Well...I graduated!! Yay!!! Back in 2005 I graduated with my ADN (Associate Degree-Nursing). Since then I've been working as a registered nurse in labor and delivery. In 2009 I received my advanced certification in my field, which changed my title to RNC. So, to add one more thing to my plate I decided to go back to school online back in 2009 for my bachelor's degree in nursing through Boise State University. This month I completed it along with a really good friend, of who I'm not sure I would've made it through without ;o) Thanks Andrea! At this point my bachelor's degree isn't going to do much in my current position...it is however the next step if I do decide to go on for my master's degree...it also opens opportunities to teach the clinical aspect of nursing to students (which I think I may enjoy doing at some point!!). To celebrate our graduation, our little family and my good friends Andrea and Amber along with their families, all went to Boise and stayed in a hotel for two nights. There we enjoyed spending time in the pool with the kids, shopping and going out for some good food! It was a lot of fun and I feel really blessed to have such supportive family and friends!
Even without school I still find a whole lot to occupy my time between the two kiddos, Michael, housework, yardwork, laundry and friends! I have not spent as much time as I would've thought I would on things like blogging and scrapbooking :( I did however take back up couponing...which'll be good to save the family a few bucks! Did my first big deal today and got 18 bottles of BBQ sauce, 2 bottles of Gatorade, 3 big bottles of Heinz ketchup and a donut for just under seven dollars! Man that felt good!
Elijah had his two month checkup this last week and is a far cry from where Sam was at this point!! He falls in the 75th percentile for both height and weight!! (Sam always fell in the 10-15th percentile for each!!)...Eli weighed 12lbs 15oz and had grown to 23 1/4in long! He's a tank!! He's smiling a lot and cooing...I love it! We're still working on sleeping through the night and the whole self-soothing thing (this lil guy enjoys company and doesn't think he should have to sleep alone)...other than that he's a pretty alright kid...I think we'll keep him :oD
Sam is growing like a weed! Both in height (finally) and in vocabulary. She's able to repeat anything you tell her to say and is working on putting words together into sentences. She does however never stop chattering in her own little jibbrish language with a recognizable word in here and there.
Our little family :o)
