So much

It's amazing how much has happened in the past few weeks. We closed on the house on Friday the 18th and moved in on the 19th. So many awesome folks came out to help us haul all of our stuff to the new place. It was amazing. We started loading the truck at 8 am and were mostly done and eating pizza by noon. By 2:00 that afternoon, Robby had already cleared the garage and mowed the front lawn. It was quite a sight to behold. Unfortunately, I wasn't much help at all. I would get short of breath just watching it all. And the fact that I have strangely lost most of my brain function due to the perfect storm of hormones flooding my body, I wasn't even able to help much in directing folks where to put things. Completely useless. Totally grateful.

On Sunday, Robby and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary! Wedded bliss! We also attended a baby shower for Emma at our Sunday school directors' house. Emma has so many awesome new things to start her life right in the new house. She also has a great crowd of fabulous friends who can't wait to meet her. It won't be long! :D

The past week has been a flurry of unpacking, working, shopping, teaching Sunday school and finishing up the details of cleaning out the old apartment. Robby has done the work of ten men. It's unbelievable. I don't know what I would do without all of his energy and talent and his great "can do" attitude.

Thankfully, to this point, I've been able to keep my blood sugar levels under control through closely watching what I eat and exercising. I can't tell you how many trips up and and down the stairs I've made just trying to get things to the right room. Who knows how long it will be before everything is actually out of the boxes and in the right place. I'm really looking forward to getting the swimming pool opened up and feeling nice and "bouyant", as it's felt like I've been carrying a bowling ball with me everywhere I've gone for the past little while.

Diet and Exercise!

Last week I found out that I have Gestational Diabetes. Booooo! This means that I have to watch my blood sugar very closely and make sure I'm getting plenty of physical activity. Since these are things I need to be doing anyway, this diagnosis is actually a blessing. It has been the kick in the pants that I've needed to pay better attention to my health. My family, on both my mother's and my father's side, has a strong history of Type II diabetes and I guess I've just always chosen to live in denial of my own predisposition to this disease.

Hopefully, this is the wake-up call that will change my unhealthy habits and turn things around for good. Gestational Diabetes usually disappears once the baby is born, but, it is an indicator that I am more likely than those who do not develop GDM to have it again in a subsequent pregnancy and to develop Type II diabetes in the future. This means that it is also slightly more likely that Emma Grace will develop Type II diabetes as an adult.

Since this is not just about my health now, it has been a lot easier for me to stick to the diet, do my walking, and to test my blood sugar throughout the day. Robby's been so good and has been helping out immensely. We're all very tired (including Emma) because we're missing our sugar fix. In the long run, though, I'm sure we're going to have a lot more energy in the future.

We've just about gotten everything packed and ready for the move this weekend. It's been a stressful but exciting time in our lives.

Hooray!!!

It looks like our house hunt is OVER!!! Yippee!!!

We close on the 18th of this month. I'm so excited! Emma is going to have a nursery and I'm going to have a washer and dryer! Woo Hoo!!!

Everything is just going crazy here lately. So many things are happening all at once. Our heads are spinning.

This has definitely been a year of MAJOR changes. Can it be that I am finally a grown up.... after all these years????