Tuesday....the 19th

Tuesday was my big day for court. The Drive there was decent. Aaron's sister came down from P.A. to watch our girls for us, she had a sleepover as Ava would say. Once we got to court we went inside the court room and the room was packed. The Deputy came and said that the judge would do a roll call so to speak and ask how do we plead to our charge. Well, when they got to me the officer who gave me the ticket address the judge first about the ticket/ or charge and he automatically dropped it down to improper driving.....whew !!!!! So of course I plead guilty to that. Aaron instructed me that if they called the charge reckless then say not guilty which then I more than likely would have to plead my case to the judge and explain to him what happen. I was ready for that in a sense.....Aaron said that if I had to speak aloud and tell the story he knew I was going to start crying.....................He was right. I was an emotion away from it. Anyway, once he actually called me up to stand he asked again how do I plead I said guilty and he told because my driving record was good I would only have to pay partial of the ticket. I said thank you, your honor, no I don not have any questions and you have a great day. WHEWWWW!!!! Aaron and I were both so relieved, it went alot better than we both anticipated.

We left grabbed a bite to eat and had a mini lunch date before we went back home.....that was nice. Always nice to reconnect with your man. It's a MUST ladies!!!!!

Once all the craziness was behind us, came home relax a bit And celebrated my Baby girl 1 st birthday!!!!!! She is a doll. I love her!! We love her. God has blessed us with a wonderful daughter. A few quick facts about her as of now. She reminds me of Ava, how when Ava was a baby. How Ava was built and how rough and straight forward Ava was. She does not like to be aggravated, the girls also like to do that to her and she grunts and screams until they leave her alone. Her facial features remind me of Gabrielle, when Gabrielle was a baby.

She is a sweetie, Lil' Miss Eden. She is independent likes to do things herself even with her 2 sisters around. She loves to smile she hates the camera, I don't know what it is she just does not like it.

She mushed the cupcake all over her face but did not get any of it on her outfit.

Going at it......

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!!! We LOVE YOU!!!

Diabetic??

I should start with this pass Monday....I had taken my glucose test back in June, when I came home to visit with Aaron while he was on his business trip and the day we got homefrom Hampton Rds, I received the call from my doctors office that my 1 hour glucose test was elevated. sigh....so now I have to take the 3 hour and my doctor wanted me to come take it as soon as possible. Aaron wanted me to follow up with a Doctor up here in NOVA( of course I have been on the doc hunt anyway) between trying to get an appointment as a new patient and getting my medical records from the Chesapeake office, that was next to impossible. The lady at the new office I was trying to get in with here in Dumfries, told me she would call when she got the medical records from my M.D. office. A week passed....and I called to see what was going on, because I know people are busy, offices are busy but I wanted to know because I needed to be seen. 1) because I was 30 weeks at this point and the clock is ticking and 2 ) I now need to follow up with someone quickly because of this elevated test, which was causing a little concern. The woman at the new office here said they had been having some issues with there phones and even if they got a fax it did not come thru because of the there phones being down. She also told me if she had not call me that meant that my records was not there and not to call back. I was like =:O , NEXT !!!

I came up with an idea to see if maybe I could go do my 3 hour glucose at a lab near by where I live instead of driving back to Hampton Rds. Called my Docs in Chesapeake they said that sounded great. This pass Monday I went to have my 3 hour glucose test done. You have to be on a special diet for 3 days and no eating after midnight the end of the 3rd day. The 4th day you have your blood drawn. Well, off I went Monday to do that. I had to have my blood drawn 4 times- The first one was for fasting and the other 3 were to check my glucose levels. After the first draw, I felt like I was going to literally pass out. When I came back in the nurse asked me how I felt and I told her- nauseous. She said try to keep it in because if you throw up we will have to start all over again. Well, I did my best and made it thru. I passed the time by going thru the baby name book, I made it to the letter "M". Pretty impressive considering I have not even made an attempt to really look thru it since I've been pregnant and I'm only 8 months starting.

Well, after the test was done I went to Taco Bell to get something to eat because I was afraid I would not make it home. I made it. I got my results back on Wednesday and I do indeed have Gestational Diabetes. :( First time out of the 4 pregnancies. I 've been telling Aaron it is so weird because this is the first pregnancy that my cravings have not even been any thing sugar related craving. Haven't really been feeling chocolate, candies or sweets at all. I was definitely like that with the girls but not with this baby at all. Reading up on it though that does not seem to be what causes it per-se.

http://weheartit.com/

What cause it is: ( babycenter) What is gestational diabetes?

