Still Catching Up...

So in July Seth and I packed and up and moved to Nashville, TN. I got a job in the pediatric emergency department and Vanderbilt Children's Hospital and Seth was closer to the people he was working with for Faceless International. We stayed with Julia and Stephen for almost three months until we found a place of our own in East Nashville. We moved into our place in October, its a cute cottage style house built in the 1930's. Old wood floors, crown molding, sweet deck overlooking downtown, 2 bedrooms, 2 bath, its cute. We are having a lot of fun here, it is a neat city.

September
We celebrated my 25th birthday, still can't believe I am a quarter of a century old. Time flies. We had a lot of fun! Seth took me out to a fabulous dinner, then had some awesome gifts and then we ended the night with a relaxing glass a wine by the fire, we got a chiminea =)

 October
We finally had a roommate reunion actually back at a The Swamp. All the girls back together in Gville. It was lots of fun. We had our own tailgate on campus, then went to the game, (fun but bad ending gators). Always good to get together with those girls, we always have so much fun. I miss them all! 

December 11, 2010
So on my way home from work one cold December morning, I made a special stop on my way home. We were going to a friends Christmas party that evening so I had to figure a few things out. Once I got home, both Seth and Diesel were already awake, having some coffee. I took a shower, had some breakfast and got ready for bed, my usually routine. This time though I had a special surprise for all of us. I was in our bathroom in our room and came out yelling to Seth, "I need you to come fix something." This wasn't really too unusual since our house was built in the 30's, ha. So Seth came running in and I had left him something on the counter. He came out holding the test reading "positive" saying with a big smile on his face, "I can't fix this." So exciting, we are going to have a baby. We both still can't believe it. =)

Christmas
Sharing the news with our families was very exciting, but of course always interesting. We got into Fort Myers to my parents at around 6 am Christmas morning after driving through the night from Nashville (really Seth did most the driving). We surprised them, they weren't expecting us until about 8 pm that night. We really couldn't wait to tell them, especially so my nausea didn't beat me to it. We gave my parents each a package, "a treat from Nashville," Seth called it. My parents couldn't believe their eyes when they each opened a personalized onesie for Grandpa and Grandma for Baby Cain. They were so excited and surprised and tearful and overjoyed. The trick was my parents both had to keep the secret until later when all my brothers and sisters got there so we could tell them all together, they got onesies too. This is where it gets good. Michael and Janine and Chris and the kids all come over and the boys are out throwing the football. I walk out into the yard, like always and hold up my hands to my Dad to throw me a pass. Standing out there are Seth, Michael and Chris. Dad looks at me ready to throw the ball and pauses saying, actually yelling, across the yard "I can't throw a football to a pregnant girl." Needless the say, my face turns bright red and both Michael and Chris are looking at me going "What? You're pregnant?" They too were excited, just not exactly how we planned out to break the news. Always interesting with my family, it was funny, Dad still can't believe he's the one that spilled the beans, he was certain it was going to be Mom, since he is convinced its her that can't keep a secret. So funny. Later that morning we went over the Seth's family and shared the news too. They all opened their onesies and were all surprised together like we planned. Christmas was fun, but a short trip since we had to get back to Nashville for work.

Lets play catch up

The first week of March 2010, Seth and I began our new adventure and moved just outside Philadelphia, PA to Chester Springs, where we would reside for the next 5 months. We were staying with some of our favorite people, Michael, Janine, Parker, and at the time the newest addition Reagan. I was going to be travel nursing and Seth was beginning full time work with Faceless International. I actually took a position at Michael's hospital, which as you can imagine was interesting, but fun =) I was working in the Emergency Department at Brandywine Hospital. When I first started there we kept it on the down low that I had any relation with any administration. However, its not exactly the biggest hospital so you could only guess I found myself both running into Michael, the CFO in the hallways, the cafeteria, and even found him on pictures on the hall billboards when standing with my fellow nurses. Needless to say, our secret didn't last long. But the initial rumors in my department were quite funny...I was there as a mole to administration, or I was the niece of the CEO, and so on. Quite funny. I really enjoyed working there though, met a lot of awesome people, it was a great department and hospital.

