Boys wear blue people!

So, the past couple of weeks have been pretty busy. Last week I went up to Hayley and Thomas' house to bring them their baby gift that had been sitting in my living room for a month. I just knew that by the time I finally got it there she would already have one. And I was right. :( It was fun getting to catch up with her though. That's the nice thing about good friends. It seems like you can always pick up where you left off.

Nick, Grant, and I also got to go to Portofino island with his brothers and their families. I can't say that it was the most relaxing vacation but it was fun nonetheless. By the time we packed up all of the baby stuff and carted it down to the beach and got him set up it was time to go back to the room because he was hot. We had little patot set up though. I blew up his floaty, put a towel over it, and had a misty fan on him. He was living the life. Maybe next year he will enjoy it a little more and we will bring a babysitter. Lesson learned!

Another cool thing that happened... to me it was cool... we ordered a brand new washer and dryer. After much confusion and two deliveries we are very happy with it. I had to get a little loud with the people at Best Buy but they did their best to fix their mistake. :/ For some reason the clothes are SO much softer and they smell sooo good. For any of you in the market, we got the LG front loader 9 cycle and they are awesome!!!

Last weekend Jenn and Michael were in with Eli for July 4th. It was nice that they were here for a long weekend. Jennifer brought her embroidery machine for me to play on and she played with my new camera lens. She was a bit underwhelmed with it but I love it anyway. And I didn't get to play on her machine nearly as much as I wanted to. Too bad. I guess I will when I go up there in a few weeks for the consignment sale... I cant wait! Speaking of clothing. I am now addicted to EBay!!!! Who ever knew it was so amazing? And why didn't they tell me how great it is??? I have already purchased about 10 smocked Jon Jons for my little baby. I have saved so much money and been so happy with everything so far. The other day I had THREE outfits come in at one time. It was then when I admitted my problem and I have been trying to stay away. But who can resist that beautiful smocking? :( AND over the past two days Grant has been called a girl three times!!! twice today and once yesterday. He was wearing all blue... bubbles. I love bubbles and I don't care if they are a bit girly. Look at the colors people! And I love how people play it off. They usually say "well he is jusyt too pretty to be a boy". I am fine with it though. And I don't care what anyone says (Jennifer) I will dress him in these little outfits until he is potty trained! lol

Last night we had the first baby-free night in a while. Mom came over and watched Grant while Nick and I met my friend Trisha and her fiance out for dinner. We were there about three and a half hours. Once again, I love it when you can pick up where you left off. Trisha and i were best friends in high school who lost touch when we graduated and went to college. Still probably one of my biggest regrets. When I got married I was lucky enough to have her come on my bachelorette trip and we have talked on and off ever since. Recently we have become closer again. She asked me to be in her wedding. I am so honored and so excited to share in this time with her. I really hope we become super close like we used to be. True friends are hard to come by and she is one of them. I can't wait to help her celebrate.

Today was Alissa's birthday. The kids had so much fun. Jamie rented a water slide and the cake was delicious!!! Sadly I did have a piece. And I paid for it later. I have had a stomach ache for several hours now. I got to hand out with Tabatha a lot. She is the type of person who you could just talk to for hours. Good people!

Tonight I was doing a lot of research on the American Diabetes Association website. I have been to lots of doctor appts and met with the nurse lately and I am having a much harder time lately controlling my sugar. My honeymoon period ( a period usually after you are first diagnosed where your pancreas produces SOME insulin) is pretty much over. It seems like I can;t sneak anything now without my sugar going through the roof. My doctor told me that I am a good candidate for the insulin pump. Basically its a little catheter I put in my stomach that is connected to a tube that is connected to a pump. I will wear it 24 hours a day only taking it off to shower. The benefits are that I will only take one shot every three days while still checking my sugar as opposed to 4-5 shots a day. Also, she said that they see better control and less insulin wasted while on the pump. The downside is that they are extremely expensive and I would need to be connected to it all the time. I was really sad over the thought of never being able to wear a dress again. Maybe I could cut holes in them or invent some type of holster like for guns on my leg. hmmm... we shall see. :) I still have a lot of homework to do and maybe one day it will happen. I started on a trial saline pump and it didn't work. The catheter basically hooked in my skin instead of going straight in. I am going back Monday to get it put in again. I think I flinched while putting it in because I was scared of the size of the needle. I have become quite a wimp using my little short needles. :)

Well, both of my guys are sleeping so I guess I should be too. Goodnight all.