My sweet baby sister did an awesome job and is already the best little mama! Breaks my heart that I live so far away from them...BUT it is SO much fun to go back home every now and then!
We did a little photo shoot with all of our kiddos. Let me just say, it is EXTREMELY difficult to photograph a 3 month old, a newborn and an almost 3 year old little diva :)
A big thanks to Jenny for taking our pics! She always comes through for us!
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| Me and Eli (3 months), Shelby and Peyton (2 years and 9 months), Lorrie and Ezra (1 week and a half) |
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The sun was BLINDING us! I love pics like this! 
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I started back to work September 13th after almost 14 weeks off! Luckily, I am able to work part-time (2 days a week). I am a Registered Nurse and I work in GI at a large hospital in the Tulsa area. I LOVE my job! I love my co-workers. I am very blessed to have found this job. I take patient's health history, start IV's, sedate patients and recover them after colonoscopies, EGD's and other GI procedures. Never thought I would work in GI, but it is the perfect job for me! If you are 50 or older OR if you are under 50 with a family history of colon cancer YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR COLONOSCOPY SCREENING! :)
That being said, starting back to work meant that my sweet angel, Eli, had to go to daycare. Thankfully, I have a great daycare at my hospital and Eli was accepted (he was #11 on the waiting list and they accepted 11...whew!!!)
I had so much anxiety about this. So did my husband. We had actually decided that I would not return to work because we were so worried about daycare. I'm glad we changed our mind again at the last minute. I love having the adult time and a little extra money never hurt anyone :)
Eli did fantastic on his first day! He smiled at me when I was leaving and I got to spend my lunch break rocking him and loving on him! I know in the long run, it will be so good for him to interact with other kids and possibly keep me a little more sane :)
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Lastly, I am FED UP with myself!!! I am 20 pounds over my comfortable weight!!! I was more active when I was 9 months pregnant!!! That is unacceptable! I am on my way to healthy again! I think I have my husband on board as well! Healthy eating and exercise is how I'm starting! I ran a half-marathon last year...I would love to run another one! My goal is to run to benefit juvenile diabetes research (my husband was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 17 years old). Everyone, please hold me accountable!
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