Co-sleeping no more

So on and off the first 2 years of her life Ana co-slept with us.  After her diagnosis it ended up pretty much staying that way.  In my opinion it was just easier because we had 3 other people in our home to worry about keeping awake with having our toddler cry it out.

Over the past few months we have been casually mentioning how nice it would be for Ana to have her own space, aka her own bed.  She even picked out which bed she would want if we got her one.  Well Friday we finally bought it for her. 

The first night was hard.  She was so excited at first but then she started whining that she wanted to sleep with Alex and I.  That broke my heart.  Finally she fell asleep and only woke twice during the night.  1 was for her usual cup and 2 was to go potty.

Last night she woke up once and was just whining in her sleep, which she has already done once tonight as well.  However she has stayed in her bed!  I am so proud of her! 

I am also praying that this will be permanent, because I am liking not having  my 3 year old try to push me out of bed!

She has grown up so fast!  We are so glad though that she likes sleeping in her bed, and grateful it wasn't a hard transition.

Phew!

Random Acts of Kindness go a long way

Before I start I just wanted to thank everyone who has read my blog over the past year.  I can't believe I've been blogging about my journey for a year now!!!  I promise I will try to be better about blogging.  Though 30 posts in 1 year is better than I have done in the past.  I think this year I will go for at least 52 posts.  I think I can do that!

If you have ever been blessed to have a random act of kindness bestowed on you, you know what a gift it can be.  I have been blessed to have been a part of some RAOK and also have tried to pay it forward as well.  A few months ago Alex and I were getting Dunkin Donuts at the drive through.  We placed our order and when we got to the window to pay we were told, "the car in front of you paid for your order already."  Well we had our money out already so Alex without missing a beat handed the barista his money and said, "Then this can go toward the car behind us."  It felt good to pay it forward.

Today however we were blessed by someone, and I cannot even put into words how it made me feel.  We were eating our lunch with Anastasia, we went through our usual routine, prick her finger get her blood sugar level, see if she needed insulin, then let her eat.  We are so used to it we left her kit on the table.  A couple of times I caught the eye of the woman at the table behind us.  She wasn't annoyed looking, but she did look curious. As we were getting our garbage together the woman approached me and handed me money and said "Your lunch is on me, I am praying for your little girl."  I was floored.  she then asked for Anastasia's name so she could lift her up in prayer and left.  Alex and I looked at each other in awe.

I of course started crying because she was so nice, then I realized she was watching us as we cared for our diabetic daughter.  We are so immune about it after a year (though I'd really like for numbers to stabilize with the pump) we never realized that someone outside of us would realize what we are doing.

So to the angel who blessed us today I thank you from the bottom of my heart, you truly do not know how you touched me today.