Life!

I figure it is about time for an update!! So be prepared for a very long post!! Let's start with updates on Dustin and I before we get to the best part of the post, our new little girl Quinn. So Dustin has decided to go to Kansas City Missouri for Medical school so we will be leaving July 29th! It is a short 7 weeks away and I am so sad to be leaving family especially after having this little girl! However, I am also very excited to go on a new adventure with Dustin and I know it will make our relationship even stronger! For now, Dustin is working nights on the total joint unit at the hospital as a charge nurse and is enjoying it. I am definitely excited to not be alone at night anymore when we move!!!

As for me, I graduated May 4th from the Nursing program. So I am KINDOF officially an RN. I am currently in the process of applying for my license in Missouri and have to still take the boards. The current plan is to work a couple days or nights a week once we move there, as long as Dustin can be home and watch our girl because I refuse to leave her with a babysitter! I would much rather be home with her and have no money!

And now for the new addition in our lives, Quinn Kourtney Tew!! We just love this little one. It is amazing how much love you realize you are capable of once you have a child. So before I get too mushy I will give a quick summary of her birth! Her original due date was May 3rd. I went into the doctors office May 1st frustrated I hadn't had her yet! My doctor agreed to induce me the next day, May 2nd. I was so excited! I mean, anticipating someones arrival for 9 months can lead one to be VERY impatient!! Dustin worked that night so I decided to go stay at my parents...to keep this G-rated I won't go into too much detail but I had some signs that baby would be coming soon that night and then the next morning began having some mild contractions that were 10-15 minutes apart. By 2:00 that afternoon they were becoming pretty painful. I was scheduled to be induced at 5:00 so we decided to just head up there. Well everyone and their dog decided to have a baby that day so I got checked in triage and was only dilated to a 1. The nurse said they didn't have any open rooms and since I wasn't progressing too quickly to come back in a couple of hours. I was bummed but I went home and took a 2 hour nap. I woke up to a phone call from the hospital saying they had a room open for me, so UP we went! I was now dilated to a 3, so the nurse decided to call anesthesia so that by the time they got there I would be a 4 and could get the goods. By the way, I may be very narrow minded but why would anyone want to do natural birth!? The epidural was probably the greatest thing ever and I think the absence of pain let me enjoy the experience even more, BUT what do I know. Anyways, at about 10:30 the nurse thought the baby would be coming any minute because I had started progressing fast, so I call my sister who is a photographer because I wanted these moments captured! She arrives and my contractions start slowing down. SOOOO My nurse ends up starting some Pitocin (since I had orders for it anyways since I was originally going to be induced). This sped up the contractions and the doc was on his way! I pushed for about 15-20 minutes and our precious little one entered the world right on her due date! 6 pounds 7 ounces and 21 inches long! She was perfect!!! It was so weird to watch them weighing a baby across the room and thinking that it was MY child! I literally went into shock and it didnt set in for a couple of days that she was ours and we get to keep her forever!! I was pretty emotional once she was born (no surprise). She immediately had Dustin wrapped around her little finger. She had lots of visitors over the next 24 hours and then we were able to go home!

The next couple of weeks were a complete blur! I really can hardly remember anything specific other than the feelings felt in our home! Dustin was completely in love and wanted to hold her all of the time. He would just sit there and stare at her and give her kisses. It is such a great feeling to watch this. Dustin has always been a softy, but Quinn melted his heart even more! I am completely in love and love spending every day with her. I'm not going to lie....some days are REALLY hard and emotional! Your life completely changes and nothing can prepare you for it, but I wouldnt change it for the world. As I am writing this she is sleeping right next to me and I am just overcome with love!! Well I think that pretty much sums up everything I HAVEN'T blogged about. Maybe once we move I will get better at this. Anyways, here are some pictures captured from Quinns birth!

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Well since I haven't blogged since November and I am now 32 weeks pregnant I figured I should post SOMETHING!! Life for us has been crazy but great. We have been enjoying this warm winter! Dustin has been skiing a lot, I skied up until 28 weeks and then had to pull the cord! As I mentioned previously, Dustin is applying for med schools right now and has been accepted to 3 schools....and as of right NOW we will be moving to Kansas City Missouri!! We are REALLLLYYYY hoping to get into University of Utah but won't know until the end of the month! It is a really hard school to get into but Kansas City is so FAR away so I am keeping my fingers crossed!! I really am happy that we at least have somewhere to go, but now that we are going somewhere I am allowed to be picky right?? I don't know what else I have blogged on Dustin so I will just give a full update....he is currently working nights up at PMC as a Nurse and has even been working as a charge nurse occasionally! He is also taking some classes to keep himself in school before med school starts up. Other than that our little girl already has him wrapped around her finger! It is so cute to hear him talk about his excitement and to hear him talk to her. I can't wait to see him holding her! I am finishing up nursing school and can't believe it is coming to an end! There is only 8 weeks left of classes (yes I have it memorized because I am due in 8 weeks, AKA due during finals week!). I am so excited to be done with school and even more excited to meet our little girl!! I am so glad I have had school to keep me busy and make this pregnancy fly by! I was sick for about 16-18 weeks and then got strep throat.....then started going through the getting fat stage....so until about 3 weeks ago I truly hated pregnancy! However, I am finally loving it and can't wait for her to be here! We had a scare the other day after my doctors appt because he said he was a little worried our baby wasn't growing because I was measuring at 31 weeks what I should be at 26 weeks. HOWEVER, she is growing perfectly healthy and must just love to burrow farther back making it look like she is smaller! In fact, I would not be surprised if this was the case since I am convinced my back is being kicked 24/7! It has been so fun with her getting bigger and being able to feel her move around all the time. So many of our friends and family members are expecting right now so I am excited our little girl will have so many friends and cousins her age! Anyways, that about sums up our lives right now!

