Dylan's Blessing june 2008

I know these pics are from soooo long ago but im on my sister's computer and I dont have these ones! aw he was so little.

my blonde baby- dylan 21 months

aw i miss his long hair when i see pics like this!! :( he is almost 2!! i know hes not a baby anymore, but he'll always be my baby:)

"Cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow

For babies grow up, we've learned to our sorrow.

So quiet down, cobwebs

Dust, go to sleep

I'm rocking my baby,

and babies don't keep."

-Anon

here's to marriage!!

so this saturday is our 6 months anniversary! and its been a year since we met. we first started talking on the phone and from the very first time i heard his voice, i loved it. i loved everything about him from that point on. he really was like a dream come true. i even loved how shy he was! it was so cute. he got over the shy thing after a couple months haha. i truly have never been happier in my life and i am so grateful! there is nothing else in this life i can ask for at this point, having a family is the best.

"If I know what love is, it is because of you"
-Herman Hesse

the last six months of being married to gene have been the best 6 months of my entire life, forever doesn't seem long enough with gene. he is so supportive of everything i do or would like to do, whether its my education, running, playing volleyball, doing races...not only by just saying 'sounds fun, you should do it' but he encourages me and does whatever he can do possible to help me accomplish the things i want. when we first met, i really thought he was too good to be true, but its actually just how he is all the time, and he is too good, but still true;)
genie me gustaria decirte cuanto te quiero (es muchisimo;) , pero no puedo porque te quiero mas que te puedo decir! eres el jim mio;)

also, i never really posted any wedding pics, of gene and i- so whats a better time than 6 months later!haha. heres a couple...

switching gears here... so this morning i went to wake dylan up for church and he was completely naked, well actually he still had his lighting mcQueen shirt on, heaven forbid he takes that thing off. ew. who knows what hour of the night that went down. anytime at the store when i would see onsies for 24 month old kids i would think... ew, what kind of weird parents would make their 2 yr old wear a onsie!! and how goofy that kid would look! well im the weird parent and dylan is the goofy kid now. funny how those things back fire on you.


oh following up on an earlier post... i finally got placed for my preceptorship!! i got my first choice- st joe's pediatric intensive care unit!!! wow it was so neat to learn that. before we found out our instructor said that less than 1/3 the class got thier first choice. i was sure it wasnt me so i prepared myself to be bumed- but it worked! yay! im so excited! but at the same time scared out of my brain tissue i think i may be accumulating increased intracrainial pressure...that could be very serious, you know. jk but seriously, this is the best hospital in the state, and maybe top 20 this side of the Mississippi for critical care. it will be a really good experience tho... i have my final for block 4 Nov. 16th and everything is down hill after that;)




gene and i went to my cousins show the other night and it was awesome!! im a huge fan! not just bc he's my cuz either! (hes the one with the long hair) they have a song out that actually made it to a movie!

ps dont forget were going private! leave your email... ;)

going private!!!

so ive considered this for a while, especially hearing a few creepy stories recently, and by gene's request...i know its so convientient this way sorry! but i figured if you are really interested then it wont be a big deal to put in the extra step to read about our lives!! please leave your email address in the comment box!!! maybe in about 3 weeks?? thanks;)

i dont have any new pics yet, just old ones...

dr. garmin

9/1/2009



Total Distance-4.26 miles

Total Time- 36:22 minutes

Avg Pace- 8.46/mi

Avg Speed- 6.4 mph

Max Speed- 8.9 mph

Total Calories- 392

Total Ascent- 238 ft

Total Descent- 233 ft



this is the information that spits out of my Garmin that Gene dear got me;) pretty nifty. I am just figuring out how to use it and its the coolest. it helps me pace myself. and since im training and trying to get faster, i dont want to under eat, so it gives me a good idea of how many calories i need to add (which is never a prob;) so i dont exhaust myself throughout the day. It also gives me a detailed map of my route with a graph that shows my pace. i also have a heart monitor that i havent used yet-maybe i'll give it a shot next time tho. im training for half marathon in january, but theres also a 5k in October that Gene and i are doing with his mom and dad. its not a big race or anything, but i still want it to be faster than my last 5k which i think was around 23:45 or somethin. so i finally got up this morning at 5:15 and went running! finally! it was pretty hard and it definitely wasnt my fastest pace so i just focused on distance. i only had 40 mins to run bc gene had to leave for work...but i imagine if i make a habit out of it, it will get easier. i totally cheated and went back to bed until dylan woke up haha. im not that hard core apparently.

block 4 started and its going to be very challenging, to say the least. not only it the content intense (which makes sense since its critical care haha, sorry im done with the bad nurse jokes) but i am completely strapped. clinicals are 2 days a week and i am working part time at the hospital, and trying to be a mom and a sain wife. i dont even want to think about the madness, i'll just take it day by day, by day by day lol.

Gene is fabulous, as usual, just going to school (online) and working. hes pretty excited about football season starting...i already know im going to need to forewarn our new neighbors so they dont call the cops on us bc he freaks out at the game. the other night he was watching a game and i fell asleep on his chest and numerous times he actually jumped up and started yelling some gibberish at the tv, i was like excuse me! do you not see me trying to sleep here!? haha he was completely oblivious. i laughed about it the following morning, it wasnt as funny in the moment:) i guess you can say that he gets really into it. ;)

dylan is getting so BIG! and we had a major accomplishment this week!!! yay he did peepee in the potty!!! woo hoo! it only took 25 mins and 3 books but it happened! he of course got a cookie and went on his merry way. i wonder if he even tried or if he just sat there long enough he had to go?? either way we celebrated!

About this pic on top- he was completely covered in applesauce, i think he pretended it was shampoo. so i decided to just take him in the shower w me to hose him down. so i take him upstairs while trying to hold him away from me and try to go in our bedroom and its locked!! dylan locked us out of our room at some point. so i ask gene to come and try to open it. so all of us are in the hallway im trying to keep dylan from touching anything, gene had to remove the handle. we looked pretty silly.

"I have never been hurt by what I have not said."

~Calvin Coolidge