Daddys Boy

Kyler absolutly adores his daddy. He is the first person he asks for in the morning when he walks into our room (if i am not already up), and gets the most adorable look of sheer joy on the weekends when daddy sits up in bed and says good morning. He gets that same happy look when he hears the back door open when daddy comes home from work. He melts when he wakes up early enough to see daddy leave in the mornings, seriulsly he just sobs and it breaks mine and his daddy's heart every time.
Lately the two have been up to lots. Brandon is on a cookie making kick and makes a batch every Sunday morning before he leaves for meetings (we have 1:30 church so he has plenty of time!) Kyler is his big helper, every time. The best funny story is he had Ky on the chair and the cookbook in front of him...Kyler changed the page, and Brandon didn't even notice till he was halfway through the recipe...he was so MAD! I just laughed. Someday he will learn to not trust a toddler with a book and keeping it on the right page! :) Here are some pictures from one Sunday I took a while ago.

Today Brandon was helping me get the handles on Kyler dresser I just painted ( i will post about it soon) He is such a helper. Brandon would drill the holes in the drawer and Ky would dust off the shavings smiling all the way. Then he helped daddy screw in the screws. Or tried to help, he wanted to turn it the opposite way daddy needed to, it was quite amusing. Here are some pictures of them working together (and I promise Brandon does wear more than that same Grey shirt, kinda ironic that he is wearing it in both set of pictures)

look at him adoring his "my daddy" as he lovingly calls him

Lastly this is unrelated to him loving his daddy, but really just too cute.....

He threw a fit when daddy left to go snowmobiling with some men from our ward (ok so it does have to do with daddy!) So mommy tried to save the day and give him a "nack" or snack and turned on "Cars" for him to calm down to.... I was busy trying to do a project on the computer and was wondering why he was so quite and not bothering me :) and looked over onto the couch and this is what i found. HE HAS NEVER FALLEN ASLEEP ANYWHERE BUT BED OR HIS CARSEAT!!!! I was so super surprised! Its apparently tough being almost 2! :)

Seriously isn't he the absolute cutest little boy you have ever seen!!!

Feeling a Little "Whelmed"

It seems just when you think you are getting a handle on things you get to try some other trial on for size. :)
Like i mentioned in the last post i have been having issues with my heart. They have been a large source of worry for me, but now after lots of blood work and other tests, i am apparently ok as long as they don't get worse and go away once I have this Little Miss. ahhh, that was a nice thing to hear from my doctor yesterday. But, that is not where the conversation ended. I was then told that my glucose was so high that they didn't even have to do a second longer test to prove that i have Gestational Diabetes. WHAT!
I immediately started freaking out. I was terrified when pregnant with Kyler that i had GD, cause i would get shaky all the time and feel faint if i missed a meal. I remember going to Richfield one Saturday with Brandon leaving just after breakfast and shopping till about 3 when we were at ACE picking out nursery paint, and I almost passed out, so i bought a big bag of almonds (they might have been covered in chocolate:) ) and downed a good 3 handfuls and was fine. I told my Dr. and had the glucose test the next week (it was time for it anyway) and the first test came up positive, freaking me out completely. They scheduled me to come back for the 3 hour one, and i passed with flying colors. Not the slightest abnormal. Fewww. What a relief. I just made sure that i always had a granola bar with me from then on and I was perfectly fine.
This pregnancy has not been like that at all. I could skip meals and be fine. I often forget to eat when i am feeding the kids i tend until 2 or 3 when they are all sleeping, and i have never felt faint or funny. So when i got the nasty drink, my dr told me to do it fasting just to make sure i passed the first one this time, i was not worried in the slightest. Not one worry in my mind that i would pass. I drank the drink, went to the hospital and had my blood drawn, went home ate a muffin and ran to the World Wide Training for church. I never felt funny at all. (with Kyler i felt so sick and wanted to puke during the first and second test). All these things made me so confident that there was no problems but my dang fluttering heart, that when the nurse gave me the news that i had GD i might have fallen to pieces. . . . ok so i did fall to pieces.
I hate knowing that i have this issue. I hate more that it is something that i could have probably avoided if i would have been at a healthier body weight when i got pregnant. I feel so horrible that I have done this to me and my baby girl the guilt is enough to kill me. I had a serious meltdown last night, but all things considered and after a blessing from my oh so amazing loving and understanding husband, i am happy to say i will be just fine, at least mentally about it all. I am still scared to death that she will be a monster baby! Kyler was 7 lb 2 oz a month early with no problems with GD, this kid could be HUGE by the time i have her! That honestly scares me the most. That and all the other health affects that come along with GD and the increased chance i have at getting it later on. So why am i telling you all this. Well really i am not tell you specifically. I am just journaling my feelings and you just happen to have access to my blog which grants you the opportunity to hear me whine and boob about things. :)
So i have an appointment Friday with a dietitian who is supposed to get me all set up with what i can and cant eat, and the little blood taker thing. I will have to take my blood 4 times a day, and eat right. Hopefully if i am religious about it, everything will go ok and i wont have a massive Little Miss to deliver this May!