Dustins graduation

I already mentioned back in May Dustins graduation! However, we got some pics after so I thought I'd share! So proud of him!!! :)

They called this the pinning ceremony....basically it was a thing that hung on his neck with a pin on it.

Proud mother and wife!

Chi-town

WELL.....last I updated was May.... In JUNE we went to Chicago to visit my brother and sister! My brother and his wife were moving home so they flew us out there to drive their car home! We love to get out of Pocatello as much as we can- It was so much fun!! We ate lots of yummy food and did a lot of sightseeing and laughing! Here are some pics from the vacation!

Dustin in front of a train in the Science Museum

Science Rules!!

At the top of Willis (aka SEARS) Tower. They built an area made of all windows so you can stand out on this ledge and look down to the streets. Scary!!!

Us in front of the bean in downtown Chicago!

Catching up

I figure since nothing very exciting goes on in our lives, if I update every few months or so there will actually be something to update on!!
Dustin graduated in May!! Wahoooo! He got his bachelors in Nursing so he is now
Dustin Tew, RN

However, that will only last for about a year because he is now applying to Med school! He takes the M-Cat tomorrow! So we are excited to get that over with, not sure who is MORE excited! Dustin has basically studied every day since January for it, and I am commanded to not speak to him anytime while he is studying (getting kind of old ). haha I will literally get a phone call while on my way home telling me when I come in the house to not talk to him so he doesn't get distracted!! It is pretty funny and sometimes frustrating- BUT I always remind myself how grateful I am for a husband who is a hardworker and knows what he wants rather than the alternative. He is the best!
I have one more year of Nursing school and CANNOT wait to be done. ONE MORE YEAR.
More recently, I just got back from a girls weekend in Phoenix w/ my sister in law. We stayed at a friends who is living there. HEAVEN. It was high 90's the entire time we were there! We slept in every day...would go lay by the pool all day....and do whatever we felt that night. It was the most relaxing vacation ever. Then we came home to weather in the 40's= horrible.

First night, we decided to hit up some clubs!! This is us dancing on the cubicle in the center of the dance floor...notice we are the only ones in there dancing! haha

While I was on my trip, Dustin got to go dirtbiking, which he has not done for the last 4-5 years! His family loves dirtbiking & thats what he has grown up loving so I was so happy that he was able to go!

Last item of business....we are headed off to Chicago in a few weeks!!!! My brother & sister along with their families both live there! My brother is finally moving back home and they need someone to drive their car home for them. So we are flying out there so spend a few days with everyone & then driving their car home & we CAN'T wait!!

Other than that- we are working all summer long and boating whenever possible!

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I am a little behind on this thing....BUT better late than never! Well over Christmas, Dustin had a sinus surgery and had his tonsils taken out! I am glad to say his lugie's have decreased about 75% and I am pleased! About a week after his surgery we went to San Francisco!! I don't know if I mentioned in any earlier posts but going to a 49ers game was his Christmas present! We went with his brother Tyler and his wife Erin! We spent New Years Eve there as well!Since then, our lives have been filled with school, and trying to ski as much as money allows!!
Lastly, this last month my niece Kayt was admitted to the hospital for pneumonia. She also got pleurisy and had to have a chest tube put in to remove the fluid around her lungs. It was so hard to see her in the hospital. I think the hardest thing was seeing her hooked up to different things and her personality gone. It brought me to tears every time I went there. It was amazing to see how much love you have for someone. My brother in law had some moles a week previously and he kept stating how he would rather have cancer than to see her go through this. Anyways, I had a lot of time to think during this experience. Situations like this make you realize how dumb some of the things are that people stress out about and let take over their lives. I got to thinking about some situations in my life where I have seen some people get so offended over something and hold onto it forever. It made me so mad thinking about it. How could you hold onto something someone "did" to you or "said" to you when there are so many bigger things that really matter. I could go on forever. But this experience just made a big impression on me. No one can offend anyone. People you love, or don't for that matter, are always going to disappoint you or say things that you think are rude. But being offended is a way you choose to react. Don't let people offend you, get over things, and focus on what really matters. Don't know if anything I just said made sense, but it made me feel better.

OK. Done venting. Happy Monday!

Tew-Massey Annual Christmas sleepover!!

So starting last year, we with our best friends, decided we are going to have a christmas sleepover every year for the rest of our lives. This tradition includes bowling, gingerbread house making, and whatever else we want followed by a sleepover. So far the girls have won both events both years! (the girls are also the judges of the gingerbread house contest). We decided this year that we are going to have to do bowling as couples next year because we are going to implement a bowling trophy that the winner gets to keep in their house for the entire year! We didn't take a lot of pictures but here are some of the fun night! Love you Aubrey and Eric!!

The pictures are out of order because I don't really know how to change it. I tried once and it went whack.

The boys ruined our house once we declared the winner!

The boys' "2D but 3D" house. I also have the mention that their fence was made out of doggie treats. Dustin in an effort to convince us it was candy ate one.

We thought our gingerbread house needed a climbing wall.

Front of the girls house.

Aubrey and I