I'm official!

Well, I just got on the state board of nursing's website (I have done this daily for the past few weeks) to check and see if they had verified my license yet. Usually nothing pops up, but when I opened it today it was there! I am now an official certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner authorized by the state of Texas! Woo Hoo!!!! It has been such a long journey and I am SO thankful to be done and start my new job! I am going to be working at Children's still but in Pre-Surgical Assessment. I will work Mondays and Thursdays for 10 hour shifts...a pretty nice schedule giving me plenty of time to hang out with the cutest girl in the world! I will miss my friends in the ICU at Children's because I worked with the most amazing people, but I am definitely thankful to be around healthier children! We are going to continue our work Bible study that meets at my house each week so I will get to stay in touch with all my work friends! God is so good. I am so thankful for my job as I know so many people are having such a hard time finding work. I can't imagine what they are feeling, but I know God is faithful and will provide. At Lifegroup tonight we were singing "Come Fall on us" and I love the part where it says "A thankful heart prepares the way for you my God." I am one thankful (and official) girl right now! Bless you, Lord!

It's been quite a day!

just a sweet pic from yesterday in her rain coat
Don't you love where her name is...her BeBe gave these jeans to her and they are so cute!

Today has been a LONG day! It started around 1:30 this morning when I awoke with a sharp pain in my stomach. I took a pepto bismol...no relief! I could not get comfortable so I woke up blake whining about my pain! Finally I called my sweet dad b/c I was worried it could be my gall bladder. He told me to take a hydrocodone and see if it relieved the pain. Don't worry I had one from after EK was born...I don't keep random stashes of drugs. Anyway... I waited the 20-30 minutes it needed to work and still no relief! We called Jason to come over at 2 in the morning and sleep at our house while we went to the E.R. What a sweet little brother I have! Thankfully things went smooth in the E.R. and I didn't try and pull out my IV or yell at the nurses (long story about my last E.R. visit). They found I do have a gall stone and WOW morphine really works! I felt so much better after that! Anyway...I have to get my gall bladder out in the next couple of weeks which will be no fun, but it's not a huge surgery! My mom, aunt, and both maternal grandparents have had to have their gall bladder removed so I knew I was a ticking time bomb!

Well...we make it home and get a few hours of sleep before Emery Kate wakes up wheezing and coughing and breathing really fast. A few hours later we are at her doctor's office getting back to back breathing treatments and coming home with nebulized xopenex every 4 hours. It's going to be a long night waking her up for treatments when Blake and I are worn out ourselves!

Thankfully the day ended with something exciting...Baylor beat texas! WOO HOO!!! It was a great game that went into OT. We are very excited at the Marable household! Hoping for a calm Sunday tomorrow....

Nine Months

Emery Kate is 9 months old today! Crazy! I was thinking of 9 of my favorite things!

There are so many more...but here are some!

9. The innumerable rolls in her thighs. Blake says you could hide a penny in one of them and I think he may be right

8. How she goes to sleep for naps and bedtime without a peep almost every time!
7. How she still has almost no hair and almost daily people say how cute HE is! She smiles anyway :)
6. How she loves watching Jayden (her cousin) play! I think she thinks he is the coolest person on earth right now!


5. Our daily quiet times when she watches Praise Baby and I get to drink coffee, pray and do my Bible study. It's such a sweet time.

4. How baths instantly calm her. She can spend hours in there!

3. How she smiles whenever she sees me or Blake. I love that gummy smile!

2. Her laugh...it is the greatest thing. You might mistake it for a 40 year old man's laugh b/c it is so deep!

1. I love that I am going to keep falling more in love with her!

Thank you God for this precious child!

such a big girl

Emery Kate is growing up so fast! Now she always wants to be standing...which is so cute but sad b/c it means she is really growing up! She loves this musical table we got her for Christmas b/c she can stand up and play with it. I love this little girl, but I better get back to studying for my boards! Pray for me on Tuesday when I take them!

Christmas and other pics!

Emery Kate with her cousins on Christmas morning at my parent's house. They were so cute and we had such a great time all being together!!!
Emery Kate in the cute Christmas coat and hat Debbie gave her. It was good she had it b/c it was so cold and snowed on Christmas eve!

EK and Anna Bruce at church in their Christmas outfits!EK and Blake going to Luke's western 1st bday party!

My Grandpa Sugarmonster and Bettye!

Christy and I running the white rock half marathon. My dad and brother ran it too!

That's me graduating! Woo Hoo!!!! As soon as I pass my boards I will be an official Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

He speaks

"I know the Lord is speaking to me when I stop listening to sounds from the world that feed my sense of pride and ambition. Instead, I fall quiet, tune in to God's great world around me, and actively listen. Sometimes nature speaks, telling me of God's majesty and glory. Sometimes God's word speaks, reminding me of what God wants me to know. And sometimes the Spirit speaks, awakening my conscience, reminding me of failures, stirring my compassion and sense of justice, aligning me with God's will. I cannot control the voice of God or how it comes. I can only conrol my "ears"- my readiness to listen and quickness to respond." Philip Yancey

Baylor vs Texas Tech at "Jerry's World"

Blake, Emery Kate and I were able to go with Paul, Debbie, Brandon and Carrie to the baylor-tech game on Saturday. It was so much fun! That stadium is insane! The seats are leather. EK loved looking at the huge 50 yard screen! She had a great time and so did we! Baylor played so well...if only we had pulled it off.