This is a type of diabetes that some women get during pregnancy. Between 2 and 10 percent of expectant mothers develop this condition, making it one of the most common health problems of pregnancy.

Diabetes is complicated, but in a nutshell it means you have abnormally high levels of sugar in your blood. Here's what happens:
When you eat, your digestive system breaks most of your food down into a type of sugar called glucose. The glucose enters your bloodstream and then, with the help of insulin (a hormone made by your pancreas), your cells use the glucose as fuel. However, if your body doesn't produce enough insulin – or your cells have a problem responding to the insulin – too much glucose remains in your blood instead of moving into the cells and getting converted to energy.
When you're pregnant, hormonal changes can make your cells less responsive to insulin. For most moms-to-be, this isn't a problem: When the body needs additional insulin, the pancreas dutifully secretes more of it. But if your pancreas can't keep up with the increased insulin demand during pregnancy, your blood glucose levels rise too high, resulting in gestational diabetes.
Most women with gestational diabetes don't remain diabetic after the baby is born.

In a nutshell.

My doctor wants me to go see a diabetes counselor and they are setting that appt up for me, So I will be making a quick trip home to Hampton rds I suspect this week. I will more than likely have to manage and check my blood sugar during the day.

So here is my cause of concern and I could use prayer , it's not about me I'm just more concerned about Baby boy Button: (babycenter) -

If your blood sugar levels are too high, too much glucose will end up in your baby's blood. When that happens, your baby's pancreas needs to produce more insulin to process the extra glucose. All this excess blood sugar and insulin can cause your baby to put on extra weight, particularly in the upper body.
This can lead to what's called macrosomia. A macrosomic baby may be too large to enter the birth canal. Or the baby's head may enter the canal but then his shoulders may get stuck. In this situation, called shoulder dystocia, your practitioner will have to use special maneuvers to deliver your baby.

Shortly after birth, your baby may have low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) because his body will still be producing extra insulin in response to your excess glucose. This is much more likely if your blood sugar levels were high during pregnancy and especially during labor.

In severe cases of hypoglycemia, though, he'll be given an IV glucose solution. Testing your baby's blood sugar and providing an IV if necessary can prevent serious problems such as seizures, coma, and brain damage that might result if the condition were to go unnoticed.
Your baby may also be at higher risk for breathing problems at birth, particularly if your blood sugar levels aren't well controlled or you deliver early (the lungs of babies whose mothers have diabetes tend to mature a bit later). The risk of newborn jaundice is increased, too.

These are my concerns but I think if I manage it well, then everything will be alright. And most importantly God is in control but when things like this happen you always have a cause for concern. I'll keep my blog updated with what happens after my appt, with the counselor.

The icing on the cake...or on OUR day!!!

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So we went the church today because it is Sunday :) and the past few weeks the Pastor has been preaching out of Revelations. Today he eneded the sermon with this video. We actually arrived at church in between service so we went to 2 services today so we actually got to hear The Pastor preach twice and we also got to see this video twice and the second time we, Aaron and I both saw it it made us very emotional. The Pastor on this video his name is S.M. Lockridge (born Shadrach Meshach Lockridge, March 7, 1913 – April 4, 2000) and he preached this in particular sermon that you hear the words to in 1976. Pastor Lockridge is passed away now, but his words still live on as you see it's 2011. I hope this touches you liked it touched both Aaron and I.



Below is the full text of That's my KING!!!




