FAIL

I have really been slacking on this whole blog thing. I guess it's a good thing that I don't have a whole lot to talk about. No news is good news, right? We decided that we needed to finish some projects around the house before this little guy gets here. Nothing too big, but we finished painting our bathrooms and put in new shower doors, and finally hung some pictures on the walls. We've also been working hard on the baby's room since coming up here in April and May we have almost no free weekends. We have also decided on a name, since we're sick of calling him baby, and honestly, we're sick of people asking. His name will be Brady Marshall. Brady is a name that we both liked a lot (there were only a few) and Marshall is Brad's grandpa's middle name (who is deceased).

Here are some pictures of Brady's room. We are pretty happy with how it looks so far. There are a few more things that I would like to add like curtains and maybe some toy bins and a fun rug. I have spent many hours on Pinterest looking for ideas, and many hours shopping at Hobby Lobby and Gordmans.

The letters are plain white letters from JoAnns. I then bought scrapbook paper and used Modge Podge to glue the paper to the letters. It was time-consuming, but very easy. I am not a crafty, artsy person and I would definitely take on this project again.

The real reason I named this post "FAIL" is because I failed my 1-hour glucose tolerance test. I have to take the 3-hour GTT on Wednesday, and I'm not looking forward to it at all. I can't say I'm surprised I failed. I get very weak and shaky and my body tells me when it needs something to eat, but I did pass the 1-hour when I was pregnant with Claire. They tell me it's very likely that I will pass the 3-hour test, but we'll see.

I guess nothing is ever easy. I thank God every day that Brady is healthy and growing big and strong, but why can't I have a completely normal pregnancy with no complications and give this little guy everything that he needs to thrive? I have been walking every day and have recently changed my diet to cut out a lot of the salt and sugar that I had been eating before. I don't care how many times people tell me that Claire's heart defect was a fluke, I will always believe that there was something that I could have done differently to allow her to be here with us and completely healthy. Fingers crossed that I get a call on Thursday saying that I passed and don't need to do anything further!