tough day...

Today was one of those tough mommy days. Tobin recieved his booster shots yesterday, and a flu shot. Today he wasn't feeling up to par. I went to register at Babies R Us this morning, and he was an absolute pill. I guess he acted like a normal 2 year old boy in a store like that, but Tobin is always such a good shopper! We came home, ate lunch, and then it was time for nap. You guessed it, he would not take a nap. To spare you all the details in the day, I'll just say that it was rough. Am I the only mother whose two year old wears her out? Do any of you know what I'm talking about... the afternoon after a no-nap day?



Anyway, I took this video about 5pm tonight. Enjoy!

What?

Yesterday was National Housewives Day. How did I miss this memo? Something must be done!

Voting...

This morning, after spending almost 4 hours in the Lab, getting blood drawn and waiting to get it drawn again... Tony and i went to the poles to vote. The line went out the door. It was super windy, and we had Tobin with us. Of course, I did not forget the sucker to keep him happy. I snapped a couple photos with my phone before we went in. I hope you all voted today! May God bless America, we need HIM!

Check out that wind blown hair! It looks like I am sticking my finger in an outlet! ha!

Tobin, patiently eating his sucker. It was all gone by the time we were voting.

If you haven't yet, GET OUT AND VOTE!

Less Sugar, please!?

Last week, I had my one hour glucose test for gestational diabetes. The Doctor called me and informed me that my sugar levels were elevated and that I needed to come in for a three hour test. So.... tomorrow morning at 8am I will be having my blood drawn. The next step is drinking this luke warm orange sugary drink ( which I think tastes like melted Popsicle), then getting my blood drawn 3 more times at different time intervals.

My risks are higher for gestational diabetes because I had a baby over 9 lbs. It's not like I could have helped how huge Tobin was when he was born. He is still a tank! (We have his well check-up on Wednesday, and I am looking forward to seeing if he is still in the 90th percentile. He has been in that category since he was born. ) The risk factors for my baby girl (if my glucose comes out high) is excessive weight gain for her. Folks, we all know I don't need my babies to be even bigger than they intend to be. I mean, seriously. Tobin was 10lbs 9.5 oz. Do I really need a baby bigger than that? No, I don't. I have only gained 6 lbs this pregnancy, and have really been trying to be "healthy". I didn't even eat ANY Halloween candy. So, as you can imagine... I was a little shocked when my test came back elevated.

If you think about it, please pray for me. I have to fast for 8 hours before my test, and am nervous about how my stomach will handle it. I am still pretty queasy when my stomach is empty. I will be hoping and praying that I keep everything down that's supposed to be down, and that my sugar levels will be normal tomorrow. I will update everyone when I get my results back. Thanks for the prayers!

Date Day

As most of you know, a pastor's salary isn't the largest around. In fact, Tony and I rarely spend money on ourselves to go on dates. This weekend was such a blessing to us! Our next door neighbors, Patrick and Dawn, had two extra tickets to the OSU game and asked us to tag along. Tony and I aren't huge OSU (Oklahoma State University) fans, but we couldn't miss out on this opportunity. These were not normal, football stadium tickets. These tickets were Indoor Club VIP tickets, with a VIP parking pass to go along with them. Inside the club, there were many buffets, concessions, Drinks, ice-cream, etc. all free for our enjoyment. It would be an understatement to say we had a great time. We had an amazing time! We feel so blessed to have opportunities like this. Here are some photos from our day...

Tony and I outside the stadium
Our VIP laminated ticket

Tony snapping a photo of ourselves in the stands

Dawn and me watching the game

Baby girl and me... she kicked and cheered in my belly!

Our view from the indoor club

Thanks for the wonderful time! Go Cowboys!

...and a big thanks to Mimi for watching Tobin for over 24 hours for us! We love you so much!

Halloween fun and events

Family pic at the fall festival-He is getting harder for me to hold. Can you tell? ;)

Tobin was scared of his Elmo costume at first. I captured a few tears.

Daddy and Elmo Tobin walking to the Fall Festival

"Put out the house fire" or, " Squirt out the candle!"

Mimi letting Tobin get into his candy. That is what grandparents are for, right!?

Mimi and Tobin posing for a photo.

Tobin and Tony posing for a photo after trick-or-treating. He was already digging in!

Do you think he's excited about all his candy?

Brushing the teeth in his Elmo pj's after eating all that yummy candy!

A Year Lost...

... Well, not really lost- Just a years worth of journals in my blog lost in cyber space. Yes, I tried to be technical savvy, and ended up coming back to the blogspot, (aka: basic blogging) instead of racking my pregnant non-existent brain and trying to figure out stuff that is too complicated for my liking. I join all of my blogging buddies in the blogspot world tonight. I have kept my domain name, but it is forwarded to this blog for my enjoyment/peace of mind. If you have an RSS feed, you will need to change it to my blogspot URL above. However, you may still log into http://www.mytobin.com/ if you choose. I admit to testing the waters and drowning.

Thanks to our great friend Jon Otjen for saving me. Thanks Jon, for your advice, wisdom, and slaps across the face (just kidding about the slaps).

Thanks to my wonderful Husband for making yet another wonderful header for my blog.