Wednesday, March 19, 2014
The joy of motherhood
I was pursuing Stephanie Nielson's blog (nieniedialogues.com) today as I often do when I just really want to put off doing homework and read this entry. She sure has a way of putting my thoughts on being a mother down so precisely! These are exactly the feelings I have quite often when looking at my girls in the small moments of joy and peace. :) Being a mother truly is the most rewarding job ever! Yes, I have moments...OK, lots of moments...where I just want to run away and hide, but there is such joy that comes from my little girls that I know I couldn't get elsewhere! Maybe this is why I find it hard to have a set career plan for once I graduate. All I really want to do is be a mom 24/7!
Friday, September 27, 2013
Handling life as a mother of two
A little spiritual enlightenment to start out my morning - I listened to this today. It was great! It really helped me. I have really been at the "edge of my knowledge" lately. But as they so eloquently put it in this radio clip, that's the secret to adulthood, we are always on the edge of our knowledge. It's OK that I don't know what to do, because I can make it a matter of prayer and scripture study and take it to the temple and the Lord will help me, the Lord will guide me! I love this comment, "What would a holy woman do? - A holy woman will give all that she has to the most important things." When I seek to do the most important things I am doing what I need to. I don't need to do everything, I just need to do the most important things, which happen to be my girls. They are more important than everything else.
I started back to school this week! I always over stress at the beginning of the semester. I've decided that it's actually kind of nice that I have to prepare a week in advance for my first day because I can get all the extra stress out of the way and have a little bit of a more relaxed day. I'm really excited for this semester because my all-day-school day is Tuesday and Jon has Tuesday's off. You know what that means, daddy gets to stay home and be with the girls while mommy goes to school. Veja was so funny on Tuesday. She was cuddling on the couch with Jon as I was getting ready to leave when I went over to say goodbye and tell her that I was going to school. Do you know what she tells me? "Go to school mom!" She was so happy to be with her daddy, and not sad at all about me leaving. This is going to be a good semester! :) The best part is coming home to my whole family! They all get big smiles on their faces and come give me the best loves! Being MOM is my favorite!
I started back to school this week! I always over stress at the beginning of the semester. I've decided that it's actually kind of nice that I have to prepare a week in advance for my first day because I can get all the extra stress out of the way and have a little bit of a more relaxed day. I'm really excited for this semester because my all-day-school day is Tuesday and Jon has Tuesday's off. You know what that means, daddy gets to stay home and be with the girls while mommy goes to school. Veja was so funny on Tuesday. She was cuddling on the couch with Jon as I was getting ready to leave when I went over to say goodbye and tell her that I was going to school. Do you know what she tells me? "Go to school mom!" She was so happy to be with her daddy, and not sad at all about me leaving. This is going to be a good semester! :) The best part is coming home to my whole family! They all get big smiles on their faces and come give me the best loves! Being MOM is my favorite!
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Anxious
I'm just slightly anxious about school starting next week! I have loved my vacation from school, but I'm afraid I got a little too comfortable with it. My first day of class is next Tuesday, but since I'm in the hybrid program that means I get to start listening to lectures and preparing for class now. Oh joy. I always seem to over stress at the beginning of the semester. I just want to do well and I really want to learn the material. I don't want to be a nurse that passed nursing school, I want to be a nurse that learned everything she possibly could while in school. I'm afraid I set my standards too high though because it is hard to be a fully dedicated student while I have two sweet little girls who depend on me every day. I guess I need to figure out how to relieve my stress and get everything done while still being the mom that I want to be and not making our home a crazy house. My goal this semester is to focus on my spiritual learning first, that way I can be worthy to have the spirit with me as I study and be mom.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
The Rundown
Wow, I've been bad about posting anything since I started nursing school! My last "update" was in November! We've been up to quite a bit since then!
Here's the rundown:
Jon graduated from ASU in May and submitted his dental school application this week! Now the waiting game begins! We are crossing our fingers and praying that we will get in to the school we're meant to go to and that we'll be able to know without a doubt that is where we should go! He is enjoying his extra time to himself. He has been disc golfing and mountain biking lots since he finished school. We sure have enjoyed having him available to play with more! :)
Danae has been busy being a mom and nursing student. :) Thankfully I've been on brake for the last month and a half so I'm finally getting the chance to unwind and really enjoy my girls. I start back on September 24th and I'm stoked for this next semester (we're studying peds and OB!! Babies!!!)! I've been working on really putting our house in order. It sure takes a lot of time and work...especially with two little ones running around!
