madness!

Its been a busy time for me these days ;) when im not in school, im playing with my baby and when im not playing with my baby, im at work, and Gene fits in there somwhere:) he's a good sport. Nothing else is new besides the added intensity of block 2 nursing- if i was complaining last block about how hard it was... ha! its nothing compared to this bock. im surviving somehow though;) Dylan, Gene and running help keep me saine- even if i do the opposite for them! oh and i started playing volleyball on monday nights....its fun. wish me luck!

dylan, 14 months

Dylan is getting so big! he loves acting like a big person and doing thing like wearing these sunglasses, sitting at the table (in the big chairs) and wearing shoes all the time. He is so fun and makes me laugh all the time!

Gene asked me to marry him on our snowboarding trip on the lift- it was so perfect! so its official:) Besides that, nothing else is really new- im just enjoying my break with my boys (dylan and gene:) school starts in less than 2 weeks! i'm ready- the sooner i start the sooner it will be over.

the big ?

um...of course I said 'yes'! who wouldn't?

FYI

Just thought I'd let everyone know that im

engaged:) now you cant get mad for me not telling

you!

cousin nolan's bday party

curious dylan

YOU!

Dylans latest is pointing. He doesnt exactly point with his finger yet...almost though. its so stinkin cute!

child labor

hmmm. i wonder how he learned this! im so excited:)

He loves being a free man!

finally the final

I'm finished with first block of nursing school:) oh and i passed- its very exciting. I am just going to be working as much as i can this Christmas break- i may even try snowboarding for the 1st time with Gene:) Im mainly going enjoy not studying for a couple weeks! Besides that Dylan is keeping me plenty busy. We go to the park as often as possible- he loves running around like a free man. My little baby is 1 now! His bday was on the 5th and we had a little get together for him. He g0t lots of cool stuff! Wow i think this means he's a toddler. aw, he's so big. Oh ya and that whole Christmas thing is comming up...I need to put it in my planner- haha.


"Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own."
~Robert Heinlein

Its December! Wow this year has been crazy. Dylan is turning 1 on December 5th! he is so big. He is definitely becoming his own person. He makes me laugh all the time. His latest is being outside. There is nothing better on this Earth for him than being outside. Ha. Anyway school is almost done! Just one final left then I'm off to my break...I only have plans to work at this point. So i finished the Turkey Trot! Finally. 2 years ago i wanted to do it, but i flaked out and said i would do it the next year. Well the next year I was 8 months prego so skipped out last year. I had no excuse this year...so I did it and it was kinda hard! I loved it though- I came in at 56 minutes and I was 334 out of like 2800 people. I think i might take a break from running for a bit-im getting old! I think i am going to swim for a few months and we'll see if im up for the half marathon next year:) Wish me luck on my final!

big boy!

he gets so happy when his clothes are off! haha

ya i'm a little behind on my halloween posting but whatever! School is going good- i really like it. its so interesting. The transformation is already in process, i can tell. Im turning into a sicko already- noticing people with scoleosis, arguing with my step dad about getting a flu shot, making sure i clean real good between my babies toes (the skin is the thinest there) looking at eyes when talking to people and checking to see if their puplis are round and equal, practicing theraputic questioning techniques... haha. I guess i am learning something- even when i dont feel like it! Tomorrow is my first day of hospital clinicals...this will be interesting! Dylan is doing so great- he was a UPS delivery man for halloween- i loved it! he hated his hat and would not leave it on. he is walking everywhere now- still working on the coordination- he kinda looks drunk sometimes but its so cute! i guess he has the pot belly to go along with it too;) ha- i was driving my nephew (Aden, 5) home earlier and he said, "I like your car, Makenna..." thanks "....even though its dirty." haha thanks even more!

"If you want to catch something, running after it isn't always the best way. "
Lois McMaster Bujold,
"Borders of Infinity", 1989

ok its been a while since ive updated! I know you all are dying to know what's been going on with me! totally joking:) anyway things are good- Dylan is so stinkin cute- sometimes i wonder if he couldn't be cuter and he always can be! he says hi! and he is taking some steps! he hates diaper changes and being left alone. almost 4 teeth on top and two on the bottom. He LOVES books! he has even started reading them to himself. School is crazy. We start clinicals next week. its so crazy how much we've gone over- i can't even believe it. I love it and hate it;) its hard to decide. The turkey trot is coming up...but i think thats my next race. Its too cold to swim these days and i not to crazy about biking...so i'll stick to running. the 1/2 marathon is coming up in january!! it will be so fun.

"A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. "
~Axel Munthe

i need some oxygenation

School is crazy busy. Right now we are covering...hmmm lets see...health assesments, sleep, nurtition, drug administration, NJ/NG tube insertion, hypoxia, oxygenation, critical thinking, injections, insulin, diabetes...i am going to stop bc its making me overwhelmed again! thats all been this week too! (oh and thankfully we are learning about deep breathing!) When dylan is awake i try to spend as much time with him as i can- i dont want him to ever think i am too busy for him. Hes getting so big! i bet he will be walking by the end of next month at 10 months. he is busier than school though!

look what i can do!

Dylan is showing me how he can wave now...

and how independant he is! And thats

just the begining!

I havent yet figured out exactly what hes doing, but i think

its way cute! sometimes he just whispers mamama.

