The Moore the Merrier: Better Late than Never?

Well, I can honestly say that I am terribly behind in my blogging…. I had high hopes of writing Jaxon this eloquent blog of how amazing the first year of his life had been for our family, and I failed miserably when I didn't ever find the time to do it…. I had quite a bit of anxiety with the upcoming school year and between party planning, traveling, 4th of July and numerous family reunions, time just slipped away. I will say though, that Jaxon just continues to exude joy and innocence. So I'll update on him first!

Jaxon is 16 months and 2 days today! I have no clue where the time has gone but man has it flown! He's a walking, talking, hilarious little character. He has one of the most entertaining personalities. Some of his favorite words are "see!" "puppy" (puppau) and "sit!" He answers all of his questions with a nod and "uh-huhm" or a clear shake of his little noggin to tell us No!. He says "dank too" (Thank you) and we can occasionally get a PLEASE out of him…he still loves to hold my hand when he walks, but when he's found something he wants to explore, he takes off. He loves to "drive cars" and throw balls, his puppies are the absolute best part of his day, and he's starting to become quite the little dancer. He LOVES to give big hugs, but he's not as gracious with kiss (unless he's blowing them and telling you, Buh BYE! He's in size 18-24 size clothes and though they are "baggy" they're the only thing long enough for his tall self! He's got teeth coming in right and left so I can't really say how many he has. He is absolutely infatuated with Finding Nemo but also enjoys Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Rio, Monster's Inc, Despicable Me, and Cars. (Mater is his favorite by far!) Some of his favorite foods are cheeseburgers, pizza, grapes, bananas, oranges, peaches, and the occasional Carmel Apple Spice from Starbucks for those really cold days. He loves to play at the park, and loves to climb. For Halloween he was Charlie Brown (and by far the cutest Charlie Brown I have ever seen!) and we took him Trick-Or-Treating around his Papa's neighborhood. He's growing and changing by the day, just like our love for him.

Jay and I just recently celebrated two years of being married, and though we didn't get to celebrate with the romantic weekend we had planned, we enjoyed a family trip to San Antonio to walk in the Light the Night Walk for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society followed by a trip to the Alamo, Natural Bridge Wildlife Reserve, and a delicious meal at Mamacita's and Alamo City Cafe. It was definitely a great weekend. On our actual anniversary, I had worked the night before, and the night of so I only saw Jay for a total of 10 mins (I brought him breakfast burritos). It was definitely a little hard on us, but we have more than celebrated these past two years with lots of memories and laughs along the way! You may have noticed I said I "worked" well, truth be told I'm finishing my Senior Residency for nursing school, so I'm really not "working" (seeing is where I'm not being paid). Our senior residency consists of twelve 12-hour shifts spent at a chosen facility with a chosen preceptor for one on one clinical experience. I started out on Nights and worked 8 shifts with one preceptor at Community Medical Center's PCU (it's a step down unit, when people come out of ICU thats the place they go until they can be moved to a lesser acute unit, or can go home) my last 4 shifts were done on Days with a Different preceptor, and I finish this week! That means Graduation is right around the corner! It's definitely exciting and I cannot wait to be done. I will definitely miss my classmates but Nursing School is taking a toll on my sanity! Graduation is Dec 14 at 10:00 am at the Junell Center, and my Pinning Ceremony is on Dec 13 at 6:00 pm! I am SO SO SO excited. Our families are throwing me a celebratory Lunch on Saturday and It will be so nice to get to celebrate with all of the wonderful people that have helped this dream become a reality. I know this blog is short, and a little bit chaotic, but it's better than nothing! I'm adding some pictures from the past few months! Enjoy

Until Next Time,
Peace, Love and Mortarboards