First Day

Well, things seemed to go pretty good today. I'm wore out though. I got there at 6:45am and was escorted through a maze in order to get to the locker room so I could change into scrubs. I'm not kidding about the maze. You litterally have to go through tons of doors and hallways in order to get to your locker. If you mess up and turn the wrong way, you dead end and have to turn around. It's actually kinda funny. I get to wear light blue scrubs and they're free!! I didn't have to go out and buy them which is really awesome. I lucked out on that. I trained with a girl named Laura, who seemed pretty nice. I really feel like I caught on good, but there is a lot to learn.

Fireworks!

My sis Mary wanted me and Dustin to come over and help put her pool up that she had ordered online. My other sis Crystal and her husband Jody were coming to help too. I wouldn't say that we helped that much. Dustin just kinda stood around while Jody and Mike put it up. I guess if supervising is a job, then Dustin did a fine job at it. I on the otherhand stayed inside for the most part with my two kiddos and Crystal's kids. My nephew Dalton (who is seven years old)is so obsessed with TV. Let's just say that if the house was burning down, he probably wouldn't notice. I was playing with him and said that his brain was going to turn to mush if he kept watching cartoons, but I don't think he bought it. I'm glad that Bub doesn't watch tv. Every now and then he'll dance to a song or crawl up in our laps when he gets sleepy and just stare at the tv (which I don't think he's really paying attention to it). I agree with what my psychologist friend Roxanne said...she made a valid point that ADD is caused by kids watching the super busy cartoons for ten minutes and then there is a break for a minute or two, then back to crazy colors and sounds flashing on the tv, therefore causing kids not to be able to handle certain situations but for a limited period of time. I see what she's talking about because Dalton is a prime example of that. Sometimes, it would be the easy way out to let your kid sit in front of the TV to keep them busy, but in the long term, coming from a known couch potatoe myself, it's just best to limit the TV or not watch it all together. It started raining right before we left and we all tried to get the pool liner up while it was raining. It was actually kinda fun.





We had to leave at five o'clock because we had to get to Dustin's Aunt Jackie's house to have our Annual Firework celebration. Despite leaving late from Jacksonville, we actually got to her house at seven on the dot and no one was there yet. Personally I like being early, but Dustin hates it. We drove around for a few minutes and came back and as soon as we parked, here came the convoy of people. We had our traditional spread of sandwiches and chips, the always favorite cheese dip, and something new...sweet pickles. They were yummy by the way. I didn't tell Dustin until later, but I had asked for the recipe and as it turns out, there's a five pound bag of sugar that goes into the mix. Wow, that's a lot of sugar. Dustin's cousin Josh brought his girlfriend to the event and it got me to thinking about my first time to meet the family. It was so nerve racking. Dustin and me had been together for about two or three years and everyone was shocked and happy to finally meet me. Rodney (a.k.a. Festus) started in on me right away and has picked on me to this day, but I'm finally figuring out how to talk crap back at him. Tonight was great. I was popping off smart remarks left and right. The family was in an uproar because before I had kids, I would just sit there and be all shy, but now I mix right along with them. It feels so good to have family. I'm especially glad to be a part of the Melton klan because they are so awesome. It's nice to feel like I belong.

Hanging Around

I'm trying to enjoy my days off before I start my new job. Over the last few days I've been having mock photo shoots with my babies trying to get the perfect picture. Today, I put Olivia and Noah up on the couch and started snapping away.I didn't realize how much I was into photography until now. Ever since I had Noah, I've enjoyed taking pictures, but now with this new camera, I find every reason to take a picture. I'm probablly not going to start my own photography business, but I would like to pursue this hobby a little more. It's really fun!

Whew!

