Updates...

I saw my endocrinologist yesterday, and she explained my glucose tolerance results to me.  She told me that in a "normal" person, the first hour would show to be about 140 or a little higher.  During the 2nd and 3rd hour, the level should drop down to normal and remain there.  My results showed that my blood sugar level only went up a little, and it started to drop very quickly after that.  She told me that this is a sure "sign" of future diabetes.  She said I don't have it now, and if I lose some more weight, I can hopefully avoid ever developing diabetes in the first place.  

A huge part of me really can't believe that I'm even in this situation.  Before I became pregnant with my son (who is 3 1/2), I had always been at a normal weight.  I need to lose about 20 more pounds to be where I need to be.  I would like to lose more than that, but that sounds so overwhelming right now!  I can't believe that I have so much weight to lose.  I've already lost 30+ pounds, so I know I can do it.  Now that I've almost completely healed from my c-section, I can start exercising again.  I just have to START, which is the hardest part!

On a lighter note, Anna is 8 weeks old now!  I took a couple pictures of her this morning, and I wanted to include a couple pictures of Joshua when he was the same age.  Do you think they look alike?  I see certain similarities, but I think they look so different.  I think she's going to have a much fairer complextion, and she is already much chubbier than Joshua EVER was!  He was always so skinny.  Joshua never had any chubby baby fat rolls, so it's so cute that Anna does!