New Words for Tas

It has been a fun couple of days.

Saturday night, we went to one of our favorite annual parties - the Preakness party, but before the party we went to see Iron Man 2. Great summer flick! At the party, they auctioned off bets on the horses for the race. I won $120 on the third place horse - yay! After the race is over, then the fun really begins. The party organizers name horses after some of their party guests, everyone bets and then we get to race  - that is someone rolls the dice and we advance in boxes on the pavement till someone crosses the finish line. I had a horse in the boob race believe it or not. I raced against 5 other women some with implants and some with just bog boobs. The race organizer said that Heath was my boob. Nonetheless, I was a good sport about it and really enjoyed the fun.

Sunday, we did our first pool play date of the year with the Robbins (the punkin's friend Max and his family). What a difference a year makes. Their community pool has a large 2 foot deep section. The boys just walked right in and walked all around. Instead of having to hold them the whole time, we just had to supervise as they played and explored. Of course, Chance wanted to push the buoys on the rope blocking our section back and forth, back and forth, etc. We swam for several hours then headed home after lunch. I then biked on the Kildaire Farm trails up to Trader Joes, which was a highlight of the day for me.

Last night, when I put Tas to bed and was getting ready to leave the nursery, Tas said to me "Tas loves Mommy". I stopped and asked Tas to repeat what he had just said. He said it again. I told Tas how sweet he was and how much I loved him and Chance. Then, this morning another new phrase came out. Tas climbed up the stairs while I was getting dressed and walked into my bedroom. He looked at my naked boobs and said, "Mommy tits". I again asked Tas to repeat what he said in case I had mistaken what I thought I heard. He repeated it and yes, I heard him correctly. I believe he may have heard this description for boobs from Heath. I let Tas know that the more proper word to use for this female part was boobs.

Tonight, after a day of up and down BG swings for Chance, we went to a JDRF briefing for the APP (Artificial Pancreas Project). There are many phases and research that needs to occur before there is a AP. After hearing the briefing, we believe the closed loop AP is many years away - like 10-20 years from now. However, they are getting close to an intelligent pump that will continuously monitor BG levels and either shut the pump off for lows or give insulin for highs with the goal being safety. Diabetics will still need to do blood tests, count carbs and give carb boluses for a long time.

Aunt Lala, Uncle Charles and Caitlyn (Cate Cate as Tas affectionately calls her) watched the boys tonight - thank you! After the briefing, we went for a drink at Maximillans. Chance's bedtime reading was 141 tonight - a fine number indeed! Tas is still wheezing so he'll go back to the pediatrician tomorrow morning.