Veronika is now officially potty trained! I LOVE having a toddler who no longer wears diapers that I have to change! I drug my feet for a long time...but I finally gave in and I'm never going back. It was surprisingly easier than I thought it would be. Who knew?!
I guess I should put in a word about the whole almost-cutting-her-finger-off incident since that happened since the last time I posted. In March she decided to see how disk breaks work and almost cut her finger off! We are now parents who are experienced in ER trips with their little one! I have to say that I do NOT want to do that again anytime soon! Her finger looks great now and you can hardly tell other than her deformed nail and a slight scar. She uses it just fine and it doesn't seem to bother her any more. I wish I could say that she is more cautious as a result...but that is not the case. She takes after her daddy and loves to live life on the edge.
Natalia turned one last week! My baby is GONE and in her place is a beautiful and intelligent toddler. She finally got some teeth last month (I was beginning to think that she was never going to get teeth since she waited 10 months)! She is currently trying to cut all for front teeth on top and two on the bottom - poor baby! She does however have one of her one year molars peeking through the gums, so at least she's not getting ALL her teeth at the same time! She started crawling at 5 1/2 months and walking at 9! She is ahead in all of her development...except for the teething. Silly girl.
Our Tallie has really opened up the last little bit and loves to explore and discover new things. I can see that cute little mind working all the time! She makes the funniest faces and sure does entertain us! She is definitely a mommy's girl! I love that she loves me so much!
I think that about catches us up. Well I guess besides the fact that we moved in April! We moved into a house! I absolutely LOVE it and am really enjoying having space! You know that thing I only dreamed about while living in a small little one bedroom apartment with our family of 4! Funny thing is that I can't imagine cramming everything into such a small space again, we seem to have accumulated even more stuff since we moved! We are still in Gilbert, just a couple of miles away from our families. The house is just under 1600 sq feet, three stories with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. It is just right for our little family and we are loving finally having that sense of "being on our own" officially!
How about some pictures?
Here's the rundown:
Jon graduated from ASU in May and submitted his dental school application this week! Now the waiting game begins! We are crossing our fingers and praying that we will get in to the school we're meant to go to and that we'll be able to know without a doubt that is where we should go! He is enjoying his extra time to himself. He has been disc golfing and mountain biking lots since he finished school. We sure have enjoyed having him available to play with more! :)
Danae has been busy being a mom and nursing student. :) Thankfully I've been on brake for the last month and a half so I'm finally getting the chance to unwind and really enjoy my girls. I start back on September 24th and I'm stoked for this next semester (we're studying peds and OB!! Babies!!!)! I've been working on really putting our house in order. It sure takes a lot of time and work...especially with two little ones running around!
Veronika is now officially potty trained! I LOVE having a toddler who no longer wears diapers that I have to change! I drug my feet for a long time...but I finally gave in and I'm never going back. It was surprisingly easier than I thought it would be. Who knew?!
I guess I should put in a word about the whole almost-cutting-her-finger-off incident since that happened since the last time I posted. In March she decided to see how disk breaks work and almost cut her finger off! We are now parents who are experienced in ER trips with their little one! I have to say that I do NOT want to do that again anytime soon! Her finger looks great now and you can hardly tell other than her deformed nail and a slight scar. She uses it just fine and it doesn't seem to bother her any more. I wish I could say that she is more cautious as a result...but that is not the case. She takes after her daddy and loves to live life on the edge.
Natalia turned one last week! My baby is GONE and in her place is a beautiful and intelligent toddler. She finally got some teeth last month (I was beginning to think that she was never going to get teeth since she waited 10 months)! She is currently trying to cut all for front teeth on top and two on the bottom - poor baby! She does however have one of her one year molars peeking through the gums, so at least she's not getting ALL her teeth at the same time! She started crawling at 5 1/2 months and walking at 9! She is ahead in all of her development...except for the teething. Silly girl.
Our Tallie has really opened up the last little bit and loves to explore and discover new things. I can see that cute little mind working all the time! She makes the funniest faces and sure does entertain us! She is definitely a mommy's girl! I love that she loves me so much!
I think that about catches us up. Well I guess besides the fact that we moved in April! We moved into a house! I absolutely LOVE it and am really enjoying having space! You know that thing I only dreamed about while living in a small little one bedroom apartment with our family of 4! Funny thing is that I can't imagine cramming everything into such a small space again, we seem to have accumulated even more stuff since we moved! We are still in Gilbert, just a couple of miles away from our families. The house is just under 1600 sq feet, three stories with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. It is just right for our little family and we are loving finally having that sense of "being on our own" officially!
