Off to Denver! I am going to visit my grandfather in Colorado this week. My mom is up there right now visiting as well, so I thought I’d join her! I am looking forward to some cooler weather and visits with my cousins as well! If I can get online, I will try to do a little blogging!
I am going to miss my little furbabies so much. I would take them if I could…
Vader wanted nothing to do with that bag…I think he knows what it means (momma’s leaving)!
My favorite picture of the day…She is just so cute! Those cheeks are so kissable!
Aunt Shuz and Blakeley trying to stay cool in the hot hot sun!
Okay, so I am on BCP’s and have just started the 2nd pack of active pills…I guess AF should technically be starting right now, but since I am continuing the BCP’s it is not. However, I am spotting some yesterday and today…is that normal?
I called on Friday to make sure they wanted me to continue the active pills through July 7th (when I have a consult) and they said yes, so that we can stop them around then and begin a new medicated cycle.
I just hope my body is not going crazy and wants to begin a new cycle now…stay tuned!
Categories: Infertility
What a week! I have to say Thursday and Friday were the hottest days of the week, but we survived! Here is what I gave my campers at the end of camp to remember all the happy times…
Categories: Friends
Today went much more smoothly than yesterday. I can tell that right around 1:00 my little ones get very tired, thus I start seeing tears and are very short tempered. So today I chose to stray away from our schedule a bit and have a down time around that time (we made up stories as a group, talked about pets and such)! At the end of the day, they said that that time was their favorite time!
Atta girl, Suzanne!!!!!!!!!!! I hope tomorrow is even better!
Categories: Uncategorized
Day one of camp is over and I survived! I’ve got a great group of eight 4 year olds and only 2 are diabetic. Like I said yesterday, the camp is fantastic, but there is a lot of waiting and with 4 years olds that is tough. I was pulling all my teacher tricks out and singing songs and such, but that is entertaining for only so long. Whew!
Here are a few from my group waiting to cool off in the pool…
After a long day of camp, we piled onto our respective buses and headed home for what we thought was an hour drive…WRONG. 2 and a half hours later we finally arrived at our destination and I headed home. Needless to say, I’ve got a bit of a headache and am tired…goodnight!
Until tomorrow…
Categories: Friends
Tomorrow morning I am off to camp…I am volunteering at Camp Bluebonnet, a camp for children with diabetes. Although is is going to be so HOT, I think it will be fun! My group will consist of 3-5 year olds…I had the same group last year and was so amazed at how often they checked their levels without any fuss what so ever. They taught me so much (basal/bolus, highs/lows, snacks to eat/not to eat, etc) and I am looking forward to learning much more from them this year! Here are some pics from last year…
The nurse checks blood sugar…
All the groups gather on the hill…
Okay, not really but you may have heard this story…17 girls at Gloucester High are pregnant. Again, I am annoyed. How can these unwed teens get pregnant on purpose or accidentally and I can’t even with medical intervention. What are these girls thinking? Maybe they should have gone on Baby Borrowers first???
Maybe they will let me be part of their pact??
Categories: Baby · Family · Infertility
When I saw a commercial for the latest reality TV show, Baby Borrowers, I was annoyed.
As the social experiment begins, the five young volunteer couples are asked to literally grow up overnight when they are each given a home in a quiet cul-de-sac outside Boise, Idaho and attend pre-natal classes as each “mother” wears a simulated “empathy” belly to prepare them for the arrival of their “baby.”
When a real baby (all aged six-11 months old) appears at their door — courtesy of five pairs of real volunteer parents (some of whom were teen parents themselves) who entrust their infants to one of the couples — the nervous, fumbling teens are in for three long, arduous days that make chilling out a distant memory. They must stick to rigid routines, handle the feeding chores, diaper duty and crying jags that might be shared by baby and teens — all the while under 24-hour supervision by nannies and the real parents who are stationed next door, watching via monitor, and able to step in at any time. Plus, one teen from each of the couples must start a job, ranging from working in a local vet’s office to a lumberyard, leaving the other alone as caregiver for the day.
After three surprising, intense days, each teen couple will bid bye-bye to the baby and receive a toddler as their fast-forward adult life progresses. NBC
After reading what this show is about, I have mixed feelings. On one hand I think it is great to show how much work having a child is, but would you volunteer your child? On the other hand, I feel it is not reality…they are setting the teens up for failure (maybe that is their goal?) As a teacher, I understand that it takes more than 3 days to get to know a child (their behaviors, routines, their likes/dislikes, what sets them off, etc), then they get a new child in a completely different age level. Just bizarre.
Will you tune in? Jury is still out in my house…
Dilemma: No shoes to wear with the dresses I got for the wedding. Wedding is on 18th hole at Pebble Beach, so I wanted a wedge so I wouldn’t sink into the course!!
Solved: Black Wedges from DSW! I love them!
