Baby steps..

In the right direction!

Today is a celebration of the very first day Logan went to preschool (or .. anywhere besides Grandma's house) without a parent!!

Wait, I take that back. He has had two three hour playdates at Bobby's house (bless you Mary Kay!!!!!!!!!!!)

But- this was the first "day" he spent at preschool without ME THERE!!!!!!!!! I am not sure if you are getting this.. I DROVE AWAY IN MY VAN. THE BOYS WERE NOT WITH ME.

Hee heee!

I had a great time with my soul sistah, Sherri, -we planted seeds, made lists, garage saled, and talked without any interruptions- wow!

I packed him a 10 gram snack, checked his blood sugars before I left, then came back at lunch to check his blood sugar.

That part was a bit rough, Logan wanted to leave with me. But after some encouragement from Linda (their teacher) and a willingness from Dani (the other teacher) to call me after he ate, so I could walk them through the PDM... I left.... again. :)

(Quick dancing break- .... okay, I'm back.)

Another celebration- today was our first outside pod change!

The boys are playing with Shelby our turtle in the sandbox, and I just brought out what I needed, and changed the whole pod WITHOUT INTTERUPTING THIER PLAY. Can you imagine??

Well, if your kids don't have diabetes, I guess you can imagine.

But if you are giving shots, or are new on the insulin pump- it is hard to imagine that kind of freedom.

(Yes, Mom, I kept the pod sterile, and the site was wiped with alcohol, too.)

One more celebration of the Gray-ish sort.. Graybug lost a tooth!

The tooth fairy came, streaming a trail of glitter to Gray's bedside, leaving gleaming coins under his pillow.

So what can I say but a huge thank you to all of you who have seen us through this far.. and a big thank you to my friend Katie, for helping light a gentle, but very bright fire under my ass to get the kids back in preschool.

Thank you to Linda for being willing to learn the ins and outs of diabetes, so Logan can participate at Tessera. Thank you to you too, Dani- for looking me in the eye and saying "um, I would be willing to learn whatever testing needs to be done, so you don't have to come back at lunch."

I can't really express how much that means to me. Not the extra time away, but the willingness to work with this crappy disorder, and make it easier and less scary for Logan, and for me, to have mornings like today!