California Love

Casey, B and I traveled to California in August to visit the ol' Nicky-poo. While we were there, we were able to visit with a few of my high school girl friends for dinner and a beach day!

We visited the Santa Monica Pier and all of Santa Monica and Venice Beach

We ate at a great sushi place...

The rolls were enormous!

Nick is a goof!

We went to a Dodger's game. Our seats had a great view...

Sweet, Nick.

We had a ton of fun hanging out, eating, playing shuffle board, eating, going to the beach, eating and did I mention eating? Thanks, Nick, for letting us stay for a week! We're coming back soon!

The Big Debate

We are debating whether to find out what gender our baby is at our next ultrasound. Before we decide. I just wanted to get your opinion on what you think we are having! Vote on the poll above!

Graduation

Me with one of my professors

YAY! The day finally arrived! I graduated with my Master of Science in Nursing degree in July! I can't believe I am done!

Graduation was great! My parents, Casey, B and my aunts and uncle came to cheer me on! Afterwards we went to a great lunch in downtown IC.

It's hard to believe I won't be attending classes or clinicals ever again, but believe me, I think I can cope. :) Now I just need to move on to studying for my Family Nurse Practitioner boards in October and start looking for a job!

*Boards are tentatively scheduled for October 8th. I have been studying my patoot off so hopefully I will feel prepared going into the test.

Happy Father's Day!

Father's Day started off like any other day, except that I had not been feeling well for the last week or so. Just being funny, I thought I would take a pregnancy test and guess what? It was positive!! I was so excited and nervous I showed B the test right away. We were in complete shock!

Thankfully now, the shock has almost completely worn off with the bloating and nausea and has been replaced with pure joy and excitement! We are currently now 18 weeks along and I feel great! I just wear out easily and love naps!

We have already had a few appointments with the Midwifery group at UIHC and have had two ultrasounds that all looked fine and we passed our initial genetic screenings with flying colors. I am doing great! I have not gained that much weight yet and the midwives want me to start packing on a pound a week. Whew! It is a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it. Actually, I think I am struggling with that assignment because I feel like all I do is eat and I just haven't gained more than a few pounds through the whole pregnancy. We have our next appointment at the beginning of October, so I guess we'll see how I do...

My belly bump is just starting to show, but it's enough that my jeans feel too tight when I sit down. So...I either just unbutton them or wear stretchy pants. My mom took me to get some maternity jeans this last weekend and talk about depressing. There are absolutely no cute 20-something maternity clothes in the IC area. I don't understand this, but it's true. So we walked away with one pair of pants and the plan to just order online as I need clothes.

Gone Fishing...

In June, shortly after B finished with coaching the West High soccer team for the summer, he and his dad packed up and went to Canada for a week of Man-cation, full of fishing and boating. While someday I would like to be a part of this trip, I am glad I missed out on all of the rain and cold weather they experienced this year. I guess that kind of weather makes for good fishing though as they caught tons of 'em this year. Unfortunately for me, they released most and ate the rest. They had a great time though and I'm glad B has been able to make this a yearly event with his dad!

B's dad

Their cabin

That looks like a small one...

B's A Soccer Coach!

B accepted a position to coach the JV squad at West High this last spring. This has been a dream of his for a long time, so was super excited to start! His team was a misfit team of boys from all grades, but they did a great job and had a great season!

Part of B's job was to be one of the assistant coaches to the Varsity squad. He stayed busy with all of their games and practices, but it paid off in the end. The team had an undefeated season and won the state championships! It was awesome to watch!

He is planning on continuing with the JV team this season as well! I can't wait to watch more games and see how the team does during this re-building year!

We're Back!

Hello all! After a long hiatus, we are back to blogging.

Why the long break after barely starting? Well...we've been busy! And Bowser has been lazy! But we're back at it and thought I would start by catching you up on all that has been going on in the Tweet world. So bare with me as we travel back to this last summer.