Last week I had by 24 week check-up, glucose screening, and results from my genetic disorder test we had anxiously been waiting for. Even with the 1 soft marker the chances of down syndrome are 1 in 3100 which they consider a negative. Very good news about baby Kane! With Steven I remember them saying there was a 1 in 50,000 but really those odds are phenomenal and we will just keep hoping and praying for healthy little Kane. The glucose screening is something that I was dreading . For some reason this little guy is forcing sweets down my face daily. I mean candy every trip to the grocery store, baked goods, sherbert, fruits, carbohydrates... ANYthing that contains sugar or turns into sugar. The results could have been predicted really, a big fat FAIL. I laugh about it because the risks on the baby if gestational diabetes is present seem unobtrusive to be honest. I may eat a lot of sugar lately but besides that we are super healthy people, very cautious of diet, and I'm averaging 25 miles a week... a little sugar isn't going to cause major damage :) So tomorrow I have a follow up to complete a 3 hour screening where they take blood samples each hour. I have cut out all candy in the past week and HIGHLY monitored my sugar level... and trust me with Mr. Man's candy selection from last night it has been TOUGH!
Steelers beat the Patriots. Just throwing that out there.
Steve is on a 2 week "break" until Apache school begins. I say break loosely because he still has 5:45 AM PT and 3 hours mandatory study session but c'mon he is studying APACHE 5&9's now... nothing could make him happier ! The 3+years it has taken to get to this point and now all of the study materials are actually sitting on our counter. It is pretty surreal to be honest. After talking to the right people, it looks like he will be squeezing into the November 14th class which is AWESOME. We will find out for sure though in the next two days. Starting that class sets graduation and moving to APPROX. June 12th 2012 which is almost exactly 2 years from our move here since he began WOC school June 15th 2010. Enough time to have our two boys which is PRETTY awesome :) He is just gloating around about the idea of actually flying the BIG BAD APACHE as opposed to the small aircraft they trained on. It is going to be what he flies for quite a while so it's great that he is so in love with it, maybe a little too much at times !
Halloween was last night and what cute guys I was fortunate enough to trick-or-treat with. The Delacruz family that we have been friends with here since WOC school had a big group of us over for pre-candy pizza and some fun playtime for all of the kids ( ages 4 mos-7 years) . Steven hung out with his buddy Kaleb most of the night who was born just 6 days after him... we call them the Alabama babies. Jasmine and I were both pregnant with them at WOC graduation and somehow they both have been abnormally HUGE compared to kids their age. The two of them had the luxury of riding in the wagon while Optimus prime ( Steve) pulled them through the neighborhoods. We all ventured through the haunted houses set up in the FGO neighborhood and got some tasty treats! Besides being exhausted after skipping a nap altogether and then being up HOURS past bedtime... Steven had a blast :)
Steven is officially the LARGEST 14 month old not walking! It's getting kind of hilarious if you ask me. He crawls faster than ANYONE and can climb on any piece of furniture imaginable on top of being SUPER mobile for his age, I think he is just afraid to fall from his 3 foot tall height! He has begun squatting and pushing his booty in the air so it looks like he could take off any day now. Clapping is his new favorite thing to do, but only when you aren't trying to show someone his new skill of course. I have some videos of it that are pretty funny. Anytime we go anywhere in the car he shakes his head to the music and claps his hands ... he really cracks us up. He also, as of the past 2 days, can fully maneuver and iphone so we are thinking of kid proofing and setting up the itouch we have for him for Christmas maybe. It sounds crazy I know, a 1 year old playing with an itouch, but he loves it and with a good indestructible case he could use apples alphabet and learning tools on it which he LOVES. Already a tech geek like his Dad :)
I think that is everything up until now. We have my coveted PEANUT FESTIVAL next weekend which is basically a huge fair but everything is geared around peanuts... my heaven. THe following weekend is Veterans weekend which we will be heading to Fort Benning GA for my big Soldier Half MARATHON WOO HOO! November has some fun in store for the Trumbull family :)
On a not so light note, a friend of mine from High school and the neighborhood up in Anthem passed away in a car accident in Phoenix this week. He was a soldier and returned from deployment last year to lose his life on the highway in Arizona. He was one of the first people I met in Arizona and was very close with two of my best guy friends from high school Aaron and Jarod. Keep his family and friends in your happy thoughts and prayers because they will be needing it. Also in Anthem, a girl from my brother's high school has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 bone and lung cancer. She is 15 years old and beautiful as can be. The entire community has been showing tremendous support for her and her family as they begin the fight against the nasty C word. It's unbelievable how things can change in an instant , really puts life in perspective. She and her family are very active in their church in Anthem and have all the hope and faith that she will win the battle, and with that I am positive that she will. Keep Katie Wagner in your thoughts.
A happy week to all, hope that everyone had a great Halloween! Enjoy every minute with your loved ones that are close by!
Here are some pics from this month :)
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