All by myself...

...don't wanna be! So, Brian left for drill out in Boise on Monday (the 4th) and won't be back until the 22nd. That leaves just me and BJ at home. I'm glad I at least have him and work 3 days a week to pre-occupy my time. Other than that, things get a little creepy at night. Oh, and I've been having huge feelings of guilt leaving BJ home alone while I'm at work for 12 hours. Brian was able to get a dog door in before he left, so he can come and go as he pleases, it's just that he's such a social dog that he's probably depressed all day. When I come home he's literally jumping up and down...poor pup. I know I'm pathetic! I can only imagine what it will be like to leave the baby and go back to work, but at least someone will be with him the whole time. But, I'm trying to keep busy. There's 5 girls due this month in my ward, so I'm trying to get stuff prepared for that, and I will have 5 days off in a row starting next week, so I'm probably going to drive out to Boise and see my bro and his family and hope to get a chance to see Brian...no garauntees though...yeah for military training! Anyway, off to the doctor....

10 Things I love

So, my Mamy (Amy to the rest of the world), tagged me...which is a first, so thanks! Anywho, the purpose of this, as the title indicates, is to list 10 things that I love. So, here it goes:

1. My husband. This is probably a duh statement, and even though I tell him everyday that I love him, it's always good that everyone else knows that too. He's such a hard worker and is so concerned already about his unborn son that it makes me kind of teary at times (and it doesn't matter that I cry a lot anyway!).

2. My BJ. I never would have thought that I would love a dog so much! He always keeps us laughing and entertained, and he's such a snuggle bug.

3. Reading a good book. It really doesn't take much to entertain me, but I love reading and getting sucked into another world. It's sometimes really hard to pull me out of it.

4. Thunderstorms. I miss them greatly! Living in Rexburg, we're lucky if we get any rain...but it sure loves to snow!

5. Kansas City. My home. I miss so much about it...the culture, the shopping, the restaurants and of course family and friends!

6. Food. Sadly, there's very few foods I don't enjoy, and I love trying new ones.

7. Traveling. I love discovering all the different cultures and lifestyles to be found all around the world.

8. Cute little old people. These are my favorites to take care of in the hospital. You can learn so much from them, and they have the best sense of humor!

9. The temple. I especially love having a temple about 5 minutes away. It's always a nice break to go and just "be".

10 Sleeping in. This means something a little differently to me probably than most because anything past 5:00 am is sleeping in, but I just love being able to wake up when I want to and not when the alarm tells me I need to.

I'M TAGGING:

Amy Merritt
Laurie Wilcox
Melanie West
April Warnick
Morgan Hillman
Michelle Storey

Only in Idaho!

So we finally got a chance to go camping for the first time this year. We went to our favorite spot just above Kelly Canyon Ski Resort (it's mostly our favorite because it's free!). But the strangest thing occurred. You know you're in Idaho when...you go camping and cows keep wandering into your campsite all night long. Who the heck lets their cows roam in the mountains?! Needless to say we only slept off and on, but BJ had a blast being able to run all over the place. We all were filthy, but that's part of the fun!

Home sweet home. Yes, we do have a full queen size air mattress in there.
BJ just didn't know where to go first, there were so many new things to explore!
BJ contemplating running up into the mountains.
If you look carefully, you can see Brian gathering fire wood...where's Waldo?
Some of his find!

Going for a hike...don't forget your gun. I didn't last very long on this hike, but BJ and Brian had fun. Being almost 7 months pregnant isn't the most exciting time to go camping, but I did remarkably well...except for the hike part. I just couldn't make it all the way...got too hot too fast!

Tin foil dinners...yummy!

Crazy week!

What a crazy but mostly fun week it's been! After I got off work last Sunday, Brian & I drove down to my parents house in West Jordan all excited that Brian was out of school for 7 weeks so we could play a little bit. Here's where the excitement begins.

