Lil' Dean Fam

Ryan inherited his Rocking Horse from his daddy. Colin had this horse when he was growing up and I think all four of them (Colin's three siblings and himself) played with it while they were children. Ryan likes the rocking horse and he can say "rocking horse" pretty well. He gets it going so good that he can move it forward across the carpet- watch out. Once again, he wasn't holding still for a picture so these are the best I could get. Enjoy. These are for you Nanna.

Ryan has been wearing this bandana inspired by his daddy. Colin's been sporting them around the house at night (who knows why) and Ryan's been in on the gig. So, here are some more attempts at taking pictures of a 2 year old that WILL NOT HOLD STILL! Ryan calls it a headband, hence the title name.

Ryan amazed me that he could fit into this tiny little box. It was pretty funny to see him shove his whole body into it. Of course my camera was slower than he was and I couldn't get him to get back in for a perfect picture, but you get the idea.

I never had no one I could count on I've been let down so many times I was tired of hurtin' So tired of searchin' 'Til you walked into my life It was a feelin' I'd never known And for the first time I didn't feel alone You're more than a lover There could never be another To make me feel the way you do Oh we just get closer I fall in love all over Everytime I look at you I don't know where I'd be Without you here with me Life with you makes perfect sense You're my best friend You're my best friend, oh yeah You stand by me And you believe in me Like nobody ever has When my world goes crazy You're right there to save me You make me see how much I have And I still tremble When we touch And oh the look in your eyes When we make love You're more than a lover There could never be another To make me feel the way you do Oh we just get closer I fall in love all over Everytime I look at you And I don...

These pictures are a couple of weeks old, but they're cute so I thought I'd put them up anyway. Justin and my dad got new bikes and Ryan came over to check them out. He didn't ride either of them even though the helmet is decieving. We bought the helmet after we got him his trike and sometimes he just wants to wear it.

Well, I've had the sensor for a week now and have just started my second site for it. So far I think it is working pretty well. The only complaint that I have is that it is keeping me up at night. Almost all night long it's beeping at me and telling me that my sugar is high, or my sugar is low. I guess that is good because then my sugar can be more even during the nighttime as well. However, I was starting to get quite sleep deprived. Last night the sensor ended and so I took it out. I decided to leave it out for a night and wait until this afternoon to re-connect. I am really glad that I did too because I went to bed at 9:00pm with a BG of 140. I woke up at 6:00am with a BG of 96. I'll see Dr. Day on Monday so he can have a lot of sensor data to look at. I think this will really help my sugars during this pregnancy. I was really proud of myself for the first three days because my glucose graph was almost a perfectly straight line, I was really excited about that. Right now...

I got a phone call at work today that wasn't work related. I think that's happened about twice in my life. Anyway, it was Minimed calling to tell me that my insurance had approved me for the Continuous Glucose Monitoring Sensor (CGM)that goes with my pump! I am so excited I can hardly stand it. The sensor its self is relatively inexpensive at about $1000. The kicker is that the senors you have to change out (every 2 to 10 days)cost $30. each. That can get pretty expensive- $90 to $450 per month. The best part of it all is that my insurance covered me 100%! Minimed told me that my balance is zero. They are overnighting the sensor to my doctors office and it will be there tomorrow. I'll have to get trained on how to use it and everything but it should be up and working early next week. Yea! If you're wondering what it looks like or how it works, click on the hyperlink "sensor" above.