Honeymooning?

Caid adjusted so well to her shots and getting her blood sugar checked and had normal numbers...and then slowly her numbers started to drop. They want her blood sugar to be between 100 and 200. She started regularly being below 100 so I stopped giving her the novolog (insulin that she gets at each meal) unless she was high. Then her numbers continued to stay low so the nurse had me cut her lantus (insulin she gets once a day that keeps her stable for 24 hours) dose in half. She was still low. So for the last week or two we have taken her completely off of insulin. And we used to have to check her blood sugar five times a day but they've also had us cut that back to once a day. There is what is called the "Honeymoon period" when someone is diagnosed with diabetes that their pancreas sometimes kicks back in for a while and starts producing insulin again. This could be the case, however, it isn't very often that someone is taken completely off of insulin. They usually still need some shots to keep them stable. We're secretly hoping that maybe it was just an infection that she might have had that was affecting her pancreas and she was misdiagnosed, but we'll continue to watch her numbers and see. But if not, at least we'll know what to watch for and she is one brave little girl so we know she can handle it!

9/30/10 Spoke too soon. Her numbers have gone back up, so they are putting her back on a very small amount of lantus starting tomorrow. We'll get this figured out one of these days. :)

When dad babysits...

Delicious Fall Treat

Yes, Caid is licking her fingers in the back ground. Sorry to those that have to eat them! They are for my niece's baptism tomorrow and her favorite colors are purple and orange, so I did a batch of spice cake, a batch of white cake with food coloring, and a batch of chocolate.

I used the recipe from this link, but tried Spice Cake Mix and was in heaven!http://zmrideout.blogspot.com/2010/04/homemade-oreos.html

Then my friend told me she made chocolate ones last week but did a peanut butter filling. If I hadn't already made enough cream cheese filling for 5 dozen cookies, I would have tried it, so I guess I'll have to try some more once these are gone!

Peanut Butter Fillling

1/3 C. butter, softened
1/3 C. creamy peanut butter
1 1/3 C. powdered sugar
1 1/2 tsp. milk
(opt. add cream cheese)

There's just some days where you can't resist an impromptu photo shoot!

6 Months

Height: 25.5 inches (50th percentile)
Weight: 15 lbs 8 oz (50th percentile)

*sleeps a lot! (12-14 hours at night, plus 3 naps a day, 2 hours avg each)
*wants to be held or played with, likes attention
*LOVES to jump in her jumper, or if you are holding her, she'll jump in your lap and give you a great arm workout
*finally liking baby food
*gets so excited when I start putting her pj's on because she knows it's bedtime
*still a thumb sucker
*can sit up by herself (for short periods of time)

Utah State Fair

All I can say is luckily I had free tickets! Caid LOVED the pony ride. "Giddy-up, Yeehaw!" and waving like a rodeo queen the whole time. And the second her turn was over, she said "K let's do that again!"And, of course, my mom's award winning quilt!

I'm pretty sure Caidence has tested every ounce of patience I have left. When she was getting her molars in a month or two ago, she started throwing food because she was frustrated that she was hungry, but her mouth hurt too bad to eat. We broke a few dishes during that time from being thrown across the room. Then she was diagnosed with diabetes and the throwing continued, but we thought maybe she was mad at food because every time she ate she had to get a shot. But now it's getting ridiculous. On Saturday we were on our way to watch my nephews football games and stopped to get lunch on the way. I got her a hamburger and she picked it up to take her first bite, looked at it, and chucked it at the people in the booth behind us. Luckily all the lettuce and sauce fell on me first, the burger fell under the table, and the bun was all that hit them. They just laughed and after I took her outside to talk to her she went back in and apologized to them. And we skipped the football game and went home to bed. Then today we ran to get a prescription filled at Costco and on our way out, Caid asked for a piece of pizza. I got the pizza, sat down, pulled Jordyn out of her car seat, went to pick up the pizza, and Caid grabbed it, threw it behind her and then jumped under the table to hide. I put Jordyn back in her carseat, which she immediately started to scream, grabbed the pizza off the floor while everyone just stared, threw it away, grabbed Caid, and left. I still had more errands, but instead came straight home and put her in her bed. Time outs don't work, spanking doesn't work (yesterday she went on to tell me "Today I threw my choc-ate milk at Jordy. Daddy spanked my patooty right here. It was pretty funny.") I can't just say okay no food then, because if she doesn't eat, her blood sugar goes too low. I've heard to just ignore it, but hello, it's food being thrown across the room. So I'm pretty sure from now on if she throws food, she'll just end up being in bed the rest of the day unless someone has some words of wisdom!

WANTED

The handle on Jordyn's infant carseat broke! It's still usable, but I can't move it up so I can't leave her in it to carry. So...I'm on the lookout for another Britax Roundabout in Cowmooflage. This is the one Caidence has and I love it and due to my OCD, I want them to match. If anyone sees a killer deal on one, let me know!!

5 1/2 Months

I remember having some pictures of Caidence at 5 1/2 months in this pink dress so I decided to put Jordyn in the same outfit and in front of my mom's flowers to compare if they look anything alike at the same age. Nope!

Caidence Jordyn

Siblings

Who knows how long it's been since we've got a picture with all of us. A few weeks ago my sister, Jami, and her family came to visit from Seattle so we took the opportunity to get the best picture possible. But settled for this instead. Every other one shot had husbands with wandering hands so we figured the cheesy head tilts and grins would have to do.