Neonatal Nurses Day

Happy Neonatal Nurses day to all of those who know who they are!  I cannot believe still that I get to do one of the most rewarding, challenging, and humbling jobs.  I may not be at the bedside as much as a charge nurse, but I have experienced even more over this past year and continued to grow in my profession.  I have both helped new life come into this world and also held sweet babies as they left this life.  I have the best co-workers and the best patients.  Needless to say, I love my JOB!  Thank you God for letting me do this for a living and for always being with me because I could not do this without my faith in Him!

Just another day at the "office" ;)

The triplets!  Love this family and those baby girls.
What a great story-- Born at 27weeks and they all 3 went home at the same time!  

Last days of Summer... First day of School!

     Looks like summer has come to an end... and a new school year is just beginning!  We finished up the summer with a last little trip to the beach with the family and then the lake house over Labor day weekend.  Emily started 4K the next week with Mrs. Brown.  She was the flag holder her first week in school!  She has been having a BLAST and absolutely loves it of course.  She has already learned how to write her name better (and loves to practice it over and over again), and comes home with new songs each week.  Matt is staying in his home "bubble" until May...  especially while this respiratory virus is out!  I think this is going to be a bad respiratory and flu season coming up this year.  Prayers appreciated in advance for healthy-as-possible children!  He has already had a fever since having his adenoids out (more blood work too) and is now going to have a CT scan of his lungs and sinus cavities to rule out any underlying infection that is not detected on X-ray.  Looks like more anesthesia and more IVs in our near future!  Here's some pictures of our last summer days and Emily's first day of school.

Pool fun in our backyard!

Making silly faces at our friend Emily's house!

Cousins!

Just Girls

My beautiful baby girl Emily

Go Tigers!  First game of the year!

Paused on the jet ski to get a picture of the rainbow (above my head)

Guess he decided to help himself...

Floating at the beach!

Emily and Mommy "selfie"

Matt having fun in the backyard pool

First day of school!!!!

Wow-- First days of dance 2013 and 2014.  Growing fast!

Worn out and fell asleep at 6pm.  Thank you school!  ;)