Nights, Birthdays and "Stella-kins"

Here's the report: Nights rock! The sleep leaves much to be desired because at this point, I am unable to sleep more than 4 hours at a time despite being exhausted. I love working 3 12-hour days...I love it. I love being a nurse...corny, but it is what I was MEANT to do, and there is no doubt about that. My fellow nurses are awesome about helping me understand and learn what needs to be done because school does NOT prepare you for actual nursing! :) Night shift nursing is awesome...I love it. The sleep pattern will come with time.

Birthdays: Girlfriend turned 4 a little over a week ago! I cannot believe how fast time flies. I reminisced a lot about the time surrounding her birth. Her birthday turned into a weeklong celebration because I just love birthdays that much, especially this child's birthday. She got pink Converse tennis shoes from my parents and she was so THRILLED. It was funny how excited she got. Mom and Dad took us to Annie's Cheesecake and Tea Room where they brought a cake out to her and sang "Happy Birthday" while girlfriend hid behind me! I made the Dora cake you see in the picture, and it didn't turn out too badly, and girlfriend loved it, so it worked! Girlfriend had a great birthday so thanks to everyone!

"Stella-kins": I swear to you all that I did not torture this kid...she just does not like posing for the camera. So, here she is in all her Medieval Princess glory. Girlfriend had a party at school and was so excited to announce that she had "put my mouth on the apples and water." That would be bobbing for apples. GROSS. Anyway, they also made "stella-kins" that day- translation: SKELETONS. I laughed so hard when she said that. We went to Jeff and Rochelle's neighborhood trick-or-treating on Halloween night. Girlfriend got her candy from Jeff and Rochelle and then we just walked around for the next 45 minutes or so. Girlfriend only went up to about 2 people and would just keep telling Rochelle and I that she had enough candy and just wanted to run. THANK YOU. We had a good time. Girlfriend has always been a lot of fun for me, and she is getting to an age where we can really enjoy things together.

There's the oddly put-together update...hope you are all well!