Nicole trying to "hula-hoop" on the Wii fit game. (This was so much fun!)
Josh playing his favorite game...drinking his bottle!

Josh giving his big smiles!

Dave trying to hula hoop, he didn't do so well. (Sorry honey!)

Dave attempting to do the ski jumping...he lost control and hit me in the face...long story! Josh is trying to play too, but Dave wouldn't share the Wii!

Wonderful holiday!

Josh and I on Christmas morning! I was so excited!
Josh playing with his new toy, he thought it tasted really good!

Dave got a new tackle box from santa!

This is how Josh felt by the end of the day on Christmas...he didn't feel good at all! Can you tell?

So we have had such a great holiday season this year. Dave and I decided that we wouldn't make a big deal about presents this year and just make a very LIMITED budget this year. It turned out really nice and we didn't have to worry about making sure to get a present for everyone. Instead we did very little gifts for everyone, including one another, and it was so nice. (I don't need anymore stress in our lives! :)

Anyway, a few days before Christmas we were invited up to Sarah and Chris's house in Providence and spent the day with them. We made homemade oreo cookies, made dinner and of course played their Wii. It was a lot of fun. Unfortunatly Josh started to get sick again, actually we think he didn't have a cold, he was just cutting 3 teeth at once...I know, fun for all of us! Anyway we had tons of fun with them and had tons of fun playing their new Wii fit games.

We came back and I got to work Christmas eve night..which totally sucked because I only had 2 patients all night... BORING! Dave and Josh went over to my dad and stepmom's house to have a big christmas eve dinner. They had prime rib and baked potatoes. Well, Dave was nice enough to bring me dinner, but forgot to bring anything for the potato and no silverware. Needless to say I completely appreciated the gesture, but didn't eat it. I didn't want to eat meat with just my hands and I have a hard enough time eating baked potatoes with stuff on it, let alone PLAIN! YUCK! Anyway...I got home at around 3:30am and then woke up at 8:30am. I was so excited for Josh's first Christmas. We had a lot of fun opening the few gifts we got each other. It was really nice. After we finished up here at our home, we headed over to Dad and Diane's house to have Christmas with them. We opened up gifts there and had lots of fun watching Josh enjoy his new toys and books. The rest of the day was just hanging out and enjoying our families company.

That is about it. It's been very nice and we have enjoyed spending so much time with family. Dave and I are so greatful for all that our Heavenly Father has blessed us with and feel so blessed everyday. We hope everyone had a great holiday and now, we wish you a Happy NEW YEAR!

10 Years!

I can't believe that my mom has been gone now for 10 years. It was 10 years today that my mom returned back to her Heavenly Father after a long battle with breast cancer. She was such an amazing mom and wife and we all miss her terribly. Being able to go through such a trial like this made me SO greatful for my testimony of the gospel. I have no idea how I could have gotten through something like this without it. I just want to tell everyone who reads this that I know that we are here on this earth to be tested and be able to gain a testimony of our Savior through those trials. I miss my mom so much but I know that she is happy and I know that this was part of the plan for our time on this earth. Thanks to my mom, I feel like I have become the person that I am, and I'm greatful for her amazing example, and I hope I can become more like her someday. I miss you mom! I love you so much!

A Christmas...card?

So I saw this hilarious Christmas card off of my friend Mekell's blog where you download your pictures on the head of elves. Feel free to check our elf christmas card. I laughed my head off!
Merry Christmas! Enjoy!
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/cNUHNtYj6l9u49kd

Merry Christmas!

Our New Place!

Here are some pictures of our kitchen. Notice there is hardly any storage in the cabinents, thank goodness for the huge pantry!

Another picture of the kitchen.

And another picture, of the kitchen. (I didn't realize how many pics I took, oh well.)

Here is one of my most favorite features of the apartment, the pantry! I honestly now have NO excuse to not have a food storage. The picture doesn't do this pantry justice. The shelves are about 24inches deep and 6 different levels of shelves. Anyway, I love it!

So, since I haven't posted anything for a very long time, I thought that I should tell you all what Dave and I have been up to. Well, we ended up moving out on December 6th, and I had this great plan that I would take that entire week to move little by little. Well, then Josh and I both got colds. Yeah. So, pretty much my energy was shot, because not only was I still having to play "mom" to a sick baby, I also was working 12 hour night shifts at the hospital. It sucked! Well, to say the least Dave ended up doing most of the moving on Thursday-Saturday. Thank goodness for him! And we are so greatful for my dad and especially my brother Chad for helping Dave move all of the "big" stuff! We pretty much took all of Saturday and moved in, put EVERYTHING away and even started to decorate..thanks to my sister-in-law Kami! She put away everything in our bathroom and then helped me decorate! We have such a great family! Thanks to everyone for helping out SO much! And thanks to Chad and Kami we now have a washer/dryer and a "new" couch! Thanks you both! We love you guys!

Well, since we moved in we didn't have a phone (well I didn't, because Dave uses the cell phone and I'll use the home phone), and we didn't have the internet. So Quest came and set everything up and we were so excited, until we got our first phone call, that ended up being for the lady who lives upstairs. Yeah, no one had ever put in a second line! So we called up Quest and they told us we were going to have to pay $100 to have someone come out and put in our new phone line. And if we wanted to pay another $60 we could have a second jack put in. I was freaking out because that is just a ton of money! Well, thank goodness for my husband...and my brother in law Keith. He knew how we could switch some wires around and create our new line. Well after some time, Dave got it to work! We were thrilled! Thanks Keith! You saved us $160!

So now everything is set up and I can finally relax! It feels so great to live on our own again! Don't get me wrong, living with Dad and Diane was WONDERFUL and we will ALWAYS be greatful, but it really feels good to be an "adult" again, even if now we are really poor! It feels very fulfilling!

Dave is almost done with his first semester of graduate school, and he has done AMAZING! He has two more finals and if he does well on these 2 tests he will have straight A's! Well done honey! I always knew you could do it!

I'm just working. I have been able to float to post-partum and that was a nice change, from being around lots of really sick people! I love seeing all of those new babies! Lots of fun! Hopefully one day I'll be able to work labor and delivery! I'd like to see if that would be something I'd like. Those were some of my greatest experiences in nursing school, so who knows! Someday!

Josh is growing like a weed! He is now over 9 months old and he is wanting to walk! He pulls himself up and moves back and forth between the couch and the recliner and his bouncer. He is getting into everything! He will keep me busy very soon! He is so much fun and has such a funny personality! He always makes Dave and I laugh! We love him so much and we are so excited to have Christmas with him here! Even though he could care less what is given to him, he'd be happy with a box wrapped with paper, just so he could rip it open!

Anyway, this post is getting way too long! That is about it...even though I know I'm leaving something out!

More pics

Here is our bathroom. It's actually a really big bathroom, and it even has a linen closet! (I know, it doesn't take much to please me, especially after our other apartment! :) )

Dave and I's bedroom. (Notice the large walk in closet with organizer shelving!) I didn't get a picture of Josh's room, but it's the same layout and the same size. He is napping so I didn't get the pic, oh well, you all get the idea!)

One side of our living room. Notice my husband taking his sunday nap in his favorite recliner!

Here is the the other side of our living room. You can't tell by the pics that it is a very large sized room. We love it!

This is our storage/laundry room. We don't have much to store so everything fits nicely! (Sorry, it looks quite messy, oh well!)