What We Did On Black Friday

While everyone was out and about today shopping like crazy, we stayed home and finished the nursery. We have been trying to gather the materials we needed to test the decals we had that were not sticking. In the end, the decals that were still attached to the backing, I cut out very close to the design edge and we used that Tac-Stick stuff to stick them to the walls. It worked pretty well, and we aren't having issues with them falling off at all. The decals that we had already stuck to the wall that had already started falling off, my mom gave us the suggestion to use wallpaper glue that she had laying around. It totally worked! We just outlined the decals on the sticky side with the glue, and again, we aren't having any fall off. We were so relieved that we could still use all the decals and my mom and our friend Robins' money didn't go to waste buying these decals.


Matt's family contributed to the room decor also. The pink daisy lights Matt's sister Liz got us are SO cute in the room. They are "wall flowers" and when the big light is turned off and just the daisy lights are on, they create such a soft pink glow over the room. Almost like giant night lights. Liz, you did good picking those out!! Matt and I added some leaf decals to them to add to the "stem"...just a finishing touch. Matt's father, John, painted two paintings for the room that we brought up with us from Oregon. They go so well with the room too, and we already had one frame and found another frame that matches pretty well. You can't even tell that they are two different frames. He is working on a couple more paintings for the room for Christmas. Matt's mother, Susan made the quilt that is on the chair in the room, one wall hanging, and she is currently working on another wall hanging for the room as well. We are so lucky to have such crafty people in the family!!


We have started packing the diaper bag to bring to the hospital for the baby. So far we just have her going home outfit, a hat and a blanket. I have been told that the hospital provides pretty much everything needed for the baby so we don't have to bring much for her other than her clothes and the car seat. When we go to take the hospital tour (as soon as one of us calls to schedule it) we will find out for sure what we need for her. We are trying to figure out what to bring for ourselves also. I need to start packing my bag ASAP just in case. We are getting a little too close now to not be prepared. My thinking is to just buy some travel size bathroom stuff and that will take care of that part. I am also going to need to make a list soon of last minute things that we will have to pack just before going to the hospital, which with the look of things, might be just about everything.


In case some of you remember, we had a doctor appointment scheduled for this past Tuesday the 23rd. That appointment ended up getting rescheduled because of the awful weather we had earlier this week. For those of you who are not in Alaska, we had crazy warm weather that caused rain, turning the roads into ice rinks. Schools closed, a lot of businesses closed too...including my doctor's office. The appointment has been rescheduled for Monday Nov, 29th. I'm supposed to be having an appointment once every two weeks, and by the time of my next appointment it will have been almost a month since my last appointment. I haven't been having many problems so I'm not very worried about the amount of time that had passed. I'm sure things are fine, I just have regular aches and pains. Occasionally I feel a little light headed and sometimes fainty, but that is normal stuff. 
The gestational diabetes is going well. I'm still able to control it with diet. I'm so happy that I'm doing well with it, because I really didn't want to be put on any medication for it. So far, so good! I wouldn't be able to do it as well without Matt though. He helps me figure out all the math of the carb servings, and he makes sure I eat my snacks and my meals the way I should. I'm really lucky to have him! I did very well on Thanksgiving. We went to my parents' house for Thanksgiving, braving the roads. Even with only being able to have two carb servings for lunch (when we ate the Thanksgiving meal). I just had small amounts of potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing and fruit salad. I had more turkey than I normally would have (because I wasn't stuffing myself with carbs) and I didn't have a roll at all. I was well under 120 (my max) when I checked my blood glucose two hours later. I even had pumpkin pie after for my mandatory snack after the two hour wait after the meal and I still did good.


Here is the link for the nursery pictures before I forget: http://picasaweb.google.com/Smile161/BabySchneidSRoom?authkey=Gv1sRgCM2trJKNo4uqtAE&feat=directlink 


I will blog again after my doctor's appointment on Tuesday. I hope everyone had a safe and happy Thanksgiving!