Very Sad...

The "Last Lecture" professor, Randy Pausch, dies at 47.

I have been following this story for a while now, and it hurts my heartstrings to know he lost his battle with cancer. If you do not know about him, I sincerely hope you will take a minute, or hour, to listen to his "Last Lecture." He had originally written it for his children after he was diagnosed with cancer, but then he ended up doing it for his class at Carnegie Mellon, and it has now become a very famous lecture. Watch it. It will inspire you and really make you think. If you do not have the time to watch the lecture in its entirety, then go to the third link on my blog. It was from when he appeared on Oprah and did a shorter version. However, I would encourage you to take an hour out of your day to watch it. Very Much Worth It!

This is his lecture:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

This is the USA Today article about him:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-07-25-pausch-obit_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

The shorter version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BODHsU3hDo4

25.5 Weeks

So...this isn't what I would call a fantastic picture, but I thought it was about time to show off the belly. My last belly shot was at 16.5 weeks. 9 weeks ago!!

My little Ariel's Version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Jesus Loves Me

Savannah has recently become obsessed with the Little Mermaid. She has even been asking to watch the movie! It is pretty cute. She also really loves to sing. So...most of the day, we are singing something and dressed up in the Ariel costume. She CAN sing these songs better than this, but I thought these were so funny because of how animated and hyper she was!

Thursday Tales.....

Well.....It has been a little while since I updated on our life here in sunny DC. We have been home for a few days since our wonderful vacation.

Life around the Mundie house has been a little stressful the last few days. When we arrived home on Saturday, we found a single flea on Chloe. Not too surprising since we were in the mountains all last week.....we bathed her and thought we had it. Well...Sunday, another single flea. Ok, getting annoying...we gave her another bath and the flea, gone. So, Monday, another single flea! So, I went to the vet and got some stuff to get rid of the flea. I know I know...a single flea is not that big of a deal, but did you know one single flea can lay up to 1000 eggs?!?! That should make anyone want to puke! So....all day Monday, I am spraying down the house, vacuuming EVERYTHING, cleaning our beds, etc. Well, Monday afternoon, I went to check Chloe to see if I saw a flea. None to be found..THANK GOD! But, unfortunately, I found these two spots on Chloe that were swollen. We, of course, got nervous, and took her into the vet....So, this is the second time in one day we have visited the vet. They found lots of spots on Chloe and had us bring her in on Tuesday to be shaven and do some further testing. They found that she has several infections so we are giving her meds and steroids. She has had an allergic reaction to something, probably from out in the wild on our trip. So...the poor thing is recuperating and I hope we are over all of her drama....our wallet really hopes we are!

In other news, I had a doctor's appointment today. I still cannot believe that I am 25+ weeks! This pregnancy is FLYING by. I passed everything with flying colors. Good blood pressure, great blood sugar levels, slow weight gain (which is excellent for me!), Parker is measuring right on, etc. I found out that in seven weeks (32 weeks preggers), I am going to start going in TWICE A WEEK for fetal monitoring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, twice a week, 45 minutes away! This is typical for a gestational diabetic, but geez.....My doctor said we can see if they will allow me to do it at Andrew AFB, which is only about 15 minutes away, but she wasn't very confident that they would let me do that. Unless my weight gain drastically increases or there is a reason for concern, I will probably only have one more ultrasound at about 37 weeks. So, that's that.

I guess I didn't have quite as much to update on as I thought.

I hope you all have a terrific weekend and happy blogging!

Cabin Fever!

So....this week, we went on a family vacation with the Mundies to Blowing Rock, NC. We stayed in a very cool rustic cabin in the middle of the woods. It was very rainy, but we had plenty of pretty sunny moments to get out and have some fun. We lazed down a river for two hours one day, went hiking a couple of days, and swam. The guys golfed and the girls got massages. I even got a very wonderful pedicure one day too. We completed three puzzles and played lots of games! We went shopping and Brent found himself an entire new wardrobe....gotta love those outlet malls. Parker and Savannah got their share of new clothes too...some from the outlets and some from Grammy and April. Needless to say, our van was packed on the way home. We had a wonderful time. Here are some pictures of the trip!

Savannah and Grammy checking out the water.

Savannah doing what she loved best...put the rocks in and take them out....put them in...take them out...

She was precious in her little life jacket and piggy tails

Chloe couldn't get enough of the water!!

While in nature....go all natural!!

The family the last night at an all you can eat family style restaurant.

Daddy and Savannah after a long hike to Lynnville Falls.

Savannah pretending to be a tree.



She loved the dirt and mud puddles!





Savannah and Grammy at the cabin.

Girls ready for the lazy river!

Daddy and Savannah taking in the sun.

Duel between Grandpa Tom and Savannah..

The sweet "newlyweds" and their dog, Colonel.

Gestational Diabetes Week 2

Don't worry, I do not intend on sending an update every week of my pregnancy, but I found out a little more about my condition today. Well, for those of you who do not know, I am checking my blood sugar four times a day. My after meal numbers have been outstanding!! Only three over out of 30 tests, so that is very good, especially since I went over my allowed amount of carbs all three times (cheated!). However, 6/10 fasting numbers were high, so......I have to start a low dose of a medication called glyburide to lower those morning numbers. I took this with Savannah, and it helped. Because I am now "medicated" I am doomed to be induced at 39 weeks. I say doomed only because I was induced with Savannah and it was not a good experience. Hopefully Parker will be much more ready to greet the world than she was, and I pray, and ask for your prayers, that he might decide to come a few days earlier than this. So....contrary to what I had said in a previous post, he will make is arrival no later than Oct. 26th ish. There are several things they will do to me/give me in the weeks before 39 weeks to speed the induction along. I will spare you the details....lets just say, some are not too pleasant. There is also risk with a diabetic mother to be induced even earlier than 39 weeks, but not likely for me. I will also start to be seen every two weeks from now until I get closer to delivering and then every week! So....16 weeks and counting!

So, that is that...

In other baby news, Parker is measuring right on target, unlike last week when the tech said he was about two weeks large. The dr. today said the tech was probably just wrong. Also, I have been stressing a little because the tech got a heart rate of only 128 last week, which is NORMAL but low normal (120-160 is normal range). So, I know...it is normal, but if you know me at all, if there is even a question, I will worry. I asked her to do it again, and she got a rate of 144, so definitely better. This week at home I have been getting readings in the 130s and today, the doctor got a reading in the 150s, so I feel better. I have heard boys heart rates can be a little lower than girls too.

In other news, Savannah has gone over a week now in cotton panties with NO, thats right, NO accidents!!! She is still, of course, in diapers at nap and bed time. Now, if we can only get rid of "night night," her pacifier, she will officially be a big girl.

I guess that is all for now.