"That's My King"The late Dr. S. M. Lockeridge, a pastor from San Diego, California said these words in a sermon in Detroit in 1976:
My King was born King. The Bible says He's a Seven Way King. He's the King of the Jews - that's an Ethnic King. He's the King of Israel - that's a National King. He's the King of righteousness. He's the King of the ages. He's the King of Heaven. He's the King of glory. He's the King of kings and He is the Lord of lords. Now that's my King. Well, I wonder if you know Him. Do you know Him? Don't try to mislead me. Do you know my King? David said the Heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork. My King is the only one of whom there are no means of measure that can define His limitless love. No far seeing telescope can bring into visibility the coastline of the shore of His supplies. No barriers can hinder Him from pouring out His blessing. He's enduringly strong. He's entirely sincere. He's eternally steadfast. He's immortally graceful. He's imperially powerful. He's impartially merciful. That's my King. He's God's Son. He's the sinner's saviour. He's the centerpiece of civilization. He stands alone in Himself. He's honest. He's unique. He's unparalleled. He's unprecedented. He's supreme. He's pre-eminent. He's the grandest idea in literature. He's the highest personality in philosophy. He's the supreme problem in higher criticism. He's the fundamental doctrine of historic theology. He's the carnal necessity of spiritual religion. That's my King. He's the miracle of the age. He's the superlative of everything good that you choose to call Him. He's the only one able to supply all our needs simultaneously. He supplies strength for the weak. He's available for the tempted and the tried. He sympathizes and He saves. He's the Almighty God who guides and keeps all his people. He heals the sick. He cleanses the lepers. He forgives sinners. He discharged debtors. He delivers the captives. He defends the feeble. He blesses the young. He serves the unfortunate. He regards the aged. He rewards the diligent and He beautifies the meek. That's my King. Do you know Him? Well, my King is a King of knowledge. He's the wellspring of wisdom. He's the doorway of deliverance. He's the pathway of peace. He's the roadway of righteousness. He's the highway of holiness. He's the gateway of glory. He's the master of the mighty. He's the captain of the conquerors. He's the head of the heroes. He's the leader of the legislatures. He's the overseer of the overcomers. He's the governor of governors. He's the prince of princes. He's the King of kings and He's the Lord of lords. That's my King. His office is manifold. His promise is sure. His light is matchless. His goodness is limitless. His mercy is everlasting. His love never changes. His Word is enough. His grace is sufficient. His reign is righteous. His yoke is easy and His burden is light. I wish I could describe Him to you . . . but He's indescribable. That's my King. He's incomprehensible, He's invincible, and He is irresistible. I'm coming to tell you this, that the heavens of heavens can't contain Him, let alone some man explain Him. You can't get Him out of your mind. You can't get Him off of your hands. You can't outlive Him and you can't live without Him. The Pharisees couldn't stand Him, but they found out they couldn't stop Him. Pilate couldn't find any fault in Him. The witnesses couldn't get their testimonies to agree about Him. Herod couldn't kill Him. Death couldn't handle Him and the grave couldn't hold Him. That's my King. He always has been and He always will be. I'm talking about the fact that He had no predecessor and He'll have no successor. There's nobody before Him and there'll be nobody after Him. You can't impeach Him and He's not going to resign. That's my King! That's my King! Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory. Well, all the power belongs to my King. We're around here talking about black power and white power and green power, but in the end all that matters is God's power. Thine is the power. Yeah. And the glory. We try to get prestige and honor and glory for ourselves, but the glory is all His. Yes. Thine is the Kingdom and the power and glory, forever and ever and ever and ever. How long is that? Forever and ever and ever and ever. . . And when you get through with all of the ever's, then . . .Amen!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To hear this 6:30 minute audio message by this amazing AfricanAmerican preacher, use the following link:http://www.theiowaharvest.com/harvestholler/archives/000085.html



http://across2u.com/ThatsMyKing.html

Before and After....

So 8 years ago Aaron and I purchased a dining room table set the chairs had fabric on them and between the wear and tear and the spills on the original fabric by the time we had the two older girls they had really given them a beating. So we contemplated purchasing another table set but, of course didn't want to spend 300-700$ for a new dining room table at the time. So a really good friend of mine, gave us some fabric to recover the chairs. The brown you see below is not the original fabric. This brown was what my friend Molly gave us. ;) Aaron recovered them with the brown a few yrs ago. ALL 4 chairs, ALL by himself. OF course time passes and the kids spill fruit cocktail juice on the chairs, red Kool-aid, Spaghetti sauce- you name it, we were sitting on it. With the fabric is was just so hard to clean....



So I started asking around if anyone were getting rid of dining room chairs to replace the ones we had and also looking on craigslist. But no Hope in that area....there was still hope. My sister in law came up with a really good idea, to cover the chairs with like a leather/pleather material. It was something she had seen at her job leather on the sitting part of the chair. Anyway, I was up for the idea. After we moved in up here, she came down from Pennsylvania 2 weeks later we went to the fabric store AND




Look, I was quite embarrassed by them.....:(

TA DA!!!!! so much cleaner, neater and most important- easier to clean- KID FRIENDLY!!! All I have to do now is just wipe it off.

I think I paid maybe around 50 or 60 for the fabric, it is actually vinyl. Maybe pretty expensive for fabric but it beats paying 100$ per chair, something I did not want to do, especially since we had just moved.

I think My sister in Law did a pretty FANTABULOUS job, if I do say so myself.

