FLORIDA!!!

We are here and settled in. JR started school this week and is very busying studying for his first test which is on Tuesday. If you have the time send him a text or email to route him on! I started work at the new hospital and have been in computer training h%&$ all week. They have the same computer system that my previous hospital had so I know all of the tricks and have been soooooo bored in class all week. This weekend we decided to take some time and check out one of the local beaches. Ft. DeSoto National Park is a great park that has a dog beach that some of my new co-workers recommended. So we packed it up, baby, doggy, beach tent and all and headed to the dog beach. It is close it took us about 20 minutes to get there, and 85cents in tolls. We got all unpacked and headed to the beach. There was tons of dogs there and surprisingly Casey did really well around the other dogs and thier owners. She beelined for the water and swam and swam for three hours. Adam also had a great time "swimming" in the water. He is just mesmerized by Casey, he could spot her out of all of the other dogs and would not take his eyes off of her the whole time she was playing. Casey is also very protective of Adam and us. Anytime we would go and take Adam down in the water she would spot us and start swimming towards us. So Casey met a lot of new doggy friends and we will for sure go back, because she has been sleeping for hours now! I am posting the cutest picture of a pug that was surfing and "carried" his own surf board around the beach. It was really attached to his harness and he was inadvertenally dragging it behind him, but it was so cute. Casey did not know what to think of that little dog surfing, but she sure did enjoy watching him on his surf board.

Anyway...say prayers for luck for JR on his test, and for me starting the real work on the unit this week. I am a little nervous because I have not really ever been anything other than a NICU nurse and I am in a different unit now. I am working in the cardiovascular ICU at a free standing pediatric hospital, so even though most of the patients are babies, it is totally different than what I have been doing...more to come

Going back to work

On Monday, I am going back to work for the first time since the end of February. I am a little nervous because while I was on maternity leave the NICU at children's moved to a much bigger and "better" unit. All of the other staff have had a month to get used to the new unit, but I have not, so I feel as though I will be asking a lot of "where do we keep...", "how do I..." I am sure you get the picture. Adding in all of the other complex issues of child care, pumping because I am still nursing Adam, and just missing my little guy. I will let you all know how it goes...one bonus is that I fit into my scrub pants again, just not the tops (mainly because my chest is too big, I can't get the tops over it). But as long as my pants fit, I have plenty of t-shirts I can wear. Oh, well!

Baptism Pictures

Adam's Godparents

The Family

The Bigger Family

Adam and Daddy

Adam

Adam and Granddaddy

Adam and Mommy

Mother's Day

Look at this video that my friend, Wintye sent me for mother's day. Too, cute!
http://news.cnnbcvideo.com/index.html?nid=n_AsEnwz.Zgme4IecDGmPzcwMTc2Njc-&id=-16196374-mK2Tf.x

Weight Watchers

So, since the baby weight sort of stopped naturally coming off, and I know that I have not been eating very healthy, I decided to join Weight Watchers. So I went to my first meeting on Tuesday night, and enjoyed it, everyone was very nice there. After learning all about the points system and how to make healthier choices, etc, I decided to try it out. The first thing is that they give you a certain amount of points, and I get 32 points in a day, which is A LOT! I thought that I would most likely have a hard time eating all of that food, especially since I want to eat the healthier foods, and many of them are no or just a couple of points. So yesterday, I had six points left at the end of the day and the lady said I had to eat all of my points, so I had JR go and get me some peanut m&m's. Today, I am doing a little better because Adam is not so fussy and actually is letting me put him down for a few minutes, so I ate breakfast and a snack, and have my lunch and dinner all planned out with a healthy snack for the afternoon. It is funny how when you start thinking about what you are eating and putting in your body, how much easier it is to plan the meals right out. My problem before was that I was so consumed caring for Adam, that I would go half the day and realize that I had not eaten anything, let alone anything with any good substance. So now, that I am really thinking about it, I have been eating more, and healthier. So we shall see on Tuesday if I lost any weight...

Baptism Update: May 31st

Sorry, everyone for the confusion about the date of the Baptism for Adam. Our church is going thru some changes etc. So, Rev. Dize and I had to change the date of the Baptism to May 31st at 9 am at our congregations other church. So those who are interested in coming to the actual ceremony are more than welcome, but we are planning on having a party around 12 that afternoon, and we would take no offense if people only came to the party, and would prefer that because the Church where the Baptism is going to take place is quite small.

Baptism

Adam's Baptism is tentatively scheduled for June 14th. Please let me know if that date works for you all. We really want all of his "aunts and uncles" to be there!!!