so im sitting here at work bored out of my mind!!! i have one baby that required very little attention! i have been holding her quite a bit though because she is so darn cute. she's a former preemie so shes tiny! hearing babies cry around me reminds me that i do not want babies for a long time!!!! work is the best birth control by far!
anyways...nicholas surprised me with a new camera yesterday! we have been talking about getting one for a while and he decided the time was right. we have already seen a lot since we've been traveling and will see so much more! we needed a good camera to capture all of the special times! we got a nikon d3000. we have lots of learning to do on how to use it! nicholas is a great photographer...he will probly use it the most!
oh yea!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the best hubby in the world!!!! today is his bday, but unfortunately he has to work. i got off on his birthday and then he let his unit schedule him for it. he's silly! its okay though. the big celebration will be this weekend. we are going to the texas hill country to spend the weekend at a bed and breakfast with my sis and heath! we are soooooo excited! heath's bday is the 31st so we are gonna just have one big celebration! dont worry...im sure there will be lots of stories and pictures to share! cant wait for suzy and heath to get here thursday! we plan on having dinner thursday night for nicholas. friday morning we are going to have bfast at a place downtown that used to be an old flour mill. suz and heath have eaten there and they loved it! we plan on spending some time at the riverwalk that morning and then maybe hitting some wineries on our way to the bed and breakfast in comfort, texas. saturday we plan on hitting several wineries on our way through fredericksburg (the greatest place ever). ending saturday night with dinner at the salt lick (it's near austin). we may have a couple of small surprises up our sleeves for the boys while we are there! i hope its a fun birthday celebration for them! it was all heath's idea! cant wait to post about it! well...actually i can because then it would mean the trips over!!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
the ViRuS from....
you know where!! the past couple of days have been rough!! my last real meal was tuesday night and that was the last time i was hungry! i havent been sick in a long time...or at least since my surgery! i forgot how horrible a stomache virus could be! we had planned on going to corpus christi on wednesday. we were so excited to about taking molly to the beach, but thats the morning i woke up not feeling well. we were also both very tired. working night shift does a toll on ya! i really knew something was wrong when i woke up and i wasnt hungry. i ALWAYS wake up hungry...basically im always hungry! i couldnt keep anything down. not even peanut butter...it's my favorite food! lets just say that i wont be eating it for a while!! anyways...i have the most incredible husband in the world!! he always takes care of me but he definitely did a great job of it the past couple of days! he got me cold washcloths, crackers, whatever i thought i could drink, he went to cvs thursday morning to get me pedialyte, sprite, and popsicles, he also convinced me that i didnt need to go to work thursday night bc i hadnt eaten in two days and i was very weak. i felt horrible having to call in and not go to work, but he was right. i could barely stand up i have been so weak. i tried some potato soup tonight and ate most of it. still havent felt hungry but i forced myself to eat. i do feel a lil but better, but not 100% yet.
if i do feel lots better by saturday i may try to work. it will put me working 4 days in a row though...i hate doing that. my sissy and heath are coming thursday though, so i think that thought might get me through an extra night. the bad thing about missing a night of work, is that we have to pay for part of our housing for that week. i know...it's really complicated. so basically i have to pay my agency for that night of work.
i just want to reiterate how amazing my husband is! he has been so understanding and so comforting! he has let me just lay in bed pretty much all day for two days...i feel like a horrible wife. thats the only place i could get comfortable. he has taken great care of molly. he even cut up my popsicle into lil pieces like my parents used to do when i was little. he's had to pretty much fend for himself. molly has been kinda confused, but i think she realized on thursday that something was wrong with me. i felt sorry for her. anyways...i do feel much better tonight! im still pretty weak though! nicholas and the Man upstairs are really taking care of me! that's all a girl needs!
if i do feel lots better by saturday i may try to work. it will put me working 4 days in a row though...i hate doing that. my sissy and heath are coming thursday though, so i think that thought might get me through an extra night. the bad thing about missing a night of work, is that we have to pay for part of our housing for that week. i know...it's really complicated. so basically i have to pay my agency for that night of work.
i just want to reiterate how amazing my husband is! he has been so understanding and so comforting! he has let me just lay in bed pretty much all day for two days...i feel like a horrible wife. thats the only place i could get comfortable. he has taken great care of molly. he even cut up my popsicle into lil pieces like my parents used to do when i was little. he's had to pretty much fend for himself. molly has been kinda confused, but i think she realized on thursday that something was wrong with me. i felt sorry for her. anyways...i do feel much better tonight! im still pretty weak though! nicholas and the Man upstairs are really taking care of me! that's all a girl needs!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
knock on wood...
