Jonah gets pretty excited in the morning when its time for breakfast. I often give him an Eggo Waffle for breakfast. Here is a video of him 'coming' to get his Eggo waffle. He's doing his infamous knee-hop. :) Enjoy.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Baby Einstein
This morning I popped in a Baby Einstein DVD for Jonah. He still doesn't get into what's on the TV much, which I don't mind, but this DVD caught his attention for a few minutes and he was really cute watching it, so I decided to video him. Here's a little clip of him watching it.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
My jobs
Because I have started a new job recently, I have had many questions about what I do..... so I decided I would blog about it for all of you that are curious. If you're not or you already know, then just skip this post. :)
My Family Nurse Practitioner job..... I work one day/week as a Nurse Practitioner. I work with/for a Internal Medicine Doctor who started his own practice visiting patients in their home. So, basically it is primary care provided in the home. We take the Doctor's office to the patient. I see the patients on my own, meaning the doctor is not with me. I am able to treat many common illnesses, and chronic diseases conditions, such as sinus infections, urinary tract infections, pneumonia, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. etc. The bulk of my day (on Thursdays) is actually spent in Assisted living facilities, seeing patients there. It is still the same concept of bringing primary care to the patient, they just live at Assisted Living Facilities instead of private residences. We are able to order x-rays, blood work, physical therapy, occupational therapy, etc... and it all comes to them. I guess that's job #1 in a nutshell..... Its challenging, interesting and I do enjoy the elderly.
My job with NYU as a Nursing Clinical Instructor..... I work one/day week as a Clinical Instructor. I am instructing nursing students during their first semester of nursing school. The name of the course is Fundamentals of Nursing. There is a lecture component and a clinical component to this course. I am instructing in the clinical component. I have two different groups of students, they alternate Tuesdays. Each group has 5 students. The first few week of the semester we have been at The Jewish Home, which is a Nursing Home/Rehabilitation facility on the Upper West side. In two weeks we will be at Mt. Sinai Hospital on the Upper East Side. I instruct and supervise students as they are learning nursing assessment and skills. This semester they are literally learning the fundamentals of nursing, so the basic skills, such as giving bed-baths, taking vital signs, medication administration and head-to-toe nursing assessment. The students are excited about their first nursing experience and are eager to learn! So, its fun to see their excitement and newness! It's refreshing. It has its challenges, but its fun and rewarding. I enjoy combining nursing and teaching. One of my main goals in teaching these students is to instill in them a love of nursing while teaching them these fundamental nursing skills. It's a great job and I am thankful for the opportunity!
Well, lastly, however certainly my most important job, is being a wife and Momma! I love this job!!!! Its full time and its the best best best job I have ever had. It's one that keeps me busy, challenged, and happy. Of course there are frustrating moments, times I have felt like I have failed, but to balance those moments out, there are many happy, proud moments, and many days filled with love, happiness, and fun. I am SO very thankful for this job. It is my favorite by far. I am extremely blessed.
My Family Nurse Practitioner job..... I work one day/week as a Nurse Practitioner. I work with/for a Internal Medicine Doctor who started his own practice visiting patients in their home. So, basically it is primary care provided in the home. We take the Doctor's office to the patient. I see the patients on my own, meaning the doctor is not with me. I am able to treat many common illnesses, and chronic diseases conditions, such as sinus infections, urinary tract infections, pneumonia, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. etc. The bulk of my day (on Thursdays) is actually spent in Assisted living facilities, seeing patients there. It is still the same concept of bringing primary care to the patient, they just live at Assisted Living Facilities instead of private residences. We are able to order x-rays, blood work, physical therapy, occupational therapy, etc... and it all comes to them. I guess that's job #1 in a nutshell..... Its challenging, interesting and I do enjoy the elderly.
My job with NYU as a Nursing Clinical Instructor..... I work one/day week as a Clinical Instructor. I am instructing nursing students during their first semester of nursing school. The name of the course is Fundamentals of Nursing. There is a lecture component and a clinical component to this course. I am instructing in the clinical component. I have two different groups of students, they alternate Tuesdays. Each group has 5 students. The first few week of the semester we have been at The Jewish Home, which is a Nursing Home/Rehabilitation facility on the Upper West side. In two weeks we will be at Mt. Sinai Hospital on the Upper East Side. I instruct and supervise students as they are learning nursing assessment and skills. This semester they are literally learning the fundamentals of nursing, so the basic skills, such as giving bed-baths, taking vital signs, medication administration and head-to-toe nursing assessment. The students are excited about their first nursing experience and are eager to learn! So, its fun to see their excitement and newness! It's refreshing. It has its challenges, but its fun and rewarding. I enjoy combining nursing and teaching. One of my main goals in teaching these students is to instill in them a love of nursing while teaching them these fundamental nursing skills. It's a great job and I am thankful for the opportunity!
