Thanksgiving Dinner #1

One perk of being married is that it seems we often end up eating two special meals at each holiday. The last few years I've cooked the Thanksgiving dinner for my family, but this year my Mom cooked today, and on Thursday we'll be eating with Paul's family. His sister-in-law, Millie, will be cooking that yummy meal. My parents will actually be having two meals this year as they will be eating with my sister, Wendy, and her family on Thursday in Chicago. There were 13 of us at the meal today, not including Ian. It was all very delicious, and I am happy to say that I resisted eating any pie while I was in Maryland, even though I like pies better than cakes (and there were 3 to choose from - banana cream, pumpkin, and cherry). I can't say I resisted ice cream the whole trip, but I didn't have some every day. My two favorite Thanksgiving dishes are sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce. Paul's favorites are turkey and mashed potatoes (with gravy).

As for my blood sugar levels, I deleted the first day's from my medical record since they were much higher than any other day. I haven't gotten feedback from the NP yet regarding the five days I have entered thus far. I am hoping she'll say I don't have GD. My fasting value is supposed to be below 95, and this morning was the 6th morning that it was indeed below 95. So far it's been between 79-94 each morning. Two hours after a meal it's supposed to be below 120. Of the 14 times I've checked (I couldn't check 2 hours after dinner today as we were on the road), it's been 120 or less six times (79-120) and the other eight times it's ranged from 122-138. Only three times has it exceeded 130 over the past five days. I'd love to stop pricking my fingers. Thankfully I am getting much better at doing it. I was going through WAY too many strips a day at first due to getting error readings.



Nadia slept solidly for one hour of our four hour trip last night. She slept off and on for about another hour and cried off and on for the other two hours. She rode with me the first 3 1/2 hours and with Paul the last 30 minutes. As much as I love spending time with my family, I have to admit I am glad we won't be making that trek again until March. That will be our first multiple hour car ride with two munchkins under the age of two. Hopefully Ian will be one who likes to sleep in his car seat.

Nadia's cousins gave her lots of hugs as you can see from the picture of Andrew (age 4 1/2) and Nadia. Paul was with us about 48 hours, and that's about the most his body can handle due to the fact they have a cat. It's not just adults who comment on the size of my belly. Jenna commented on how large it is several times. Tomorrow is a big day as it's Nathan's first birthday and Nadia will be 17 months old. On Wednesday I'll be 32 weeks which means as of Thursday I have less than 7 weeks left! :-)