Saturday, August 25, 2012
Since June of 2009, I have worked weekend nights as a nurse. Then in Dec of 2009 the boys came. In Jan of 2010, I started school. So, I was quite busy for 2 1/2 years. Then in April, I passed boards. In June of 2012 I had my last day as a nurse at Central Baptist. Then, I experienced THE WEEKEND!!! Now I'm hooked. I started my new job as a midwife on August 1st. Long days, but oh the weekends with my kids and family. It is fabulous! NO STUDYING. Just hanging with my kids. I am thoroughly enjoying them!!!
We started taking Tae Kwon Do as a family. Not sure how long that will last, but it is a fun activity.
Violet is taking Piano and gymnastics. They are all taking Kreyole from our Haitian friend, Gepson. We read at night. violet is super into Nancy Drew. Love is into baby animals and Erickson picked out a new book at Morris Book shop. Its a series about wolves. I was hoping he would be into it and ask to read.
LOVING IT!
Kendra
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Break
An extended break from school and downstaffed from work tonight.
Room by room I am organizing and putting away things. Sometimes I feel that housework isn't cleaning, it's just putting the thing where it goes. My grandmother told me a long time ago, "Everything in its place." I love that. I love to organize to find places for everything. I quickly get rid of things when we no longer have a place for it. It's a weird OCD thing, I guess, but I love organizing. Clearing, purging, cleaning. Today I worked on the kids' art room and got it all organized.
Erickson is becoming my little sweetheart. He and I have really bonded and I love him so much. He is just sweet, sweet, sweet. Any time John and I have a beer or wine, he REALLY wants some. I hope that isn't a battle later on. He is ALL about being old enough to drink. But, no worries about that now. For today, he is my adorable 6 year old who could talk the hind leg off a mule. He is still obsessed with animals and wants to talk about them all the time. LOVE it!
Love is too cute. He still is learning so much and doesn't quite understand a lot of things. ie: Love, what do you want for Christmas? Answer: cake. Me: No, what do you want in your present? Love: "Santa." OK, moving right along. Next year, I think things will click and he will get it. He does know that he is a little ham and he gets a lot of attention for being oh so cute. I feel like a rock star when I'm in public with him. He is a head turner.
Violet is adorable and curious, smart and witty. Today she asked if she could watch people having sex on youtube. That was a "no."
She is very strong willed and has a mind of her own. But, very sweet.
The kids don't fight. They bicker, but there are no brawls to break up. They are a pretty peaceful bunch. They make each other mad about every other hour.
Now we are using a color chart to do behavior modification. It seems to be working out pretty well. It's just really hard to get them to listen to us the first time we ask.
John is working more, so we are looking at doing preschool for love in Jan. I'm gearing up for another term. Only 2 more until I start clinicals. YEAH!!!!! School and work is very stressful as evidenced by my BMI of 19. John rallies and rangles the kids a lot and is an excellent disciplinarian. with 3 kids, you have to be strict or they would walk all over us.
I can really get a temper with the kids. I have learned that I am NOT a patient person. I'm constantly frustrated about not having enough time to do what I want to do. I'm frustrated about working nights, about a test or a paper, about bills or about how long it takes to get 3 kids loaded up to go anywhere.
In 2011, I need to work on taking deep breaths and just enjoying where I am now. Right now, I have 2 kids in kindergarten and a 4 year old. The house just isn't going to be clean and this isn't the season in my life to do what I want to do. I had that already. So, in the mean time, I need to hang out and chill with my kiddos. Deep breaths. Don't worry, be happy. Hakunna matada, no worries, Ce la vie...what else can I say? Chill the f out, basically. That is my new Year's resolution. Hopefully I can do that. I need to make better use of my shrine room to. GO in there first thing and take at least 10 deep breaths.
I'm off to go watch a movie with my husband upstairs. This is what I love. I miss that when I am in school!
I'm beginning to contemplate my midwifery career when I get finished with school. Not sure what the scene will be here then. I have even contemplated the airforce. we shall see.
