My life with The Superhero and The Princess: November 2011

Sunday, November 20, 2011

3rd Annual D Blogger/ D Family Christmas Card Exchange

It's that time of year again! And yes, I am calling it "annual" now. I think since it is our 3rd year, it should be considered "annual". :)

In years past (2009 and 2010) we had a blast sending and receiving Christmas cards to other blogging families. If YOU would like to be included THIS year, please contact me via the form below NO LATER than Friday, December 9, 2011.

Just fill out the form here and I will send YOU the compiled information to the email you include.

Please fill out the form entirely. This list will not be posted/published on a blog, only emailed to those who are interested in the exchange. So please feel free to use names of all family members if you are comfortable.

Also, feel free to post this information on your blog!

I look forward to sending and receiving cards again this year! It was a BIG highlight of the season last year!

For the names, some people usually put The ___ Family and others are listing each name of the people in their family. Either way is fine. :-)

Let me know if you have any questions. onesuperheroandoneprincess (at) gmail.com

*Disclaimer: I am a mom of a T1 Diabetic child and a child with ITP/Asthma/Dysphagia. I am NOT a doctor. I just play one in real life. Please do not take anything in this post or any other post on this blog as medical advice. If you have questions or concerns of your own, please seek advice from your doctor.*

Friday, November 18, 2011

BIG Princess News...

My Princess is FINALLY potty trained! 100%! She has had NO accidents during the day or night in over a week. And what did she get for that? Besides the prize every day, of course...

She got her EARS PIERCED!

We told her last week that if she went a whole week with no accidents, she could get them pierced. Well, she must have really wanted holes in her ears because she DID IT!

Here is our ear piercing experience in photos, and then a little about how things got complicated...

She has NO idea what is coming...

Putting dots where the studs will go...

Getting a little nervous, but still not really sure what is happening...

Get ready, get set...

...GO!!!

She calmed down once we showed her the earrings in the mirror. Still not happy though.

Beautiful little pierced ears...

And then the drama came in. No more than 2 hours after she got home, she snagged one on a couch pillow and pulled it out. Daddy couldn't get it back in. So, I took her back up to the mall and had them do it again. :-(

She KNEW what was coming the second time and it was NOT fun.

I had to tell her she HAD to let them do it, or we had to take the other one out. She sat still and let the girl put it in. And she now has 2 beautiful flowers again. And I have a similar pair so we can match.

And to ruin my "fun" I woke up in the middle of the night wondering how her ITP and ear piercing would go. Hoped and prayed her platelets were still up around 64,000 where they were on Tuesday. I seriously should NOT have to worry about something like another stupid autoimmune disease when all I wanted to do was have girl time celebrating a HUGE accomplishment. Oh well. Not much bleeding and the ears are done.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

I don't want to talk about it.

It is November.

November is Diabetes awareness month.

Last year I spent the entire month posting facts every day about the disease that our family and many of our friends deal with on a daily basis. (you can read last years posts under the Facts about T1 Diabetes tab at the top of my blog)

This year, you wouldn't even know diabetes was such a huge part of our lives. Not because it has gone anywhere. Not because I don't think about the stupid disease all.the.time. Because I do, of course. I spend every waking moment, and some sleeping ones too (weird dreams, so not fair to dream about diabetes).

The thing is, I just don't want to talk about it.

I am tired of this disease.

My Superhero is tired of this disease.

I don't want to talk about the fact that his last A1C was higher than it has been in a year and a half.

I don't want to talk about the fact that I have let pump sites go as long as 8 days before changing them because I am so incredibly busy that I can't keep my days straight. And I only changed it then because we had our very first low cartridge warning.

Even though I know THIS is our month to educate and inform the public about a disease that can take my kid's life, or any of theirs for that matter, I don't want to talk about it.

Major Diabetes burnout going on here.

And I don't want to talk about it.