Petersen Reunion 2009

MT. Rushmore


Pretty Black Hills

A turtle in the Lake where we were Paddle boating

Nathan and I in the Paddle Boat

The other Paddle boat, with Grant, Aleisha, Alaina, Brooke and Crystal

Chimney Rock

So my family and I went on a family trip last week. Grant, Aleisha and Alaina flew in from New York and we loaded up in my parent's motorhome and went to South Dakota to see Mt. Rushmore.

We left Wednesday night and made it to Shelby, Nebraska where we spent the night in a Cabela's Parking lot. The next morning my brother, Dad, and husband had fun walking around Cabela's. Then we headed to Chimney Rock. After Chimney Rock we went to Chadron, Nebraska where we went on paddle boats and paddled around a cute little lake. After that we headed to our campsite in South Dakota. My uncle Jim and Aunt Lorraine also joined us up in South Dakota.

Friday morning we got up and headed to Mt. Rushmore. We took a very windy but pretty road to get there. On the way I got carsick and threw up all over Nathan and my uncle and Aunt's car. I felt Really BAD!!! That was the first time I've puked since I've been pregnant. Then we made it to Mt. Rushmore and I got some yummy Ice cream to fill my empty stomach. After lots of pictures we headed back to our campsite and had a campfire. That was fun.

Saturday was a very rainy day. We ended up going to Rapid city and seeing bear country. That was actually a lot of fun b/c all the bears were out b/c it wasn't too hot outside. Then we went to the Purple pie shop (where the building is actually pink and purple) and got some yummy pie.

Sunday we went to the Hot Springs, South Dakota Branch and went to their Church mtg. We made up half the branch. After that we went to my other uncle's house in Wyoming and had Sunday dinner with them. Then we headed home. All in all it was a fun trip with a lot of fun memories.

WE ARE HAVING A GIRL!!

Today we went in for our Anatomical ultrasound and yes we are having a girl. Yeah, we are so excited and now I can start buying baby clothes. The doctor said everything looks great so thats good. The tech had a little trouble looking to see what it was b/c the baby was kicking her legs so much and crossing them, but we eventually did see.

My new Diet

So the past couple weeks I've been having problems with my bloood sugar numbers in the morning. So last week I went into my doctor's and they informed me that I have become Insulin resistant in the morning, great!! So now I have to eat very little carbs, like a glass of milk and protein. I like eggs but I'm going to have to get more creative. If you know me you'd know that I love my breakfast foods like Lucky charms, Waffles, french toast. Oh well, one of the many sacrifices I'll be making for my child. At least I have doctor's that can tell me whats wrong with me.

POLL

Hey everyone I put a poll up so if you want to guess what we are having!! Yeah, we find out may 20!

Weekend getaway

Nathan and I went away for a couple of days to one of our favorite places, Estes Park, CO. We stayed in a nice suite in a lodge. Which is unusual for us because we usually stay at the YMCA when we go up there. But it was fun. We went fishing (we got a few bites, and Nathan got a fish but it got away) then we went to the Rocky mt. national park. We also did a lot of relaxing. It was nice to get away but we wish it was longer, went by way to fast!


Rocky Mountain National Park

Nathan Fishing at Lake Estes

Windwill lodge

Elk outside our lodge

Stanley Hotel where they filmed the movie "The Shining" supposibly its haunted

A view of Estes as we arrive

Ok so here's our Big secret!

It's taken me awhile to start telling people. But we are 13 wks pregnant! We are due October 15. We are very excited!! Because I am a diabetic, I am a high risk pregnancy. So theres a lot of stuff that goes into that. Some of you may be interested in knowing about that and if your not oh well. So Nathan and I wanted to have a baby for quite some time now, but since we were in school and we couldn't afford good maternity insurance we had to wait a year in order for Nathan to get insurance through work. Then when we got that taken care of we had to go see my diabetic doctor and have her start montoring me to make sure I was healthy enough to start having kids. After we got the clear from her than we started trying in August. After I got pregnant, in my 1st trimester I have been to 6 dr. apts. Even though I am used to seeing doctors all the time, I'm kind of sick of going to doctor visits already and I know I have a way to go. BUt anyways, I am able to go to a regular OB doc that is actually friends with my diabetic doc, because I am a well controlled diabetic. But I had to go meet with a highrisk ob doc to take a first trimester screening to screen for abnormalities and things like that. The pictures from that are on here. We got to see so many things and it's only 13 wks old. So anyways, even though I am having to do a lot and worry a lot and make sure my Blood sugar levels are where they need to be, I am very grateful to be able to have kids. Back when I was first diagnosed with diabetes a lot of women with diabetes weren't having kids. They usually induce diabetics 36-37 wks, so really I'll be having it in september. But so far everything is going good, and I'm feeling much better now that I am past the first 12 wks. I was 11 when I was diagnosed with diabetes, and my doc says that if I had diabetes for twenty years (like if I had gotten it when I was 3) because of the stress and everything it does to our bodies than they would have recommended that I adopt but since I have til I'm 31, I just have to try and have as many as my body can have. So I'm very excitied that everything is going good and everything looks normal.

My crazy Sister!

So this is my crazy eight year old sister Brooke in the top of the tree in the front yard. She decided to climb to the very top and being a responsible chaperone that I am I took a picture instead of yelling at her to get out. BUt wow, I think it would have hurt climbing a pine tree. It may not look that tall in the picture but it really is.