Week 32 has arrived (and is almost gone) and it has been a week filled with wonderful news!
On Monday, we met with Dr. S the perinatologist and are happy to report that Baby Joey’s brain is absolutely perfect, his ventricles are measuring within normal limits and according to her they are absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Of course, this news made us very, VERY happy and it was definitely a great Monday morning!
Not only did we get great news, we also go some great shots of the little guy and I am so excited to share them, so here he is!
Look at those delicious cheeks!!! I cannot wait to me this little guy and cover those cheeks in kisses!
After I shared these pictures on Facebook, a friend pointed out the resemblence between my father and Joey. Coincidentally, Joey is being named after my dad!
Have a look for yourself and tell me what you think!
The countdown to meet the little dude is on! I think I am even going to make a game of it and have you guess when he will arrive and offer a great prize to the person who gets it right…..watch for an update!
**This information was provided to me as a member of US Family Guide. I received a promotional item in exchange for this post.** How does Zaycon Foods manage to provide such high quality super fresh meat and produce to its customers at such low prices? The answer is strength in numbers. And not our numbers, yours!
Zaycon Foods can sell its products at bulk rate prices to individual consumers and families because our unique sales event business model brings lots of people together, adding all their purchasing power into a combined bulk food purchase. And when you buy as part of a group that’s committing to such a large purchase, the power is in the hands of the purchaser! It’s the ultimate group buy in terms of both price and consumer empowerment.
You can pre-select exactly what you want to order from a given Zaycon sales event – sometimes you may want to stock up on our amazing meaty back ribs and sometimes it might be all about the Zaycon bacon – and then, on the day of the sales event, you and a whole big bunch of your neighbors will find yourselves in a nearby parking lot watching as an entire tractor trailer’s worth of high quality natural food is unloaded into all of your cars! You will be amazed at how quickly one of our refrigerated trucks goes from being filled with natural, fresh chicken or hundreds of gallons of grade A non-homogenized milk to being empty and back on its way to the farm!
A Zaycon Foods truck sales event often lasts less time than you would spend on a trip to the grocery store, yet you will leave with a whole lot more food than you’d get at the market, and for much better prices, too!
When you use the Zaycon Foods sales event as your preferred place to purchase meats, milk, and any of our other fine products, you get advantages even beyond the bulk pricing that comes with our special sales model. You also have the peace of mind of knowing exactly what you’re going to get! A trip to the grocery store can involve wasted time wandering around looking for various foods spread out across the store; at a Zaycon Foods parking lot meat truck delivery (or milk or berries or fish delivery, too!) you have pre-ordered your foods, so all you have to do is show up and wait for our friendly staffers and volunteers to load up your car.
Also, unlike in the grocery store, the prices you will pay for a Zaycon Foods product are locked in on our website, so you will know how much you are going to spend before you have committed to a purchase.
At a supermarket, you might pay one price for chicken on one day, and then a higher price on another day. With Zaycon, you decide that you want to order a case of our fresh boneless skinless chicken breasts, you check the price and then you commit to it, knowing that from that moment on, we are committed to getting you your fresh, natural food!
*This information was provided to me by Mabel’s Labels. This post may contain affiliate links.*
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I can’t believe I’m already 31 weeks into this pregnancy. It is CRAZY!
Last week Thursday, I had my 3 hour Glucose Tolerance Test (since I failed the 1 hour 2 weeks prior). I went to my OB’s office that morning, and after being there for 25 minutes and the lab not able to successfully draw my fasting level intravenously, I opted to head over to our family doctor’s office and complete the test there as they were setup to draw via finger pokes whereas my OB’s office was not.
I survived the test, barely…..I do not do well with fasting and it’s even worse when I am pregnant. After 3 hours, at my family doctor’s office, scooped me up and we made our way home so I could finally eat. I was STARVING!
The next morning, I had an appointment with my OB for an ultrasound to check on Baby Joey’s brain once again and a regular checkup as well. Joey was extremely active during his ultrasound and was very uncooperative and didn’t let the technician see both ventricles of his brain and the left side was a little larger than normal once again.
After the ultrasound, we sat down with my OB and discovered that I failed (barely) the 3 hour GTT and was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. On top of that, it was also decided that we will be seeing Dr. S in Maternal Fetal Medicine for a ultrasound again to get a better look at the little dude and make sure all is well on the inside.
Yesterday I met with the diabetes counselor at my family doctor’s office and got my meter, and was educated about gestational diabetes and nutrition. Thankfully my numbers were really bad and my gestational diabetes can be diet controlled. The sad part is that I have to watch my carb intake, which for me, is NOT an easy task. I LOVE my carbs! But, it is what it is and I am doing what I can to make sure the little guy and I are both safe and healthy.
On the 1st, we will be seeing Dr. S for an ultrasound and hopefully Baby Joey decides to cooperate at that time.
Until then, here is a look at the dude growing inside of me.
And just in case you are having a hard time seeing him, here is a guide to spotting him!
I will be sure to update again next week after our appointment with Dr. S. In the meantime, prayers are appreciated!
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Worldwide Janitor for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.
As a mom who lives in a house filled with kids, you can imagine the daily messes, spills etc. and all of the cleaning that does go on. In order to keep up with the house and the kids, we also tend to go through A LOT of cleaning supplies.
With kids, there are constantly fingerprints on doors, windows and even the walls and that drives me CRAZY as well. Since there are so many kids in the house and another on the way I like to do my best to ensure that the products we are using in our home are safe as well as ecofriendly.
Thankfully, there are places like Worldwide Janitor that carry organic, biodegradable cleaning products (manufacturedalong the Gulf Coast by Snee Chemical) that are not carried in other online stores and are affordable for families who are trying to save.
Since we have such a large family, I love to purchase products in bulk because it really does help us save money in the end and really, can a HUGE family ever have too many cleaning supplies on hand? There are days that I worry we don’t have enough!
Have you ever used products from Worldwide Janitor? What are your thoughts?
