Farewell to the St. Lukes CCU

Here are some picture of Jacob's (Jack's) last days of work at St. Lukes hospital in the CCU in Boise. He had a great time here, and misses all of the friends he made. St. Lukes was an awesome place to work!

From left to right: Carla, Ross, Susan, Jacob, Barb, Kristen, Elena, Gretchen

Joan brought Jacob a farewell cake, and they sent him off with many nice gifts.

Jacob's charge nurse, Travis

Jacob's good Bosnian friend, Mirdihan...oh so strong!

Favorite Respiratory therapist, Elena

Jacob's preceptee, Karen

Jenn was a student at NNU, and decided to work at St. Lukes because Jacob bragged it up so much

Jacob's preceptor, Kristen. When Jacob told people who his preceptor was, they told him he would be in for a fun time, and they were right!

Jacob's director, Candy

Jacob's favorite cardiologist, Dr. Colin Lee

Play Time!

Addison is finally enjoying her tummy!!! She rolls onto her tummy just for fun now. She wants to crawl, but can't quite get herself in the right position yet, so for now she just does a body roll to get around...she rolls on her side tucks in her legs and then rolls back onto her tummy and somehow moves herself around a little bit.

This is a picture of Addi playing in her oatmeal sandbox. Every once in a while she will grab a huge handful and try and stuff as much of it in as possible. She is so much fun to watch when she plays!
Grandma and Grandpa Larson gave Addi some pooh bear stackers, and she loves them, especially the honey comb! This is a picture of the toys I made for Addi. We use so many baby food containers, and I hate to just throw them away, so instead I made toys! I painted the inside of the container, then I put some kind of noise maker in it, then glued the lid back on, I left a window so she could still see what was inside. It was a quick project, but Addison has enjoyed them since.
Oh, and I wanted to show this picture of Jacob, all ready for his first day of clinicals! I am so grateful for him and his dedication to going to anesthesia school! Good luck Babe!!!

Addison's Nursery

Here is Addi's nursery, it is still really plain, but it will get there slowly, but surely! Enjoy!!!

The bedding, lamps, curtains and some of the decor was given to us by Deena, one of Jacob's co-workers at St. Lukes in Boise, the Crib was given to us by my sister Tiffany, the mobile by grandma and grandpa Larson, the chair by Jacob, the diaper basket by Jarron and Salena, the figurines by Wendy and Chelsey, and there is a picture I recently put up that isn't shown that was created by Grandpa Langston...we are very gratuful for everyone who has helped decorate Addi's nursery!This is a better look at the crib details
It is hard to see, but the 'A' on the wall is painted up...that was my adition to Addi's room.
Another look at the crib...I know the pictures are crooked, but I worked a long time to straighten it and it wouldn't straighten out. Oh, and the mobile has been a lifesaver on many occasions. We put Addi in her crib at night and she usually goes right down, but on those occasions where she doesn't, the mobile helps to really calm her down and put her to sleep.

The Goings of Boise, the comings of Florida!

Here is another one of those posts that will sum up the last few weeks into one, so be prepared for TONS of pictures!

As many of you know, we left our home in Boise to move to Panama City, Florida, but in between our two homes was adventure after adventure...full of family, friends and fun!

To start off our adventures, we got Addi fully prepped in her gear, provided by Shawn and Chelsey!

First Stop: Twin Falls

to go to the Temple open house...it was such a beautiful temple and a great way to start our journey!

Stop#2: Salt Lake

after an eventful trip with the U-haul, we had a luau at my brother and sister-in-laws new house.

A luau wouldn't be complete without the wii... right?

At the Luau we all converted our names into the Hawaiian alphabet, and I don't remember all of our names, but I do remember that Addison's name came out to be Akuki ( a cookie)...I love it!!!

Stop #3 family reunion for Jacob's family in Kolob, Utah (near Cedar City)!

A family reunion wouldn't be complete without a picture with Grandma and Grandpa!

The cabin we stayed at had a slide from upstairs to down...it was a blast for all of the little kids, and the big ones too!

Addison had a great time, and smiled tons!



We went ATVing with Jacob's family and had a blast! Even Addison loved it, she was either looking around and enjoying the outdoors or sleeping for the 4 hours we were riding.



We stopped at a look out while were ATVing ...what a beautiful view!



Addison enjoying time with her uncle Jamison!



Stop #4: Family Home evening/Birthday celebration up Milcreek Canyon.


We made home-made ice cream in a baggie ball and then tossed them around to freeze the ice-cream...these are our baggie balls...very colorful!

The ice-cream was very tasty...Jacob is eating strawberry, and I am eating a mixture of symphony, caramello, reeses, reeses pieces and butterfinger (quite the compbination I know)!



My dad gave a great lesson on the tree of life, this is a picture of our group hug after we have all partaken of the fruit!

Addi and grandma had a great time together while we all tossed our ice-cream balls!

Stop #5: Picnic in the park and swimming
This was our final good bye to Jacob's family. Goodbye's were hard, but we had a great time leading up to it. We are going to miss all of our friends and family so much!

Cousins, cousins, cousins!

We had fun swimming in the Magna pool!

Stop #6: Tabiona (Tabiona is one of my favorite places on earth, I have so many memories there and it is such a peaceful place)

This is Addi's first time in Tabby, and she is loving it...just look at that smile!

Justus and Zeke had a blast riding on grandpa's golf cart! In this picture grandpa is coming after me , and the boys think it is so funny!

Like always, mom brought great food, and all the cousins are loving it!

Addi and Zeke had fun swinging in the hammock together!

Final stop: Florida

Grandma Larson gave Addison this little play place. Addison loves it, and it is now part of her routine to play in it right after she wakes up in the morning.

One of our first sights in Florida was the beach. Addison loves the beach, I think she would play in the sand all day if we let her.

This was our second time at the beach, we were at a state park called St. Andrews, and it was a beautiful park!

Addison again, playing in the sand, this time she started eating it...I think she likes the salty taste.

Also at St. Andrew's is an alligator swamp. The crazy thing about this swamp is that there is nothing between you and the swamp. If the alligators wanted to attack there is nothing stopping them...Scary!!!!!
Here is a picture of one of the smaller alligatos in the swamp...yes we actually got a picture with our own camera!
Alright, now to end this extremely long post, here are a few pictures of our new apartment. I will post Addi's room later, she was slrrping when I took these pictures

This is a picture of our kitchen and dining room from the entrance.

The kitchen

Living room

Bedroom

Bedroom, looking towards master bath

Lookong toward entrance from our bedroom

Fireplace in living room