Just your average business owner and nursing student raising a restless 8 month old!

Let's just say a lot has happened since the last time I posted. First of all, Ryan has been busy as ever as a new business owner and learning all the ins and outs of running a company. He is now the boss, but till this week, he hadn't hired anyone to replace what he was previously doing so he's been doing like 3 jobs! Which means we haven't been able to see very much of him. Thankfully he finally hired someone so Finley and I are really hoping to see him around much more. But we are forever grateful for our hard working man and all he does for our growing family. Love you babe.

I also completed my 3rd semester of nursing school since I last blogged. I can't believe I'm a 4th semester RN student! This last rotation we were in L&D. Between just having a baby myself, and always wanting to work in L&D this rotation was pretty easy for me. I had to be gone from my baby girl for 12 hours every Monday, but it wasn't as bad because I got to see lots of brand new babies. I think 4th semester is going to be much more difficult because I'll be gone a lot more. In fact, I think I'll just stop talking about it since I don't have to worry about it for a couple months :)

Speaking of our sweet baby girl, she is 8 months old today! I mean seriously? It makes me happy and sad to think of how fast she's growing. She is such a sweet, happy little girl and she has no idea how in love we are with her. I seriously tell her how cute she is about 500 times a day. We have done a lot together the last few months. We've been to Disneyland and the beach many times, we went to the river and took her on her first boat ride, then to Arizona to see Grandma & Grandpa Lake, Great Gma and Gpa Lake, Aunt Mindy and cousins Raine and Emmett, then went on her first flight home. Finley LOVES playing with all her cousins. Anytime Brevon and Megan come over it's like "move over mommy" cause she will just watch her cousins all day. They are so cute with her and know how to make her giggle. She still loves jumping in her classic jumper, she loves sitting in the grass and being outside with the kitties, she also loves to read books, stand up (with mommy holding her hands of course), eat pancakes, swim, watch Alice in Wonderland, play with mommy's jewelry, roll all over the floor, say mama, bubba, bye bye, gaga, shake her head no while giving me a serious look, tilt her head side to side and laugh when you copy her, stare and wave at herself in the mirror, drink water from her sippy cut, and the list goes on and on. She also has 3 teeth, with the 4th not far behind. She also still LOVES nursing. I offer her all sorts of foods and she'll take a few bites here and there, but when it comes down to it she wants mommy's milk. I thought I'd be feeding her more foods by now but I'm kind of letting her set the pace because I believe breast milk is the best thing for her for now anyway, and I'm in no rush to wean her or pressure her into eating foods. She's obviously getting enough food, as you'll see from her pictures.

Oh and yes, I know...I take A LOT of pictures!