Baby girl

I just love these pictures!  Check out babe's hair-do!  And the popular hand comparison shot.  

Sitting, Waiting, Wishing

So I'm back here hanging out with my new BFF, Mia.... We are pretty much in love (its a good thing Max doesn't know how to read yet...he might be jealous)  It is amazing how strong this little girl is.  She has endured more in three months then I have  in 29 years!  Okay, 31 years...  She is really my hero.  I just wish that I could give her a break and breathe for her and have my heart beat 180 times a minute, even for just an hour!  It just doesn't seem fair.  Being in the hospital has really given me a new perspective on being a nurse and understanding the patient's and family's perspectives.  I think it has made me better at what I do.  Sure its a lot easier to hold a little baby than to calm down someone in drug or alcohol withdrawal or someone who has been in the waiting room for an hour (I will post a blog on that later, I'm sure) but I think that I will be more understanding of their situation.

Mia and I have an agreement that if she can just hold on a little longer then I would buy her a car when she turns 16.  She didn't seem impressed but I assured her that it was a big deal.  I don't want her cousins to be sad so I will have to see what I can work out for them.....better start saving now!

Best aunt ever!

So Jense's birthday was on the first.... If he couldn't wake up to mom and baby being home he would wake up to a special birthday breakfast.  I made him (and John, Jim, and Ellie) blueberry pancakes.  John picked a few year's worth of blueberries and we put them to good use.   I think Jensen liked the 5 in whipped cream so much that he didn't eat it!  I think he had a pretty good day.  This pretty much concluded his birthday week....even though he is still working on opening up his presents.  

Ellie's favorite part of breakfast was torturing Max with the sausage... it seemed kind of cruel. 

 I put Max outside so he didn't have to bast in the aroma of breakfast meats but that didn't 

stop her!  Poor baby boy.  He really would like to be human.

Look at me...big blogger!

So after months of nagging I am finally starting a blog. My sister has asked me to do this and I always responded with "What am I going to blog about? This is what Max did today..." That is only exciting to me, I know. But now I am up here in Washington and there are other things happening. I am a single mom part-time, I have a new job, I go long amounts of time without talking to another adult....so much to say!

I am at Children's right now, I just want to hug and love and kiss Miss Mia but she is in sleepytown and you don't want to disturb that. I wish I could give her my heart or trade a kidney for a heart on the organ black market....anyone know anything about that...maybe contact me personally... I also have a functioning liver. I am kidding of course Mimi! Jeeze...

The kids are fun. I especially love it when Ellie asks me, "Why are you still here? When are you going home? I want my room back!" I at least have an ace in the hole with Jensen...he is in love with Max and I see that as a bargining chip. I haven't had to use it yet. He is such a good kid.

I have worked two nights in the ER and realize that they are all the same. I love my old ER in Provo though. I miss you guys!