Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Last Shift

I am no longer a labor and delivery nurse, I just worked my last 12 hour shift at Saint Francis. The place I have worked since graduation. The place that I have been so proud to call my home for the last five years. I have learned so much through all of my experiences and I wish I could stay but it is time for me to think about my family and put them first. Being a labor nurse was always a dream of mine, a goal that I knew one day I would achieve. It truly became a part of me and made me feel like I made a difference every time I went to work. Labor and delivery is not always rainbows and sunshine but even through the difficult patients and outcomes I still enjoyed what I was doing. I loved the adrenaline and the fast paced environment that could erupt at any minute during a shift. Labor and delivery nurses definitely have a reputation: women who are bossy, intimidating, protective, loud, unaware of what "TMI" means and of course we know how to have a good time and you know what? I have no problem being any of these things. As a labor nurse I gained confidence in myself and in my skills and was not afraid to be an advocate for my patients even if it meant standing up to an attending physician. It is skills like this that I will forever be grateful for because it has made me the nurse that I am today. It gave me the confidence to go back to school for my masters degree... something that will allow my family to grow and allow me to continue to do what I love, women's health.

I have made so many friends over the years and we have had a lot of good times at work and of course out of work and here are just a few pictures of me and my labor girls ;) !! xoxo

Wit, Bunnell, Isaac, Me, Jenny and Mandy at my wedding!


At a Jason Aldean concert! 



Red lipstick is always important, even at 3 am ;) 


New Years Eve!


A bunch of wonderful people that I will miss!! xoxo 

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Surprise!


Well my house had sold and I had been accepted into the FNP program at ISU and my husband and I figured, why not?! Lets just see what happens... a little quicker than we both thought on a Saturday afternoon in April we found out we were pregnant!


I felt the need to take a few just to make it all seem real! 

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Our Wedding

Our wedding was on November 22, 2014 at Pear Tree Estates in Champaign Illinois. I really couldn't have asked for a better day. I had everyone who I love with me that day including my friends and family! I still can't believe how lucky I am to have found this man who makes me so utterly happy and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with him!



The Gals: Britni, Meg, Brooke, Alisha, Rhen and Melissa! 

The Guys: Joel, Bryan, Ben, Sean, Matt, Mr Taylor, Brian, Sean, Chris and Ryan!

 One of my favorites of me and my two sisters!

I was all about candlelight!

Friday, March 14, 2014

Where My Love Story Began



In March of 2014 we were headed for Nashville, TN for a fun filled weekend with our friends full of music and bar hopping. Little did I know that Mr. Isaac had bigger plans for that weekend. When we were planning the trip Isaac had told me he wanted to take me out to dinner the night that we got there, which I didn't think much of it because we were still in the honeymoon stage of our relationship and he travels every week for work so our weekends are our time together. I did not ask too many details about our dinner date and just went with it. When we got to the hotel I realized he had a styrofoam cooler which I thought was weird but he explained to me that the restaurant we were going to was BYOB, he even made reference to a restaurant we have back home and also that his good friend who lives in Nashville suggested the restaurant we were going to so again I didn't question him. Then as we left the hotel Isaac had told me he had already called for a cab so we walked right outside to find our ride. As we stood outside the hotel up rolled a stretch SUV limo and as I looked at Isaac he just smiled from ear to ear and in the back of my head I was thinking "he is so over the top, it's this kind of stuff that will never let me guess when he is going to propose," thank goodness I did not say that out loud! As we get into the limo he opens up the cooler and pulls out some champagne and I'm still thinking this is just a regular ole date that he has just pulled out all the stops for… never once did I question where the night was going. We pulled up to the beautiful Union Station Hotel and went inside to their restaurant, our table wasn't ready so we went to the bar to grab a drink. We found two secluded seats over in the corner and sat down.  Isaac then starts asking me all these questions, all starting with "Remember when…" and I just kept saying "yea, yea" and at the very end he says "well I lied, I was really with your sisters at a jewelry store…" It was finally at this moment that I figured out what was happening, not that him reaching in his pocket for something gave it away or anything. He then pulled out the most beautiful ring I have ever seen and honestly after that it all becomes a little hazy but I do remember saying "YES!" 


 Two ladies were sitting next to us and realized what had just happened, they asked for one of our phones and had us do a reenactment so that we could get a picture!! 

This was truly one of the best moments of my life and I still feel so blessed to have this wonderful man in my life!