Well, lastly, however certainly my most important job, is being a wife and Momma! I love this job!!!! Its full time and its the best best best job I have ever had. It's one that keeps me busy, challenged, and happy. Of course there are frustrating moments, times I have felt like I have failed, but to balance those moments out, there are many happy, proud moments, and many days filled with love, happiness, and fun. I am SO very thankful for this job. It is my favorite by far. I am extremely blessed.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Fun with Daddy
Here's another video I ran across. Its a little older, but so cute, so I just had to post it.
ENJOY!
On the move...
Here are some recent videos of Jonah. He is always on the move now. He is walking, as you can see in the first video. He is also still crawling and doing his 'knee crawl' quite a bit too. We are having so much fun with him... he keeps us busy and entertained.
Enjoy the videos!!!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Contentment
I believe that Jesus has been teaching me some lessons recently. SO, I thought I'd share them with you. It might be more for my own good to share them, but I guess maybe it can be for your 'good' too. I'll try to be brief and to-the-point.
As some of you know, I never dreamed that I would live in NYC. It took me awhile to adjust to living here. This may be extreme, but I even think that the transition to living in the city could be viewed as a form of culture shock. Its really just so different from anywhere I've ever lived. Obviously, most people here speak English, so that was not a contributing factor to the difficult adjustment, but there were many other things that made the transition difficult for me. Anyways, I do now feel mostly adjusted and probably have for about the past 6 months or so.
Because I had a difficult time adjusting to life in the city, my mindset was 'when we move back to....', 'if we were living ______, this would be easier, better, etc.' I have realized that this is not the mindset that I want to live in, its not the mindset that Jesus wants me to live in either. Jesus has made my heart content. Admittedly, this will be a continued work in progress for me, as I'm sure I will still long for other places, but Jesus has shown me that I should pour my heart and life into the 'here and now'. I do not want to look back on my time here and not have much 'to show' for it.
I want to pour my heart, my soul, my desires, my whole self into each moment, moment by moment, that I am here. I want to be a better friend to those God has placed in my life. I want to be a better wife, supporting my husband in his work, his interests and his relationship with Jesus. I want to be a better Mom, always putting Jonah's needs before my own, raising him to love and serve Jesus. I also want to be content with my jobs. I am always thinking about other jobs I could be doing, or wish I was doing (all within the field of nursing/nurse practitioner-ing) but I have come to the place where I feel that God has given me these jobs for a reason, he has blessed me with employment, and I do not want to take that lightly. I want to be the best nurse, nurse practitioner, and nurse educator that I can be.
I realize these are lofty goals, but these are the desires of my heart. I want to live each moment to the best of my ability, glorifying Jesus in all I do. Living my life more in the present, rather than always looking to the future. Not that I won't keep the future in mind, but not letting it always be my focus.
Well, there you have it. I promise to post an update about Jonah next time... and soon.
As some of you know, I never dreamed that I would live in NYC. It took me awhile to adjust to living here. This may be extreme, but I even think that the transition to living in the city could be viewed as a form of culture shock. Its really just so different from anywhere I've ever lived. Obviously, most people here speak English, so that was not a contributing factor to the difficult adjustment, but there were many other things that made the transition difficult for me. Anyways, I do now feel mostly adjusted and probably have for about the past 6 months or so.
Because I had a difficult time adjusting to life in the city, my mindset was 'when we move back to....', 'if we were living ______, this would be easier, better, etc.' I have realized that this is not the mindset that I want to live in, its not the mindset that Jesus wants me to live in either. Jesus has made my heart content. Admittedly, this will be a continued work in progress for me, as I'm sure I will still long for other places, but Jesus has shown me that I should pour my heart and life into the 'here and now'. I do not want to look back on my time here and not have much 'to show' for it.
I want to pour my heart, my soul, my desires, my whole self into each moment, moment by moment, that I am here. I want to be a better friend to those God has placed in my life. I want to be a better wife, supporting my husband in his work, his interests and his relationship with Jesus. I want to be a better Mom, always putting Jonah's needs before my own, raising him to love and serve Jesus. I also want to be content with my jobs. I am always thinking about other jobs I could be doing, or wish I was doing (all within the field of nursing/nurse practitioner-ing) but I have come to the place where I feel that God has given me these jobs for a reason, he has blessed me with employment, and I do not want to take that lightly. I want to be the best nurse, nurse practitioner, and nurse educator that I can be.
