Nostalgia....

his voice brings back so many beautiful memories of beautiful summer....

St. Augustine, FL

after florence, we drove through georgia down the coast to jacksonville. my mom and dad then drove us to st. augustine so the girls and i could go to the beach while they browsed around. all three girls have been to each coast now, now we just have to go swimming in the pacific, not feet wading. we had a blast, it was the fourth of july but not too many people out. we set up camp, a blanket and tent, then played in the water till we were the only ones left. beila and june had the best time playing in the waves while popi and i sat on the sand bar in the shallow end and watched fishies. there were many times when i had to walk down the beach and bring the girls back to where we were, the waves take you down the beach. we had the best time together, got tuckered out, took naps, applied sunblock, found a jelly fish, got sand in everything, and had the best 4th of july!

Florence, SC

Florence, South Carolina

my aunt sandie and uncle jose with my 2 bee-ootiful cousins flew in from spain to come visit their nan in florence. so, of course, we had to go visit them on the trip. i love my aunt sandie so much. i only met her when i was 24 or so, when i myself went to spain and forced my presence upon her. she is my mom's half sister, but to me they look a lot a like. i love listening to my aunt sandie talk, talk about my grandpa, moving around, there are so many stories, and of course i love listening to her speak spanish! it is so pretty. my uncle jose and cousins samantha and carla are great too, the girls have always been the pied pipers with my kids, and uncle jose is an accomplished(to me!) athlete. it was a short but wonderful visit, i can't wait for my turn to visit them:)

South of the Border, SC

out in the middle of nowhere south carolina, right when you hop over the north carolina border there is a land of kitschy called south of the border. original, huh? for some reason this land sells mexican and myrtle beach trinkets and odditys. the best part of south of the border is the billion and one concrete statues you can play on. we didn't even scratch the surface of them with our pictures. juniper thought this stop was great and that we were going to take a photo on every single thing. that i told her, would take days and patience i just didn't have. i wish i could find all the photos from past sotb experiences....you could see little sachee(that would be me) grow!

On the Road Again

we've been keeping kinda calm this week trying to get use to the dosing insulin at meals and frequent blood tests, but i couldn't stand it any more, i had to get them out of the house and into the country. so we packed up our picnic basket full of water, salami/basil/cream cheese sandwiches, pbj, bananas, cheese sticks, pickles, and sugar free cookies, and out into the great wide open road. blue hole is a great swimming hole in the middle of nowhere, salina, oklahoma. you go east on highway 20 at the only light in salina, drive 7 miles down a twisty road to a battered sign on the right that says "Blue Hole", and to crystal clear, cold water, full of little fish and crawdads. we did good with the insulin while traveling i think. i am slowly getting over my fear of this disease, i can't let it take over everything we do. so, we did have a great time today, and managed to keep bee's blood sugar under control.

such a lovable bee

a rare smiling photo of june

my lil' rock eater

can't you just feel the coolness running over you sun soaked body?

blue hole!
$10 a car:)

after swimming we stopped by claremore to go to our favorite dairy, swan dairy, to get our grass-fed, hormone-free, non-pasteurized, okie grown whole milk. it is the best and choc full of good for you stuffs. we bought milk and cheese curds to snack on on the ride the my aunts house in verdigris for an afternoon visit.

we love watching the cows get milked! they are happy cows:)

Beila's Bunch

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Dr.Jelley's Day 2

have i mentioned how ironic and awesome beila's doctor's name is? dr. jelley. jelly is so yummy and full of sugar, something beila shouldn't have.
today we spent 4 hours learning more about diabetes and our child. another family was there as well and the mom seemed slightly angry and took it out on the nurse some. it was a little embarrassing at times. parks brought bee and we tested her blood, i knew something was wrong when i walked in but the 30-something blood sugar confirmed it. super duper low, hypoglycemic. beila looked as if she were going to pass out. quickly we gave her a juice box and dosed her for breakfast. by lunch she was hyperglycemic and acting nutsies, licking people and bouncing around. we got lunch in her fast, i wanted to laugh, okay, i did laugh, but her body was reacting to all this up and down and it was so visible. we went over so much today and i can't even recall any of it. it was intimidating knowing i was taking bee home with me and i was the one who was going to have to do all of the insulin and math. i made pasta carbonara for dinner with apples and milk. 91g of carbs, 5 units of insulin. the best part of the day is when my mom in law went to my favorite chocolatier, glacier chocolates, and brought bee sugar free chocolate and me a "your doing great" box all for myself. yummy:) well, anywho, so far today i gave beila 3 shots. one in the arm, leg and tooshy. 3 down, thousands more to go.