How about some pictures?
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| Tallie opening one of her presents on her birthday |
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| Cleaning up after the cake Can you tell how much she enjoyed the cake? |
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| I adore this face! |
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| Just playing together :) |
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| I can't get over how beautiful she is! |
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| Sisters :) |
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| I just love that little bum in big girl panties! |
Friday, August 23, 2013
Holy Places
Read this today and really enjoyed it. It made me think of my life and all of the small decisions I have made in my life that have brought me to where I am today, and also about the small decisions that I continue to make that will affect future generations because I am a MOTHER! I hope I can be the type of mother my girls need me to be so that they can grow into the women they are meant to be. But like Sister Cook says, as long as I keep seeking after holy places I can't go wrong. The most important holy place for my girls right now is the one I can create in our home. I've been nudged by the spirit a lot lately to improve the spirit in our home, to more freely invite Him in. This has just given me extra motivation!
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Ponderings
Lately I've been thinking a lot about what being a mother means to me. This probably has to do with the fact that I have recently read Stephanie Nielson's book Heaven is Here. If you haven't read it I highly recommend it! I find that I can relate to Stephanie. All I ever wanted growing up was to be a mother! To marry and have beautiful children that call me "mommy" and love me no matter what! I am living that dream! I have two beautiful little girls who bring me so much joy! But often I find myself caught up in the moment and in the many things that I have on my "to do lists" that I don't take the time to just sit back and enjoy the little things, to teach them the important lessons that I know are my responsibility to teach them. Being in nursing school has added to this as well. But I am on break right now and I have 4 1/2 weeks before I have to get back into school mode. My goal is to enjoy every minute with my sweet little girls! They aren't going to be little forever. In fact my baby turned one on Monday! I can hardly believe it! Where did the time go? And it only gets me thinking about if I truly cherished the tender moments that we had with her as a sweet little baby...because that baby is long gone and a cute little toddler is in her place! I'll admit it, I'm starting to get baby hungry again. My arms are aching to hold a sweet precious brand new life in my arms and know that I made them. But...I have one more year of nursing school! The second year is going to be just as hard if not harder than the first, so I need to push those thoughts away and enjoy my girls, my family in the stage that we are in now. I need to trust that the Lord will let me know when the time is right to add to our little family.
I wanted to share these thoughts that have been going through my head. I promise to post a better update on life soon. (We have internet finally so I can!) Until then...who wants to start a book club with me, my mom, and Chelsea?! :)
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Its about time
I know...I've been really bad at updating. But to my credit, I did start nursing school two months ago and I have two babies to take care of as well as all the other stuff to be a good wife and housewife. Maybe I should take that last part back though because my apartment is a disaster...definitely feeling neglected!
I am absolutely loving nursing school! :) It is so great to finally be in school and doing what I want to do. The best part? Everything just makes sense. Yes, I have to spend a ton of time studying and there are concepts that I don't quite grasp fully, but for the most part it all just makes perfect sense. I'm amazed at how much I have learned in 8 short weeks. Nerdy moment, but I look around at my class randomly when we're in lab practicing our skills and am just amazed at how far we've come. I'm starting to really feel like a nurse! We've got two more weeks of theory and then its onto clinicals and finals. Before I know it my first semester of nursing school will be over!
Some of my favorite parts of nursing school:
I get to wear scrubs to school :)
I have the best classmates! We all get along so well and can just be ourselves and joke around. Plus everyone is so willing to help one another, it's great!
My professors are pretty great.
Today I got to go for a ride in a wheelchair. :) Simple pleasures
Elizabeth Tarwater - a new friend that I'm having so much fun getting to know. I especially love watching her cute pregnant belly grow!
My husband is so supportive of me and understanding. -he helps me to feel better about myself when I start feeling like I'm totally neglecting everything but school
I get to spend most of my week with my babies - only 2 days of in class work!
In other news, Natalia is growing up WAY too fast! Last week she rolled over from her stomach to her back. Can someone please tell her that she's not allowed to grow up so fast?! Today I had a bittersweet moment, my mom told me that she got Tallie (that's our nickname for her...we also call her Talia, or sissy, or just plain baby. Baby is Veja's favorite because that's the one she can actually say) to giggle while I was at school. Bittersweet because I'm excited that she's hit this stage and so excited to figure out what makes her giggle, but sad because I wasn't there to witness it firsthand. Tallie loves to talk and will get so engaged in conversations with whoever is talking to her. It's so sweet and I absolutely love it! She always has the biggest smiles for me. :) So sweet!
