Yes, I know that technically it's been December now for 17 days. But for quite awhile now, CJ and I have both just told ourselves that we need to get to December. And it's finally here!
To us, December marks the point in which we can start to put this time behind us. We will celebrate our third anniversary in a few weeks, and with the exception of seven months in the beginning of our marriage, one or both of us have been in school the rest of that time. It was a challenge for me to work full-time and attend school full-time. It was even more of a challenge for my husband to work full-time (that'd be 48-72 hours), attend class one night a week, and in this last semester in particular, cram in 150+ clinical hours between September and the very beginning of December. And while there's still some more work to be done -- CJ has to pass his boards and we both need to find jobs that use our new degrees - we can breathe again.
What we learned though, is that God saw us through this period. Loving one another is nice. Having a supportive family and a handful of friends certainly helped too. But God did this one, and we are so, so grateful.
CJ with his Bake Lore cake: an ambulance with a CJ wearing nursing scrubs and a firefighter helmet. I wanted something that represented all three of his professions.
My sister-in-law's birthday was Thursday, so I asked Amy to also make watermelon cake pops -- "Saturdays," as she calls them.
The inside of the watermelon Saturdays. These weren't watermelon flavored, but she just dyed the batter and chocolate coating to match and added mini chocolate chips for the seeds. Love!
With my nephew Carson
Carson in his new Christmas outfit.
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