What we've been up to...

I know.. I know.. it's been a long time since I have posted anything. I have just been really busy!
Lets see... since I last posted I finished my second semester of nursing school with a high 'B' ( 10 people failed... so I was pretty stoked with my grade.) That was a really time consuming and mentally challenging semester. I was so happy for it to be over!

I had a total of 5 days off, and then I started into my third semester, Mental Health/Psych. I have to say I really enjoyed this class. It was so much less time consuming, but it was packed into a short six weeks, so it was alot to learn quickly. We had a total of 2 test and a patient care plan, and that was all our grade consisted of. I loved my clinical experience. I was a little nervous to be working with these types of patients, but I really came to enjoy my time with each of them. It was not physically draining, but emotionally exhausting at times, because you really have to use your mind. You have to think before you speak and you are always assessing behavior. Our whole group really came to love the people we were so blessed to serve. If anyone needed a kind word and attention , it's these patients.
Well, the six weeks litterally flew by, and I finished 6/20/08. I came through with an 'A'. I was so very excited!!
It's been nice to not have to do anything, and to be at home with my boys. With my work schedule, I still only have Brayden the weekend and two days out of the week. We ended up doing some shoping one day, and the next we were lazy and spend time around the house, but we did manage to go to the park for an hour. Man was it hot! He had fun. He mostly wanted to play with anything that wasn't a play thing, trees, sticks, climbing stairs, but not going down the slides. He's so funny. We definately have an active child, and he loves to be outside. We really wish we had a fence! It would be really nice. I think next Thursday we are going to go to the jumpy place. It has theinflatables indoors, and on thursdays it has a "toddler time." So, only 5 and under are allowed, which would be perfect for my little guy. I'll have to let you know how that goes. I am pretty sure he will love it, because he is really into jumping. right now. He takes our hands and says "I jump!" And we lift him up and jump. He also loves to get into his crib, hold onto the sides and jump. So, I think this place will be a little bit of heaven for him.

So, in Brayden news...
* He turned 22 months on 6/23/08
* He climbed out of his crib for the first time 6/7/08--- toddler bed in the near future ( he hasn't done it upon awakening since, but frequently does it while playing.)
* He loves to climb up the changing table, then dives into the crib from there
*Climbs onto the arm of the couch, stands up and then procedes to jump off and land his backside onto the back cushions of the couch---Completely freaks me out... a BIG "NO NO", but he insists on trying to do it still.
* LOVES "Finding NEMO", "CARS", and "TOY STORY."
* 6/25/08 started to poop in the tub again. I quickly rushed him from the tub onto the toilet. So my big boy went poo poo on the potty! YEAH! Too bad it wasn't because he said "Mommy I poo poo" and then I put him on the toilet. We are going to begin the venture of potty training soon. I think he is ready.

Alright... well... in other news... Even though I am out of school for two months, I am still really busy. My friend Shandra and I have started a business. "Shandy Baby" . It is a children's boutique. we handcraft all the items and we started going to children's boutiqes in town to get our name out there. We got really good responses from the 3 that we visited. We even got our first order! So, we are totally excited. It's something that we LOVE to do, so if we can make some money of it, even better. We are just starting out, but if you want to check out website www.shandybaby.ecrater.com I 'd love to hear what you think! ( Prices are a little high, because we are selling wholsale to boutiques, but if you are interested in anything, we can do it for a cheaper price.) Our items make really unique baby shower gifts and can all be personalized =)

We have three girls at work that are about to pop, and have done stuff for them, and it's been a great motivator for us to get this up and going.

I will post pictures tomorrow. I am sure that I have tons to share.