Girl Name Suggestions?

Here is a list of names that I like for our girl. For some reason I am not as excited about the name Megan. I guess I have just been saying it too much. Steve says that it is up to me to name this baby because he came up with the name Conner. I don't like that, it is way too much pressure. But Steve does want her middle name to be Dianne but I think I could convince him to shorten it to Anne.

Hannah (Dianne) Ferguson

Maggie (Dianne) Ferguson

Megan (Dianne) Ferguson

Page (Dianne) Ferguson

Lauren (Dianne) Ferguson

Jessica (Dianne) Ferguson

Kennedy (Dianne) Ferguson

I know it is very redundant to put Dianne Ferguson on each name idea, but you have to say the whole thing together to see if it works.

Random Thoughts

Me sitting in the family room talking to Conner who is in the kitchen: "Conner what are you doing?"

Conner: "I'm in the kitchen."

Me: "What is on your nose?"

Conner: "A booger."

Every time Conner yawns he says, "I'm tired."

Whenever I change a dirty diaper Conner just says, "Ew, ew, ew, ew." The whole time.

and lastly,

Standing in line at Wal-Mart waiting to check out, Conner declares to everyone around him, "I have gas."

He cracks me up! I also have a very exciting lunch/dinner idea to share with you if you are wanting to watch your carbs. Instead of using bread for a sandwich use, Eggo brand Nutri Grain Whole Wheat frozen waffles. 2 waffles have 23 carbs compared to 2 pieces of regular wheat bread which has 40. The dietitian that I saw isn't making me count condiments or nonstarchy vegetables which is nice because before I had to count every little thing that went into my mouth. Anyway back to this sandwich, then spread a smidgen of ranch and mustard. Slice up some avocado, cucumbers, and place some fresh mushrooms on the sandwich, then add turkey and bacon. SO good and the only carbs I have to count are the waffles. 23 carbs for that much food, that is amazing. I get full when I eat but lately I haven't felt satisfied after I eat. This definitely satisfied. You could even add a pickle on the side which doesn't have any carbs. I just found 18 new carb friendly recipes. I will post the recipes as I try them if they are any good.

If you would like to try a low carb diet, this is what I have to do. It isn't bad if you like protein, which I am not a big fan of. I don't like, cheese or tuna fish, and meat, well a little goes a long way. I am a carbaholic. Anyway here you go:

40 carbs for breakfast

wait two hours to eat

15 carb snack

wait two hours to eat

60 carb lunch

wait two hours to eat

15 carb snack

wait two hours to eat

60-75 carbs for dinner (If I have potatoes I can only have 60 carbs, my blood sugar doesn't go down with potatoes)

wait two hours to eat

15 carb snack before bed

wait two hours to eat then test and go to bed.

I am very lucky and am allowed higher carb amounts than a lot of other pregnant women. Give it a try, it just takes a bit of planning.

24 weeks

I am still going through, what I am calling, detox. It takes quite a while to get my desire for carbs out of my system. This time seems so much harder. Maybe it is because I am home all day and still feed carbs to Conner. I should be having my diabetic counseling soon, which is good because I need it. I have forgotten so much. Steve is really good to try and support me. He went to Costco with Conner the other day and surprised me with a couple of bags of frozen wings. Only 1 carb in three wings. He forgets that it is still hard for me and will eat candy in front of me. Yesterday he bought a big container of yogurt and it sounded so good but had way too many carbs for me to eat. He felt bad he didn't think to look for a low carb one. He told me he has to relearn too. Two things that will for sure not be in my diet for the next couple of months are ketchup and corn. 5 carbs in 1 tablespoon of ketchup and 17 carbs in 1/2 c of corn. Steve has been so great these last couple of months that I have been pregnant. He helps so much with Conner. It doesn't matter if he has work or school the next day he is willing to get up in the night if Conner needs something. Conner has been sick the last week so he hasn't been sleeping through the night. He is just prepping me for the baby and I am doing ok with it. Most of the time. We have a wood burning stove so we have to load up wood for it. Conner loves to help.

On Tuesday I was making dinner and Conner came into the kitchen. I didn't realize that he had taken a spray bottle of Febreeze out from under the sink and had gone back into the family room. Soon I start hearing this weird noise. I ignore it at first and then decide to check on him. As soon as I walk in the room my sock gets damp. I look at Conner and he just stares and me and says, "dangerous." I said, "I know, dangerous, so why are you playing with that?" I walked over to him and the coffee table was dripping wet. I picked up his toy cars that were on the table and they were dripping Febreeze. Stinker. On Thanksgiving we had our first experince of him putting his hand down his diaper and pulling up poop. He was in his crib at the time and I went in to check on him and first thought, "why is there peanut butter smeared all over your crib?" Pretty gross. I am going to go buy some onesies that he will wear at nap time, just in case.

Helping to bring the wood to the house.

Conner is certain that you cannot see him if he is hiding under the blanket. He thinks as long as he doesn't move you'll never know he is there. This is where he goes when he gets something he isn't suppose to have, like chapstick.

 

One more video of Conner helping dad. We have quite a stock pile of coal and wood.