as of right now...life couldnt get any better! my license issues have been resolved and luckily i only had to miss 2 days of work! i absolutely love working at cristus santa rosa childrens hospital! everyone is very nice and my assignements are never too bad! they are very good to their travelers and they really appreciate us! at uab, i was used to having the sickest babies all the time! i do fear losing some of my skills but i really dont think i will! i do miss working at uab and cant wait to go back in a couple of years! nicholas is really enjoying working at the methodist hospital as well! we are excited that we are now both working steady/guaranteed hours, and that our paychecks will reflect that! now we can really start saving some money!!
molly is awesome!! we had to leave her for 12 hours for the first time last week and to be honest...i cried! i felt soooo bad leaving her! she is the bestest dog ever! she has a new favorite toy that she LOVES to squeak! its a soft bone that has pink hearts all over it with pink furry stuff around the edges. she is sooo smart too. she knows the name of all her toys...she always brings us the ones we ask for. i think she is getting more used to the apartment life now. shw doesnt really bark very much now. she does get very restless during the day when we have to sleep for work! its quite frustrating sometimes but we deal with it. she actually bothers nicholas the most when we are trying to sleep...lucky for me! she's always sitting on his pillow scratching him in the face. she will be going on our trip with us the end of this month to the bed and breakfast! i guess she will go wine tasting with us! she is soooo rotten! im too scared to leave her with a babysitter! i need to leave her at home with her nana and papa next time we go! they would love it!
we plan on going home towards the end of february for me to go to the doctor...just a check-up! so we will definitely be ready to see all of our friends again! it was great getting to see most everybody at christmas but it was really just a tease. it made us miss everyone sooooo much more! we will probly try to have everyone over or go to dinner or something!
we spent most of the day friday getting everything together for our california license. there's still a couple of things we have to do but they have been applied for, so please pray nothing holds up the process! we did have to send in fingerprint cards and thats what held up my texas license. since im a nurse...i wash my hands a whole lot and apparently i washing my fingerprints away. the lady that did them here sent a letter with my card saying that im a nurse and thats as good as my prints get, so hopefully the fbi will be understanding and just accept them! we plan on going to cali when we get done here. i really want to go somewhere beachy!! i really need a tan! we will obviously go wherever God leads...we just want to be prepared!
we miss our families TERRIBLY!! i am excited about getting to see my sis and heath on january 28th!! thats the hardest part about this experience! i am such a mommy and daddys girl...it's really sad! of course i talk to them everyday but it's just not the same! as far as we know everyone is doing great! we just miss and love them all sooooo much! all of you just know...we are having the time of our lives! i know i had a hard time in the beginning, but once i decided to grow up and be happy everything has been great! we are loving just being together! we are able to work the same nights which is great! we plan on going to corpus christi and austin on days that we are off! we are getting to do and see things we would have never done!
BY THE WAY...i have the most beautiful drives in the mornings and at night! the sunrises and sunsets are ALWAYS beautiful here!!!! they always remind me of the GREAT GOD that i serve!!
molly is awesome!! we had to leave her for 12 hours for the first time last week and to be honest...i cried! i felt soooo bad leaving her! she is the bestest dog ever! she has a new favorite toy that she LOVES to squeak! its a soft bone that has pink hearts all over it with pink furry stuff around the edges. she is sooo smart too. she knows the name of all her toys...she always brings us the ones we ask for. i think she is getting more used to the apartment life now. shw doesnt really bark very much now. she does get very restless during the day when we have to sleep for work! its quite frustrating sometimes but we deal with it. she actually bothers nicholas the most when we are trying to sleep...lucky for me! she's always sitting on his pillow scratching him in the face. she will be going on our trip with us the end of this month to the bed and breakfast! i guess she will go wine tasting with us! she is soooo rotten! im too scared to leave her with a babysitter! i need to leave her at home with her nana and papa next time we go! they would love it!
we plan on going home towards the end of february for me to go to the doctor...just a check-up! so we will definitely be ready to see all of our friends again! it was great getting to see most everybody at christmas but it was really just a tease. it made us miss everyone sooooo much more! we will probly try to have everyone over or go to dinner or something!
