22 Weeks 2 Days

I put a couple of the names that we are considering in the margin to the left so everyone can vote for their favorite. We may add or remove more names as we get farther in the process. I just thought it would be fun for people to vote on them. Hope you enjoy!

The diabetes is going okay. I get pretty depressed sometimes about eating and schedules and not being able to go to bed early or sleep in late. Some of my blood sugars have been high, even though I have been following the diet and exercising. Even though I know in my head that there is nothing more I can do to control them, I still beat myself up when my numbers are high. I feel like I am failing at this. I see the nurse practitioner at the endocrinologist's office on Friday. I have no idea why I have to meet with them so often. I cannot imagine what we will have to talk about every other week for the rest of the pregnancy.

I have been really tired the past two weeks. I don't know what I was thinking in June when I told my work that I would work all five days next week. That's 47.5 hours in a week - I'm going to be exhausted by next weekend. Too late to get out of it now - at least I will get paid some overtime.

The baby is moving a lot now - every day I definitely feel him and I can see my belly move sometimes. He is a busy little bugger. I have another appt and ultrasound on August 5th. I'll be almost 24 weeks by then and they will check his growth and position and my amniotic fluid. I hope we continue to have good results.

Last night I started having sciatica on my right side. Basically a nerve is being compressed because of the pregnancy and I've got pain in my butt and low back on that side. It kind of comes and goes and I feel it mostly when I am active and when I flip over in bed at night. I didn't sleep well last night. I tried a heating pad on it this morning, but I am not sure it really helped much.

I painted Hadley's table and chairs that she got from her Nana and Papa last year. I did the table a charcoal gray and the chairs are each a different color, purple, peach, aqua, and green. It turned out really cute. We filled her little plastic pool this morning and we hope it gets warmed up by this afternoon so we can swim in it. It's very humid out there today. I gardened this morning while Ben played with Hadley in the neighbor's yard. They have a daughter that is a couple of months younger than Hadley. They had a blast and of course she didn't want to come in for lunch.

Ben and I are taking a little trip to Omaha in August. We got two free nights at hotels through our moms who gave us their points to redeem. We're staying three nights for 75 bucks. Not bad. I have no real idea of what we will do there, but we just plan on playing tourist and seeing some things. We have a goal of visiting a different state every year of our marriage, so this year is Nebraska. Hadley and Allie will stay at home with my mom, so we will have freedom. The only downside is with my diabetes I won't be able to sleep in or be relaxed about my eating schedule. Bummer. I think we will have fun spending some time with just the two of us. We need it!