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We are changing things up a bit here! You can now read of our adventures of having fun while trying to stay alive at www.soapandopera.blogspot.com See you soon!

Remember that Potty Problem?

Well, it's not an issue anymore. Since Christmas time Popi was using the potty pretty frequently. Then we had a minor setback when we traveled to the Austin area for a weekend, it kinda messed us up. When we got back it took us a few days but we got back in the swing of things pretty fast and only use a pull up for bedtime, but she doesn't soil it at night, it's just for my ease I guess. I don't know if it helps that we cloth diapered or that she has 2 older sisters, but she trained faster than June and Bee. It makes life so much easier!

Ugh.

I am so sick of listening to all this anti-gun bull crap. You will find me looking for the man with open carry to go sit near out in public. You want to know why? He or she will not allow someone with bad intentions get past them, I want to be near the good guy. Most of the media is this country doesn't allow the "good" gun stories out into the public, and there are so many. For instance, did you hear about the woman who's house got broken into while she and her two young sons were at home? She hid in a closet with her gun while on the phone with her husband and 911, without her gun goodness knows what would have become of her and her boys. The man came for them in the closet and she was able to PROTECT her family. The police are slow, we all know that, I have waited hours for police to show up. FYI, the intruder didn't die. Getting rid of guns is not going to get rid of bad people. Just like making drugs illegal doesn't keep people from overdosing or selling them. Mass killings will always happen, people with mental problems will always be in our society, just like that mass stabbing at a school in China. I hate the idea that the govt. wants to take away our liberties that this country was founded on, they take away our weapons they have us in a corner. Isn't anyone else's internal alarm going off at the idea of complete trust in the US govt.?

2013, janu

Ahhhh. Finally, in bed. My feet and face have been coconut oiled(unrefined), my new hair cut fanned across the pillow, book freshly downloaded from the library in the iPad, lunches made, breakfasts made, dishes being washed, children asleep in their beds. Joys of joys, my one to two hours a night of "me" time.

JDRF Walk for a Cure 2012

this weekend is the JDRF (juvenile diabetes research foundation) Walk for a Cure.  We are so excited to be participating again in this walk with friends and family.  here is a good article written by the owl and drum store about what it is.  thanks!

Pump up the Jam

Okay, more like "pump up the Beila". We put Bee on the pump today, we've been waiting forever it seems for this day. As always there was so much information and a ton of note taking and a few tears on my part, but this time my tears were of happiness. I know the pump isn't a fix and comes with it's own set of problems, but I do not have to inject my Bee multiple times a day anymore, not even once a day, just every three days when we put the cannula in her. We will still have finger pricks to test blood as always until we decide if we ever want a cgm(continual glucose monitor). The pump is amazing, we press in her blood glucose number, then how many carbs she is eating and the pink machine does the math and "voila!" it doses her with insulin. Also, it puts out a continual itty bitty amount of insulin all through the day just like my body or your body does, this will help regulate her blood more to keep her from getting insane highs and lows. This wonderful machine is by no means the answer to our problem or a cure, it is a small escape from tons of needles. We will go back to needles for certain things, because they in their own way are easier, simpler. But we are part of the pump club now, it feels good. If you haven't watched Beila's video down below on her life with Diabetes, please watch and please donate to help find a cure to this horrible disease, you can donate at www.jdrf.org/goto/beilasbunch

Beila's Everyday Life