we spent most of the day friday getting everything together for our california license. there's still a couple of things we have to do but they have been applied for, so please pray nothing holds up the process! we did have to send in fingerprint cards and thats what held up my texas license. since im a nurse...i wash my hands a whole lot and apparently i washing my fingerprints away. the lady that did them here sent a letter with my card saying that im a nurse and thats as good as my prints get, so hopefully the fbi will be understanding and just accept them! we plan on going to cali when we get done here. i really want to go somewhere beachy!! i really need a tan! we will obviously go wherever God leads...we just want to be prepared!
we miss our families TERRIBLY!! i am excited about getting to see my sis and heath on january 28th!! thats the hardest part about this experience! i am such a mommy and daddys girl...it's really sad! of course i talk to them everyday but it's just not the same! as far as we know everyone is doing great! we just miss and love them all sooooo much! all of you just know...we are having the time of our lives! i know i had a hard time in the beginning, but once i decided to grow up and be happy everything has been great! we are loving just being together! we are able to work the same nights which is great! we plan on going to corpus christi and austin on days that we are off! we are getting to do and see things we would have never done!
BY THE WAY...i have the most beautiful drives in the mornings and at night! the sunrises and sunsets are ALWAYS beautiful here!!!! they always remind me of the GREAT GOD that i serve!!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
recently...
i have been such a slacker!! just been a lil bit busier here lately! we moved to san antonio on december 4th and we like it here so far! the first weekend we were here we did a little exploring and checked out the alamo and and the river walk! nicholas loved the alamo bc he is really into history. of course i love the riverwalk...lots of great places to eat and lots of cute shops! we also took a day trip to fredericksburg texas...that place is awesome! it is in the heart of the hill country and it's beautiful! we visited our first winery/vineyard and had a great experience! i found my favorite wine called jackass blush! its amazing! we are planning a trip to the hill country with my sis and heath at the end of january! we cant wait!
i started my job at cristus santa rosa childrens on december 7th! i really like it there and everyone is soooo nice! unfortunately i am having issues with my texas livense at the moment! it has been soooooo frustrating. my temporary license expired at midnight on december 30th and i was scheduled to work the 30th and 31st. i will not be able to work again until next week sometime. i had everything turned in on time so none of it is my fault...thankfully! it has just been a big mess! nicholas started working this week with the methodist hospital system. he will be working at the specialty and transplant hospital and the main methodist hospital.
we did go home the week of christmas and it was wonderful!! of course i did not want to come back to texas, but i did very well and havent cried at all! we had a great christmas with our families! the pardens came up to our house and stayed a couple of nights! it was fun spending time with them! my sis and heath were able to home the whole week too! of course we were pretty busy the whole week but it was just nice being at home! we really miss our house, families and friends!
we are getting more used to this traveling thing! we have both already become much stronger individuals and have learned a lot about ourselves! our faith in the Man upstairs continues to grow soooo much each day! He is really taking care of us! His mercy and His grace are incredible!
i started my job at cristus santa rosa childrens on december 7th! i really like it there and everyone is soooo nice! unfortunately i am having issues with my texas livense at the moment! it has been soooooo frustrating. my temporary license expired at midnight on december 30th and i was scheduled to work the 30th and 31st. i will not be able to work again until next week sometime. i had everything turned in on time so none of it is my fault...thankfully! it has just been a big mess! nicholas started working this week with the methodist hospital system. he will be working at the specialty and transplant hospital and the main methodist hospital.
we did go home the week of christmas and it was wonderful!! of course i did not want to come back to texas, but i did very well and havent cried at all! we had a great christmas with our families! the pardens came up to our house and stayed a couple of nights! it was fun spending time with them! my sis and heath were able to home the whole week too! of course we were pretty busy the whole week but it was just nice being at home! we really miss our house, families and friends!
we are getting more used to this traveling thing! we have both already become much stronger individuals and have learned a lot about ourselves! our faith in the Man upstairs continues to grow soooo much each day! He is really taking care of us! His mercy and His grace are incredible!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
San Antonio!!!!
that's our next stop!! it is actually where we wanted to go in the first place, but it didnt work out! i have a job waiting on me at cristus santa rose childrens hospital. im am very excited about it, but a lil nervous at the same time! since i havent really worked in 3 months. i did work, but not in a busy setting like i am used to. i just hope all of my skills come rushing back to me! it is a level 3 nicu (the largest like uab), and has about 45 beds. please pray that it is a good experience. right now nicholas doesnt have a permanent contract (guaranteed hours). he does have a contract with an agency and will be working prn/as needed. although i do believe he will be able to work a good bit and we will be able to get the monthly stipend, which is really nice! he did have an offer from a hospital, BUT they were not going to let him be off for Christmas and that is a must! i believe it will all work out in the long run!
