And the beat goes on...

I had an endocrinologist (diabetes specialist) appointment yesterday. I have them once a month in addition to emailing him my blood sugar test results weekly. Honestly, I feel like these monthly appointments are a bit of a waste of my time but I'm nothing if not dutiful. Usually it's a matter of weighing me, checking my blood pressure, checking my feet (diabetics can have issues with their feet), going over my medicines, and he tells me what my lab results are from bloodtests I have done a few days before.

Nothing much to report. With boots on I weighed about 12 lbs above where I started at pregnancy. Blood pressure and heartrate seemed fine. He was happy with my bloodsugars and my A1C was 4.8 for the third month in a row, which is better than some non-diabetics. One good thing to come out of the appointment is that he told me I could start giving my insulin shots in my thighs. So that'll save me some pain!

Now, on to the fun stuff!

Someone once recommended playing music when pregnant and sleeping, so that the baby would hear. That way if you play it during the baby's bedtime they'll know it's time to sleep. Whether this works remains to be seen, but it did lead us to create a CD for Baby B. We call it B's Beats (her name is where the B is). We tried to stick with sootheing piano music, some classical and some modern. We picked either classical artists that we appreciate or modern songs that had some kind of meaning to us, silly or otherwise.

Today, I added one song to the end that has singing (the only one). It's called 'Love is You', written for our wedding by Mary Jo Crandall and Jamie Henderson. They are gifted song writers and I wanted a nice way to have 1 Corinthians 13 incorporated into the ceremony without the normal recitation snoozefest. This song was written to convey our love for one another. Baby B was created out of that love and will experience that love every day of her life. I hope this song will remind her of that every time she hears it.

The Playlist

1. Nocturne in G Minor- Chopin
2. November Rain- Piano Tribute Players (because I used to love it, and just for kicks)
3. Moonlight Sonata- Mozart
4. Can't Help Falling in Love- Steve Siu (Johnathan is a huge Elvis fan)
5. Prelude for piano No. 4 in E Minor- Chopin
6. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face- Steve Siu
7. Nocturne #2 in E Flat- Chopin
8. A Thousand Miles- Steve Siu (because there is a scene in the movie White Chicks that Johnathan loves involving this song)
9. Piano Sonata #14 in C Sharp- Beethoven
10. What a Wonderful World- Steve Siu
11. Piano Sonata #5 in G Major- Mozart
12. Yellow- Steve Siu
13. Clair de Lune- Laura Sullivan
14. The Prayer- David Foster (played while I walked down the aisle. plus an amazing song asking for God's blessing)
15. Love is You- Mary Jo Crandall and Jamie Henderson