So what is nutritious?

If anyone keeps up on my facebook account, about 3 weeks ago I was complaining of having to take the glucola challenge again. For those who don't know, it's a test for gestation diabetes. Well, I am one of the few who did develope gestational diabetes late in my pregnancy. The good news is that I'm very mild, so all I have to do is watch my diet and keep an eye on my blood sugar. Well, this is all fine and dandy. I've been doing great. But what I've found very entertaining is trying to go out to eat. Usually, if I have a little warning ahead of time of where I'm going, I can pull up any number of webpages to look up the nutrition guides to check out the carbs. But once in a while, I get stuck in a situation that I have no idea. So what do I do? I ask the clerk behind the counter if they have a nutrition guide. I had a VERY interesting encounter with the girl behind the Culver's counter. They had numerous different brochures for their food, but none of them told me anything about the nutritional content. Now, I may be wrong, and I can't find anywhere that says it's a law, but I thought restaurants were required to provide that information. So I asked the girl if they had a nutrition guide. She looked at me blankly, and said, "I don't know. Let me ask." So she goes to ask someone whom I assumed would be the manager, and he says, "I don't know." She then comes back to tell me... wait for it... "Well, Culver's isn't really nutritious." And she was dead serious. I had to bite my lips to keep from breaking out in laughter as I returned to tell Troy the whole incident. Troy thinks I should email Culver's and tell them what their employees say about the food. Makes you wonder a bit, doesn't it?

Welcome to our family!

No, I have not had Drew yet. But I want to congratulate my brother and his wife on their recent adoption of Grace Min Wei from China. It's been a long 4 years for my brother and his family, but she is the most beautiful, little girl I have ever seen. I'm sure Grant will love her, and I can't wait for Drew to meet her too!

4D Ultrasound

Last Saturday, Troy and I took the grandmas to see their unborn grandson. For $200, it was worth every penny. It was AMAZING. Drew did wonderfully. He showed off better than we expected. Even the tech was pleasantly surprised. She said that at 26 weeks and still breech, usually you don't get very many pictures, but we got 42! Plus a 25 minute DVD of the whole thing. I tried to edit the movie a bit so I could post it on here, but I haven't yet mastered those skills. I'll have to call Erin. But here are a few of the pics we got. Drew is going to be the cutest baby on the planet!


And to add some more excitement to our family, my brother and sister-in-law FINALLY got the news about their little girl from China. Welcome Grace Min Wei Hawkins to our family. They should get to go get her sometime at the beginning of August. Yea!!! I am SO happy for you two! What a great big family God has blessed us with.

Odd things people say.

In the past week, Troy and I have heard some things said that we're not sure why people say them. Aside from the fat/twins jokes I've been getting this week. For example, Troy at his work has to make forms for the callers to fill out when they call people. One form is for children and the other is for adults. On the adult form, there is a spot to mark that the person needs an alcohol referral. One of his coworkers actually asked why they don't have this on the children's form? I suppose there are some early drinkers out there, but seriously? Although, I have had patients tell me they started smoking when they were 4. And my other example was even at church. The worship leader, who I'm sure is a nice guys... he's just not Adam, was praying and actually said, "Bless God." Huh? I thought God did all the blessing. I was glad it wasn't just me when we left that thought that was odd. I mentioned it to Troy that afternoon and he was so glad it wasn't just him that thought that. What a week.

New baby pictures!

Sorry for the delay. We've known for a while, but I haven't gotten around to blogging it yet. We are officially proud to introduce our little boy, Drew Michael. Yes, it is a boy! It is so amazing what they can show you with an ultrasound. Although, we also decided to go ahead and do a 4D ultrasound at Castleton Ultrasound. I know what 3D means, but 4D? I'm still pondering this. All I can figure is that the extra dimension must mean time since you can watch the baby moving. For mother's day, we invited the 2 grandmas to go with us. I'm sure there will be tears aplenty!



So how am I doing? I'm doing great! We are 22 weeks along. I can feel the little guy moving a lot now. He is particularly good at bouncing on my bladder. The ultrasound tech said he was sitting right on it. I am really starting to show too. It's all maternity clothes for me! Now, I've never been a small girl, but it is starting to freak me out a bit that I can't see my feet. So that means NO JOKES my dear husband... and also you too Bret. :-P Because I WILL cry.

