Wednesday, July 30, 2008

It's Official This Time!

Pictures of us at the "Celebration Dinner" after the thesis presentations!









Here we all are-the new FNP's of 2008--yeah!!!

I am not going to miss class, but I am going to miss all of my classmates-you guys were awesome!



Finally, it has happened-I have finished Family Nurse Practitioner school! I know that I should be excited, but reality has just not set in yet! I guess that I am numb and afraid to relax because I have not been able to do that for 15 months! All of the FNP's I know have told me that it takes a couple of months for you to realize you are done and don't have to rush home and write a paper, study, or work on your thesis! By the way, to anyone out there who has ever done a thesis-you know what a thorn in your side that thing is! I am just so happy to be home and be MOM again! I have really missed being here with my babies and my husband! Remember, I went from working 2-3 4hour shifts per week in outpatient surgery to the equivalant of working a 50-60 hour work week! AND the one who really deserves the congratulations is my amazing husband, Jason, who over the last 15 months has been Mr. Mom. He has cleaned, cooked, and tended to children, so I could study or do whatever I needed to do, AND I kid you not, he has NEVER complained!! I am so blessed and thankful to have such an awesome and loving husband! Thanks to all of the fam and friends for putting up with me this past year-or for putting up with my absence! No joke-the other day, someone told me they thought I had moved somewhere else-haha! Well, we did it-we survived-praise the Lord!!!

OUR ADDICTION!!

OUR ADDICTION!!
After the birth of Grayton, Jason and I began running and became highly addicted!! I soon made my first jogging stroller purchase, The Tike Tech all terrain single jogger. It was wonderful until I needed another seat for Riley Kate. I got this Dreamer Design off of ebay, and I love it! I call it my freedom and my sanity because I can load up the kids and go running whenever I feel like it! The kids love to stroll. They usually ask to go. We have run several races just for fun--Delta Jubilee 5K, Juke Joint Festival 5K, St. Jude 1/2 Marathon, Double Decker 10K, 300 Oaks 10K, etc. We love to run and if there is a race we can make it to, we'll run it!! We are running about 4 to 5 miles a day now with long runs of 7 to 12 miles on the weekends!

A LITTLE HOBBY OF MINE

A LITTLE HOBBY OF MINE
Since Grayton's 1st birthday, I have ventured out a bit and started baking and creating my kid's birthday cakes each year. Also, I am the homeroom mother for Grayton's class, so I am trying to get creative with my baking. I am not very good at it, but it is so much fun!! If anyone has any new cute ideas, share them with me.