the final turn

in the next couple of months, so major things are happening: sean's 2nd birthday, arrival of our 2nd son, and nat's prelim.

nat's approaching the final turn of his phd career. yay! he's feeling a little bit stressed with all the work he has to do between now and his prelim (finish a conference paper, work on prelim statement, work on prelim slides). after he finishes his prelim, he'll be in the homestretch! yippee! ;)

spoiled

well everyone, i made it through the day alive yesterday. :P let me backup a little bit. my mom had been visiting for a week and a half, and i must say, i love when my mom visits. she plays with sean, she cooks, and she's generous enough to buy things for us (like groceries, lunch, or custard cup). it's great for me because i get a little break from being a stay at home mom. and it's great that my mom loves spending time with her grandson and serving our family. she did get tired at the end of each day (but who wouldn't chasing a toddler around?), but i think she enjoyed her time.

anyways, everytime my mom is here, i get spoiled with all the help. then, when she leaves, i get this, "i can't do this" attitude, even though it's not much different without her. but, i managed to get through the day, and all went well. :) nat kindly reminds me that i've been taking care of sean by myself about 95% of his life. :) thanks honey, for that reminder! :)

thanks mom for all your help! we loved having you here! :)

gestational diabetes

i went in for my 32 week checkup today. we had a sonogram to make sure the baby's due date hasn't changed. our son measured to be around 32 weeks, so everything looks great.

my doctor said that my blood sugars look good, and that i can go to taking my sugars every other day, yay!

i'm a little bit skeptical about the whole gestational diabetes thing in my case. i've heard that different doctors/hospitals/clinics have different tolerances to the blood glucose for when you fail. i think the hospital/clinic i'm at is definitely more strict. i failed 2 out of the 4 measurements for the 3 hour blood glucose, one of which was really close (180 was the cutoff, i was at 188). my friend had said that if you fail 1, you're still considered as passing. she had also told me that at our mutual friend's clinic/hospital, you just have to pass the fasting (before you drink the sugary liquid) and the last measurement at the 3 hour mark in order to "pass" the test (aka not have gestational diabetes). if i were at the same place she was, i would be classified as not having gestational diabetes.

the other reason i've been thinking that i probably don't have gestational diabetes is since i've been monitoring my diet, i've only had a high reading of 135 after meals. and these are meals that are pretty much carbo loaded (case and point, today for lunch i had as many of my mom's dumplings as i wanted which was probably twice the amount of carbs i should have eaten). now, in some places, you just have to stay under 140, but like i said, our clinic is strict, and the doctor that oversees "high risk pregnancies" (which include gestational diabetics), wants that number to be under 120.

i know that our doctors just want to make sure that we have things under control and that we don't have a big baby. but now, i'm a little bit more lax about things moreso than when i was pregnant with sean. :P i wish i wasn't so borderline. :P

i love my husband

i love nat so very much, and i am so thankful that he is my husband. in the past few days, he has rebuked me over several issues, and during those times, i've been so thankful for nat. strange, i know. i love how God works in nat's life and how he truly does love me as Christ loved the church. in his rebuke, i could see his love and gentleness towards me and that attitude definitely made a big difference in how i received his rebuke. i'm not saying nat is perfect, but i do love seeing Christ work in his heart!

gmail link

here's what i got in today's gmail link: top 10 ways to provoke a geek

stuffy

so it's 12:30AM, and i'm up, not by choice. my nose is so stuffed up, i can't go to sleep. to make it worse, nat is in the living room sleeping b/c my tossing and turning (plus trying to clear out my nose) was waking him up. i gave in and took some tynenol cold, so i'm hoping that it'll help me breathe in the next 30 minutes so i can go to sleep.

i can't wait for this cold to pass. it seems like it's not really bothering sean (he sleeps great), except for the loss in appetite. i hate colds, and it's been a long time since i could actually take something for a cold so that i can go to sleep (b/c of nursing or being pregnant). i wish i could just take my old alka seltzer cold, and be zonked out. bleh. hopefully this cold won't last much longer--at least the stuffy nose and not being able to sleep at night.

colds in summer

i woke up with a scratchy throat this morning. i felt icky as soon as i woke up (and it didn't help that sean was up right before 6AM). i hate being sick when the weather is so nice!