we have heard from lots of people that we will love it there! we also wanted to go to austin, and we will only be an hour south of there! we will be moving next friday! our housing has already been set up! we would love for anyone to come visit!!!! thank you all for your prayers...it's what gets us through each day!!
we have heard from lots of people that we will love it there! we also wanted to go to austin, and we will only be an hour south of there! we will be moving next friday! our housing has already been set up! we would love for anyone to come visit!!!! thank you all for your prayers...it's what gets us through each day!!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
it was somewhat of a weird day today!! nicholas and i both usually work thanksgiving so we can be off for christmas. of course this year, i wasnt working.
we actually had our big thanksgiving last sunday at my sisters house in lafayette louisiana. nicholas and i headed down there last thursday when he got off work! we were soooo excited to get out of town for a few days...molly was too! my parents got there on friday with their yorkie allie. molly was sooo excited to see all of them! she was depressed the first couple days after we got back to dallas. she missed all the attention she got! we had an incredible, fun time while we were there! it was nice to rest, eat, and just be in the same room as my family! we were sad that we didnt get to see his family this week but they will be coming to our house for christmas! i did try to be a good wife today and prepare a small thanksgiving meal. we had leftover turkey and dressing from last weekend. i made green beans and sweet potato fries. i also made an apple crisp with icecream. we had a nice romantic, candlelit dinner before nicholas went to work! it was actually quite cozy and nice!
we have sooooo much to be thankful for this year! i am thankful for my faith and my relationship with the Man upstairs, my wonderful family, all of my friends who i miss terribly, but most of all my health! this time last year is when i had my first stomach pain experience. it was after i ate thanksgiving dinner at work! i was taking care of baby Gabe and i remember at about 3:30am i started feeling bad. i just thought it was something i ate. after a couple of days, i decided something wasnt right. we were actually having thanksgiving at our house with my parents and in-laws on saturday, but unfortunately nicholas and i spent the morning at the doctors office. that was when it allllll started. i feel like this year we are doing thanksgiving and christmas all over again for the very first time. our first holidays as a married couple were not normal!
we are extremely excited about being home (at our house) for christmas this year! my sister and heath will be in town the whole week of christmas too! nicholas' family is also going to come up and spend christmas with us! i could not be happier! i cant wait to have ALL of our family together, surrounding us! it will be our first christmas in our house. we will be going home december 20th, so it will be crazy getting all the decorating done as soon as we get there! i cant wait to decorate...even though it will just be for a week!
for the next week i guess i will just enjoy not working and start packing this place up! pray everything fits in our car! we have accumulated a few more things since we've been here! it will be interesting!
we actually had our big thanksgiving last sunday at my sisters house in lafayette louisiana. nicholas and i headed down there last thursday when he got off work! we were soooo excited to get out of town for a few days...molly was too! my parents got there on friday with their yorkie allie. molly was sooo excited to see all of them! she was depressed the first couple days after we got back to dallas. she missed all the attention she got! we had an incredible, fun time while we were there! it was nice to rest, eat, and just be in the same room as my family! we were sad that we didnt get to see his family this week but they will be coming to our house for christmas! i did try to be a good wife today and prepare a small thanksgiving meal. we had leftover turkey and dressing from last weekend. i made green beans and sweet potato fries. i also made an apple crisp with icecream. we had a nice romantic, candlelit dinner before nicholas went to work! it was actually quite cozy and nice!
we have sooooo much to be thankful for this year! i am thankful for my faith and my relationship with the Man upstairs, my wonderful family, all of my friends who i miss terribly, but most of all my health! this time last year is when i had my first stomach pain experience. it was after i ate thanksgiving dinner at work! i was taking care of baby Gabe and i remember at about 3:30am i started feeling bad. i just thought it was something i ate. after a couple of days, i decided something wasnt right. we were actually having thanksgiving at our house with my parents and in-laws on saturday, but unfortunately nicholas and i spent the morning at the doctors office. that was when it allllll started. i feel like this year we are doing thanksgiving and christmas all over again for the very first time. our first holidays as a married couple were not normal!
we are extremely excited about being home (at our house) for christmas this year! my sister and heath will be in town the whole week of christmas too! nicholas' family is also going to come up and spend christmas with us! i could not be happier! i cant wait to have ALL of our family together, surrounding us! it will be our first christmas in our house. we will be going home december 20th, so it will be crazy getting all the decorating done as soon as we get there! i cant wait to decorate...even though it will just be for a week!