So San Diego didn't happen either- but thats ok i really needed a break! I shouldn't even be posting anything right now...theres a quiz in pharmacology tomorrow :/ so my first actual race is next week- practice is really hard and i have wanted to quit at i think every one of them but i always feel fantastic when im not there! The little guy is getting to be a big little guy! he hasnt broke 20 pounds yet though...and his latest favorite toy is mom's wallet :/ and he always wants me to hold him:) i think its cute-

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
Bertrand Russell

baby+nursing school+running-social life=me!

Nursing school is too easy- its gona be a breeze. Yea Right!! Totally joking! Its only been 2 days and i have so much to do! Its even the basics and I am swamped. Its all very interesting stuff that we are learning though. I am going to love it even though it will be crazy and I probably wont have a life. So I am actually not going to be running this race on Saturday- my paper work hasnt been processed yet... and thats fine by me! I will be running next Saturday though- its in San Diego. So far I really enjoy being on the cross country team. We have pictures on Friday in our uniforms and I feel like 9th grade all over again but thats ok. I have made a few friends- I do think i am the oldest on the team by about 3 or 4 years! Thats ok. Practices are at 5:30am monday-saturday! Anyway, Dylan is doing so good and getting so big! hes more vocal everyday;) so cute:)

run, run and fast as you can...

So i went to practice with the cross country team on Saturday. Ok, they totally kicked my butt! it was so hard. the coach took us to South mountain to run 6 miles or so. I kept up pretty good for the first bit but then it got really tough! we ran for over an hour. Afterwards (i didn't die) the coach told me that he thought i did great and he wanted me on the team. I was wondering if he had forgot that i barely made it...but he says that i could be good. so I accepted and i am very excited. we have a race coming up this weekend and he wants me to race...i have butterflies already! Not to mention my first real week of nursing school...i am excited though, this will be fun. I think dylan said 'book' this morning when i handed him a book! i don't know if he did it on purpose or what...happy labor day everyone! have fun not laboring!

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

---Dr. Seuss

Aden

this is Aden my little brother's boy. He just

turned 5:) He and Dylan had a fun weekend

playing together. Aden asked why Dylan only

says 'mamamama' all day. I told him because

he is a baby and is just learning new words.

Aden replied. "i hope he learns how to say

'super hero' next."

shifting gears....

The first day of orientation went well. I am even thinking about joining the cross country team at school! I think it would be way fun and there are several races that would be paid for! I am short 2 credits though- the coach suggested adding an easy typing course or something. We will see- i will keep you posted... Dylan is starting to dance! its so cute i love it. he even does it whenever you tell him to "bounce" :) so fun.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

-Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)

madness!

I start nursing school tomorrow! Ah! Well its just orientation, but school officially begins on Tuesday... there are new updates... so that fabulous apartment i moved into had scorpions! I would make a terrible pioneer, i guess, but i had to go! So my parents were kind enough to let me move back home:) It will be so helpful during school. So after I had just unpacked all my stuff and got settled i packed it up again and brought it to my parents house while trying to entertain dylan and stay sain myself living out of a suitcase for a few days! My parents have also been planning on redoing their floor and the material was stored in the room i was going to be in... so we needed to get that done (too bad we dont have before and after shots! it looks great), and the rooms needed to be painted, and we are putting new carpet in today. I haven't felt "settled" for a couple weeks, and i have been trying to squeeze in training for the "splash and dash" comming up...lets see what else... oh, my stinkin sister had me borrow the 1st book of the twlight series! Bad move- just say no! So sorry, I know i missed a couple showers over the last week, but i do plan on making up for them!


"After the game,the king and the pawn go into the same box."
-Italian Proverb

high five?

ok, remember how i said he is giving high 5's now? well heres a cute shot of it...:)

music man!

he is very excited to learn that pounding on things is way fun;) oh great.

aw! little man

Dylan- 8 months

new shoes!

thanks for the shoes Aunt Pam

da me cinco

all settled in my new place now:) dylan started giving 'high 5's' this week! its too cute. he knows everyone will cheer for him once he has done it so he gets so excited when you put your hand up to get a high 5 he can hardly contain himself:) i love having a little boy.

To me faith means not worrying.
-John Dewey

here are a few guys singing outside the pantage theater in Hollywood where i saw Wicked! they are pretty good

happy boy

so i mentioned that he started smiling way late- well he definately is making up for it now!

something amazing...

something amazing finally happened... Dylan's first word! Even better- it is "mama" ! I love it! its so stinkin cute! it does make bed time much more difficult though:( lately he has been crawling up everything and keeping mom paranoid! we have fun. its been a while since i posted anything- i have been moving the last week and packing the week before. Dylan and i moved to an other apartment off greenfield and main- we like it so far... well i start nursing school in 26 days! Ah! its about time though- i am as ready as i will ever be. well i will try to keep you posted...

"I have never been hurt by what I have not said." -Calvin Coolidge

dinner time

eating is always a happy time with dylan (especially when i finally give in and let him have the spoon)!

howdy!

It's been a while since last update, I guess i keep waiting for something amazing to happen... nothing yet! I will let you know. I started work and its going good. I worked in the nursery with the brand new babies the other day. It was so sweet. I forgot how little they are when they are born! Dylan is so big! He has two teeth now. Its cute. It was funny- a little while ago I was with my nephew Nolan who is 3, and he said, "Where's your baby dylan?" and I said, "with his dad." and he said, "oh, i forget which one Dylan is, which head does he have?" "Well he has the cute head..(?)" Come to find out Madison and Nolan differenciate between my sister's newborn and my dylan by labeling dylan the "one with the big head" and Coulson (7 weeks) the "one with the small head". I thought that was funny.

"Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you, but not in one ahead." - Bill McGlashen