I am now 26 wks almost 27!! At 25 wks, I went to my monthly appt and also did my glucose tollerance test. Circle of Life has you drink an 8oz glass of OJ and eat a candy bar 45 min prior to your appt, instead of making you drink that glucose drink. Well, I passed my sugar was 123 and it needed to be under 135.

I however was skeptical with the results I received having diet controlled gestational diabetes with Mikayla. My midwife understood my concerns and wrote me a script for test strips and lancents to use with my glucometer. But, I kinda relaxed for a week, and was just eating food that always reminds me of a saying from a childhod comerical, 'A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips', cookies, treats, etc...Well I decided that I should get serious and start checking my sugars, and I am so glad I started. 1 to even 2 hrs after eating sugary sweets my sugars have been as high as high as 167--uh oh!! Luckily I know how to lower my sugars, walking up and down the stairs (20 or more times), squats, pushups, jumping around--any thing to get my muscles to adsorb my blood sugar and tons of water! I have now been checking 4 times a day and avoiding the sugar--no fun, but way easier to take off the weight after the baby arrives. I have been having normal readings after eating good meals. I am going to call my midwife tomorrow and discuss my findings and see what the next step is.

Other than that, I feel great!! I am almost in the 3rd trimester--wow!!! I went through Mikayla's old baby clothes and pulled out all the neutral clothes--wow they are so small!! I thank God everyday for blessing me with this beautiful child that is growing in me!!

I have been experimenting with Mikayla's hair lately, trying to come up with some cute and different hairstyles, other than just a ponytail or a pigtail. Here is a pic of some cute braiding and ponytails I did. Luckily she sits pretty still for me, she is usually brushing her teeth or watching TV--ah the joys of TV sometimes!

Oh wow, a lot has happened since I last blogged!! First and fore most Mikayla is now potty trained, she still has an occasional pee accident, and some days are better than others :-); but stays dry during naps and during the day (unless she has an accident). She is not night time potty trained, but wears a pull up or as we call them, 'night time underware'--I think that will take a while!! Check out this cute video of her singing a song from "Potty Power" a potty training DVD that totally helped. She is singing, 'no more diapers for me'!!

I am 22 weeks pregnant this week, we had a target ultasound--where they measure different parts of the baby (head, bones, spine, heart, etc..) the baby looked great! We were able to see a couple of hands, feet and our adorable baby's face. Here I am at 22 wks and a great 4D US picture of the baby. I could not believe the great profile shot we were able to get of our sweet baby's face!! We are still not finding out the sex, surprise, suprise!!!!

I signed Mikayla up for a toddler dance class at Excell Dance Studio in Layton. A couple of Mikayla's friends were in the class--which made her very comfortable. The class is designed that the kids go in by themselves and the parents watch. They worked on stretching, jumping, marching, sacheing, summersalts, and having fun!Mikayla did such a great job, she stayed in with the other kids, listened, followed instruction, and had a great time all while looking absolutely adorable in her leotard, tutu, and ballet slippers!!

We finally got some front yard landscaping completed! Wow, we now have some curb appeal! We had a local concrete company pour an RV pad for us that goes from the street to the back of the house, now, we just need a boat... We planted some great shrubs in the front, planted some pretty flowers in pots, got a couple of unique decorations (a daisy and butterfly), bark, Patrick installed new sprinklers for the shrubs, and rerouted some other sprinklers. It looks great, enjoy!!

Two weeks ago, our friend Doris called and told us about a play log cabin that her neighbors had on the curb and were giving away for free. Patrick went and picked it up that night. We borrowed our neighbors pressure washer, cleaned it and put it together. Mikayla LOVES it!! Thanks Doris!!!