Heading up with my glass of wine. Good night!
Oh, and john and I had our 10 year anniversary this year. We only had time to go to dinner at TOMO. But, it was a great hour and a half. Mom and dad gave us a voucher for a trip. We just need to decide where to go!
Now, off to bed.
PS I seriously have the best kids and the best husband in the whole world. I love my family and I love our house!
Room by room I am organizing and putting away things. Sometimes I feel that housework isn't cleaning, it's just putting the thing where it goes. My grandmother told me a long time ago, "Everything in its place." I love that. I love to organize to find places for everything. I quickly get rid of things when we no longer have a place for it. It's a weird OCD thing, I guess, but I love organizing. Clearing, purging, cleaning. Today I worked on the kids' art room and got it all organized.
Erickson is becoming my little sweetheart. He and I have really bonded and I love him so much. He is just sweet, sweet, sweet. Any time John and I have a beer or wine, he REALLY wants some. I hope that isn't a battle later on. He is ALL about being old enough to drink. But, no worries about that now. For today, he is my adorable 6 year old who could talk the hind leg off a mule. He is still obsessed with animals and wants to talk about them all the time. LOVE it!
Love is too cute. He still is learning so much and doesn't quite understand a lot of things. ie: Love, what do you want for Christmas? Answer: cake. Me: No, what do you want in your present? Love: "Santa." OK, moving right along. Next year, I think things will click and he will get it. He does know that he is a little ham and he gets a lot of attention for being oh so cute. I feel like a rock star when I'm in public with him. He is a head turner.
Violet is adorable and curious, smart and witty. Today she asked if she could watch people having sex on youtube. That was a "no."
She is very strong willed and has a mind of her own. But, very sweet.
The kids don't fight. They bicker, but there are no brawls to break up. They are a pretty peaceful bunch. They make each other mad about every other hour.
Now we are using a color chart to do behavior modification. It seems to be working out pretty well. It's just really hard to get them to listen to us the first time we ask.
John is working more, so we are looking at doing preschool for love in Jan. I'm gearing up for another term. Only 2 more until I start clinicals. YEAH!!!!! School and work is very stressful as evidenced by my BMI of 19. John rallies and rangles the kids a lot and is an excellent disciplinarian. with 3 kids, you have to be strict or they would walk all over us.
I can really get a temper with the kids. I have learned that I am NOT a patient person. I'm constantly frustrated about not having enough time to do what I want to do. I'm frustrated about working nights, about a test or a paper, about bills or about how long it takes to get 3 kids loaded up to go anywhere.
In 2011, I need to work on taking deep breaths and just enjoying where I am now. Right now, I have 2 kids in kindergarten and a 4 year old. The house just isn't going to be clean and this isn't the season in my life to do what I want to do. I had that already. So, in the mean time, I need to hang out and chill with my kiddos. Deep breaths. Don't worry, be happy. Hakunna matada, no worries, Ce la vie...what else can I say? Chill the f out, basically. That is my new Year's resolution. Hopefully I can do that. I need to make better use of my shrine room to. GO in there first thing and take at least 10 deep breaths.
I'm off to go watch a movie with my husband upstairs. This is what I love. I miss that when I am in school!
I'm beginning to contemplate my midwifery career when I get finished with school. Not sure what the scene will be here then. I have even contemplated the airforce. we shall see.
Heading up with my glass of wine. Good night!
Oh, and john and I had our 10 year anniversary this year. We only had time to go to dinner at TOMO. But, it was a great hour and a half. Mom and dad gave us a voucher for a trip. We just need to decide where to go!
Now, off to bed.
PS I seriously have the best kids and the best husband in the whole world. I love my family and I love our house!
Monday, September 27, 2010
It's fall already
Things are moving right along. Today, I start my 4th (out of 9) term towards my Masters of Science in Nursing. YEAH!!! I should be a midwife by the summer of 2012. I am now working on the Mother Baby Unit at CB. Very busy and still working nights. My body doesn't do too well working nights, but such is life right now. Erickson and Violet are in kindergarten and oh so cute. They seem to be enjoying it and I love to hear their stories. Little Love just hangs out at home.
