Olivia can really move! Except she doesn't do a typical crawl, she does an army crawl. Whatever works!
Olivia has started saying "hi." She actually mimics the sound we make when we say it and waves her little hand around. It's cute but I wasn't able to get a good video of it! Oh, well. I tried!
Friday, June 19, Summer took the NCLEX-RN, a national exam to test the competency of new nurse grads. Sunday, she found out her results: PASS!!! Now that that's out of the way, we can enjoy the summer!!
Today is our 2 year anniversary from when we got married, which means it's been 1 year since we were sealed in the temple!
Left to right: Amber & Brad Harris; Summer & Jon Buchanan; Julie & Andrew Buchanan; Mesha & Colin Buchanan
Saturday we went to the air show at Hill Air Force Base with Jon's brothers and sister-in-laws- Andrew & Julie; Colin & Mesha; and Julie's brother and sister-in-law- Brad & Amber.
I (Summer) am very sensitive to the sun right now, thanks to the prednisone, so I packed on the sunscreen, managing to get a little sun on my arms (farmer tan!) and cheeks (since they're still puffy from the pred- ha ha). Many of the other people we went with were pretty pink at the end of the day even though I offered my sunscreen!
Summer's lease was up on her 2006 Pepper White MINI Cooper so she decided to go for a new 2009 model! This time in Chili Red. It is her graduation present to herself! She also received an ipod touch from Jon :)
I have very few pictures on my own camera from the nurse's pinning ceremony and actual graduation so when people send them to me, I will post them. Oh, and the toenails are to show my school pride! Disclaimer: I am still on prednisone, a drug I was put on in the hospital to put me into remission. This drug is very effective for what it does but has horrible side effects. One of them includes the "chipmunk cheeks" or "moon face." I obviously still have this, along with some of the acne it blessed me with. I am being tapered off, thank goodness! Either way, I made it to my graduation- round face, puffy cheeks, and all!
Olivia turned 6 months old earlier this month. Can you believe it!? She's getting so big and is very energetic. This is her in one of her new toys. She just loves to be the center of attention!
Summer picked up her cap and gown yesterday! Graduation is just around the corner!
Summer is continuing to get better and regain her strength. There is improvement every day, which is encouraging.
Since Summer was sick and then in the hospital, she missed a lot of school and clinical hours. There was a chance that she would not be able to graduate May 30th as planned. When she was discharged from the hospital her doctor released her to go back to school for the last week of classes and this week she received a release to be able to finish her clinical hours in the hospital. This is a big deal because she is still considered immunocompromised.
So she is working to complete the course work she missed and she has people pulling strings left and right for her to complete her clinical hours at St. Mark's Hospital.
This is awesome news because if everything goes as planned, all requirements will be met and she will be able to graduate on time!
Olivia and Kristin paid Summer a visit on Easter so Olivia could show off her cute Easter dress.
Summer was discharged from the hospital Monday, April 13- Day #12 of being there. They sent her home with her own pharmacy of new prescription meds so hopefully they'll do their job and continue the healing process. Her doctor hasn't released her to go back to work yet so she can regain her strength and continue to heal.
One of the side effects of being on prednisone, receiving IV fluids, and immobility is swelling of the feet and ankles. Here's a preview of Summer's "cankles."
Fortunately they gave her MORE meds that helped with that and now they're back to normal.
Just a quick update- Summer has been really sick for approximately the last 4 weeks. After many doctor's visits, she has been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. After starting treatment and still not getting better, she was hospitalized on April 1st at Alta View Hospital. She is still expected to be there a few more days but is receiving all the necessary treatments needed to come home.
Olivia has recently discovered her voice and has become a very vocal girl. Rumor has it that she likes to disrupt church meetings with her talking!
Summer did her capstone at IMC's labor and delivery. She worked 100 hours with her preceptor, Candie.
On January 4- Olivia with her mom and dad after her baby blessing
Christmas time- Jon and Olivia
Beware of the Christmas tree!
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