We woke up on Monday and found out that my sister-in-law Julia had gone to the hospital over night thinking she had kidney stones. I guess they changed their minds and decided is was fluid around her kidneys. I'm not sure they ever figured out for sure what was going on, but decided they should go ahead and induce her. She was 37 1/2 weeks, so they weren't too concerned. So Brian & I went down to their house and stayed the night with their kids while Cason Scott Rosenlund was born. Remember she was only 37 1/2 weeks along...the kid weighed in at 8.2 pounds and 18 inches long! I could not imagine how big he would have gotten if they would have waited until the actual due date!

Well the poor little guy ended up having some complications. As my brother Darren put it, on the way out he "swallowed some lake water," and was having some difficulty breathing. They ended up putting a tube down him to help him breathe and put medicine down to help expand the lungs, but the tube was down too far and the medicine only got to one lung. Needless to say, only one lung ended up expanding, so by 2:00 AM they transferred him to a different hospital with better ventilators for babies to try and help him breathe better. He's doing much better and might actually be coming home today. He's a cutie.


The sad part is, that for some reason, we didn't get out our camera the whole time we where down there and hanging out with cute Abe and Bella, so we have no proof of the whole adventure. Those kids did surprisingly great without their mommy and daddy home all night long. They're getting so big.

On Tuesday, my mom threw me a baby shower with all the family that was in the area. It was so fun to see cousins I hadn't seen in 4 years, and even some of Brian's family was able to come. Again, I'm lame and didn't take any action pictures of the party, but here's some pictures of my favorite items. My sister had made a "diaper cake" and this was on it. I'm sure they won't stay on his feet, but I can't wait for him to get here so that we can put them on him.


Finally, once we came back I had to deal with crazy busy work at the new hospital (if you build it, they will come...and come...and come!), but we've also been able to get some more work done on the baby's room. I love the color that we've painted it. Don't worry, I'll post some pictures of it when we're all done. Like I said...a crazy week!

Half-way there!

So we had a "brunch" this morning for Brian's nursing class. After they've completed their "freshman" year, they have a ceremony for them and give them a certificate and patches to wear on their uniforms. They used to give them the old fashioned nursing hats, but since those are a bit outdated (yuck!), they now give them patches that will signify when they graduate. It was kind of fun. We sat at a table with a bunch of his buddies that I had worked with during their clinicals at my hospital. They're a funny group of guys!

Brian getting his certificate. Someone yelled for him to turn around and it worked out perfectly. Those are a bunc of his "freshman" teachers (by the way, he has way too many credits to really be a "freshman").
Me embarassing Brian by making him stop so I can get a picture. All his buddies were egging him on!
Here's of picture of us, and for those of you who have been dying to see my fatness...there it is!
They had a class picture after the breakfast. This will be the one that will hang on the wall down in the nursing department. Brian is sitting on the front row third in from the left.

Lia Sophia

That's right...I've finally succumbed and have become an advisor for Lia Sophia. I love this stuff! So, if anyone wants me to throw a show for you, just let me know (they have awesome hostess benefits!). I'm so excited!

Our 4th of July

This year was the first year since we've been up here that I didn't have to work the day after the 4th, so we were able to go up to Idaho Falls and see the fireworks. But, I did end up working that day. One of my patients was kind of funny. He's from the UK and was doing a national parks tour when he got sick. But, he was telling me how his nurse had come in the night before and told him "happy 4th of July!" He said his response was "why would that make me happy....we lost!" A very good, but clever, point.





Anyway, after I got off work, we drove up to I.F. to meet up with the group who'd already picked a spot on the Greenbelt. I probably wasn't the best of company since I was so tired, but it was great to spend time with friends and family, and enjoy some of the freedoms we are able to be blessed with in this great nation. We even took poor BJ along, even though we know how much he's enjoyed fireworks before (major sarcasm). We put cotton balls in his ears, and that seemed to keep him from going frantic, but he still shook the whole time...poor buddy, but he did watch them at least, instead of trying to hide. Anyway, here's some pictures from the day!





Liz with her patriotic cake!



Our cute BJ. His red handkerchief was the closest we could get to finding him something patriotic.


The three of us. We really did try to get him to look at the camera!



We were right across the river from the Idaho Falls temple. It was really pretty, our camera just stinks!



Some of the fireworks...this actually turned out better than I thought it would!