In my continuing journey to find balance in my life, I have resigned from all of my committees at work. IT was just too much. Once again, I find myself searching for ways to simplify and be a more positive person. So, hopefully that should help. I think I am through the hardest part of school and now all of my classes are midwifery related. I love that!
I'm now focusing more on next summer when I will begin clinicals. That will really be incredible. Not sure how we are going to do it financially, but we will figure it out. Feeling pretty up beat today!
In my continuing journey to find balance in my life, I have resigned from all of my committees at work. IT was just too much. Once again, I find myself searching for ways to simplify and be a more positive person. So, hopefully that should help. I think I am through the hardest part of school and now all of my classes are midwifery related. I love that!
I'm now focusing more on next summer when I will begin clinicals. That will really be incredible. Not sure how we are going to do it financially, but we will figure it out. Feeling pretty up beat today!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Pregnancy
For some strange reason, I just figured this up.
I am pretty sure I conceived Violet on Sept 19th. Let's say around eleven PM. Then I had Violet on May 23rd at 09:42 AM. So, I think I was pregnant with her for 5915 hours. That's how long it took me to grow Violet.
I am pretty sure I conceived Violet on Sept 19th. Let's say around eleven PM. Then I had Violet on May 23rd at 09:42 AM. So, I think I was pregnant with her for 5915 hours. That's how long it took me to grow Violet.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
10 years
I love my husband. He is awesome with the kids and doing EVERYTHING while I'm in school and working full time. (Well, I do the laundry.) But, he is awesome and I appreciate him so much. This is our tenth year wedding anniversary. I wish we were going to Scotland and Ireland. Maybe for our 20th!! This year, I think we will still be in diaper land.
Schools a grind, but I'm hanging in there. I love what I'm studying, but REALLY would rather be playing with my awesome kids. Eyes on the prize. 1 more year of book work! Then clinical rotations!!!!
Schools a grind, but I'm hanging in there. I love what I'm studying, but REALLY would rather be playing with my awesome kids. Eyes on the prize. 1 more year of book work! Then clinical rotations!!!!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
mother of 3
I love my kids so much that I don't ever want to go to work....EVER.
Seriously. I am so spoiled. I just want to do my school work, hang out with kids and keep my house a LITTLE neater.
I can't imagine a time when, on my death bed, I would regret any time spent with the kids. IN fact, I probably will regret the time I spent at work not rocking my kids to sleep. I can work when I retire! I wish you could retire first, when your kids are really little. Then, when they go to college, you could crank up the working again.
I miss them. I miss them so much. I've cried more in the last year than I have in the last 10. I can just look at my kids and I tear up. How can you just have your heart walking around? I want to sit and read to them and play and do "school", etc. Instead, I'm grouchy. But, I wont' dwell on that. Today was a good day and I spent the better half of it just being with my kids. I hope to do that again tomorrow. They are so freakin' awesome. And I love it when Violet starts telling a story and runs out of breath and has to take a DEEP breath in and keep going. It hurts it's so cute. Erickson is coming along with his English. He is a little jibber jabber too. I just can't wait until he is fluent! Love, just says "LOOK!" about 50 million times a day. He's just putzing around doing his own thing.
Seriously. I am so spoiled. I just want to do my school work, hang out with kids and keep my house a LITTLE neater.
I can't imagine a time when, on my death bed, I would regret any time spent with the kids. IN fact, I probably will regret the time I spent at work not rocking my kids to sleep. I can work when I retire! I wish you could retire first, when your kids are really little. Then, when they go to college, you could crank up the working again.