Below are instructions I found from a website( dish on design) , if you would ever like to do this yourself. The pictures and instructions are pretty much what we did. Since we already recovered the chairs before, we knew what to do the second time around.

http://theassistant.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/how-to-recover-dining-room-chairs/

What projects are you working on? My next project is my hall bathroom and Lil' Aaron's room. :)

Coming up....

Coming up within the next few weeks:

Well I have seen a bunch of my friends at my church in Hampton Rds really take up on couponing so I'm going to give it another shot and see if I can walk out the store spending just pennies on certain items. I tried it before but I was just spending money and using coupons, there was no rhyme or reason to what I was doing so I stopped. From reading a few things about how people make it work I'm going to try it out again within the next day or so...I need paper towels, Washing powder, milk, bread so I know I coupon with the items that I need to get.

Next week, on Tuesday I have court just basically to get my reckless driving charged lowered. The officer I saw when I was in the accident said he thinks I'm guilty of causing the accident but not guilty of reckless driving that is Tuesday at 9 in the morn. So please pray for me, I don't like situations like this. I never really have to go thru them ( PTL) but I have to do what I have to do next week.

After the stress of that is over I get to bring back some joy almost immediately because EDEN is turning 1 years old the very next day. So excited, a little sad because the baby months go by so fast. I miss nursing her, cuddling her, kissing her 100 times a day just the smallness of her. I know you are thinking why can't I kiss her 100 times a day...well her growing up has alot to do with it. She doesn't like to cuddle and doesn't like being held down ..or rather hold in she is on the GOGOOOOOOGOOOOO! She is independent in her own way, but she still likes to be in the same room as you. She doesn't take any mess from her sisters she pulls there hair, pinches them with her two fingers. She is the typical 1 yr old. I'm very blessed the Lord has given us a Healthy little girl.

Eden and I at the Beach yesterday..Love this picture of us...I love her more though. :)

And lastly my mom and sister are planning a baby shower for me. So we will be back in Hampton Rds for the first weekend in August. I told Aaron I was excited about it because since May, things have been .......well interesting this will def be an exciting time. I don't know if I've really enjoyed my pregnancy...I feel bad for saying that, but that is how I feel with all that has been going on in our lives. This has been a interesting pregnancy to say the least. I will be OVERJOYED let me tell you when he is here because all of the hard decisions I'm struggling with to make now will have been decided by the time he arrives. :) Things to look fwd too. I have 9 weeks till 40 weeks or less- be merciful on me, I will take early. :)

The girls Loving on there Baby Brother.....:)

This was 4th of July, last week..right at 30 weeks

This is the oldest pregnancy picture almost a month ago....Sorry not very clear, but how can you not see my stomach..... ;)

Things I LOVE ...

This post is similar to a fellow friend blogger of mine she had a song that she liked and it made me think of this song, I really LOVE it.....

Things I LOVE ...

This post is similar to a fellow friend blogger of mine she had a song that she liked and it made me think of this song, I really LOVE it.....

I know .....

that I've been a bit hormonal and emotional when I post lately but what can I say these last few months have been a controlled roller coaster in my mind anyway. I've been trying to remain optimistic about all the stresses I knew would come and I still am. I'm trusting God, I'm trying very hard, I have to be honest. My spiritual relationship as if you would imagine has not been quite the same since we moved away. It takes time to find new friends and a new church that you feel like the Lord wants you at. We have tried out a second church near our home closer than the last one we tried out and we like it. We will try it out until we feel Spirit led to move on or continue to attend.

A little update with what is up with us these past few weeks: I've been researching this area for things to do for us as a family, for the kids, for me to find a doctor to deliver my baby (that right there is another post), trying to figure out what we are going to do with Ava going to school. churches, researching issues regarding our renters- we have a had a few issues with them unnecessary !!! Researching things for our home here. Just busy- I feel like our life has become more STRESSFUL in a sense now than it was before we moved. Even though I had more responsibilities to actually physically do back when we lived in Hampton Rds as opposed to now. I have alot of things to actually really think about and make the best decscions on and to me I feel has been more stressful than the physical to do. Anyway, my biggest descion we have to make and VERY soon is :


Where Ava will go to school - having second thoughts about sending her to public, actually I have already had these feelings but I think they clicked with Aaron so whatever his decision is right now we are talking private at least for a yr until I can get on my feet with being in this new area, finding some more resources home school related, and just literally will be having a baby RIGHT when she goes to school. SIGH.....

The other decision is finding the right Doctor to deliver my baby- this is a very big deal to me bigger it seems to me than others. I will make a more detailed post on both of these big decision hopefully later today.