Little First grader and Insulin shots

Well. Travis started First Grade yesterday. I had full intentions of having this up last night, but it just didn't work out that way. But Travis LOVED his class and his teachers and everything about 1st grade he said. He was all smiles at the end of the day and was all excited to go back today. They have already been doing work in class (no homework yet other than reading, yay for Mom!) and he says he is usually the last to finish his work. Apparently that is due to the little girl that sits to his right talking to him non stop as he says. But of course she is able to finish her work. I guess men can't multi task from birth huh?

Here he is right before we left the house (don't ask me what's up with the weird grins in any of these pictures!)


Walking down the hall to class. His class is right across the hall from his Kindergarten teachers which made him happy.


That's his door to his left (and that is him wanting picture time over. He also wouldn't hold my hand going in. Too big now I suppose)


His desk and the 2 little girls he sits between. The blonde is the talker :o)


Paparazzi shot from the hallway! That's his teacher, Mrs. Nichols


So 1st grade seems to have started with great success! So proud of his attitude about school.

Baby news....
Due to continuing issues with LOW blood sugar levels, I was sent to a dietician at an Endocrinologists office. Well....after they put me on special diet and had me begin monitoring my blood glucose levels, they determined I had gestational diabetes, which is often controlled just by diet. Not in Lindsey's case though (big surprise there). As of today, I have begun insulin injections. They had me do some practice shots in the office today with just a saline solution and while not something I would do for fun, they weren't THAT bad once you got past the psychological aspect of giving yourself shots in your very pregnant belly. However, after doing my first REAL injection with the insulin pen at home tonight, I have changed my thought on that. It kind of IS that bad! that pen HURT. AND i had to stick myself twice because I didn't realize how much pressure it took to get it to inject and so had to pull it out of belly, do a test squirt to get the feel of it, and then reset the pen, stick back in my skin and do a real injection. It bled. the test one's didn't bleed. So much for my thinking that it may be better than doing the finger pricks 4x a day. No. definitely not. It's just as bad. Probably a little worse because that stretched out belly skin is much more sensitive than my fingers (although they are sore!).

So needless to say....I am already counting down these last 8 weeks! Which could end up being more like 6 weeks as most OB/GYN's don't let gestational diabetics go to their due date. No arguments from me. BRING it I say!