It's almost summer!

So last weekend, Troy and I headed to Brazil, IN to see our nephew, Brian, play T-ball. How exciting! And a very cool way to test our new camcorder, so here's a little video attempt by me to see if I can put video on our blog.




Sorry! I haven't figured out the editing on this. It may be a bit long.

On another note, I had my second doctor visit today. Everything is going perfect, she said. Baby's heart is still beating strong and I'm growing just the right amount. She did say that I am measuring out a bit more, but that's because I'm so little and the baby has no where else to grow. Did you hear that? She called me little! We scheduled our ultrasound for May 5. I can't wait!

Counting Down the Weeks

Sorry for the lack of posts recently. For those of you who were interested, I did not do as well this year in our NCAA pool. In fact, I was next to last. Troy was quite proud of that moment. It let him gloat that he does know more about basketball than I do.

As for what else is going on, we spent last Sunday in Brazil, IN seeing Troy's family. I ate way too much food. I had to sleep that night with my head propped up b/c I could still feel the food moving down my throat. OR, it was indigestion that has added to the joy of being pregnant.


I am currently in my 16th week. According to babycenter.com, our baby is the size of an avocado. I thought that was a weird choice of fruit to describe our child.




Anyway, I feel great. Although my belly has grown beyond my normal jeans. I had to break out the maternity wear this weekend. although, it was kind of a bonus since I ate so much, even at my normal size my jeans would've been tight. My biggest issue right now, is that people are starting to notice I'm pregnant. But that doesn't bother me. What bothers me is when total strangers who I've been apparently working with for years, comes up and tries to rub my belly telling me, "Ooooooo! You're pregnant!" KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY BELLY! I am okay with Troy touching it. I'm okay with most family members. But a random person at work touching my belly better be prepared to lose the hand. One I find out the sex of this kid, I'm ordering a t-shirt from cafe press. So stayed tuned to some growing belly pictures!

Sign up for our NCAA Pool

Only a few more hours to sign up for our NCAA pool. It's on ESPN this year (again). Go to the following link:

http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/group?groupID=43434

Group: Indy Brackets
Password: purdue

Creating space

You are all probably wondering how I'm doing. As of yesterday, I am 10 weeks along. Almost through my first trimester! Woo hoo! I am feeling great! Still tired, but not like I was. The only thing I'm feeling is my body creating space for the new baby.

Speaking of creating space... I began the task of cleaning out the closet in the baby's room. Quite a task. I've added some pictures... sort of half way through the process. There's stuff everywhere! But thanks to this task, I've cleaned out most of the closets in the house! Gotta find room for all this stuff. I am extremely glad we have a shed.



I also have to post the pic of the baby bag. Troy has told everyone about the bag. We were wondering around Babies R Us, just looking really. And of course, I find the clearance aisle. And behold, I find THE bag for me. I'm sure later down the road, I'll curse this purchase, but it's going to be so cool to carry at the beginning!

Morning sickness is NOT morning sickness....

because it lasts all day!!!!!!!

Good news! We're pregnant! Troy and I will be expecting a little bun in the oven in September. September is a GREAT month for babies! I should know, I'm born in it... and my brother, and my father, and my grandfather... and the list actually does go on in my family. So that puts me at about 9 weeks. We actually have known for a while, but we were keeping quiet to not jinx the whole thing. We have now had 2 ultrasounds, and we've even heard the heartbeat, so I'm feeling a bit more confident. In fact, I'll even post pictures! I know you all want to see the inside of my uterus! (I can hear Bret groaning even before he reads this.) Most people are asking me how am I feeling. As the title bares, I'm a little nauseous most of the day. The last 2 days I have actually gotten sick. But I think the worst part are the growing pains and bloating. I will not elaborate. I have no preference for whether it will be a boy or girl. Although, the little kiddo was moving around during the ultrasound, makes me think boy.

Prayers are greatly appreciated at this time! Keep us in your thoughts!