When I grow up I want to be a Labor and Delivery Nurse.

It's kind of funny. I have never in my life wanted to be a nurse. One of my roommates and best friends in college was in nursing school and I loved hearing all of her stories. Several of my other close friends are nurses. I even have family members that are nurses. Being a nurse was just not something that I was interested in. Until...June 4, 2013.

I actually went to L and D several times before having Molly Caroline and never had this feeling. Since having her and seeing first hand what all these amazing nurses do, I thank them every chance I get, and I secretly would love to be one! :) Seriously. Matt and I have even discussed me going to nursing school. I would only need Microbiology and then I could start nursing school....I've had all the required chemistry and anatomy classes. I'm kidding, sort of. I'm not going back to school.

I am well aware that it isn't always healthy babies and awesome deliveries. I know it's heartbreaking and backbreaking work. I know it's gross. I gained a whole new perspective after giving birth and as much as I love and praise my doctor for being there with me and getting me through, my nurse was just as much a powerful presence. She got to know me, encouraged me, coached me, set me straight, cleaned me up, and was there for some of the most intimate first moments with my new baby. She was the one that saw me cry after realizing I was going to have a natural delivery :) and the one that forced me to "breathe" and was forced to stay with me when I was saying, "I feel crazy" over and over, and the one that held my legs while I was pushing, and who helped me nurse for the first time. I could go on and on and on about everything that she did. Labor and Delivery nurses are amazing. I would love to do all that for women some day.

Now, I love my mother/baby nurses too. I loved the atmosphere of the mother/baby side of the hospital. We called them multiple times a day for weeks, maybe even months after Molly Caroline was born. They helped me with numerous firsts as well. They took care of my precious new baby girl. They are amazing as well.

Anyway, my labor and delivery nurse shared this on Facebook this week and it got me thinking. :) So I thought I'd share my new found passion. The blog that it is from has some pretty funny things on it. One of my other nurses shares funny posts from it all the time! Enjoy! :)

I Want to be a Labor Nurse
http://adventuresofalabornurse.wordpress.com/2014/04/26/i-want-to-be-a-labor-nurse/

Take it All Tuesday!

How glorious that it is Tuesday (my favorite day) and the new Passion cd is blaring through our house! Take it All was released today! 

Oh yeah and only 18 more days until the last day of school! Hard to believe I've made it almost an entire year balancing motherhood and so much more. My principal and I found that to be quite an achievement during my end of year conference.

I have some sweet plans for my summer baby and our second summer together already!

Praying that we all stay safe in these horribly scary southern storms!

Our Rose Weekend!

It's one of my favorite times of the year on our rose city. We always kick off the weekend with the Rose Bud Parade. I didn't participate in it this year but our schools looked awesome! I told Molly Caroline that she was in the parade last year when her mommy was the teacher of the year! That parade is short and we just stood and kept MC in her stroller. She was tired and watched with her paci.

Friday night is my favorite! We ate supper downtown at Moonspin. Matt got hummus pizza and is now addicted. Then we walked to Broad and set up our chairs in the shade in front of Sweet Grass. Molly Caroline had fun sitting on the bricks and we met some new friends! We also saw the sweet phlebotomist that always took my blood when no one else would stick me over and over at Shaw. Everyone else was scared. She told Matt that she loved me and I was her favorite! I loved getting to let her meet Molly Caroline. The parade was great too! Several of our neighbors watched the parade with us. After the parade MC fell asleep as soon as we strapped her in her stroller. She slept through the loud street dance completely! 

I got a rose cupcake before we left. It was the best cupcake I've ever had!

We listened to the fireworks from our house.

We didn't do any art in the park or watch the runners run the rose city run. We needed some home time! But we definitely will next year. We did head back out to Due South! It was so nice! Great food and music, a grassy area for kids to play games, twinkle lights, and catching up with friends. I'm excited about getting there earlier next year.

Molly Caroline even did better at church on Sunday! She cried but not for long! So proud of my sweet girl! 

She also found our stairs! 

We love our beautiful rose city! We are thankful to live in such an amazing town!

Antelope, Jonah's, and Babies!

I bought this book to read a few weeks ago because I loved Sparkly Green Earrings. One of my friends told me she felt like she was reading a book about me. No wonder I related so much to it! Anyway, I just wasn't getting around to reading this one, but now am going through it with Kelly at Kelly's Korner! Hilarious so far! Maybe I'll find time to write about it.

We had the best board transition meeting on Monday for JSL! I enjoyed chatting and eating on the patio with some girls that have become great friends over the years. I brought Matt home a treat!

We had a baby shower for one of our coworkers on Tuesday! She is due June 1st! Molly Caroline got to play with other Stingerville babies while we were there!

My angel loves to clap. And be praised! She is just so precious!

Spring is so busy! I'm trying to soak it all up! 

Our Easter Celebration!

Busy and Beach

This week was super busy! I think every Spring week is! My Lilly tote was packed full Monday morning!

Tuesday night was our JSL Spring Banquet. I'm excited and also a little weepy that I only have a year of service left. I'm going to be representing JSL's future next year as the Vice President. I'm so excited about the girls that I talked to at the Provisional Meet and Greet! 

We so enjoyed our Spring Break! We spent the last half of the week in Destin. Molly Caroline loved the sand! We loved the relaxation of beach time and just getting away. We got to see Tara and Marisha too! These are some of my phone pics...

Thursday night we went to George and Louie's with our neighbors! We've all been so busy and traveling that it was so nice to catch up!

Today is the Rose City Walk and our church egg hunt, but it's rainy and kind of cold. Not sure what we will make it to. Happy Easter Weekend!