I realize these are lofty goals, but these are the desires of my heart. I want to live each moment to the best of my ability, glorifying Jesus in all I do. Living my life more in the present, rather than always looking to the future. Not that I won't keep the future in mind, but not letting it always be my focus.
Well, there you have it. I promise to post an update about Jonah next time... and soon.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Airplane Adventures
This post is going to be a little outdated because the story I am going to tell happened nearly a month ago, but with the encouragement of friends and family, I decided to go ahead and post this story on my blog. So here goes....
About a month ago, Jonah and I took a trip to Atlanta to see my family, celebrate his first birthday, and celebrate Christmas early since we would be spending Christmas with Mark's family in Kentucky. I expected that flying with Jonah alone would be somewhat challenging, but in my naivety and optimistic spirit, I assumed that those around me would be nice and helpful since I was flying alone with a baby.... hmmm... well, at least the first part was true.
Our flight was scheduled to leave LaGuardia airport at 8am, so we were up and out the door by 6am. Luckily, Mark was still here to help get me and Jonah out the door and in a taxi. The taxi driver helped me get the luggage out on the airport end. Checking in and getting through security was not all that difficult, except for de-robing, taking off my shoes (and Jonah's shoes), trying to collapse a stroller while holding Jonah... (I thought about just laying Jonah on the moving belt while I collapsed the stroller, thought he might think it was fun, but then decided against it). Yea, so anyways, we successfully got through security and headed to board the plane.
I checked the stroller at the gate, so now I had Jonah in the carrier, strapped to the front of me, and my overstuffed backpack on my back. As we started boarding the plane, I noticed it was quite small... one seat on the right side and two on the left..... oh please let my seat be on the right... no such luck. Walking down the aisle, I noticed a rather large lady, and when I say rather, I mean it, bending over with her rump in the aisle sorting through all sorts of stuff she was bringing onto the plane as a carry on. She had at least 2 bags of stuff. She was making it difficult for people to get past her and get to their seat. I soon realized that I would be in the window seat, next to this large rump lady. As I approached the seat, I tapped her on the back and said 'excuse me ma'am, I'm in the window seat'. Without looking up she said, 'You'll have to hold on'. That was a given considering she had junk strewn in both seats and the floor at this point. Well, there really wasn't anywhere for me to 'hold on' on this small plane, especially with Jonah strapped to my front and an overstuffed backpack on my back. So I did my best to huddle into an open seat, jamming my backpack into some innocent passenger's face, I'm sure....
In a minute or two, which seemed like an eternity as I was huddled into the seat across the aisle from her, with my neck cocked to the side under the low ceiling of the small plane, trying to entertain Jonah, and with my shoulders feeling the weight of my load.... this lady turned around and said to me.. 'Ya know, you really shouldn't be standing behind me.' To which my response was 'Well, I don't exactly have anywhere else to go'. (At this point, I literally didn't have anywhere else to go b/c since she had turned around and was standing in the aisle, there was no possible way for me to get out of the seat I was in and go anywhere else.) She then said to me 'Well, I might just hit your baby in the head with my bag then.' ..... Yes, that's really what she said...... She then came as close as possible to hitting Jonah with her bag (without actually hitting him) as she put it in the overhead compartment. She then said to me.... 'There, you can have all the space you want missy.'.... My response 'I'm not looking for space, I'm just trying to get to my seat, which is beside you'. At this point she had already sat in the aisle seat. It would be virtually impossible for me to get to my seat with her sitting due to her size and due to the fact that I had Jonah strapped to the front of me. She got up, let me get to my seat... meanwhile she still has a bunch of junk she is trying to do something with, a bunch in her lap and she is cramming stuff in the the seat back pocket in front of her. It was obvious to me that she was taking up as much of my space as she possibly could.
As, I was getting settled, trying to manage all my stuff and Jonah, Jonah being a little uncomfortable or unhappy made a few noises, not even cries or fusses really, just noises... to which she said, 'Oh Lord, this is going to be a long flight'. I just tried to ignore the comment.
Well, after we were all boarded and taxied part of the way to the runway, the captain came on the speaker and said 'We will have to go back to the gate, there is a maintenance issue with the plane'. At this point, I am guessing she thought that meant we were going to crash because she began quoting the 23 Psalm loudly, like loud enough for the whole plane to hear. Since we hadn't even taken off yet, I found this a little bit comical.