We had so much fun hanging out with our niece and nephew. Parker loved hanging out with his uncle Seth or as he called him, his "Guncle" or "Buckle". Parker loved Diesel too, whenever we would get home from running errands, Parker always would run into the house looking for "Guncle" and racing to let the dogs out, both Jack and "Dee-el" =) so cute. While we were there we saw lots of firsts for Reagan, she sure did grow up fast. They both did. Saw Reagan rollover, start to crawl and then even start to stand. So fun.  Parker looks like so much like Michael its crazy. Of course you know Janine and I had the best times of our life. I love that girl. We had so much fun together, all our trips to target and the mall and chick-fil-a and then target again, ha. And our cooking experiences, made some special banana bread didn't we? =) I miss living there! I miss all of them! We love you guys!

 

Seth painted Reagan's room, so talented =)

Baby Wesley

So its officially true "Dont't drink the water in Trident ED, unless of course you want to be a mommy! Or should I say avoid the charge nurse chair at all cost. ha No but really, 6 of the last 7 nurses who have sat in that chair and played charge nurse of the ED are either expecting now or have just had a baby. Its craziness I tell you. Not only that, but both of my sister in-laws are now expecting as well. I cant keep up, I can only tell you just about all them are due sometime between September and October. Glenda, the wonderful nurse I had the privelege to work with during my night shifts just had her baby boy on May 13th, his name is Wesley Port Royael, he weighs 6 lbs 12 oz. He is beautiful.

Ellery Horse Races

Ellery hosts the Quarter Races every year, meaning the horses only run a quarter of the track. Jerry and his family have had a reserved lot at the races for as long as Jerry can remember. Its a family tradition for them to cookout and enjoy the races every year. The family and friends enjoy making small bets among the family throughout the race. There were a few ladies who took part in the hat decorating contest as well, so cute. Seth and I had a lot of fun. Jerry's little family reunions are always a usually interesting yet always delightful experience.

29 more days

Kacy is getting married!! A few weeks ago, we celebrated Kacy preparing to get married to the fabulous Brett Bladergroan. Paige planned a wonderful weekend here in Charleston, filled with laughter, toasts, sexy dances, pictures, dinner, lingerie, shopping, funny dancing, and many memories. I am so honored to be a part of Kacy's wedding, she is such an incredible girl and is going to make the most elegant, classy and perfect wife for Brett, he's a lucky guy. =)

Roomies reunited (minus one...meg =( )

I finally made it out to LA! It was so much fun! It was awesome to finally see where my long lost roomies are living and what they do every day. As usual Jocelyn had a pretty fabulous itinerary planned for us, which I always love. A perfect vacation, filled with reminiscing about the college days over a glass (or a bottle) of wine, tandem bicycling, broadway plays, Jay Leno, sushi, hockey games, gymnastics meets, shopping, cupcakes, laying out in Laguna, and laughing til your stomach hurts...I miss you girls

Be the Change

I am officially at the bottom of Jocelyn's blog list, meaning I am at true slacker when it comes to this blogging thing. Yikes, christmas was the last attempt, not good. I will get better. Promise. It's this dinosaur of a computer that I am working with these days, (I kind of feel an attachment to it, it has been through a lot during our fabulous college years) I mean two hours just to turn the thing on, its not easy to document my life under these circumstances. ha Anyway, all is well here is the sunny low country of Summerville, SC. I will supply more pictures soon. I have started working night shifts at the hospital and now I'm all twist- turned upside down. I do like it though, gives you a lot more of a chance to get to know the doctors and other nurses better and we all know I love getting to know people. Seth and I will be taking a trip to Guatemala in June, with Faceless International. Faceless is an organization who together sees the potential that we have in making change in the world. The trips are organized with the desire to provide first-hand real world experiences of what is happening throughout the world and to educate people to see that we need to be the change that we want to see in the world. While there we will have the chance to work with the Hue-Hue ministries and learn about the importance of guaranteeing fair trade for the coffee growers. We also will be helping build a clinic to provide the necessary healthcare for the farmers and their families.