OB Clinicals

So this week and the last I've had OB clinicals-also known as labor and delivery. It was awesome! I don't ever want to be an OB nurse for various reasons, but watching births and c-sections was so cool! Those poor little heads after they come out from a regular birth are just hilarious, I'm sorry but brand new newborns look like aliens covered in cream cheese, but they're still adorable. Only babies could pull that off. I loved watching the daddies face as they saw their new baby for the first time, a couple of them cried and I got a little misty eyed myself I must admit. It's also got me reconsidering waiting to have kids, but not really, just wanting to. And it doesn't help that Tanner is so cute talking about it all the time. It was a lot of fun though and Thursday I was in the nursery just holding babies all day, loved it!! It also made me realize that I am taking a shower before I come to the hospital cause birth isn't exactly the best-smelling event and I would like to minimize that (especially ever since Tanner told me all the moms he has to draw blood on at the hospital right after they're had their babies smell like butt, I've already told him he better never say that after I just had a baby). There is also a lot more gushing/stretching-in-ways-I-never-thought-possible than I ever realized. It really is a miracle though and was such a fun experience!

So adorable....

Last night I got off work and was talking to the hubs about our day, and do you know what he was doing? He had been reading Parenting magazines for the past hour and was telling me all the things he learned about kids and how bad he wants a wee babay (insert irish accent. He didn't actually do an accent, I just felt it would have been a good place for one). I love my hubby so much, he's definitely the cutest man I've ever met.

Spring Fever!!

So, I'm not sure I'm using spring fever in the right context, but in my case, it means that the weather is finally getting warm and I'm sick of being cooped up inside all the time!! I can't wait to go camping or somewhere in the mountains!! I have a break from school the first week of May, it will be too cold for camping, but does anyone want to go hiking or fishing? Or....both?!? I know I'm getting pretty 'in-tents' (harhar I crack myself up sometimes), but ya'll should come, it'll be great and I'll be an LPN by then, so I can hopefully nurse you back to health if you get hurt.

Warning: Tanner and I don't believe in germs in the wilderness. So don't think less of us when you see us gut the fish, then eat something shortly thereafter.

Thankful to be alive

So I had clinical on Friday out at the little airport by Salt Lake International, a bit of a drive from our place. I hop in my car and I'm on my way and I just kept having a bad feeling about driving and that I should pull over and check the tires. You see, our front left tire has a slow leak, so every 2-3 weeks, we just give it a little boost, we all can use one once in a while. Anyway, I was almost to the freeway entrance and the feeling was overwhelming, so I pulled over into a church parking lot. I got out and looked at that dang tire--it was fine! So I was about to hop back in the car and had another feeling the check the tires (I think Heavenly Father knows me pretty well and that I can be quite blonde, he said check the tires, not tire). I go to the other side of the car and my back tire was completely flat!!!! It wasn't popped, I was able to reinflate it and I waited and it was safe, but I just thought how bad it would have been if the Spirit hadn't of told me to pull over. I'm so thankful for how much the Lord cares about us! Who knows, maybe it would have blown out and I would have just pulled over and been fine, but I'm happy not knowing.

I want a dog..

So I would love to get a dog, my first choices would be one of these two:

A great dane, I know they're ginormous, but they're also adorable and I love big dogs.

I usually am not a fan of little dogs, but these guys have won me over: A shih tzu/poodle mix.

Unfortunately, they're called a Shih Poo, but they make up for their name in cuteness! And they woundn't shed, which is a huge plus!

This is Tanner's choice: a pug. I don't know how I'd feel about it, I love animals and I would love it if we got one, but I don't know if I would get one by choice. Those goofy little faces and curly tails would probably grow on me though. :)

I love labs and have had them my whole life, but the shedding has put them out of the running.

Success thus far!!

So, I'm sure you all have been waiting in great anticipation to find out how our cleaning goal is coming. This is day 5 and our apartment is still clean! There are NO clothes on our bedroom floor, it's amazing! Our hampers are fulfilling their calling in life and filled with clothes. Our kitchen has clean counters and the garbage isn't overflowing. The kitchen table is clean enough we can eat dinner there, it's fabulous. I used to think being a neat freak was overrated, but I take it back, it's amazing! We love being home and it really is so worth it to just keep it clean as you go. I mostly think of Tessa for my example as I go along and her cleaning skills, along with her numchuck(sp?) skills, bowstaff skills....I've been really into quoting Napoleon Dynamite this week, don't ask me why.
Today was our final for Med/Surg nursing, I passed! Yay! Nursing school has taken over my life, but it is going good, at the end of it all, I love learning all these new things and then putting them into practice at clinical. Aren't brains amazing? I have no idea how that mushy thing with all the wiggly lines and being the color of silly putty can actually enable me to learn and remember all this information. Fascinating. I love learning about our bodies, they're amazing! The more I learn about the human body, the more it proves to me that Heavenly Father is real. No way could amoebas mutate into us!? It just works out too perfectly. Scientists say that Creationism is far-fetched, but thinking about a single organism becoming all the creatures on the earth, including us? I find that much harder to explain.
On a different note, we had a neat experience last month. Tanner and I had talked about doing something to help someone out, but we weren't sure about it. Then Tanner got a prompting a few days later that we should do it. He talked to me that night and I knew it was right, so we did it and the people we helped out told us that they had been praying for a miracle that day and then we called them that night! We never would have if it weren't for the Spirit telling Tanner over and over again to do it. It was a wonderful experience, I'm not telling it to brag, I'm sharing it because it made me realize just how aware of us our Heavenly Father really is and that if we're willing, He will answer prayers through us. I felt so blessed that we were able to have that experience and feel His love for us. I'm so grateful for the gospel, it truly is amazing. I was talking to a friend the other day about how wicked the world has become and all the horrible things happening around us. Sometimes it makes me wonder, how can I bring a child into this? But talking we came to the conclusion that having the Lord and his Spirit in our lives is what will get us through. We need faith to do it and it won't be easy, but He will help us know the right things to do to help them through life and hopefully they'll be protected from the bad things in the world and when things do happen, He will help us cope, that is what the Atonement is for. This is a random bunch of thoughts, but I really am so grateful for how blessed I am!

Long Lost Twin

So, I know I've mentioned this before, but I was telling a girl about it at school, so this is to show her Tanner's long lost twin! Yep, it's Steve Zahn (second from the right), and the resemblance is uncanny. Observe the shape of their chins, the same smile, same nose profile, and they both have a prominent brow bone. We were even watching Sahara with my sisters and convinced them that it was Tanner in the movie, they totally believed it! Can you even tell the difference?? Ok, you probably can, but you have to admit, it's pretty freaky.