I GOT A BP CUFF + STETHOSCOPE!!! || I learned how to use it + OFFICIAL BLOG DESIGN!

GUYYYSSS!!!
I got a blood pressure cuff and stethoscope and learned how to use it and i loveeeeee it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The night I got it David was over, and so he taught me how to use it!! I took everyone's blood pressure and it was great and now I'm the pro at it!!!! ( not to brag ;DD) It's a bright pink and I soo wish that I could've found an aqua one, but it's okay. I love it, and it's actually a good step to being a midwife!!! Here, this'll explain that a tad more..I memorized this. xD
Check her weight
Her blood pressure
Edema (swelling)
Check fetal heart rate
Kicking and fetal movement
Uterus size and measurements
Palpation (uhh, something..? ) :|

LOL, so I didn't have it completely memorized i guess xD
Anyways, that's what you would do at a prenatal. (I've went to a looottt of those with my Mom. :))

Oh, pictures! YUP YUP! They're comin'.
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Now I've added this to my midwifery bag which now has a fetal doppler, aloe gel, pediatric stethoscope, adult stethoscope, and my bp cuff! XD

Hhehee, are you tired of reading about midwifery...? Sorry! I could ramle FOREVER. ABOUT. MIDWIFERY.

But hey, this is now my official blog design!! Do ya like it?


Okay. You're awesome--bye!!
(I wonder ow many times I've done an exclamation mark in this post..at least 63 times!)

making memories in St. Louis || May 14, 2017

Okay wowowowow where do I even start?????

From my journal-May 14, 2017
-So today was super duper filled up and busy-but a very awesome busy!!!
We got up at 8 (and my face and arms were covered with hives from accidentally eating corn) (it was so awful) and got ready to go! Dada was in a 'Get ready, we're going on an adventure!' mood! We left at 9 and around 2:00 we were 20 mins from the zoo, and traffic came to a stand still. Joshua prayed, and about 10 mins later we were moving again! 
Really half the time is getting there, and the other half is finding a parking space. (St. Louis is like that :l) We ended up paying, but it was a good spot close to the zoo, so we were thankful!
The zoo was AH-MAZING!!! So many animals that took my breath away. (ESPECIALLY THE FLAMINGOS OMW!!) 
We saw elephants (more on them in another post :)) hyenas, lions, penguins, polar bears, and so many others! it was so great!
Then we went to Illinois and touched the Mississippi river and saw the arch! I was really hoping to touch it because I haven't been able to in all the times I've been there, but it was all fenced off. :( Oh well, there will be another time. :)
It was awesome and wonderful and amazing to see everything again! And we made the bestest memories!!
We ate at Culvers for dinner, and now I finally have 10 scoopie tokens to get a volleyball! (hehe, nerd here) So next time we got to Culvers Imma gonna get one!!!
We got home at 12:40, and I was still pretty itchy so I took some pills, benadroyl, and rubbed coconut all over, and that helped. I really didn't want to have to get an IV again. :( Thankfully I didn't have to, I just toughed through it!!
(The next morning caden and lilli woke up with swollen faces, from a reaction to the sunscreen. :( Poor guys!!
And that's it!! Our adventure in St. Louis had ended, but I will forever look back on that as one of the best days ever!

(except for the allergies...)

Now zoo pics!!!

No words will ever express how much I love this wonderful woman! First a Mother, Forever a Friend <333

I was lucky to get this pic, in between allll the people!!

African Caboon, XD

I squealed when we got to the Africa sign, 'AFRICA!!!' 

The flamingos were my absolute favorite!! For some reason I just loved them!!! <3

*squeals* awwww!

Micah did so good in the hot weather! Little guy was on top of the world in his stroller, lol!!

Yep, it don't get much awesomer then this for a Dad!!! He's the bestttt!

And then the arch!!!

oops more zoo pics...

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lions, look closely...

and a tiger!!! (pretty sure that's it for zoo pics!)

ahhh! I love this place!! One of my favorites that I've been many times!!

The Mississippi river!! 

and I'll end with this, since I have officially decided that this is my favorite animal evah!!!!

So that's it!!! What we did for Mother's day! And it was the greatest, all of us actually TOGETHER! 

and btw, today was the end of  my 21- challenge!! I did really good, completing all of them!! WOOT WOOT! 

Please leave me book comments if you want!! This was a ton, so book comments it is!! ;)

(oh, and this wasn't the surprise. *head desk* I'M WORKING ON IT I PROMISE!!)