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Happy Valentines Day

Reading

My little angel is only a month old and already reading!  Haha, okay, so he wasn't "really" reading, but this picture definitely turned out very cute.  Grayson was 8 lbs 6 oz at his 1 month check up earlier this week and is growing perfectly.  

Ready for Christmas

I was able to purchase coordinating pajamas for us to do a family Christmas photo, they all are Mickey Mouse (Toby has on a scarf, but you can't see it).  Things have been going well at home adjusting to having Grayson at home.  His home nurse, provided by the county that we live in, came today for her last visit and Grayson is now 8 pounds 1 ounce.  He is right on target for his appropriate weight gain since leaving the hospital.  He goes for his 1 month check up next Monday, so everything is going as scheduled.  Thanks to my mom, we have our Christmas tree decorated and Josh's dad helped put out our outside decorations.  We are ready for Christmas now!

First Santa Picture

We took Grayson to meet Santa for the first time and get his picture taken.  He was such a good boy, and Santa held him and looked down at him like he was the best present ever (which he is, of course).  Josh joked that Grayson told Santa that his parents wanted sleep for Christmas this year.

Introducing....

I wanted to take the time to restart my blog and introduce the newest addition: Grayson Edward!

Just Married!

Josh and I were married at the Shell Island Resort located at Wrightsville Beach, NC.  The ceremony was beautiful and we had so much fun with friends and family.

I'm Engaged!

Since I have been lacking severely in my blog, here is the latest update.  While on a trip to Disney World, Josh proposed to me at Downtown Disney!  We are engaged!!!!!  Lots of wedding planning has taken place, but we are so excited to start this next phase of our life.  Oh, and Toby is thrilled!

Anniversary Flowers

Here are the flowers that Josh sent to me for our 1 year dating anniversary!

It has been a while...

I came to realize, that it has been a long time since my last blog post. No real excuse, other than since most of my family and friends are on Facebook now, I don't have to post in the blog to keep them updated. I will try to do better, I promise.

Last weekend, Josh and I drove up to the Blue Ridge Parkway and did some exploring. We went to Blowing Rock, Grandfather Mountain, and Linville Falls. The fall foliage was so vibrant towards the higher elevations, but the entire span of the Parkway that we drove was beautiful.

CKTP

About a month ago, I took the examination to become a Certified Kinesio-Taping Practitioner, and now I have all of the tools. Basically, this means that I went through the courses and have the basic knowledge to apply the kinesiotape to my patients for various conditions. It is a very useful product, and can be used on a variety of patient diagnoses. While I'm not sure how much I will use it in the home health world, it is a nice skill to have in my "tool box" of patient care ideas.

Rose of Sharon

When I returned from vacation, I had the pleasant surprise that my blue Rose of Sharon is blooming. This is the plant that my grandfather rooted for me last year.

Topsail Island

I joined Josh's family for a relaxing week at Topsail Island, NC last week. It was great fun, and his family was able to meet Mom and Mike while here. We enjoyed time on the beach (Josh got to use his surf board for the first time), but we also went to the Sea Turtle Rescue while visiting. It was a great trip, and it was nice for my shoulder to have a week off from work.

Happy Birthday to Mom

Today is my mother's birthday! She is such a wonderful person, and I am proud to call her my mother. Mom got surprised by her husband today with flowers delivered to her work. Aren't they so beautiful!

Biltmore House

Josh took me to Biltmore House for a day of sight seeing. We weren't able to do any strenuous activities because of my shoulder, but we enjoyed walking around and seeing the estate. Josh had never seen Biltmore House before, so it was fun showing him around. We did the audio tour of the house, and I learned some things that I hadn't heard before. We also got to tour the gardens and see the beautiful flowers in bloom.

Flower Beds

Mom came to help me in the flower beds today, as it is hard to do it one armed. On my shoulder note, I will be going for a MRI arthrogram (where they can get a better look at the inside of my shoulder) hopefully within the week. Back to the flowers, mom came to help plant some flowers. Here is also a picture of the Rose of Sharon that we planted this past fall, it has grown so much!

Happy Easter

I came home from my trip to discover these beautiful blooms. What a great Easter surprise! As for the trip, we had a fun time. Thanks to my TENS unit and a pillow, I can survive 4 hour road trips. Josh has also been great in understanding that I can't do any activities that require real use of my left shoulder. I will post pictures from the trip in a later post.

Happy Easter!

Greetings from Gatlinburg

We are in Gatlinburg for Easter weekend. This has been a great trip, and we are having so much fun. This is from the top of the sky lift, beautiful!

Myrtle Beach

Josh and I went to a concert Saturday night at House of Blues in Myrtle Beach. We went to see Toad the Wet Sprocket, and it was a great show and we had so much fun. On the way back, we did some sight seeing and shopping. Such a fun quick getaway!

Sweet Zoe loves flowers

Zoe got to visit Dollywood this weekend, and as it turns out, she loves flowers too! Such a sweet girl. It looks like she already has her grandpa wrapped around her tiny finger.