My Mom...Better one day late than never :)

One of the many times my mom and I were asked if we were sisters, celebrating my 19th birthday in VEGAS!

Words cannot express how much I love my mom. She is absolutely amazing. I hope and pray that my children will love me as much as I love her. I have always considered her to be my best friend. She has always been very stylish and I would much rather have her pick out my clothes than me. She looks great for her age, not that she is old, she just doesn't look like she could be a grandma! On several occasions we have been asked if we are sisters. My first response is to inform them that she is my mom not my sister, but then I let her enjoy the compliment. This happens often when my mom, sister and I go out. The waiter will ask who wants the check and Shy and I look at each other like here we go again. We kindly tell the waiter that our mom would love it. :) When they tell us they don't believe it we tease her and say they just want a big tip. My mom, grandma, and I went to get manicures and pedicures the day of my graduation. The lady who was painting my nails said, "so are you two sisters with your mother." I said, "she is my mom and she is my grandma." The lady was completely confused. She did not believe me and insisted that lady was not old enough to have a daughter who was married. I think she would have fainted if I told her she was also soon to be a grandma. Anyone who has had my mom as a nurse knows that she is the best. Her bedside manner is unbelievable. I know that her patients are always well taken care of. I am grateful for all of the many important lessons she has taught me and for all of the love she always shows. I am grateful to be a part of the family that I am and I wouldn't trade it for the world. Thanks MOM! I love you!!!

Graduation

With Shyenne and the hilarious card she gave me

Jon and me

Grandpa and Grandma Olsen with me

My Dad, Grandma Ellsworth, me and Aunt Nancy

Jon, my in-laws, and me

My parents and me

Shyenne, Grandma Linda, Me, My Mom

My Grandma Linda and Me

It is bad when your mom tells you that you need to update your blog. I'm done.....well, almost. I graduated last Monday, and can't believe how quickly the past 4 years have gone by. I took my anesthesia boards 2 days later (Wednesday) and passed. This is the only board that we find out our results the day we take it. On Thursday, I found out that our entire class passed the National written boards (350 questions and 8 hours long) that we took in March. I am so proud of my classmates. We have really worked together to help each other succeed. I surprised myself and did better than I imagined. I received an 85% and was above the national average. On Friday I took my clinical board. I had to "clean" 1/4 of a patient's mouth in 2.5 hours. This seems simple, but you have no idea what a person can build up in their mouth having never had their teeth cleaned in 27 years. My patient was very reliable and funny. When I would ask if he was okay he would tell me "I'm fine, but are you okay?" I have to wait 4 weeks to get the results of my clinical board. If I pass, I just have to apply for my license and I can finally start practicing. I am so grateful for everyone's love, support, and prayers. Thank You!! Today has been such a great day. I was able to work out, run errands, clean and I'm going to make dinner! It feels weird to not have to study. I hope everyone is having a great Monday.

I'm missing him

As most of you know, my brother entered the MTC last Wednesday. I had no idea how hard this was going to be. He is such a great guy and he is being missed by many. He has only been gone 12 days and we have heard from several sources that he is doing awesome. His French teacher is Jacob Quinn who I went through school with (kindergarten-senior year). Blake really likes him and Jacob sent me an email letting me know what a stud Blake is. He said he is a "rock" for his district. It is hard having him so close to me and not being able to see him. I have thought about doing a session at the Provo temple on his temple day, but they advise against that :( Blake, doesn't do anything that he doesn't want to, so I know that it was his choice to serve a mission and that he will work hard every day. I am so grateful for the sacrifice he is making. I know my family will miss him every day. We all have a great sense of humor, but none of us are as funny and quick witted as Blake. I love him so much. He loves letters more than anything, so if anyone would like to write him, let me know and I will get you his address. Good News: I heard that our family is going to get him in Paris. I guess even though I'll have a little one I'm still invited ;)

Our Crazy Life

I thought life was going to be so easy once we were married, but it seems that in the short 3 months that we have been married a lot has gone on.

February: We moved into our new apartment, Jon was in a wreck in his work van and we found out we were going to be parents.

March: the beginning of Birthday madness, Blake the 24th, Chase the 25th, and Jon the 3oth, I took my national written dental hygiene boards on the 24th (8 hours 200 multiple choice questions and 150 questions from 14 case studies), and we attended the funeral of one of my best friends who is my cousin Kyle.

April is just getting started and it is going to be extremely busy: Mom's birthday the 15th (we also have our first OB appt this day), Dad's birthday the 19th, and Shyenne's the 25th, not to mention Easter the 12th which is also the day of Blake's mission farewell (at the Lewisville church building at 11a.m.), On the 22nd we take Blake to the MTC, I graduate the 27th :), I have my anesthesia boards on the 29th and my clinical boards May 1st. I'm sure I have left some things out but you get the idea.

Don't get me wrong we've had some fun times while we've been married, I was even lucky enough to have Jon be my patient. My parents came down and were my patients as well, and Blake and Jesse were patients for a friend of mine. We went to our niece Maddi's dance competition in Logan last weekend. She is so fun to watch. Sorry about all the random pictures I'm posting but I hope you enjoy.

Emotional Roller Coaster

So, you would think Jon's wreck would be enough for us to take on right now. I guess not. He went back to work the Monday following the accident to find that his perfectly fine car (he was in his work van in the wreck) had the F word spray painted all over it. I don't understand vandalizing other people's property.