We blessed Natalia on the 4th and it was a very special day. IT was a special blessing. :) In it she was told that she will play the role of peacemaker in our family. This doesn't surprise me at all! I can already tell that about her in these first couple months of her life. She is the best baby I could have asked for being in nursing school!
Veronika just keeps getting bigger and bigger. She's starting to get even more independent as well. Both good and bad. She loves to watch movies while I do homework, which sometimes I feel really guilty about. My child is already addicted to TV and she's not even 2 yet! I try to make myself feel better by telling myself that this is only temporary and when I'm finished with nursing school I'll have more time to focus specifically on her. Any advice on how to keep her entertained so that I can do homework is greatly appreciated! What do you do with your little ones when there's something you need to do?
Veja is starting to talk more and more. I just love listening to her little voice. :) On Sunday she even "sang" the closing hymn at church. She's so fun and has the cutest little personality! She's really figuring out her world and discovering just all that she can do. Just the other day she pulled all her toys off the bookshelf and then proceeded to climb in. She's just too funny!
Jon is keeping busy with school and work. But he still manages to be the best husband ever! I don't know how I ever got so lucky! I think I'll keep him...like FOREVER! :) Yeah, forever sounds pretty darn good!
I am absolutely loving nursing school! :) It is so great to finally be in school and doing what I want to do. The best part? Everything just makes sense. Yes, I have to spend a ton of time studying and there are concepts that I don't quite grasp fully, but for the most part it all just makes perfect sense. I'm amazed at how much I have learned in 8 short weeks. Nerdy moment, but I look around at my class randomly when we're in lab practicing our skills and am just amazed at how far we've come. I'm starting to really feel like a nurse! We've got two more weeks of theory and then its onto clinicals and finals. Before I know it my first semester of nursing school will be over!
Some of my favorite parts of nursing school:
I get to wear scrubs to school :)
I have the best classmates! We all get along so well and can just be ourselves and joke around. Plus everyone is so willing to help one another, it's great!
My professors are pretty great.
Today I got to go for a ride in a wheelchair. :) Simple pleasures
Elizabeth Tarwater - a new friend that I'm having so much fun getting to know. I especially love watching her cute pregnant belly grow!
My husband is so supportive of me and understanding. -he helps me to feel better about myself when I start feeling like I'm totally neglecting everything but school
I get to spend most of my week with my babies - only 2 days of in class work!
In other news, Natalia is growing up WAY too fast! Last week she rolled over from her stomach to her back. Can someone please tell her that she's not allowed to grow up so fast?! Today I had a bittersweet moment, my mom told me that she got Tallie (that's our nickname for her...we also call her Talia, or sissy, or just plain baby. Baby is Veja's favorite because that's the one she can actually say) to giggle while I was at school. Bittersweet because I'm excited that she's hit this stage and so excited to figure out what makes her giggle, but sad because I wasn't there to witness it firsthand. Tallie loves to talk and will get so engaged in conversations with whoever is talking to her. It's so sweet and I absolutely love it! She always has the biggest smiles for me. :) So sweet!
We blessed Natalia on the 4th and it was a very special day. IT was a special blessing. :) In it she was told that she will play the role of peacemaker in our family. This doesn't surprise me at all! I can already tell that about her in these first couple months of her life. She is the best baby I could have asked for being in nursing school!
Veronika just keeps getting bigger and bigger. She's starting to get even more independent as well. Both good and bad. She loves to watch movies while I do homework, which sometimes I feel really guilty about. My child is already addicted to TV and she's not even 2 yet! I try to make myself feel better by telling myself that this is only temporary and when I'm finished with nursing school I'll have more time to focus specifically on her. Any advice on how to keep her entertained so that I can do homework is greatly appreciated! What do you do with your little ones when there's something you need to do?
Veja is starting to talk more and more. I just love listening to her little voice. :) On Sunday she even "sang" the closing hymn at church. She's so fun and has the cutest little personality! She's really figuring out her world and discovering just all that she can do. Just the other day she pulled all her toys off the bookshelf and then proceeded to climb in. She's just too funny!
Jon is keeping busy with school and work. But he still manages to be the best husband ever! I don't know how I ever got so lucky! I think I'll keep him...like FOREVER! :) Yeah, forever sounds pretty darn good!
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