Friends and Toes

Last night, I went out with my MOBS group. MOBS stands for Mothers Of Boys. There are four of us. The criteria is that you have to have only boys and more than one. The theory is that only mothers who have more than one boy, truly understand the madness of parenting multiple boys - especially young ones. We are a very connected group. I came home feeling like I had been back to my hometown for the night. The friendship that has grown with these ladies reminds me a lot of the friendships I had in NY.

Tonight, Heath and I went to see Blue Collar comedy live at the RBC center. I laughed so hard that I am wheezing. It was totally hysterical! Thank you Ladonna and Charles for organizing such a fun night out.

I don't think I have ever described doing the nighttime blood test on Chance so I will because he is precious. We do this at 11pm and 3am. I walk into the nursery armed with all my test gear - lancer, alcohol swab, meter, test strip, extra test strips and a small flashlight. Chance is usually laying on his back with his knees bent and legs spread. His little pump pack sits at his waist.He is usually breathing heavy, which is the opposite of Tas who is the most quiet, tranquil sleeper  like a little angel.

I sneak quietly in the room. Turn on the flashlight to assess my angle for getting to his toe - where we currently test. I get a chair or stool and bend completely over into the crib. I pull off one of his socks to be greeted by his adorable little feet. I take a pig (toe) in my hand a squeeze it a little to get some blood in it. Then, I cock the lancer and click to draw some blood. The rest is history. The thing that always strikes me about this routine most is how little and pudgy his feet are. It is usually at this time that it hits me how young he is to be dealing with such a serious health issue.

This week, one of our teenage neighbors two doors down from us got diagnosed with type 1. There was also a three year old son of a SAS employee who got diagnosed. I will offically be a JDFR mentor for this family like the way Cindy mentored us. Heath wants to be involved too. We are very eager to give back.

The news of the week is our dear friend Ed and father of Ruby (Gibson's girlfriend) got a huge promotion to Retail Inside Sales manager. We are so happy for him and proud of his achievement! Tomorrow, Ruby comes for two weeks and Ed and Kim are off to Ireland to celebrate! Congrats Ed!