Then, the past 2 weeks I have been having some abdominal pain. I didn't think much of it until the past few nights when I have been waking up crying. Jon insisted that I go to the doctor tonight. I explain to the doctor where the pain is and that I've had an ovarian cyst and this pain is very similar. He decided to get a urine sample and came back and told me that I didn't have any kind of bladder infection but he asked when my last period was. I told him almost 4 weeks ago and he said "well, I did a pregnancy test.........................................and you're PREGNANT." There was a long period of silence and i broke out in tears and asked if he was kidding. I have been taking birth control, I did miss a couple of pills, and I thought there was no way. So, if that was not a big enough shock he explained to us that he thought I was having pain because it was and ectopic/tubal pregnancy (this is when the baby is in your fallopian tube rather than your uterus). He emphasized that it was life-threatening and he said we should go to the ER. After talking to my mom and her calling a dr, we headed to the ER. After 2 hours of blood tests, ultrasounds, and another urine test the doctor told us that everything looked good, but that he wanted to run some additional tests on Monday. Oh my goodness.......we have only been married 2 months, and I am 4 weeks along. We have cried so many tears tonight, but are definitely happy and excited now.

Time with Jon

Today Jon and I are just chilling at home. He was in a car wreck yesterday in the work van and I have to watch him for 24 hours as part of the neurological evaluation. (He hit is head pretty hard, but we can't decide what he hit it on because there are red lines right where he hit). He's doing great neurologically.

I'll give you the scenario. Jon was following a car yesterday at about 12:30, he was about 200ft behind when the driver pulled of to the side of the road. Jon continued down the road at about 45 mph when he noticed that car making a u-turn. He swerved out of the way so that they didn't t-bone and she hit is right rear tire. It flipped him around and his work van was on two tires. I was at the UDA convention and happened to look at my phone and he was calling me which never happens while he is at work so I thought I'd better answer it. He sounded upset and told me what had happened. He said his neck and back were killing him. My friends and I left the convention and picked him up at the car dealership where the van had been towed to.

My friends took us to our house to get our car and we had to go to Jon's work and then to the dr. I hate dr's offices and this was not one of my better experiences. The dr. did a neurological exam and felt all of Jon's aches and pains. She decided they'd better do some x-rays of his back and neck and a urinalysis. He left the room and I was out. I slept the whole time he was gone, which was about 20 minutes. We waited another half and hour for the dr. to come back in the room. She said the x-rays were good, so it was probably a lot of muscle damage and prescribed him percocet and physical therapy. I was given strict orders not to fill the percocet until after my 24 hour neurological exam. Jon has been begging me to go fill it, so I'll go do it as soon as I'm done with this. Once the dr. did her final neurological exam she said we could go. We didn't know this meant go wait in the other room while they fill out all of the workman's comp forms. We finally left there and I was exhausted. I can't imagine how Jon felt. He was in a lot of pain.

I have some sweet pictures of Jon in his hospital gown, which hopefully he'll let me post some day. I feel so bad for him. The only benefit to all of this is that he gets to play x-box. As he was coming to bed last night he looked like a robot. I think I am the worst wife ever. I could not help but sing the Styx song "Mr. Roboto." I only got through about 5 words before we were both laughing hysterically. He has a hard time just relaxing and I get really mad at him when he tries to do stuff around the house.

I have such a great friend. My friend Angie asked what she could do to help and I told her we'd be okay, but she insisted on bringing us dinner. Her husband made his famous spaghetti accompanied with french bread. It was delicious. Thanks Angie and Greg!

7 Interesting Facts About Myself

I was tagged by my mom. I don't know 7 "interesting" facts about myself, but I'll give it a try.

1. I met Jon online. This is weird, I know. I heard it from my dad every day for a couple of months. No matter where we met, I'm glad we did. We were definitely meant to be together. (My dad loves Jon, in fact, I think he loves him more than me.)

2. I love patients who have a lot of build up, "calculus," on their teeth. It is so gratifying to watch it chunk off. I love when the pieces are too big for the suction. It is definitely a great patient education tool. They have a hard time believing that was on their tooth.

3. I love dental hygiene. I thought I wanted to be a dentist for the majority of my life, but changed to dental hygiene during my first semester of college. I am so grateful that I made this choice. I love the interaction with my patients. I love being at their side for hours at a time. I love helping them improve their oral hygiene and help arrest any periodontal diseases they might have.

4. I am very close to my extended family. I know all of my 2nd cousins and a lot of my 3rd cousins. I am one of the oldest grandkids so a lot of people mistake my cousins as my nieces and nephews which is fine by me.

5. I rarely wear makeup to school. (sorry mom!) It's not that I don't want to, I just choose to sleep 15 more minutes instead. I figure if I'm showered that is most important. It's hard to make blue scrubs and a ponytail look cute with or without makeup.

6. I'm currently stressed out of my mind. My board exams are coming up and that is really taking a toll on me. I am usually pretty good about keeping it all together but that has not been the case this week. I leave for school at 7a.m. get home around 6 p.m., work til 8 p.m. then I'm supposed to have the ambition to study. I wish. Hopefully things will slow down a little after this weekend. My national written board is March 24th, anesthesia board April 29th and 30th and my clinical board is May 1st and 2nd. Good news is....I'm almost done with school. Graduation is April 27th :)

7. I am baby hungry! I have told Jon that I want to wait 6 years to have kids. Deep down in my heart it has always been 2 or 3. We babysat the cutest baby about a month ago and it made me so baby hungry. It was all I could think about for 3 days. Reality set in, but I admitted to Jon that I more realistically want to try in 2 rather than 6 years. I now have added motivation to wait. My mom said it would be hard to go to Paris with a baby, so I guess we'll start trying May 2011 :)

I tag: Cathy, Kristy, Olivia, and Kendra