Father's Day!

     Well, today is Father's Day and it has been wonderful. I was supposed to be working today but since the units census is so low I got to be off. I actually left early yesterday because we were discharging patients. It's been a nice weekend for me.

     Friday, Shaun and I and the boys went to spray sunflowers in Arkansas for a guy Shaun works for and Bryce and Jace got to ride the tractor with daddy. They really loved it, it was lots of fun. Then we left and went to meet Shaun's parents, brother and sister and brother-in-law at Cheminahaut State Park where they had rented a cabin for the weekend. Bryce decided he would stay the night so Shaun, Jace and I came home so I could head to bed and be ready to work on Saturday.

     Saturday found me at work and Shaun and Jace headed back to the park to hang out with the family. I got off work at 2:30 and went to the park to spend some time with the family as well. We played outside, Bryce and Jace loved to big playgrounds in the park. We grilled pork chops, sausage, and duck stuffed with cream cheese and some HOT Bordenaro jalapenos and wrapped in bacon. The duck was awesome! After supper some played dominoes or UNO while Shaun and I bathed both boys in the sink in the bathroom since there was only a shower and we forgot their earplugs! LOL!

     Both boys stayed the night Saturday night. I was lucky enough to be called off work today so I got to eat lunch with Shaun's family for Father's Day. I'm glad to have someone to spend the day with since today is usually hard for me. I miss daddy everyday. Fried Fish and 100 degree weather now finds both boys passed out at home in their beds. Hopefully we won't be up at 11:00 tonight trying to get them back to sleep.

     I'm so lucky to be married to someone who is so dedicated to our two lil men, Shaun is the best with them and I could not ask for more. He has been so good with them and I feel I am truly a lucky woman!

                                 HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!

Bryce's Adventures in Potty Training!

So we have been trying it seems forever to get Bryce to use the potty. That effort hasn't been going to well. For the longest time he was soooo scared of the potty. Even his little potty we bought, just his size. It was like trying to get him to sit down on a seat full of glass. He would literally SCREAM and cry. I couldn't understand it. So for a while we just gave up.
Everyone kept saying he'll do it when he's ready, and I kept thinking well what about when I'm ready, doesn't that count? Apparently not! This week, on Tuesday I think, he decided that was the day! I'd been putting him on "big boy undies" for a couple of weeks and today was no different, big boy undies it was.
All of a sudden I hear feet running down the hall, the bathrooom door fly open, his stepping stool being moved, and then............ NOTHING! I thought, O man what is going on? So I jump up, take off for the bathroom, and there he is standing on his stepping stool in front of the potty spraying everything I think EXCEPT in the potty! LOL! But I was so excited that he had tried I rewarded him with a KitKat and a big hug. Next time I had to direct him a little to shoot for the potty which he did without problems!
Now he thinks everytime he heads for the bathrrom there's gonna be a KitKat reward after he leaves. I think I'd probably give him a whole bag of 'em if he'd poo there too LOL!
Anyway, speak of the devil he's come in here and now he's showing me a video of a combine cutting corn on the Ipod that he thinks is "pretty cooool". He is such a BOY, and this is MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE!
~Luv~

Business!

So I have been sooooo busy this week! I was off Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and then worked Thursday and Friday. I started my new patho class Mon. and still can not figure out how to turn in assignments on this certain system our instructor prefers, and of course she was of NO help when I emailed her asking for directions. How do people expect you to do your work if they won't help at all. Any way...
Tuesday and Wednesday were dedicated to cleaning this NASTY house but after I busted my booty in the hall - I literally think I broke my tailbone - I limped around most of the day there after. I decided after falling in the hall, and having my 3 year old telling me "That's why you have to watch where your going", which I tell him ALL the time, I needed to get to cleaning. My house is now clean, well most of it. Lindsey M. would be ready to get on hands and knees and start scrubbing I'm sure, LOL, but for us it's pretty clean!
Thursday and Friday @ work were AWFUL! I worked the big ICU unit Thursday and was ready to run away half way through the day. And then Friday was CRAZY, literally! But now today is Saturday and Family Reunion day for my mom's moms family. Not really thrilled about it since I will probably be the only younger person there, with two children! But I promised MaMaw I'd be there and I'm going.
Oh, and I started Atkins on Thursday so cheer me on as I try to loose around 65lbs. It's gonna be hard but I'm ready to get it off. So far so good. I've eaten more salad the last three days than probably the last 6 months, but I'm not really minding it. Oh and the Atkins bars and shakes are pretty good too. Overall, not a bad diet. I'll keep you posted, but I don't plan to step on ANY scales until next week sometime, and then I'm only gonna tell ya how much I've lost. Too embarrassed to tell the actual number! LOL!
Well, this is MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE, feel free to join in!
~Luv~

Today

So... today I'm working. UGH! Kinda sux since my hubby is off and the boys are home, but what ya gonna do. It has however been a good day, sorta slow, but good. I found out I finished my technical writing course with an A today! YAY!!! So glad that one's over with. Now on to Pathophysiology which starts tomorrow, not so thrilled about that. Hoping I don't struggle. Maybe the boys will stay occupied enough this summer so I can pass these next two courses. But with a fifteen month old and a three year old that might be a little difficult.
Jace, my sweet little 15 month old, is sooo on the go. Always into something, always doing something, never still. And he LOVES sunglasses, shoes, and hats. If there are a pair of shoes on the floor, even if they are five times too big, he wants them on his feet! He'll bring 'em to you hold 'em up and say " uhhhhh", like hello I need these on my feet, NOW! It's too funny. And Bryce, well he's into everything outside and he's all boy! Loves the dirt and loves to help! He has to help his daddy with everything! And he loves to mow! He is truly a boy to the core!! As you can probably tell, I'm at work missing my sweet family. Can't wait for 7:00 pm so I can get home and see them.
This is my beautiful life!
~Luv~

New to This!

So, this is my first entry and I'm pretty much completely lost! I'm starting this to be able to keep a record of the boys, family life, and of course my life. At this moment I have two wonderful little boys, Bryce who is now 3 and Jace who's 15 months. They are my life!!! And of course my hubby, Shaun, who I could not do anything without. Currently I'm enrolled at Northwestern State University pursuing my BSN and then I plan to apply for the Nurse Practitioner school there as well. I'm working at Glenwood in the ICU 3 days a week and enjoy my home life with the boys the rest of the time. I finished up my first class yesterday. A technical writing class, and boy am I glad it's OVER! Next is pathophysiology for RN's that starts on Monday and I'm not so overjoyed about it, but it's one step closer.
The boys are crazy active. Jace is nonstop, on the run, literally! And Bryce, well Bryce is never still either. I love my little men!! This is my beautiful life, feel free to join in!
~Luv~