Natalie's 2! i know, a little late

Natalie being her amazing little self :)

Natalie was having a grand ole time banging on Nanna and Popop's piano. I guess I'll have to get her into piano lessons...along with gymnastics, dance, soccer, voice.....ok, not all at the same time :)

Natalie with Popop and Great-Grandma on July 4th















So cute! I love the faces she makes :)

















Playing in her new princess pool. I couldnt get her out of it!


















YAY! I'm a princess!


















This is my daughter in a nutshell....with a minnie hat on top.

In dinosaur world....yay...*note sarcasm*. it was pretty lame lol

She looks THRILLED, as usual :)

Goofy was the only character she would stand still for

aw, arent we cute?

vacay

the whole gang! from top left: john (mary's bf), mary, dad, grandma, me, natalie, kevin, drew, amanda (his gf), chris (katie's husband), katie, mom, patrick, anna (his fiance-as of last month). phew! the ENTIRE group went to disney world-minus grandma who was having surgery that week. we had a great time, although i wish we could have spent some more time with each other instead of splitting off into couples. but, atleast we all got to go.

The Happy Graduate

Well, here it is. I'm a college grad. I'm probably still in shock, because none of it seems real. I'm 25 years old, and except for a 'break' in Iraq, I've been in school my WHOLE LIFE! But now I'm done with nursing school, and I dont know what to do with myself! All I have left to do is take my boards this summer (exactly when, I have no idea). After that, I'm an RN! Wow, that's scary. Well, just intimidating really, it's a lot of pressure. You cant be a mediocre nurse...although I've definitely seen it, it aint pretty! All I want is to be effective, useful, thorough and caring. If I strive for that, I cant lose, right? I will miss all my friends though, many of them I havent known for that long because I switched from the evening program, but they've all been awesome, and I'm sad to be relocating. I wish I could work with you guys, we'd ROCK the hospital :) Good luck to all my fellow graduates, just be the amazing, funny people I know, and you'll be successful anywhere you go. Maybe we'll cross paths again someday! Class of 2009!