appointment. (If you are not going to do something proactive no use complaining.) He has got something almost every night of the week, either meetings, home visits, or paperwork. That's fine as I am really encouraging him to get the visits done before the baby comes...as I have no idea how I am going to fit nursing/sitting down into this schedule we have. Hopefully, the babe does not need a lot of early evening nursing. But he is actually for the most part enjoying all the home visits (not the meetings) and that is a blessing. (and he has a good partner...his wife reads this)lol.
I am getting really curvy...and am doing really well. I feel incredibly good and things are going great. Well pretty great. I have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes, the screening changed in September and now it is a lot harder to pass. The weird thing is I can't seem to get my numbers high...and I have tried. We went to a birthday party where I tested my pancreas by having way too much to eat (for a diabetic) and had three of my favorite Lindortt chocolates and I got as high as 8.1 (should not be higher than 7.8) I have been out for supper and had a moment of complete pregnancy weakness and had a "pig out" session which included tons of chocolate chips (only chocolate in the house) and still don't go over what I should. I asked my doctor if there could be a mistake... a human error somewhere in the testing but that's not possible for him, so I will keep on checking my blood sugars and limiting sugar, which is really better for me anyway. The only thing it is another thing to do...and I will often forget the hour after a meal and snack to check. (7x a day) I am in the last four weeks and don't sleep much, I think it is my body's way of getting me used to what is coming up. Saw my o.b. yesterday and will hopefully get a date sometime in the next two weeks. Since I had to change my appointment because of my Opa's funeral I am seeing him way too late and all his OR time is booked, so they have to put in a request for more OR time. I am really hoping it is earlier in the day since I think that is why last time my heart went all crazy. All day with no eating and drinking. I always forget how many appointments there are in the end. yuck!

Danielle got her hearing tested yesterday and right now she has a mild high-frequency loss. My heart completely stopped momentarily as I saw the audiogram, but we are hoping it could be some wax in the ear or she is getting over or starting a cold which would have an effect on her hearing. Even if it is not one of these two things it would NOT be a significant enough loss right now to need hearing aids. Phew, but of course it means more monitoring and appointments.
We (Sharleen) got the results back from her C.T. scan and everything looks normal. So are on the wait list for genetic testing and to get her eyes checked at some kind of "fancy" eye doctor out in Surrey. I talked to another mom whose child has hearing aids and that's what often happens...her child went there too. So will wait and see when they phone.

Niessa and Timothy are slowly learning to read. Very exciting !!! I think they are looking forward to Christmas break (of course) as they say they never have time to play anymore. There is a bit of truth to that but 4:30-7:00 (30) goes really quick. By the time they read their books have dinner, and do chores, I read a story it's bedtime and that's in high gear all the time.

Life is good, Life is full. What a blessing.