for the next week i guess i will just enjoy not working and start packing this place up! pray everything fits in our car! we have accumulated a few more things since we've been here! it will be interesting!
lots of catching up to do!!
first of all...thanks to my sweet daddy we currently have a computer. he is letting us borrow his until we can buy a new one!
i dont even know where to begin! it has been way too long! we only have one more week here and dallas and we are very excited about that!! we are so tired of looking at concrete and tall buildings! dont get me wrong, we have had a good time and interesting experience here, but we are ready for a change of scenery! the last couple of months have been MUCH better than the first! i actually choose to be happy each day and havent been depressed at all! one of the biggest things that has helped it that we found an incredible church to go to! it's fellowship church in grapevine, tx. we are going to miss it soooooo much when we leave! it is led by ed and lisa young, you may have heard of them. they write lots of books! i have been able to be a part of their incredible womens ministry called flavour! it's all about being a "warrior woman" for God! i have learned sooo much!
like i said...we only have one week left!! there are a few things i might miss about this place! i will definitely miss downtown grapevine...all the little shops and restaurants are so much fun! i will also miss three dog bakery...it's a little boutique/bakery just for pets. thats where i got molly's birthday cake! i will also miss Kroger...that's where i buy the BEST apples in the world! they are cameo apples. my mom and sister cant find them anywhere. i just hope our next location has them. that's all i can think of that i'll miss at the moment. really not much!!
i have gotten to work a couple of times at centennial medical center in frisco, tx. it was a great experience. it was a really nice private hospital. they actually have a concierge service for their employees. they will go get lunch/coffee, go to your house and walk your dog, take your car to the shop, pick your kid up from school, etc. im pretty sure they are the only place on this earth that does that. i think it's kinda crazy...but nice. i did have to work in a well baby nursery one day and it was terrible! i will never do it again! i spent 2 hours helping a mom breastfeed her twins. it was definitely an experience! im an expert now!
nicholas has enjoyed working at baylor grapevine, but is ready for something different! he is always so bored at work. he has made some new friends though.
we still miss home terribly! we havent been back once since we've been here...i cant believe it! we have enjoyed our time here in dallas. we have learned a lot about ourselves as individuals and as a couple! we have grown soooo much! i know i have already become a much stronger person than i was 3 months ago! i cant wait to see what God has in store for us!
i dont even know where to begin! it has been way too long! we only have one more week here and dallas and we are very excited about that!! we are so tired of looking at concrete and tall buildings! dont get me wrong, we have had a good time and interesting experience here, but we are ready for a change of scenery! the last couple of months have been MUCH better than the first! i actually choose to be happy each day and havent been depressed at all! one of the biggest things that has helped it that we found an incredible church to go to! it's fellowship church in grapevine, tx. we are going to miss it soooooo much when we leave! it is led by ed and lisa young, you may have heard of them. they write lots of books! i have been able to be a part of their incredible womens ministry called flavour! it's all about being a "warrior woman" for God! i have learned sooo much!
like i said...we only have one week left!! there are a few things i might miss about this place! i will definitely miss downtown grapevine...all the little shops and restaurants are so much fun! i will also miss three dog bakery...it's a little boutique/bakery just for pets. thats where i got molly's birthday cake! i will also miss Kroger...that's where i buy the BEST apples in the world! they are cameo apples. my mom and sister cant find them anywhere. i just hope our next location has them. that's all i can think of that i'll miss at the moment. really not much!!
i have gotten to work a couple of times at centennial medical center in frisco, tx. it was a great experience. it was a really nice private hospital. they actually have a concierge service for their employees. they will go get lunch/coffee, go to your house and walk your dog, take your car to the shop, pick your kid up from school, etc. im pretty sure they are the only place on this earth that does that. i think it's kinda crazy...but nice. i did have to work in a well baby nursery one day and it was terrible! i will never do it again! i spent 2 hours helping a mom breastfeed her twins. it was definitely an experience! im an expert now!
nicholas has enjoyed working at baylor grapevine, but is ready for something different! he is always so bored at work. he has made some new friends though.
we still miss home terribly! we havent been back once since we've been here...i cant believe it! we have enjoyed our time here in dallas. we have learned a lot about ourselves as individuals and as a couple! we have grown soooo much! i know i have already become a much stronger person than i was 3 months ago! i cant wait to see what God has in store for us!
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