Shortly after that, they began re-routing people on our flight that had connections they would miss. This lady went to the flight attendant several times trying to get off the flight and be re-routed, but they never let her off. I am sure they have a systematic way of doing these things, but man, I sure did want them to let her off, and she sure did want to be let off!! Eventually because several people had be re-routed to other flights there were empty seats in various places around the plane and a man that was in the seat in front of me (who had witnessed all of this lady's rudeness) turned and said to me, 'You should go up there to those two empty seats so you can have some more room'. So I said, 'Yea, hopefully I can get up there before someone else does'. To which my friendly co-passenger said 'If you wanted to get up and move, all you had to do was ask'.... which again, I did my best to ignore. I did make it up to the two empty seats and was able to spread out a little bit..... at least for a few minutes b/c that flight was ultimately cancelled.
Back off the plane we go... Jonah strapped to the front and overstuffed backpack on back. We were re-routed through a different airline, which meant I had to leave my current terminal and go back through security. Jonah fell asleep in his stroller just in time to be rudely awakened and taken out of his stroller in order to go through the metal detector, because you know, Jonah and I both are pretty suspicious looking. But, it was necessary to wake the peacefully sleeping baby and put his stroller through the belted scanner, right? :)
On my next flight, I was placed in a middle seat, between two men, which much to my fortune, were amazingly nice. The man to my right had actually been on my original flight and had witnessed the whole rude lady event (pretty much the whole plane had since it was so small) and when he sat down promised he would be nicer than my first co-passenger. He definitely held true to that promise. Jonah kicked him, tried to pull his glasses off, screamed for (at least) 20 minutes straight.. and this man was still nice to us. He picked up things Jonah dropped, let Jonah play with his iphone, shared his snack with Jonah, etc. I guess he definitely balanced out (and then some) the evil of my first co-passenger. The man on the other side of me was also very nice, helping me as needed, talking to and playing with Jonah.
We managed to arrive safely in Atlanta and had a nice visit with my family. The flights back were pretty uneventful except that I realized I had lost my license when I went to check in for the first flight back.... somehow they let me on the plane. I think they felt sorry for me since I had a baby.
Below are a few pictures from the flight back. We had a layover in the Philadelphia airport, which was actually good. Jonah played and even made a little friend from Germany... and I got some cute pictures. Oh-- and there was a chick-fil-a in the Philadelphia airport. Makes a southern girl like me happy. :)
Sorry this post is so long... enjoy the pics.
Seriously, how could anyone be rude to that cute, sweet face.???
About a month ago, Jonah and I took a trip to Atlanta to see my family, celebrate his first birthday, and celebrate Christmas early since we would be spending Christmas with Mark's family in Kentucky. I expected that flying with Jonah alone would be somewhat challenging, but in my naivety and optimistic spirit, I assumed that those around me would be nice and helpful since I was flying alone with a baby.... hmmm... well, at least the first part was true.
Our flight was scheduled to leave LaGuardia airport at 8am, so we were up and out the door by 6am. Luckily, Mark was still here to help get me and Jonah out the door and in a taxi. The taxi driver helped me get the luggage out on the airport end. Checking in and getting through security was not all that difficult, except for de-robing, taking off my shoes (and Jonah's shoes), trying to collapse a stroller while holding Jonah... (I thought about just laying Jonah on the moving belt while I collapsed the stroller, thought he might think it was fun, but then decided against it). Yea, so anyways, we successfully got through security and headed to board the plane.
I checked the stroller at the gate, so now I had Jonah in the carrier, strapped to the front of me, and my overstuffed backpack on my back. As we started boarding the plane, I noticed it was quite small... one seat on the right side and two on the left..... oh please let my seat be on the right... no such luck. Walking down the aisle, I noticed a rather large lady, and when I say rather, I mean it, bending over with her rump in the aisle sorting through all sorts of stuff she was bringing onto the plane as a carry on. She had at least 2 bags of stuff. She was making it difficult for people to get past her and get to their seat. I soon realized that I would be in the window seat, next to this large rump lady. As I approached the seat, I tapped her on the back and said 'excuse me ma'am, I'm in the window seat'. Without looking up she said, 'You'll have to hold on'. That was a given considering she had junk strewn in both seats and the floor at this point. Well, there really wasn't anywhere for me to 'hold on' on this small plane, especially with Jonah strapped to my front and an overstuffed backpack on my back. So I did my best to huddle into an open seat, jamming my backpack into some innocent passenger's face, I'm sure....
