Wedding/Results/Nursery

Let's see-where do we begin? Lots of stuff-as always-going on in the Swindle household. As mentioned in the previous post-Jamie got married this past weekend-and of course it was fantastic. Friday was the rehearsal and dinner-and then Saturday I got to spend the day with my favorite girls-Ash, Steph and of course-the bride. We spent the day getting our hair done, and our make-up. It was good to be with them. Here are a few pictures for you to see...

Here's Jam getting her hair done by the infamous Rosemary

Steph just sitting waiting her turn...And Ash getting her make-up done in the hotel...After we were all dressed and ready to go-it was time to get in the limo and head on down to the church

The ceremony was sweet and quick-which was a great thing! I was afraid that I was going to fall of the step in my heels. Luckily-Steph was next to me to help me down the stairs at the end.

Here's Sara and I at the reception

Rob, Grayson and I danced quite a bit. Now-I can still try and get down and funky with the best of them while I'm pregnant--but sometimes the belly got in the way! And I realized that dancing the entire night away wasn't really an option for me at this time.
And finally-Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Young-so pretty. It was a fabulous day/night-and now they are enjoying themselves in sunny Mexico--I'm a little jealous.

Now onto not so fun news. I heard from the dr. yesterday-my lab results came back and I tested positive for gestational diabetes. Of course-I started to freak out-but then calmed down. Rob and I met with both a nutritionist and a diabetic nurse this morning and was overloaded with information. The nutritionist was designing a meal plan that works for me. I have to eat 3 meals and 3 snacks every day and make sure I eat protein with every meal--which if you know me-will be a little hard. But I was happy to learn that cheese is considered a protein-so bring it on! I was trying to wheel and deal with her about my eating for Thanksgiving-since it is my favorite holiday! She told me that I had to make sure that I ate lots of turkey to counteract against the starches. We go back to her next week for her to look at my meal menu of what I have been eating, etc.
What we found out from both clinics is that A) this was not brought on by something we did B) no one really knows why you get gestational diabetes C) right after delivery-more than likely my blood sugar will go back to normal. It has something to do with the placenta and the insulin. Apparently this is becoming more common in pregnant women-and especially for women-like me-who isn't considered to be 'at-risk' for this. The only category that I fell into was that I was over the age of 25.
We then went to the diabetic clinic-now this-I was a little nervous about. The nurse spoke mostly about gestational diabetes and reiterated again that this was not brought on by anything we did. They didn't catch the diabetes when I was in the hospital last month with heart palpitations because gestational diabetes doesn't show up until at least the end of the 2nd trimester. Now to the fun part-the blood sugar testing. I am now the sole proud owner of a nice finger pricking machine. I have to check my blood sugar 4 times a day and record it.
On the positive note-neither one of the nurses said that they were too concerned about me due to my levels being on the low side during both of the original tests. So they said that I have some room for error-and that if I have a day where I eat lots of sugar-I can help fix it by drinking lots of water and walking to flush out my system. So Rob is going to do the whole thing with me-all the meals and snacks-so that should really help me out. It's a bummer-but things could always be worse-and there really isn't that much longer to go. But I did go and pick up my needles and test strips from the pharmacy today-and I can re-fill those prescriptions 999 times before 11/25/2009--now that's a LOT of needles!

And now...drum roll please...Rob has finished the nursery! And it turned out better than I could have even imagined!
Here is the fantastic crib that Mom and Joe bought us-AND I helped Rob put together-Tubs and Addy have both already been in it

And here is the super awesome glider that Dad and Becky bought for us. Rob likes to sit in it every morning-the pups go in and sit with him as well.And here is a turtle that Rob made for Grayson this past weekend at Build-A-Bear. It's Grayson's Christmas present. And when you squeeze his arm he says "My dad's the coolest" and when you squeeze his leg he says "My mom rocks". All courtesy of Daddy.So now we just have to hang some pictures, buy the dresser/changing table-and just sit back and wait for the little guy to come! Rob is so proud of himself-as am I.

Wow-ok-that was a long post. I have 2 puppies sitting at my feet wanting my attention. Tomorrow we're going to Sara's apartment to make pies--I know-Sara is going to cook! Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!