Brave Heart

Hello! Today my little girl got to act like a hero for her Mommy! I had a doctor's appointment this morning, and I woke up about three minutes before I was suppossed to be there, so Macie got to come with. She was such a good little girl while we were in the room waiting for the nurse, she ran around being silly and laughing. Then she went to sit in her own chair across the room from me. Then the nurse came in and put the blood pressure cuff on my arm, and my very brave little girl climbed out of her chair and ran across the room to scream at her! LOL, she thought that poor Shannon was hurting me! After that 'close call', she had to sit on my lap for the rest of the visit to protect me. It turns out that I might be hypoglycemic, but since I don't have insurance, Judy just wants me to keep track of my blood sugar for a while, and when I get some ins, we'll do some more tests. I am also having problems with my arm so will be going to LeMars or Storm Lake to make sure there is no clot. I'm sure everything is fine though.

While at the doctors, I was given some new diet guidelines, which include cutting back some carbs. neither Macie nor I are thrilled about this, because pasta is our favorite food and we have it almost every meal. So tonight we had chicken breasts and fried zuccini. She refused to eat any of it. I finished mine, but not happily. :)

I can't believe how big my little girl is getting!! She has learned how to climb onto her rocking elephant all by herself. Now she rocks herself on it and sings "rock-a-bye baby," but that's about the only part of the song she can actually sing! She is getting very good at letting me brush her teeth like a big girl, and she knows when it is bed time, although we typically get a small fit about that! I really wish I could turn back time and have her be a baby again, because I missed so much the first time around, but I am enjoying every second (ok, that's a fib, but almost every second) that I get to spend with her!