Sept 14, 2012, 19 months old and 33 weeks pregnant

Well we made it to Sept and the cool down here in St. Louis is finally here! 70's all weekend and afternoon walks that don't make me miserably hot!

Matthew is officially 19 months today and he must have known it was a picture day b/c he was up around 6 am this morning. Jay got up to possibly workout but it was raining so he had to use our spin bike in the basement and on his way back up to shower and get ready for work, he heard Matthew talking and playing in his room...I was sound asleep of course...until Queenie started barking at them for waking her up and then my little 19 month old running up to me demanding music and "up" so he wanted up in the bed or for me to hold him....wasn't sure as I was still half asleep.

So at 630 this morning here we are taking pictures of Matthew with his 19 month sticker. Of course his new thing it to play with his Daddy's shoes, especially the ones with laces so I had to get one of him trying to wear the shoes...you might not be able to tell but he has them on the wrong feet, but we can work on left/right later....we are working on colors these days...and the Movie Rio is his favorite so of course everything is usually Blue....but with some help he sometimes gets green, red and yellow....we are also working on counting...after one he most of the time get something out that sounds like two but three and four are not always understandable.

 Here we managed to get a happy picture at 630 sitting on the couch. Can't believe 19 months and just about 5-6 weeks before a new little one arrives.

Since we were all up and Daddy was dressed for work we got one of the boys...some mornings Matthew insists on watching Daddy get in the car in the garage, and drive off, this was a morning where his running shoes and books were just more interesting but we managed to get a picture and Matthew is somewhat smiling...notice we are holding his right hand, his last 2 bottom I teeth are coming in so he is usually walking around with a finger in his mouth and lots of drool.

As for me, I hit 34 weeks on Sunday so closer and closer to Oct 28th. I am feeling great considering I am running after a 19 month old. I am trying to be a bit more active this time around as I am not teaching everyday like last time and we do have that great spin bike in the basement. Also taking Matthew for a walk everyday after his nap, which is for 2 purposes...to keep him from demanding Rio, his bird movie on the TV and to get him outside but also to get poor Queenie outside for a few minutes so she can do her business....we are starting to talk about potty stuff so going with Queenie in the afternoon on these walks gives us a chance to talk about going to the potty....He really doesn't have an interest but hopefully all this talking will at least get him familiar with the vocabulary for when he does start to show an interest. Daycare doesn't really start the potty training until 2 yrs so I am not really in a rush since it defeats the purpose to push it at home if they don't do it at school.

I did manage to get a few pictures of Matthew and I...he is not really aware of the baby in my belly but we go 2 books from Leah at the daycare to read which are about a new baby coming home. He is really into the cartoon picture book but not sure if he is really grasping the content.

 So here is 32 weeks, from Sept 2nd and Matthew is wearing the first long sleeve shirt as we had a cool down that day. It went back up after a few days but it was nice to have 70's for a few days.

Here is last Sunday when I am 33 weeks. I was about to head down to the basement for my 20 minutes spin on the bike and got him to actually hug me around the belly. Again, he is not really aware but he does love his mommy! So far I have gained 40lbs. I found out 2 weeks ago I was Gestational Diabetic (Really not completely convinced b/c I was so close to the threshold at both time-points) but I am following a strict diet and taking my blood sugar readings 4-5 times a day....have for the most part not had really high readings except when I ate pizza and white rice....I mean who wouldn't have a high reading and still it wasn't that bad....
So yeah, not completely convinced but it has caused Jay and I to do a better job on our diets the last 3 weeks and thus I have not really gained much weight over the last 3 weeks. Baby is still measuring a week or 2 ahead of where my due date puts things but it was like that at 20 weeks back in VA so I am not overly concerned....yet...now at 38 weeks if this kid looks huge and I am having problems with my blood sugars I guess I will have that conversation about inducing and stuff....but for the most part I have tried to approach this whole GDM as a science project and have fun with it!

Well, we are looking forward to the weekend. We are hosting a Gumbo for some of our neighbors and a few of the friends we have made here in St Louis....Trying to make friends and if we really need help with walking Queenie or Matthew when go time comes along....plus it is finally cooling off so it is totally Gumbo Weather!

Well it is 8am and time to do a blood sugar, ugh...change a stinky diaper and get Matthew to school so I can then go to the grocery store to get our supplies for the party and week.
I am sorry I haven't been as good about posting but really we haven't done much with Jay being on-call last week and working like a mad-man with his co-worker on vacation. I hope to do better once the new one arrives and Matthew is full day at the daycare so I have a bit more time to update and other stuff.

Hope you have a great weekend and if you are in St Louis and have a craving for Gumbo...Saturday 530pm, let me know!