Hannah playing on her play mat

Hannah with Cousin Esther and Great-Grandma!

Hannah being cute!

Hanging out in our swing!

Our Weekend

Stuart and I used to spend our weekends going out to dinner, going out with friends, etc. Now, we spend them cooking and going to bed early. That's pretty much how our weekend went this weekend too. Saturday though, we went to a wedding shower for our friend Brittany. We had so much fun being able to see our friends Brandon, Kimberly, and their little boy Jackson who is about 6 and half months old. He is really funny! Brandon and Stuart were roommates together in Dallas and in Midland before Stuart got married. We were able to bring Hannah with us but she slept the whole time. Saturday afternoon, Stuart got a massage that I had given him for Valentines Day and I worked on a school. Sunday was a gorgeous day! Not windy, and very warm! Our Internet, cable, and phone (all with Suddenlink) were not working!!! So, I took Hannah on her first walk. We had a really good time! (The dogs were heartbroken that I went on a walk without them!). I had also planned on updating our blog this weekend, and because the internet was down, I didn't get the chance. I did however, add some new pictures to the computer! Hope you enjoy!

Mommy goes back to work

In exactly 2 months from yesterday, I will graduate from UT Medical Branch with a Masters in Nursing and will be a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (once I take a huge board exam!). I am currently enrolled in 2 courses, one being my final pediatric clinical course. I was really fortunate to be able to accrue extra hours last semester by doing extra days at the Kelsey Seybold clinic in the Woodlands. I am not sure what would of been easier now, doing clincals while I was 9 months pregnant and huge/tired/waddling etc, or now with a newborn at home. I started yesterday at Hannah's pediatrician's office working with a wonderful very experienced PNP who is a really great role-model and mentor for a novice like myself. The clinic is actually in our neighborhood and right around the corner from our house! It was REALLY tough leaving Hannah for the whole day and I missed her so much! She stayed at my mom's all day and did great! I am soooo thankful that my mom lives here and happily takes care of Hannah so I can finish school. This is such a relief and if I didn't have her help, I am not sure I would of been able to finish school this Spring. Although I missed Hannah, I had a really good time being back in the clinical setting and saw several patients that I know! I either know the patients from the hospital or just from being from Midland, and this was something that I really missed while I was doing my rotations in Houston. I was really exhausted when I got home and couldn't wait for mom to bring Hannah back! ( I have to change and bathe first so that I don't bring home any germs to Hannah!) For the next 6 weeks, I will be doing clinicals on Mondays and Wednesdays and leaving Hannah with Grandmommy.

Visiting Daddy at work

Hannah loves her mommy!

For about the past week Hannah has been sleeping through the night! Literally! We have been going to bed around 11:30pm and she goes right to sleep. She has been sleeping anywhere from 5:30 to 7:00. I am so proud of her! She must have realized that her mom needs her sleep. This is especially good because on Monday I start my last clinical rotation which means, we can no longer sleep in until noon. I am excited about starting clinicals but sad to have to be away from Hannah during the day. It is only 2 days a week and my mom will be keeping her. But this will be my first time away from her for more than just a few hours. I do plan on coming home and nursing her at lunch. Hopefully, the busy season of pediatrics will have started to level off. It has been over 2 months now since I have been in the clincal setting.

We hope that everyone enjoyed their Valentines Day! We left Hannah with Mimi and Stuart and I went to Luigis with Austen and Sara! It was really nice to go out and dinner was wonderful! I did miss Hannah though :) Mimi said that she did great with her. Stuart and I are really lucky to have our families here to babysit!