Violet's 6 month pics

I thought I'd take a few pictures of all 3 together.. meh that didn't quite work out. I got one and Cosette was too wrapped up in her toy.

 A day in the life of Violet. Poor baby get's so much love. 

Swim lessons

The added bonus of swim lessons is we get to play at the baby pool and sand box while we wait for javan

Fill the bucket up .. dump it out... and repeat

She has no problem getting dirty in the sand box!

Well violet has her suit on but she does less swimming and more chewing :-)

Hey brother ... Maybe you shouldn't leave your candy out for little sisters to get into.

Its cosette's lucky day

picnic dinner while we watch Peter Pan at theater in the park

violet is graduating to being worn on my back instead of front.

she isn't very happy with this change but I've got things to do that I need 2 hands for and she is getting too heavy to wear on front. She's going to have to learn to like it. lol

no room in the cart for groceries!

no room for groceries

mommy gave me some avacado today. I thought it was pretty yummy !

Omaha Trip

I just realized I never posted pics from our trip to Omaha

https://picasaweb.google.com/115639023178791141355/20130529?authuser=0&feat=directlink

2013-05-29

Ketoacidosis

Last week, Lance and I went on a bike ride which is a pretty usual activity for us. But my legs felt so weak and that weakness continued for several days. I was planning on talking to the naturopath about it at my appt on Tuesday.... but I didn't get that far.

Monday night I was up all night with excruciating pain in my lower back. It kept me all night. Then, in the morning I called my friend from church to see if I she could find someone to help me with the babies because I wasn't feeling well.

Just tired,  I thought. I was up all night and just needed to rest.

But when Cosette woke up and I realized I didn't have the energy to pick her up... I called my friend back and asked if she could come over sooner.

She and my midwife came over and checked my vitals. At that point I was totally out of breath just from walking to the bathroom. I kept telling them I just need to get to a doctor but they were insistent that I get to the ER.

I don't really remember much after that. I remember thinking that all I wanted to do was sleep and that I couldn't breathe. I was told that I was terribly dehydrated and that in combination with high blood sugars and an imbalanced PH - I was suffering from ketoacidosis.

I was told that I am a type 1 diabetic and I need to be on insulin.

That wasn't really news to me. Everything was fine with my blood sugars until 2 weeks after Violet was born. I tried everything but suddenly nothing was working. I could not control my numbers no matter what I did. Even with insulin, I wasn't able to control my numbers. Apparently, I wasn't getting the right combination of insulin.

I am going to continue my regimen with my naturopath and keep hoping that my pancreas will repair itself before the insulin kills it... but I'm coming to the realization that I can't protect my pancreas from the insulin anymore. My body needs it.

I can't really put into words how I feel about it all. Part of me, thankful to be alive right now and not in a diabetic coma, is ready to move on with the type 1 diagnosis and forget it. The truth is, now that I am taking insulin, it has been quite nice to be able to eat the same things I make for my family. The other part of me is still hanging on to what it was just 5 months ago.... wanting so badly for THAT and wanting to keep fighting.

Meh.. its funny how life is. You never can predict what is going to happen.

And before all of this craziness I uploaded some pics of the kiddos.

https://picasaweb.google.com/115639023178791141355/20130623?authuser=0&feat=directlink

2013-06-23

Javan's 7th birthday

Friday Javan turned seven. 

I'm starting to feel old. 7? Really? 

I'm probably going to write that every year now  haha

He had swim lessons in the morning and then he wanted to stay at the pool for a few hours.

Cosette is starting to warm up to the idea of the fountains at the pool

I would post a picture of him at the pool but he moves too fast
(plus my hands were a little full with a couple of babies.)

Then I told him I would take him out to lunch. 

I was thinking like a restaurant but the littles were getting tired and Javan had Burger King in mind.

Okay, its his birthday and drive through did sound nice so I agreed.

It has been about 2 years since I have been to a Burger King drive through (or any drive through for that matter). I really felt like I was a bit "special".

I drove by the window that you pay at. 

Then I ordered a large soda for myself. (Hey I deserve a little treat too, right)

Um, when did a large soda turn into a GIGANTIC soda? 

What's up with that? 

I actually think it was this way before but I just forgot.

I'm still baffled why people eat at these places, besides that it is fast.

The food is crappy and I ended up spending almost $9 on a kids meal and a soda.

I could think of several nicer places I could have eaten with better food for the same price.

Anyway...

At 6 his friends started arriving. Lance made an awesome fire pit in the back yard. We had chips and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows.

Then we opened presents. 

  

Then we told some campfire stories and gave them glowsticks.

Campfire. glowsticks. That's all boys need for a good time. haha

And the crowd dwindled. 

Only 2 ended up spending the night. 

They "slept" under the stars on our deck (for about 20 min and then they decided the ground was too hard and they wanted to come in). 

Then one got homesick.. and only one friend actually made it all night. 

It was a great time, though. He had a great birthday.