I miss them. I miss them so much. I've cried more in the last year than I have in the last 10. I can just look at my kids and I tear up. How can you just have your heart walking around? I want to sit and read to them and play and do "school", etc. Instead, I'm grouchy. But, I wont' dwell on that. Today was a good day and I spent the better half of it just being with my kids. I hope to do that again tomorrow. They are so freakin' awesome. And I love it when Violet starts telling a story and runs out of breath and has to take a DEEP breath in and keep going. It hurts it's so cute. Erickson is coming along with his English. He is a little jibber jabber too. I just can't wait until he is fluent! Love, just says "LOOK!" about 50 million times a day. He's just putzing around doing his own thing.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
waiting
As I read, Oh the Places You'll Go to Violet tonight, I realized that I am a waiter...
Waiting for the boys to get here...
Waiting for my paycheck...
Waiting for this paper or that test to be over...
Waiting for spring....
waiting to get a NEW car....
waiting for Love to be potty trained...
waiting for E to speak English...
waiting to not have to be a nurse anymore...
waiting to go work at the birth center in Denver....
waiting to sleep....
waiting to have an un-interrupted conversation with my husband
waiting to find time to finish my taxes....
I am REALLY sucking at being in the present moment!!!
This is obviously my life lesson. I'll probably live really long, because I'm not even close to practicing mindfullness. I'm too busy planning what mountains I will move.... I have so many plans and so much energy. I want to do so much. I'm interested in enough to keep me busy for 50 lifetimes.
In one life, I'd love to be Jane Goodall like. In one, I'd be an artist, in one, I'd be married to a rich doctor, in one, I'd be a rich doctor, in one life, I'd be a hospice nurse, in one life, I'd be a midwife (oh wait, that's this one), in another life, I'd be a master gardener, in one life, I'd be Hawaiian, in another, I'd work in a lab. I'd love to have big boobs in one of those lives. That would be fun. I'd definitely have to be a bad-ass in one life. It would also be fun to enjoy cooking in one life. In one life, I'd be a linguist and be fluent in at least 4 languages. I'd definitely like to be a photo-journalist (not a photographer like propping up kids with small fuzzy animals). In one life, I'd love to be one of those people that feels fine on 5 hours of sleep a night. I'd love to be Irish. I'd also like to be a man in one of those lives. It would also be fun to be an incredible athlete.... SO MANY COOL THINGS IN THIS FREAKIN' WORLD.
I'll be really sad when I die because I'm pretty sure I won't be done living yet.
Waiting for the boys to get here...
Waiting for my paycheck...
Waiting for this paper or that test to be over...
Waiting for spring....
waiting to get a NEW car....
waiting for Love to be potty trained...
waiting for E to speak English...
waiting to not have to be a nurse anymore...
waiting to go work at the birth center in Denver....
waiting to sleep....
waiting to have an un-interrupted conversation with my husband
waiting to find time to finish my taxes....
I am REALLY sucking at being in the present moment!!!
This is obviously my life lesson. I'll probably live really long, because I'm not even close to practicing mindfullness. I'm too busy planning what mountains I will move.... I have so many plans and so much energy. I want to do so much. I'm interested in enough to keep me busy for 50 lifetimes.
In one life, I'd love to be Jane Goodall like. In one, I'd be an artist, in one, I'd be married to a rich doctor, in one, I'd be a rich doctor, in one life, I'd be a hospice nurse, in one life, I'd be a midwife (oh wait, that's this one), in another life, I'd be a master gardener, in one life, I'd be Hawaiian, in another, I'd work in a lab. I'd love to have big boobs in one of those lives. That would be fun. I'd definitely have to be a bad-ass in one life. It would also be fun to enjoy cooking in one life. In one life, I'd be a linguist and be fluent in at least 4 languages. I'd definitely like to be a photo-journalist (not a photographer like propping up kids with small fuzzy animals). In one life, I'd love to be one of those people that feels fine on 5 hours of sleep a night. I'd love to be Irish. I'd also like to be a man in one of those lives. It would also be fun to be an incredible athlete.... SO MANY COOL THINGS IN THIS FREAKIN' WORLD.
I'll be really sad when I die because I'm pretty sure I won't be done living yet.
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