This past week has been busy and fun! Aside from the regular stuff (preschool, storytime, dance, soccer, activity days, mutual), I had a doctor appt on Friday. I am measuring right on schedule and Ladybug is doing great. The doctor kind of cracked me up when he asked about my blood sugars and how I was doing following the diet. He was like, "you don't have to follow it as exactly as they are trying to pound into you, you're having a c-section anyway." I was surprised to hear that out of a doctor's mouth, but it did make me feel a bit better about the times when I just need a scoop of ice cream or maybe a few french fries. The big thing when I was expecting Jake and doing this was trying to keep him small enough that I could have a VBAC. This time, that isn't an option, so I guess I am ok to cheat every so often.

My birthday was last week on Friday. It was a nice day/weekend. Friday, Steve came home from work early and we went to lunch adn the did a few errands. That night Melissa came over and took me to have my free birthday ice cream at Coldstone. The next day was Jake's first Pinewood derby. His car won every race! He is so excited to go to regionals. After that, Catalina took me for a surprise trip to her salon where she paid for her hair lady to cut and color my hair and for me to have a manicure. It was so nice! I feel a bit bad, because I know it was expensive for her, but at the same time, I loved every second of it! After that, we went to my mom's house and had a fancy dinner with Steve's famous grilled chicken, cheese and chocolate fondue, and birthday cake. Yum-o! Sunday evening we went to Steve's parents' house and got to visit with (almost) everyone, and meet Baby Lukas! He is so so cute! We did a mini photo session with him, poor baby! I think he thought we were torturing him. He was such a good sport about it though. It was one of the best birthdays I think I have had in a long time!

Today has been a weird sort of day. My emotions are very close to the surface and I keep starting to cry at random times for no apparent reason. I think maybe I am just tired. Plus, the lesson in YW was about father's blessings and that made me think about my dad, which almost always sets me off. So the plan for this afternoon and evening is to just be lazy and relax. New Moon came out on DVD yesterday and I think I am gonna take over the TV downstairs and watch it.