As promised, I will finally update our blog. So here is what is new(ish).
I got my insulin pump! It is wonderful and I don't know how I did injections 4 times a day for so many years. It is much easier to regulate my blood sugar and I am feeling great. The holidays have required lots of "pumping up" to take care of the delicious food and goodies, but I am sure that my blood sugars are the best they have been in quite some time.
One reason that I have been so terrible about blogging, excuse coming here... ready? is because I was taking another one of my masters classes and I was SO busy. I don't know what I was thinking taking a masters class with a busy 18 month old, a full time job, husband, and the holidays, but I signed up and with help from Bobby (Thank you baby!) I was able to get everything done. This was a huge feat considering the amount of classwork they were requiring ( a 20 page research paper final), but I made it out alive with an "A". I won't take another class for a while, but I only have 3 left and I will have my masters in ed!
Did I mention that football season ended? We had the banquet a week ago Monday. The season was tough for the boys and the coaches. I have never seen Bobby work so hard in any one season. Luckily, the JV team that will be coming up has some players that should be able to help out. I feel bad for the boys and the coaches, but Ledge and I are very happy to see more of Dada.
As far as Ledger goes, there is so much new everyday that it is difficult to mention it all. After working with him for awhile, he now says his name when you ask him what it is. He says, "Y-E-A-D-DER". The way I spelled it and typed it out gives zero justice to how adorable it is. He is also climbing on everything lately. He learned how to climb on our dining room chairs (they are tall too) and now he only wants to sit in big chairs and climb up and down all day. It is really cool to see him climb on up, but now I can't put stuff on the table anymore unless I want it to be slobbered on, stepped on and thrown on the floor. ;) We are working on teaching Ledger his colors and he already knows green. He says, "blue", "yellow" and "red" but when asked, everything is "geen". When we correct him and let him know it is really yellow, everything form there on out is "ellow". He is getting better and I am sure he will have his colors mastered in no time.
The holidays have been eventful for us. Ledger loves the "pitty yites" (pretty lights) on trees and houses. His very favorite was seeing us turn on our Christmas tree in the morning. Ledger was pretty good about not touching it, but we only decorated the upper half to avoid the constant "NO". We went and visited Grandpa Pierce and Gamellen on Sunday. Ellen and Ledger had a blast running around and playing. Since visiting Gamellen, every clock is now a "tick-tock." He has always been interested in clocks, but he LOVES Grandpa & Gamellen's grandfather clock.
The other day I attempted to be domestic and I made some sugar cookies with Ledger. We had fun rolling out the dough and cutting out trees, snowmen, stars, bells and gingerbread men. I made red, yellow, blue and green frosting and we practiced our colors. He loved baking with me and when the cookies were all frosted he said "pitty cookie". He is such a good boy.
We spent Christmas Eve with the McCartney's this year. The house was busy with grandchildren, running around and laughing. The food was delicious and we were so happy to spend time with family. Bradley and Fallon just keep getting bigger and little Rivers is a doll. It was a nice Christmas Eve. Ledger had a ton of fun playing with his cousins.
Christmas morning was awesome. I have to say that it has been my best Christmas. Watching Ledger open all his gifts with Bobby was almost magical. Having Christmas with a little one is awesome! The Keelings and McCarnteys came over for breakfast borritos (fancy huh?). Ledger got the hang of opening gifts quickly, and with each gift he opened he said, "OOH". Some of his favorite gifts are: bike from Santa, basket ball hoop from Oma & Papa, Thomas the train toothbrush from Mama & Dada, and a flashlight from Grammy & Gee-pa. Oops, I almost forgot his very favorite, a large box!! If he could play peek-a-boo popping out of that box all day, he would. Really.
We hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas. We know that we did! Thank you to all of our family and friends that make our lives so enjoyable. We are incredibly blessed to have such amazing people in our lives.
I got my insulin pump! It is wonderful and I don't know how I did injections 4 times a day for so many years. It is much easier to regulate my blood sugar and I am feeling great. The holidays have required lots of "pumping up" to take care of the delicious food and goodies, but I am sure that my blood sugars are the best they have been in quite some time.
One reason that I have been so terrible about blogging, excuse coming here... ready? is because I was taking another one of my masters classes and I was SO busy. I don't know what I was thinking taking a masters class with a busy 18 month old, a full time job, husband, and the holidays, but I signed up and with help from Bobby (Thank you baby!) I was able to get everything done. This was a huge feat considering the amount of classwork they were requiring ( a 20 page research paper final), but I made it out alive with an "A". I won't take another class for a while, but I only have 3 left and I will have my masters in ed!
Did I mention that football season ended? We had the banquet a week ago Monday. The season was tough for the boys and the coaches. I have never seen Bobby work so hard in any one season. Luckily, the JV team that will be coming up has some players that should be able to help out. I feel bad for the boys and the coaches, but Ledge and I are very happy to see more of Dada.
As far as Ledger goes, there is so much new everyday that it is difficult to mention it all. After working with him for awhile, he now says his name when you ask him what it is. He says, "Y-E-A-D-DER". The way I spelled it and typed it out gives zero justice to how adorable it is. He is also climbing on everything lately. He learned how to climb on our dining room chairs (they are tall too) and now he only wants to sit in big chairs and climb up and down all day. It is really cool to see him climb on up, but now I can't put stuff on the table anymore unless I want it to be slobbered on, stepped on and thrown on the floor. ;) We are working on teaching Ledger his colors and he already knows green. He says, "blue", "yellow" and "red" but when asked, everything is "geen". When we correct him and let him know it is really yellow, everything form there on out is "ellow". He is getting better and I am sure he will have his colors mastered in no time.
The holidays have been eventful for us. Ledger loves the "pitty yites" (pretty lights) on trees and houses. His very favorite was seeing us turn on our Christmas tree in the morning. Ledger was pretty good about not touching it, but we only decorated the upper half to avoid the constant "NO". We went and visited Grandpa Pierce and Gamellen on Sunday. Ellen and Ledger had a blast running around and playing. Since visiting Gamellen, every clock is now a "tick-tock." He has always been interested in clocks, but he LOVES Grandpa & Gamellen's grandfather clock.
The other day I attempted to be domestic and I made some sugar cookies with Ledger. We had fun rolling out the dough and cutting out trees, snowmen, stars, bells and gingerbread men. I made red, yellow, blue and green frosting and we practiced our colors. He loved baking with me and when the cookies were all frosted he said "pitty cookie". He is such a good boy.
We spent Christmas Eve with the McCartney's this year. The house was busy with grandchildren, running around and laughing. The food was delicious and we were so happy to spend time with family. Bradley and Fallon just keep getting bigger and little Rivers is a doll. It was a nice Christmas Eve. Ledger had a ton of fun playing with his cousins.
Christmas morning was awesome. I have to say that it has been my best Christmas. Watching Ledger open all his gifts with Bobby was almost magical. Having Christmas with a little one is awesome! The Keelings and McCarnteys came over for breakfast borritos (fancy huh?). Ledger got the hang of opening gifts quickly, and with each gift he opened he said, "OOH". Some of his favorite gifts are: bike from Santa, basket ball hoop from Oma & Papa, Thomas the train toothbrush from Mama & Dada, and a flashlight from Grammy & Gee-pa. Oops, I almost forgot his very favorite, a large box!! If he could play peek-a-boo popping out of that box all day, he would. Really.
We hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas. We know that we did! Thank you to all of our family and friends that make our lives so enjoyable. We are incredibly blessed to have such amazing people in our lives.
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