The second part of my "whelmed" day....Kyler had to go to the ENT (ear, nose, and throat) Dr today to follow up and talk with him about his nasty bad ears. I feel so responsible for this one too, cause i got my grandmas nasty bad ears and remember still very vividly getting millions of ear infections, and have several ear drum bursts. Yes i know, mother of the year award for passing that one on.
Ky got tubes not even a year ago, and one fell out about a month ago. He had an infection and it was draining like it should, but cause there was so much gunk coming out it pulled the tube out with it. Darn! So this appointments was to address that problem...and now we have an appointment scheduled for March 2nd for my little man to get another set of tubes (these ones a T shape, that are supposed to stay in longer) and have his adenoids taken out. Apparently the adenoids can cause problems with ears and such, so its better to just take them out. I am all go about it. I haven't had mine since i was 5, and seems how they can just knock him out once and get both done at the same time i am all about it. Hopefully it helps him.
The sadder part is that we haven't even paid off the other set of tubes from last year yet!! Stupid cheap insurance!! So here we go! This is the year for us to have medical problems though with having the baby and Kys tubes we should be great on meeting our deductible! :) I keep telling Brandon if he is going to get hurt doing anything for a while, this is the year to do it!! He always just laughs at me, but really, it would be good planning if we could decide this is the year for him to have anything go wrong too!! :)

So there you go a long long story, and i hope that none of you actually read the whole thing. How boring for you! :) I will make a much more fun and uplifting post soon...as soon as i have pictures and a story to tell! :)

Another Comparison

With Kyler i was so good to write down things i was feeling, etc when pregnant with him in a pregnancy journal i was given. This time, i don't have a journal, and haven't been good about writing any of it down. So i thought i would do a symptom comparison between the two babies, because i don't think the pregnancy's could be more different!! :)

So here we go

Kyler-- never threw up
Little Miss Muffet--threw up twice ( i know thats not a lot, but i wanted to LOTS more)

Ky--got migraines the first trimester, and then for the remainder of the time, no headaches, which was a huge bonus cause i get them often when i am not pregnant
Little Miss Muffet-- I get them SUPER often. Still.

Ky--Was a super mover inside of me
Little Miss--super mover as well

Ky--sat high in me, liked to hang out in my ribs the majority of the time
Little Miss--She is a low rider. She like to be as deep down as she can go in my back. She is already scoping out her exit, which irritates me and scares me a little...she has a while to go!!

Ky--Never had tight muscles in my neck and shoulders...I loved that relaxin he was given me
Little Miss--ya remember how i mentioned constant headaches...she isn't so liberal with that relaxin hormone i guess, cause my neck and shoulders are in a constant knot!

Ky--Got tired, but could deal with it. I was working full time out of the house, so i couldn't just take naps and i survived.
Little Miss--I work full time, at home which at times i think is harder than working away from home. I see the couch and die a little thinking i cant lay my poor aching body down. (although i have been known to sit down to read and go out like a light, good think i am a light sleeper!!)

Kyler--by now i was swelling like a balloon. No rings on my fingers, having to buy new shoes for my large and in charge feet. Looked super fluffy! :)
Little Miss--Proud to say that my wedding ring is still on and fits like a charm!! :) No swollen achy feet, and lots less fluff in my face!

Kyler--occasional heart flutters, but never anything I was worried about
Little Miss--Constant heart flutters, which granted me the opportunity to get an EKG for the first time in my life and lots of blood tests to see what is up with my freaking out heart. (apparently i am throwing in an extra beat and my pules is fast) It makes me feel weird when it gets on a role which is why i finally told a Dr.

 Kyler--Had his room all arranged, painted and lots of clothes to dress the boy in.
Little Miss-- I have hit a few clearance racks...she will be a well dressed 6-12 month old....a little more worried about the 0-6 department!! :) She will look fabulous in blue with footballs and bears i am sure!! As long as she has a bow in her hair, it wont matter, right!! :) I do have her bassinet set up in our room, cause i tend a little baby that is snoozing there for now. But no room for her, and really right now no plan for a room for her, we are a little short on bedrooms for little monkeys. So funny the difference in preparations between the first and the second child.

Kyler-- Took my glucose test, failed first one. Took the 3 hour test. Passed with flying colors.
Little Miss--Took the glucose test, failed miserably. Blood sugar should be in the 90-120 range. Mine was 211 on the test. Scary. (But a happy side note, my nurse told me i am excelling in keeping it controlled. Happy thought)

Kyler--had to get up 2-3 times a night to pee...seriously it was ridiculous
Little Miss-- rarely even have to get up to pee at night. :)

For now, that's all i can think of. I might revisit the further along it get, cause this is the only journal i use for now, and i am sure i will have more to compare later!