Time is flying

Update on the latest...I failed my sugar test and had to be on this diet for three days and then go and redo the blood test. The diet was simple with little sugar but lots of milk and whole grains. Not really hard! Then I had a dr's apointment on Monday and the dr noticed that the baby is not "engaged" in the correct position. Meaning the baby is supposed to be head down and it is head up! Not good at this stage of the pregnancy, 35 weeks out of a possible 40 weeks. So my dr immediately called to schedule another ultrasound for this friday to find the exact position of the baby. So tomorrow at 1pm we have our ultrasound. Justin also has an exray on his foot to see if his big toe is in fact broken. Long story but also a long time problem for him and we want to get to the root of the problem. Anyways, I am hoping they will be able to determine for sure whether or not the baby is in fact a girl. You never know though. Those technicians can be kind of picky when it comes to those kind of things when it is outside of what the dr has specifically asked to look for. We have started getting ready for when the baby comes. Justin got out our small suitcase and I am preparing things for it to pack. I have washed all of the neutral newborn clothes and blankets. And we will be borrowing a cradle from Justin's brother and sister in law. Now we are on the lookout for a good used dresser that I can clean-up and paint to store all of the baby's goodies in. For the first while, the plan is to have the baby in our room and keep Mattias in his room. But we will have to see how that works out. When Sam was born we put him in his room pretty quickly because of the weird noises that he made as a newborn while sleeping kept Justin and I sleeping with one eye open. Mattias has been in his crib in his room since the day we brought him home from the hospital. So depending on the baby and its' sleep patterns/habits, we might keep it with us; put it in Mattias room and put Mattias in Sam's room; or if its' a good sleeper like Mattias, we will put it in Mattias' room with Mattias. Sam still is a horrible sleeper. Rarely does he actually sleep through the night. I am starting to not let him have any sugar past lunch (including fruit and juice) and he only naps once a week which cuts down on the bedtime battles and helps him have a longer sleep when he doesn't nap. Chocolate is STILL out of the question at all times. We keep trying every once and a while and he just goes crazy. He is and always has been very sensitive to caffiene and sugar. Him and Mattias are total opposites when it comes to sleeping. Sam likes his night light on, music playing, and the door open. Mattias likes it dark, quiet, and the door closed. Both won't sleep if those things aren't rightfully in place. So for the two of them to share a room will pose quite a challenge.
Mattias is crawling at worp (sp?) speed and pulling himself up and walking along the coffee table. I have been able to watch right before my eyes how he's coming out of babyhood into toddlerhood. He claps, waves, and grunts to get us to look at him. But he still naps at least four hours a day and sleeps at least 12 hours at night. I prayed for a sleeper and boy did the Lord answer! First thing on Sam's 3rd birthday, November 8/06, we said it was a no diaper day and have never looked back. Officially I think the toilet training took three months but he pretty much had it on his own after about a month. He does it on his own on the big toilet and even washes his hands. It took a couple weeks of me instigating him going to use his toilet after a meal or before bed. And after that he caught on and was soon telling us when he had to use it. It was easy and quite a relief to know it can be done and without a big fuss/headache. So days are spent playing and just trying to take it easy. Not so easy for me but with little option. My hips are as bad as they have ever been but I know there is light at the end of the tunnel very soon. And Justin has been really great at taking care of the boys whenever he's home and has been really great at chores and so on. I am so thankful for a husband who is my bestfriend but also my PARTNER in all of this.