How do you take a pulse again??

Hmmmm I wonder. I best remember pretty quick, as i head off this afternoon to do my first shift as a bank nurse on the lovely paediatric ward at Cabrini hospital (yes of Sam Newman and Kylie Minogue fame), renowned as a quality private hospital long before those two spent time there! I have not looked after a 'real' patient for some years. Since i was pregnant with Emmy i think, and that was only a couple of shifts, and then not since before Harry. As I am currently doing asthma education, so no clinical role, and before that doing care co-ordination of frequent presenters since the end of 2003 (I think, memory is going on me as I head over the hill, LOL).

So as I try to recoup some costs of leaving full time work, and yet maintain the (scapping) lifestyle I have become accustomed to, i head off into the sunset to do a shift here or there. I am really looking forward to it, and the ward are excited to have an 'expert' medical nurse in their midst. They have regular surgical patients, and some medicals, but the asthmas, bronchiolitis and croup kiddies scare them a bit. They are my fave, love a sick respiratory patient. So we will be able to learn from each other. and Mark will be happy to see some money hit the bank, as he finds it hard to see the ENJO as comission, as it is often paid in cash on delivery, and then we spend it. So the $900 odd dollars commission for April and the $800 odd for the month before that goes unnoticed. The stampin up money is bits here and there, and I spend half of it before it hits the banks, LOL. But at least I am paying my own way.
We went and looked at our gorgeous photo shoot pics yesterday. They were so divine, but at $2000 for a frame of 9 of our faves, we had to say no.So I will be content for my free framed family snap as a consolation to seeing what we could look like. The bugger is, even if you did buy the package, you still don't get all the other pics on a disc. So that sucks, http://www.verveportraits.com.au/ check out the style if you like. They take them in a massive room all painted white, looked fab for the end result. The shots were just beautiful. Mark swinging Harry around, me swinging Emmy, harry looking thru his legs, reading stories, all of us running towards the camera, some delightful shots of the kids looking pure and innocent, and some lovely ones of Mark and I. But really $2000 on photos, sorry. I mentioned a friend of a friend who does a bargain shoot, and then you get the disc for a song, (you know who you are) so in the near future, we will consider this), with just as gorgeous candid, funky shots.
I am excited as Kim is coming down on the Thursday and we are going to see Sex and the City for free, woo hoo. (Thanks Austrahealth, the nursing agency I am with).
Harry is good, enjoying swimming, and Fizzed (gym and ball activities), the teacher actually said he should do gymnastics because he has a very natural and good balance and style on the tramp. He has also seen a speech therapist at work recently to see how he was going. He talks long sentences, has an awesome vocab, very mature thought processes, but uses w for a lot of letters, and for some blended sounds, which is common for many kids. Like wock, wireman, wour, wishy, weind). I know that many sounds are developed later, some even up the the age of 7 years. But I though I would just get it checked out, to make sure he wasn't behind, and if we could help him progress. He did very well, and most of his mispronounced sounds are later ones, like s, z, ch, j and v are by 6 years, and th and r are by 7 years. By 5 they should have f, l and sh, but like anything there are also ranges of who thinks what is expected. So the speechie thought he should have f and so has given us some excercies. We also have another year and a half before school, so plenty of time. Otherwise he is an active, adventourous and enquisitive 4 year old. He is also very loving, and has a sweet nature (when he is not being a terror, hehe).Emmy si just delightful, and for a just turned 21 month old, has a huge range or words, and even uses 4 worded sentences, clever girl. She has unruly hair, which looks cute clipped, or in a piggy tail, but she leaves them in for about 1 minute. I will persist. She is running everywhere now, but still only has 6 teeth. One of the molars has just popped throuh, barely, which is the 7th.
Mark has had a month off with his training and is now back into doing bike rides and runs for upcoming triathalons. I think he has his eyes on one in Margaret River, or Noosa in Sept / Octoberish. He is also pretty much working for another guy now in order to get a steady income, and therefore prevent getting customers demand his time at all hours any day of the week, and then long after the job is finished, and then not paying.

I have featured an all Stampin Up! product only 6 x 6 layout, which my lovely girls in Echuca made recently. Love these papers, so boyie!(Design by me, all images copyright Stampin' Up!)...
Recipe:
Inks - Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin pie
Card - Close to Cocoa, chocolate chip, pumpkin pie
Stamps - Priceless, Wild about You
Other - Spiral punch, Corner punch, cropidile, Outlaw paper series, ribbon, eyelet
Enjoy your Sunday (as I slave away at work, LOL)
Love Kaz