Hey girls, I'm engaged!!! My fiancee proposed last Saturday and I said yes, wahoo! We are getting married on June 24th in the Salt Lake City temple and I'm so excited. Work at Saint Mark's is still going well, I love my coworkers. I hope you are all enoying work and life tremendously and I miss you all lots! I made a website for the wedding so if you'd like an invitation please check it out post your address there.

http://www.momentville.com/rachaelandphil

~Rachael

Hi everyone. Congrats to to all of you who have had those cute little babies. I am sure they are so much fun. I am working at IMC on the medical telemetry floor and it is great. I am finally feeling a little more comfortable and have gained some confidence in my ability. I love the people I work with they are great. I too agree it was such a relief when I passed my boards. I worked with my temporary for a while letting the stress of taking them build up. I finally took them in July and I was mad at myself for waiting so long they were really not that bad. I miss seeing everyone even though I was an add on this last year. I hope everyone is doing great. Talk to you all later.
Holly Ekker

Nurses rule!

Hey everyone! I'm so excited to everyone and the success you all seem to be having with love, life, and work. Congratulations! I agree with Holly when she said what a stinkin relief it is to have boards over with but YAY! I passed! I'm working at Saint Mark's hospital in the ICU and can I just say what a hazard to MY health the ICU is? :) I do love it but there is way too much info they didn't teach us in school. I'm just on my way back from vacation to the Oregon coast which was beautiful and looking forward to getting back to the heat of Utah and stress of work, hurrah for having an apartment complex with a pool! I miss you all tons and think it would be a splendid idea if we had a fun summer reunion. By the way, anyone interested in having their name individually as a contributing team member I figured out how to do it so we can all log in to this blog spot as ourselves, you just need a gmail account first. Let me know if you want one and need help adding yourself. Love you all lots!
~Rachael Vincent

I passed!

Just thought I would let you all know that I passed my boards! What a stinking relief!

Congrats to all of you having babies! I know you will all make such great moms!

Love ya all,
Holly C

Afton Leah Petersen

Hey everyone! So I had my baby on Saturday June 28th at 12:31 pm!! She weighed 6 lbs 10 oz, which I think is just perfect! Everything went really well, especially after my heavenly epidural...it's true, they're lifesavers! Brooke was even my nurse in Mother/Baby....she was so great!! It's so much stinkin fun having a baby, I just can't believe it sometimes. It's definitely an interesting experience "being on the other side of the stirrups instead of the student nurse looking on in awe," as Sarah put it! She's been really good so far, of course she's less than a week old so we're still getting to know her....but it's tons of fun! This picture was taken just after we got home the next afternoon...only a day old! Anyway, I'll keep you posted!

Lucy Lloyd

Hello everyone! It's Jamie Lloyd and I just thought I would let everyone know that I had my baby on June 16th. My water broke on the 15th around 5:15 P.M. and after about 15 hours of labor, our sweet little baby girl was born at 8:34 A.M. She weighed 6 lbs. 3 oz., was 19 inches long, and is so beautiful! Labor was quite the experience. I definately love epidurals because I had to have pitocin to get labor going, and I can definately say that I no longer think I'm tough! Megan's dad was my anestheologist and he was a lifesaver! I don't tell you this to scare any of the girls who have not had their babies yet. The end result if definatley worth all the pain. I will keep all of you posted on her and how she is doing. Right now I am just adjusting to being a mom and trying to figure out what I am doing. (This picture is about a week

after she was born.)

Boards and Baby

Hey everybody!! So the baby hasn't come yet, but it should be soon! Even though I've got almost 2 weeks to go until the due date, it's looking like it'll be any day...hopefully! I've been dilated to a 3 for about a week, so I'm crossing my fingers! And I just found out I passed my boards, so there's nothing holding me back now! I'll keep you posted when she's born! Great to hear what everybody's up to! Good luck everyone!!!!

Heather Petersen