Frozen Halloween 2016

Happy Halloween from my frozen obsessed family! The girls had so much fun trick or treating and we ended the night with a nice hot bubble bath to warm up. I had so much fun with the costumes this year. I made capes for Lucy and Clara, Stella's Olaf costume, and my and W's costumes. Lucy and Clara dressed up for their preschool parade and party, for dance class saturday morning, for story time on Halloween, and for Daddy's work party. We were frozen in more ways than just our costumes. The morning of their preschool parade we woke up to snow on the ground. It was in the 30's and raining during their parade/trick or treating. Last night it 35 degree as we left the house to go trick or treating, hence the bubble bath after. It was so much fun to all get dressed up. W and I even got into it this year too. It was so fun to have a family costume. I hope everyone had a great Halloween!

Snack time at the library. Stella was so excited to be at the table like a big girl!

The capes I made them 

Costumes at dance class

Trick or treating with preschool

The pumpkins we carved with friends. So much fun!

Improving

As the title implies, things have been improving with W. the morning I wrote my last post W and I had talked. He knew how I was feeling and promised to try harder.

Things are much better. W has been putting more effort with me and even brought me home flowers one day last week. He gave me some nice breaks this weekend and we had some great family time as well. 

Lucy has been giving us a bit of a hard time with the feeding. Last week we switched her from the Prevacid solutab (it's a tiny pill that dissolves in her mouth) to the generic liquid form. Our insurance requires the use of a mail order and they had stopped covering much of the cost of the Prevacid from the pharmacy. Due to the cost, we switched and hoped it would be no big deal. Well, Lucy despised taking the liquid. I forced it one her for 3 days and have been since paying for it. The oral aversion and oral defensiveness came back pretty badly. Cue her refusal to nurse or eat solid foods. It's not that she wasn't eating at all, it's just that even small feedings required an outrageous amount of patience. We switched her back to the solutabs on friday and things are slowly improving. I'm hoping we'll be back on track soon. She has woken up a lot at night recently and eats well during that time. It's hard to deny her at those times because I know she's hungry, but It's made for one exhausted mama, that's for sure! 

I attended a baby shower on Sunday. One of the gifts was a quilt. It was so beautiful and inspired me to look for some small projects (that do not have deadlines). I'm hoping to take a trip to the fabric store this afternoon in order to make pillowcase dresses. I'd love to start another quilt and even have an idea of what I'd like to do, but I'd hate to not finish it. I think I'll start small. 

This Thursday we are planning a triple twin play date. There will be 10 month old boys and twin girls who are 2 weeks older than my girls as well as Lucy and Clara.  Other than that, I have to get a tb test scheduled for work tomorrow and have to go to my ob/gyn on Friday for an appointment that was scheduled and then cancelled for April. I'm planning to visit the nicu with the girls on Friday after my appointment. 

 Hard to believe, but the girls will be 9 months old tomorrow!! Where is the time going?

31 Weeks and Diabeetus

I've got gestational diabetes. I took the 3 hour test twice to confirm it. I flunked by even worse the second time. That was after eating a low carb/sugar and high protein diet for the week prior. I thought it was going to help. 

I miss milkshakes. And big bowls of pasta. 

I know it's only temporary, but it's hard to eat a high protein diet when you can't stand the look of meat. Meat was one of my aversions in the beginning of this pregnancy and it came back just in time to get diagnosed with gestational diabetes. 

My doctor's office is calling in a blood sugar meter and test strips to my pharmacy for me. I need to start by monitoring my sugar levels twice a day. I will do my fasting levels every morning and then test 2 hours after alternating meals. 

I get to meet with a dietician. Maybe she'll have some suggestions that aren't meat or soy based. 

To be honest, I'm worried I'm not going to eat enough or get enough calories while being on a "diet" for the girls. At my last appointment I had lost 3 pounds and my belly wasn't measuring any bigger. I know I'm getting to the point where the girls are not going to be growing as fast due to a lack of room, but I also feel like my belly should still be growing. 

Well, since I haven't updated in a few weeks I'll do an update. 

Babies- They should be about 16 inches long and weigh about 3 1/3 pounds. I have a growth scan in another week and we should find out more then. The babies can turn their heads from side to side, their pupils can dilate and respond to changes in light, and they are gaining more and more fat under their skin. 

Weight Gain- I lost 3 pounds at my last visit so am now up 22 pounds. 

Belly- Measuring just about full term. People ask me about my due date all the time in public and I'm feeling quite large. Things like rolling in bed or picking things up off the floor are so much harder. For most people, this is as big as they get. But for me, I have (hopefully) another 7 weeks of growing. I'm bumping into fewer things so I guess I'm getting used to having a big belly. 

Cravings/Aversions- With my new friend Diabeetus, I need to be careful about this. To be honest, I'm mostly craving sugary drinks like Poweraid and Half and Half. I'm not giving in to the cravings, but I wish I could every once and a while. My meat aversion is back in full force. 

Symptoms- A lot more cramping and Braxton Hicks, especially when I do too much. Lots of round ligament pain, pelvic pain, extra discharge, exhaustion, and the crazy dreams are back. People aren't lying when they say the third trimester is a lot like the first. The heartburn has been a bit better lately luckily. 

Sleep- It's been pretty bad. I'm up a lot at night to pee (what else is new?) and am having a harder time falling back asleep. I'm constantly exhausted. I just don't feel like I get much quality sleep. The past few nights I've had restless legs while trying to fall asleep too. 

Mood- As much as I'm happy about this pregnancy and excited to meet my girls, I've been a little down lately. With everything going on it's hard not to be. I'm trying to keep busy while I'm home by myself, but wish I had a little company. Luckily my sister is happy to talk on the phone multiple times a day. I've also been watching a lot of crap on Netflix. I'm kinda wishing we had cable right about now. 

Memorable Moments- Making my first dresses for the girls and finding a lot more projects to work on

Celebrating my 30th birthday and getting an amazing digital camera from W

Going for a ride on OUR boat that W worked so hard to refinish

Looking at new cars

Buying stuff for a hospital bag (I've yet to pack it though)

Putting up the final wall decal in the nursery. I'm waiting for the quilts to be done getting machine quilted and for the bedskirts that are on backorder and feel like they'll never arrive 

Getting pulled out of work

Taking a (pretty much worthless) breastfeeding class

Getting the diagnosis of gestational diabetes : (

Upcoming- W's working is throwing us a shower tomorrow

ob appointment tomorrow morning

Growth scan in another week. W is coming and will get to see the babies again. He hasn't seen them since 24 weeks.

Also, here was my project for today. Little October dresses from the girls made from onesies. I loved this idea! You can find it here if you are interested.