Gender Reveal Tomorrow!!!

I have officially been in DNP school for a year! Finals ended this week, Maggie finally got a grooming, and I finally got to hang out and be social.

I had been working on my huge research paper of Health Coaching in T2DM patients. The paper was so long and so boring. I don't ever want to do research...I think Chris and I have both found this out about ourselves. But good for those who do...

Work has been good. Its been fun trying to guess the gender and getting ultra sounds at work. Tomorrow is our official anatomy scan and get to know for sure if it's a boy or a girl! Any guesses?! I am happy Chris gets to be there. Someone is covering for him, I think it is a legit reason to miss part of work...?
Being a L&D nurse and being pregnant automatically makes you a celebrity on the floor. Everyone wants to know everything. I can't complain I do get a little more special treatment than before I was pregnant I must admit.

Especially this past week. I came to what I thought was a regular day at work. I saw on our list that it said scrub. Scrub?! Scrub what?? No learning to scrub in the OR. Well okay, I thought but a voice in my head said I don't think this is a good idea....

The first case I watched and had no idea how I was going to learn how to do all of this. Immediately I had to go to the OR for a second case which sucks because your on your feet for now about 4 hours and I am 17 weeks pregnant at the time. I scrub up and am sterile by the field watching. About 30 minutes in I start to get a little light headed. I think I'm fine, I'm fine. Next thing you know I'm rocking back and forth about to pass out. "Bebe (OR Tech) I don't feel so good." Jill the nurse in the OR at the time says sit down sit down. So I sat for about 10 seconds. "I got to leave" I say. So she walks me out of the OR well more of a shuffle now because I feel like I am going to pass out. She helps me sit on the ground outside the OR. She calls for help and about 10 seconds later I get up to find a trash can where there is none to be found. Yes I spot a linen basket! Well it's something and there was no linens in it. So I found my target and start retching. I created a scene it seemed like. I looked up and there were some people gathered around. I walked to the nurses station where supposedly my face was bright green. Everyone kept asking me are you okay?? NO! I am not okay!? I didn't say that but I was like I just got to sit down. I thought they were going to send me home. NOPE! Bummer. But I didn't get a patient until later that afternoon so I can't complain too much.

Chris and I saw a movie this week, dog sat our neighbors dog, ate lunch with a friend, went to Bosnian food, played games until 1am in the morning, played tennis, worked, we lived it up!

Can't wait for tomorrow!

The King Comes to Play

Jimmy King and I had this little scheme that he would come and visit for Chris's birthday. We planned it a couple months ago and started devising a plan of how Jimmy will scare Chris. Well, Jimmy didn't get in until late Thursday night at 1:30 in the morning. So the surprise wasn't very successful but we managed to keep it on the DL. Chris had to work the next morning so of course we didn't go to bed until 3am. We slept in while Chris had to get up at 7 wah wah... 

Jimmy and I had a good day exploring St. Louis. We searched for some birthday presents and were on the hunt for chocolate mouse pie... where do you get chocolate mouse pie? Chris was very specific on his dessert of choice for his birthday. Chocolate mouse pie. After going to a few places we found a local grocery store that made pie locally. We found it!

I told Jimmy the story of how Obama loves Pi Pizza and how he flew the chef to Washington DC to make the pizza for some conference or dinner thing. So of course he was interested and had to try this Obama approved pizza. It lived up to its name and we all were in pizza heaven. Although our pizza came in a thin crust when we asked for deep corn meal crust, I didn't have a problem asking but the boys just covered their heads with their hands. Hey it's what I ordered! I don't do that ever but I really do enjoy my deep dish corn meal crust...

We went to the Marlins vs. Cardinals game and stayed for the whole 9 innings. I splurged on some tickets and we were having fun watching and watching pokemon go... 

Day 2 of Jimmy adventures we went hiking in Castlewood Park. Our friends the Pildger's were on a trip so they dropped Maggie's best friend off Stella to play for the weekend. We took them both and they were having the time of their lives. We went swimming in the little lake area and the dogs would follow. Watching Chris and Jimmy reminds me back to my days of middle school, loud, jokes, pranks, talking about girls, language, man those two.. if I didn't know them.... haha. I sure did have a good time and it was an entertaining weekend. 

After our hike we went to Pappy's BBQ. We got the ribs which of course are to die for. We had to show off our city with all our amazing food. Pappy himself talked to us 3 times. I think he liked Jimmy. We went downtown where we had passes to the top of the arch. I had never been so this was a whole new experience to me. We crammed in these 4 foot elevators where you sit down and touch knees with strangers. You can even look out the window and see how far you are from the ground as you go up 600 feet. I learned that the arch goes up to 630 feet and width is 630 feet. Kinda cool. Later Chris got to eat his chocolate mouse cake and open presents. Stella and Maggie joined in on the singing. 

We also took Jim Ed. to our favorite brunch place Rooster and Chris introduced him the Slinger. So good... Love that place. We hung around and went to Costco later to get groceries for the week. I got home and saw my mirror skewed a little. Oh no...don't tell me...the rack that was hanging my winter clothes completely ripped off the dry wall. Great well good thing Jimmy is a handy man and helped fix it... 

Have a great week, we will too.

Cameryn

maggie and stella 

That's a good view

Maggie and Stella just chillin'

free peanuts...

pokemon go

TUMS!