Here I go...

Here we are. Jason, Olivia, Me and Alex. This is our cute family. I'm not quite sure what all I am going to use this blog for, maybe....keeping you updated on our kids, sharing my experiences with weight watchers (i'm a new user) and using this as an outlet when my job gets stressfull, fun and challenging (i'm an ICU RN) .

We live in small town Michigan. The bottom of the mitten. Good ole' Bucktown...Buchanan, MI. We both grew up here, I went to college very close to here and our parents live close by. We moved when we were first married and three years later when we had Olivia, we knew that we needed to be close to family to raise our kids the way we envisioned. So here we are, and dare I say I'm glad we are here and I love our small town.

Since we've moved, we have done a lot...I fell in love with trauma nursing and the role of the preceptor, we had another daughter...little Miss Alex and Jason has spent a lot of time working out of town, thanks economy!

Our kids are 4 and 1 1/2. Livi is miss personality, she likes to tell you how it is and then snuggle you to smooth it over. She's a negotiator with a smile. She is excited about riding the bus to pre-school this year (mom and dad are freaking out!) and making lots of new friends. Alex is a love bug who is in love with doing what her sister is doing. That being said, we are starting to see a lot of Livi come out in her. She was our calm, passive girlie, but she is starting to grow out of it and its pretty cute to watch her stretch her wings. She loves to use the potty and loves to play outside. We had originally thought that we would call her "Lexi", so that we would have a Livi and a Lexi. Cute, right? Well she hasn't turned out to be a Lexi, for now she is Alex or "big Al". We'll see what she becomes....

Besides my kids I'm sure that I will be writing a lot about what I am cooking. I've recently started to love cooking. Those that know me well know that I've always loved baking. Since I've signed up with Weight Watchers I've started cooking interesting things and I'm loving it. So, I'm sure I'll be sharing our food journey with you!

Then theres my job...I've always been a critical care RN, but when we moved back here to Buck town I ventured into the world of TRAUMA. I love it. I work day shift at the trauma center near here. We have a great staff and a great educator who has inspired me (and cohersed) me to spend most of my time orienting new employees. And mostly new-graduate nurses for that matter. I love it! I'm lucky to have a job where I love my role right as it is. I also like to talk our unit up quite a bit, so I'm sure you will read a lot about us!

Thats it for now folks, stay tuned...I'm just getting started!