In a minute or two, which seemed like an eternity as I was huddled into the seat across the aisle from her, with my neck cocked to the side under the low ceiling of the small plane, trying to entertain Jonah, and with my shoulders feeling the weight of my load.... this lady turned around and said to me.. 'Ya know, you really shouldn't be standing behind me.' To which my response was 'Well, I don't exactly have anywhere else to go'. (At this point, I literally didn't have anywhere else to go b/c since she had turned around and was standing in the aisle, there was no possible way for me to get out of the seat I was in and go anywhere else.) She then said to me 'Well, I might just hit your baby in the head with my bag then.' ..... Yes, that's really what she said...... She then came as close as possible to hitting Jonah with her bag (without actually hitting him) as she put it in the overhead compartment. She then said to me.... 'There, you can have all the space you want missy.'.... My response 'I'm not looking for space, I'm just trying to get to my seat, which is beside you'. At this point she had already sat in the aisle seat. It would be virtually impossible for me to get to my seat with her sitting due to her size and due to the fact that I had Jonah strapped to the front of me. She got up, let me get to my seat... meanwhile she still has a bunch of junk she is trying to do something with, a bunch in her lap and she is cramming stuff in the the seat back pocket in front of her. It was obvious to me that she was taking up as much of my space as she possibly could.
As, I was getting settled, trying to manage all my stuff and Jonah, Jonah being a little uncomfortable or unhappy made a few noises, not even cries or fusses really, just noises... to which she said, 'Oh Lord, this is going to be a long flight'. I just tried to ignore the comment.
Well, after we were all boarded and taxied part of the way to the runway, the captain came on the speaker and said 'We will have to go back to the gate, there is a maintenance issue with the plane'. At this point, I am guessing she thought that meant we were going to crash because she began quoting the 23 Psalm loudly, like loud enough for the whole plane to hear. Since we hadn't even taken off yet, I found this a little bit comical.
Shortly after that, they began re-routing people on our flight that had connections they would miss. This lady went to the flight attendant several times trying to get off the flight and be re-routed, but they never let her off. I am sure they have a systematic way of doing these things, but man, I sure did want them to let her off, and she sure did want to be let off!! Eventually because several people had be re-routed to other flights there were empty seats in various places around the plane and a man that was in the seat in front of me (who had witnessed all of this lady's rudeness) turned and said to me, 'You should go up there to those two empty seats so you can have some more room'. So I said, 'Yea, hopefully I can get up there before someone else does'. To which my friendly co-passenger said 'If you wanted to get up and move, all you had to do was ask'.... which again, I did my best to ignore. I did make it up to the two empty seats and was able to spread out a little bit..... at least for a few minutes b/c that flight was ultimately cancelled.
Back off the plane we go... Jonah strapped to the front and overstuffed backpack on back. We were re-routed through a different airline, which meant I had to leave my current terminal and go back through security. Jonah fell asleep in his stroller just in time to be rudely awakened and taken out of his stroller in order to go through the metal detector, because you know, Jonah and I both are pretty suspicious looking. But, it was necessary to wake the peacefully sleeping baby and put his stroller through the belted scanner, right? :)
On my next flight, I was placed in a middle seat, between two men, which much to my fortune, were amazingly nice. The man to my right had actually been on my original flight and had witnessed the whole rude lady event (pretty much the whole plane had since it was so small) and when he sat down promised he would be nicer than my first co-passenger. He definitely held true to that promise. Jonah kicked him, tried to pull his glasses off, screamed for (at least) 20 minutes straight.. and this man was still nice to us. He picked up things Jonah dropped, let Jonah play with his iphone, shared his snack with Jonah, etc. I guess he definitely balanced out (and then some) the evil of my first co-passenger. The man on the other side of me was also very nice, helping me as needed, talking to and playing with Jonah.
We managed to arrive safely in Atlanta and had a nice visit with my family. The flights back were pretty uneventful except that I realized I had lost my license when I went to check in for the first flight back.... somehow they let me on the plane. I think they felt sorry for me since I had a baby.
Below are a few pictures from the flight back. We had a layover in the Philadelphia airport, which was actually good. Jonah played and even made a little friend from Germany... and I got some cute pictures. Oh-- and there was a chick-fil-a in the Philadelphia airport. Makes a southern girl like me happy. :)
Sorry this post is so long... enjoy the pics.
Seriously, how could anyone be rude to that cute, sweet face.???
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