OB appointment and missing my Nole...

Today marks one year since we lost our puppy Nole. He was hit by a car last January and we were beyond devastated. I miss him soooo much. He was a such a great dog and he was definitely my first baby. The night he died I felt like a piece of my heart died too. But I know he is looking over us! And I know he will look over Baby Samantha too! I was so sad that he wouldn't be around to grow up with and protect our future kids. I have a little garden statue of a puppy sleeping with wings in our living room. I'm thinking of moving it to the nursery, maybe on the floor near the crib when the baby comes. That way I'll feel like Nole is right there looking over our little girl...

We love you, Bubba. We think about you all the time and we hope you are running around chasing lots of tennis balls up in doggie heaven :)

Today was also my OB appointment. It was very quick. No wait today and I was in and out. They took a urine sample, checked baby on the doppler (HB great at 140-150 and she was moving around lots!), and then they just took my weight and BP. Met with the NP quick and I was outta there. I have to go back in three weeks for the one hour glucose test and then a week after that to get the rhogam shot (ouch!). I'm really nervous/curious to see if I'll pass the glucose test, because diabetes runs like wildfire in my family. And my brother has had Type 1 since he was little. So I don't really think the odds are in my favor here, but who knows! Maybe I'll get lucky.

Btw...it's freezinggggg here! But I'm kind of liking it. I would like a little snow though. If it's gonna be this cold, it should come with a side of snowflakes! Just a nice change from the unseasonably warm weather we've been having here! Oh...going to the doctor tomorrow for my ears! Some of you talked me into it! I'm nervous if I just ignore this I'll lose my hearing completely. So off I go. I'm sort of starting to feel like an elderly person. You know how your grandma or grandpa has doctor's appt's all the time? Well I'm starting to feel like a waiting room is my second home and that all our money is going towards meds and co-pays. Oh wait, IT IS! Guess it's not much different then the fertility clinic days....