Valentine's Banquet 2008

We got our pictures back from the Crown Valentine's Banquet yesterday, Ryan Keiter did a great job! (If you'd like to see more of his work, his blog address is http://www.ryankeiter.blogspot.com/)

Passed the Test!

My second blood sugar test (the 3 hour one) came back normal! Woo-hoo! I think the first one was a little low because I didn't eat before I went. I thought I was supposed to fast before it too, but apparently you're only supposed to fast before the second test. Either way, clean bill of health for me and Baby Joel! Very exciting answer to prayer. Thanks to everyone that prayed! Now we just have to pray that Josh will pass all HIS tests...(finals at Crown begin next week). ;)

Jennifer At Work [Beware]

This little guy comes in and asks Jennifer to, "take a little off the sides," and THIS is what she does!! Unbelievable. I'm lettin' my hair grow out. ;) --Josh

Josh At Work...sort of...

My job is collections on an automated dialer. Sometimes it can get pretty boring. We used to be able to read, and they stopped that. I'm just waiting for the official e-mail to come along, "No more stacking paper cups, coke cans, coke bottles, or any other drink related items."
--Josh

my co-worker Eddie doing a silly pose.

Quick Note

I later realized that the nurse had said I had LOW blood sugar, not high. So the threat to be praying about is hypoglycemia, which is not nearly so worrisome for me!!! I'm not sure of all the side effects hypoglycemia lends to pregnancy, but I'm pretty sure it's not as bad as gestational diabetes. Thank you to all who prayed for me! I never imagined that MY sugar test would come back LOW. Who'd have thought? Most likely, if the next test comes back low, I'll just have to make sure I eat more often, so the threat there is eating too much more often! ;) Now I need you to pray I don't pack on the pregnancy pounds. I have been right on schedule with the weight gain up to this point (30 weeks). Keep praying! :) And thanks again!

Gestational Diabetes?

Hello again. I had another Dr. visit on Friday, April 18th, when I had my gestational diabetes screening, as well as an anemia test. The Dr. said I was measuring right on target, 29 weeks, my blood pressure was great and my weight gain was on pace. All in all, everything's great!
Then today I got the blood test results back. I failed both of them. I have to start taking an over-the-counter iron supplement (which I had to do back in high school, and I didn't do well on them, they made me sick to my stomach) and I have to go back in on Wednesday for the 3-hour glucose tolerance test. I will have to fast that morning, go in at 8 and have blood drawn, then drink more of that extra-sugary, flat orange soda and have blood drawn every hour on the hour for the next three hours. Please pray that this will come back in the normal range! If it does not, then I will have to go on a more strict diet and exercise regimen, possibly on some medication, and I will probably have a bigger baby, with the risk of preeclampsia (pregnancy-induced hypertension...basically, high blood pressure that is dangerous for mommy and baby, and as far as I know, I'll have to either be induced early or have a c-section early...which I may already have to do if the baby will be that large.) Please keep me and Baby Joel in your prayers! I'll update again when I know anything else.

04-12-08

Hello to all, again! Not a lot has happened that's new. Thursday, at work, I was sitting and reading a magazine. All of a sudden, Baby Joel kicked so hard, my entire upper body shook! I was shocked that he could do that! I looked around...no one saw it. So I went back to my magazine...and he did it again! He did it probably 5 or 6 times in a row, but of course, when I went to tell someone to watch, he quit. Figures. It's an odd feeling to have something that can affect your body movement so much without your say-so, you know?
I also started doing the kick-count chart. (At 28 weeks, you have to start charting daily how many minutes it takes to get 10 movements of any kind from the baby. It's supposed to help set a baseline for the baby's activity level and let you know if something is wrong with it: a sluggish, slow-moving baby is normally a baby in distress.) The first day, it only took a minute. (It can take up to an hour.) Today, it only took 3 minutes! Apparently, Joel likes loud music. Josh and his friend's were practicing a special song for the Sunday morning service, and he started kicking like crazy!
I'll post again after my next Dr. appointment next week. It's my glucose (gestational diabetes) test! Woo-hoo! :p

Truths About Christ in Colossians

The book of Colossians is rich in truths about Christ, especially the first 2 chapters. God bless you.