Today Dustin and me were running around like chickens with our heads cut off. We got the kids to daycare, then headed to Tyler. Because I was on the Employee Council at RSH, I decided it would only be right to finish up handling the organization of the Employee Picnic that was going to take place tonight at 5:30pm. I was put in charge of buying door prizes and Game prizes and I took it upon myself to organize where everyone was supposed to be when the time came to start the event. Here's how things went: We went to Academy first, then Walmart, a small lunch break at Cheddars, a quick trip to the Dollar Tree, one more quick trip to Academy, picked the kids up at daycare, then the bad news came.......the picnic was canceled!!!!!!!! Say that again??? Yes, canceled due to a possible thunderstorm. I was really looking forward to the picnic because I wanted to see how all my planning worked out and I wanted to see a few of my coworkers one last time. Anyhow, the plan is to have the event on Monday. Fingers crossed that it goes as planned. I don't know if I will be able to go because I need to get up early on Tuesday so I can get to Mother Frances on time. We'll see. :)

Going away party

Well, it's official, today was my last day at RSH. I am truly going to miss the place. Not just the patients, but my great coworkers as well. It was like having an extended family up there because everyone is there for you when you need it. Especially my fellow treatment team secretaries were always there for me. The gang threw me a little going away party complete with a very yummy cake and drinks. My friend Amy couldn't be there because her cousin was having a baby. It's kinda sad that she wasn't there to see me off. I almost hated to leave the party, but I had to go complete my exit paperwork. I will miss everyone, but I hope that some of them will stay in contact with me. My going away cake
Chris Cheesin (I think she was happy to see me go...lol)
One of my really good friends, Diane
Dr. Guidry and Dr. Thompson
Me and my friend Anthony (he was my psychologist)
The originals...Ray, me, and Jennifer. Sadly Amy couldn't be there.
Connie cheesin
My boss Carrie
My good friend Chanda

On another note, I did it...I finally bought the camera I've been wanting. For some time now, I've been saving up all my money that I get from doing artwork designs for our business and Dustin's dad. I've been searching and searching for just the right deal because it's a big decision. Not only was price a concern, but I wanted to get something that would last. So, I went with a Canon Rebel XS. It was $500 big bucks, but seems to be worth every penny so far. I've already learned alot of the features and it's pretty simple. Now all I need is to take a course on photography. Here are some of my first pics:
A grasshopper in the pool (no he didn't make it
I love this pic of Livi...she looks so fat!
Bub with those fingers again

Gotta Love it

Just wanted to share these photos...

The Noah Mobile
My three favorite people in the whole wide world

How Sweet!

Since Dalton and Destiny stayed the night, I got woke up as soon as it was light out. Destiny popped into my room and was begging to go swimming, but since they had to be at church, I didn't let them. I felt really bad, but there will be other times that they can come over and play. I fixed breakfast for them and then they played and held Olivia until their mom and dad came to get them. We got a few cute pics of the kids holding her. Olivia really cooed and talked to them. It was so sweet.



As soon as they left though, we jumped into the pool. I bought Bub a little baby float which he liked for about five minutes. He kept wanting to jump out of it. I can't wait to get these swimming lessons in July. I took CPR at RSH, but I still get freaked out thinking about my child drowning. It's so scary. I practiced getting Bub to hold his breath when he went under water and he did good, but like I said, it's still scary. Bub wore his self out pretty quick and we took him in for a nap.


When he got up, my Aunt Thelma came over and visited. I haven't seen her for a while. She was down here for the Yesteryear parade here in Whitehouse. She was the grand marshal of the parade and got to be the lead car. I really wanted to go yesterday and see her in the parade, but we were busy with the pool. Here's a link to the website where it tells about her being in the parade. She was really making Olivia talk. It was so cute. I don't believe I've ever seen Olivia so happy. Aunt Thelma was joking that we don't take the pacifier out enough, so that's why we didn't know she could talk. She brought Olivia a cute little outfit with a little hat and bloomers. That was nice of her. I wish she didn't leave so far away because I enjoy visiting with her. I was looking at her and thinking how much she looks like daddy. It got me to missing him, but at least I still have her.

Summer FUN!!

Well, we finally got everything together and got our set up today!!! Actually, last night, I stayed up and got the frame and everything put together so that we could start filling it up in the morning. The thing of it was, is that We didn't level the dirt enough Friday and needed one more foot or so around added. After we got more dirt added, we finally started filling it up around 1:00 or so. My niece and nephew was over since my brother in law was helping us out and they played in the pool while it was filling up. It was a lot of fun. I even put Noah in and he had a blast! I'm so amazed that we have a pool!! It's so neat to be able to go out and swim anytime I want.....AFTER the kids are settled down and me and Dusty can go out there together. I think this is really going to allow us to spend more time together. After the kiddos go to sleep, we can go lounge and look at the stars (amoung other things...he he he).