Joshua's Story- from Brians point of view

As many of you have heard I was not here when Joshua was first diagnosed.. I was at a conference 4.5 hours away in a snow storm.  I have shared my story before but Brian has just written about it from his point of view.  He saw images that day of our son that I pray I never have to see... he had to handle it with out me.  There are things I will never understand because I wasnt there and didnt have to live through it. I got the call, got scared and got in a car with my dear friend driving me home. Yes, I was away from it and could do nothing at all... but he was there living it and could do nothing at all.  HE saved our son that day.  He was my hero.  I thought you might like to see his point of view.  D Dad blog

D Dad!

So excited my hubby has been blogging again! if you havent checked him out before you should now..  Hes awesome, cool and has got a really great persecptive as a dad of a type 1 and a PWD himself.  Check him out: D Dad Speaks

A sweet giveaway

If you havent done it yet make sure you head over to The Princess and the Pump and check out their "sweet" giveaway!!  http://www.theprincessandthepump.com/2012/02/my-favorite-things-valentines-day.html

2 years later

Well it is 12:07 am as I start this blog and I have been waiting for this day to end all day long.  Today marked the 2 year anniversary of Type 1 Diabetes for Joshua.  I've been calling it Hope Day as I have seen several of you do.  It seems fitting especially this year.

I was hoping for a cure, hoping to make it through with out breaking down a million times, hoping we had good numbers all day, hoping we didn't have to do an unexpected pod change, hoping I could rely on Dex today.  Hoping not to have a repeat of last years anniversary.

This year I think was so hard for me because Joshua has now lived with Diabetes longer then he has lived with out it. This was very sobering for me as we got closer and closer to this date.  I know many of you have children who this is the case for and I know he will be fine in the long run, but to think he is 2 short weeks away from being 3 and he has already had this disease for longer then he hasn't just breaks my heart.  To think he will not know life any different (until a Cure is FOUND), he will always know site changes, waking in the middle of the night, needles, highs and lows, attachments to his body, it breaks me down a little.  I know things could be so much worse and I know some say at least he was so young he doesn't miss life before... but I think this is just so much extra wear and tear on his body. This disease has so many things it effects and he will be affected by it for soooo long. All of this has been wearing on my heart as we approached HOPE day.

I am happy to announce we did great.  It was like most any other day in our house.  No big fan fair this year for hope day, (I was still recovering from last year,) and no big issues.  I was very happy.  I did do something brave today... Joshua is enrolled in a class called Romp and Roll. It is a little gym type class and we do music on Mondays well we got there in enough time for him to do the super hero class before our normal class, but this is a child only class.  So I let him go and I sat back in the waiting room close by with out any fuss. I was proud of myself.



upcoming posts: our move to Richmond, omni pod, dexcom, JDRF Walk-  I know I am WAYYYYY behind... but I hope to play catch up soon!

Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner

Okay so I have never understood that saying at all! but I was struggling for a post title.  I am happy to announce that Jill over at Diabetes Sweeties won the beautiful bracelet! YAHOOO!!  Jill please contact me with in 48 hours to redeem your prize.  I will mail it out this week!  For those of you who didn't get to win remember you can purchase your own beautiful bracelet at http://www.etsy.com/transaction/60404585 if there are none available at the time make sure you contact Katie and she will add more. The profits go to JDRF.  THANKS!!

Extedned Giveaway Deadline

HI!! I wanted to let you know I am extending the giveaway for this awesome bracelet for just a few more days! I willl pick the winner on Friday night after midnight so get those entrys in! The bracelet is BEAUTIFUL and you will love it!!
AWESOME DOC giveaway

A "Bling-away" for the DOC

We are in the last few days of fundraising for our walk on Saturday and have been truly humbled by all the blessings and wonderful donations that have come in to support us on finding a cure.  I am sure if you have done your walk before, then you know how awesome it is to see all the people coming out of the wood work to support you.  This is our first walk. I set a team goal of $2,000. We are doing great on achieving it!  I am confident we will do even better.  It really makes my heart smile when I think of all our family and friends who are "showing up".  I will be sure to post pictures and a great post on our walk day success. Please pray for sun shine and pretty weather.

I have a friend and Alpha Delta Pi Sorority sister Katie Allen Bozard who is a talented jewelry designer.  You can check out her Etsy shop at Half Shell Creations.  She has designed a special bracelet just for us the DOC.  She is donating profits from this bracelet to the JDRF.

  I am so excited about it and I LOVE it!!  I hope you will too!! Everything from the blue and silver beads to the i hope charm were chosen to represent us.   I have been wearing my bracelet all over town and people have loved it!  It has been a great conversation piece and it goes with both casual and dressy days.  I know you will love it too!!

Katie has graciously donated 1 bracelet to be given away on my blog during this week of walk excitement!  I know that the lucky winner will love it!! 

Entries will be accepted until Monday the 24th at midnight. A drawing will be on Tuesday.  You can enter multiple times to win.  The winner will need to respond with in 48 hours

Here is how you get entries.

1. Leave your name in the comments section here
2. "Like" the Etsy shop Half Shell Creations (there is a FB like button on the bottom of the page)
3. Share this give away on Facebook
4. Share this give away on your blog
5. Follow this blog

So DOC keep your fingers crossed and I hope you all win but since only 1 is being given away please consider purchasing one for your collection.  If you choose to purchase one and the etsy shop says it is empty please let myself or Katie know as she is able to create more.  This will be an on going partnership.