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| Tyler sure loves the bath! |
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Love this face!!
So a New Year does bring new resolutions and I had posted that I was going to bet better about posting, however, life has seemed to pass me by the last few months!!! I can’t believe how fast time has flown, but I figured I would update while I could.  Our first and foremost exciting news is that Chris was accepted into Nursing School at Grand Canyon University!!! He will start in May or June (haven’t determined which it is yetJ) and graduate in five semesters, so December of 2013 with his Bachelor’s in Nursing! I am so proud of him for all of the hard work he has done to get accepted into a program and I am excited and nervous for him to start all at the same time. He is much more level headed and “chill” about things than me, so he will probably go through the program without stressing, unlike me. It will be a crazy next five semesters to say the least, but we are excited for the adventure. I have been teasing him about how he is going to handle changing adult diapers, which I don’t think he appreciates, but what kind of wife and nurse would I be if I didn’t try to prepare himJ |
Life with me has been a little stressful and crazy! I started grading papers for GCU at the beginning of January, thinking they would break me in easy- oh no. It was literally them telling me on Wednesday that they needed my help, meeting with them Thursday to get the instructions, and then getting the task of grading three different class’s assignments and having them done by Tuesday! Yeah, it kept me pretty busy on my days off. The frustrating part is that on the last I graded, the instructor also graded the assignment without telling me, so I wasted four or five hours of my life for nothing. Oh well, live and learn right?? While in the process of grading papers, I was offered a clinical rotation at the VA hospital in Phoenix. I was apprehensive about accepting the position, but figured it would be good experience, so my first clinical is the end of this month, wish me luck!!! Again, the frustrating part of this clinical rotation is getting approved through the VA, apparently since it is a government agency hospital, the paperwork is never ending and to say the least, ridiculous! I felt like every time I checked my email, I was getting something that was telling me yet another task that I needed to do in order to be qualified for clinicals. Thank goodness for Chris because he has kept me sane through this whole process and has been so incredibly supportive! Don’t know what I would do without this amazing man by my side!
Another thing I have started to do is run with my next door neighbor and friend, Lisa. Her and her husband moved into the ward back in August and I didn’t even meet her till January because I was her visiting teaching. Well, long story short, her experience with the ward was very similar to ours, so I really tried to be better about reaching out and be the friend I needed when I moved it. I was nervous when she asked me to start running with her, but accepted the challenge and we have been running together the last month and even though I am still not very good, it feels good to be exericising!
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Love my boys!
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| Bye By hair! |
We, or rather Chris, gave Tyler his first ever hair cut! We decided to buzz it because his hair was so uneven! The hair in the back was like an inch and half long, and the front was only 2 cm, so it looked a little funny to say the least. To match him, Chris cut his hair too, so they look even more alike than they did before. We were in Costco the other day and this lady was telling me how cute Tyler was, then Chris walked up and she was like “Whoa, he really looks like his dad!”. So yes, he is a total daddy’s boyJ
Well, Tyler continues to grow like a weed and bring so much joy into our lives! He has had this obsession with buttons and so Chris got the idea to buy different sizes of buttons and sew them on a blanket for him to play with. I had to capture the moment of him sewing them on the blanket for Tyler because I thought it was so cute. 
He is such a good dad, he is always playing with him and making him laugh. Tyler is starting to babble and say “Ma ma” and “Da da” and “Ya ya”. Although, he does say “da da” a lot more than “ma ma”. It is so fun because we will talking with him and ask him a question like “Tyler, did you like your food” and he will respond “ya ya”. I know he doesn’t understand but it is hilarious when responds appropriately! 
For Valentine’s Day this year, we were able to enjoy spending the day together, we went shopping for a high chair for Tyler, and a baby shower present for my friend Claire. We then went to Target and Sport’s Authority to get our Valentine’s present for each other. Chris got me another Nalgene water bottle because I had lost one of mine and ruined my other one in the dishwasher, so I was very excited to get another one! For Chris, I got him an agility ladder for his Insanity workouts. What can I say, we are original! Chris also surprised me with waffles for breakfast, one of my favorites and chocolate covered strawberries- so yummy! I seriously don’t know what I do without him, he is so amazing and every day he continues to do even more!
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| Chris making one of his amazing dinners, homemade pasta and then making it into raviolis, yummy!!! |
Well, hopefully I will post on here again before three months have passed by, but who knows how the next few weeks will go with clinicals! Good news is it is only five weeks, so it can’t be that bad, right???
Our first and foremost exciting news is that Chris was accepted into Nursing School at Grand Canyon University!!! He will start in May or June (haven’t determined which it is yetJ) and graduate in five semesters, so December of 2013 with his Bachelor’s in Nursing! I am so proud of him for all of the hard work he has done to get accepted into a program and I am excited and nervous for him to start all at the same time. He is much more level headed and “chill” about things than me, so he will probably go through the program without stressing, unlike me. It will be a crazy next five semesters to say the least, but we are excited for the adventure. I have been teasing him about how he is going to handle changing adult diapers, which I don’t think he appreciates, but what kind of wife and nurse would I be if I didn’t try to prepare himJ
Life with me has been a little stressful and crazy! I started grading papers for GCU at the beginning of January, thinking they would break me in easy- oh no. It was literally them telling me on Wednesday that they needed my help, meeting with them Thursday to get the instructions, and then getting the task of grading three different class’s assignments and having them done by Tuesday! Yeah, it kept me pretty busy on my days off. The frustrating part is that on the last I graded, the instructor also graded the assignment without telling me, so I wasted four or five hours of my life for nothing. Oh well, live and learn right?? While in the process of grading papers, I was offered a clinical rotation at the VA hospital in Phoenix. I was apprehensive about accepting the position, but figured it would be good experience, so my first clinical is the end of this month, wish me luck!!! Again, the frustrating part of this clinical rotation is getting approved through the VA, apparently since it is a government agency hospital, the paperwork is never ending and to say the least, ridiculous! I felt like every time I checked my email, I was getting something that was telling me yet another task that I needed to do in order to be qualified for clinicals. Thank goodness for Chris because he has kept me sane through this whole process and has been so incredibly supportive! Don’t know what I would do without this amazing man by my side!
Well, Tyler continues to grow like a weed and bring so much joy into our lives! He has had this obsession with buttons and so Chris got the idea to buy different sizes of buttons and sew them on a blanket for him to play with. I had to capture the moment of him sewing them on the blanket for Tyler because I thought it was so cute. 
He is such a good dad, he is always playing with him and making him laugh. Tyler is starting to babble and say “Ma ma” and “Da da” and “Ya ya”. Although, he does say “da da” a lot more than “ma ma”. It is so fun because we will talking with him and ask him a question like “Tyler, did you like your food” and he will respond “ya ya”. I know he doesn’t understand but it is hilarious when responds appropriately! 
For Valentine’s Day this year, we were able to enjoy spending the day together, we went shopping for a high chair for Tyler, and a baby shower present for my friend Claire. We then went to Target and Sport’s Authority to get our Valentine’s present for each other. Chris got me another Nalgene water bottle because I had lost one of mine and ruined my other one in the dishwasher, so I was very excited to get another one! For Chris, I got him an agility ladder for his Insanity workouts. What can I say, we are original! Chris also surprised me with waffles for breakfast, one of my favorites and chocolate covered strawberries- so yummy! I seriously don’t know what I do without him, he is so amazing and every day he continues to do even more! 
