The Results Are In....

And it's a PASS!! I couldn't be any prouder of my little study bug : )

This is very exciting folks!! Jump around the room exciting!! It is the culmination of:

4 years of university
+ Getting a 'tough to get' internship at Moncton hospital
+ 1 year of tough interning and studying (plus taking care of a husband and being pregnant : )
+ 4 months of studying (plus taking care of a husband and a baby : )
+ 1 really hard test
+ 1 month of worrying
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1 Very Happy Registered Dietitian (calling her mom to tell her the good news : )


Katie is not sure yet what the next steps are, but you can bet that she will be using her new certification to help a lot of people out. I am excited to see what her and the Lord will team up to do in the next few months and years.

We would just like to take this opportunity to thank the Lord for orchestrating everything so perfectly and giving Katie the strength to do this. Next Katie's parents for walking with us through each step and lastly to everyone who prayed for us or babysat Eben so Katie could study. I know that you are all celebrating with us.

If you want to come jump around the living room with us, you are more than welcome! We'll be jumping for a week or so, so come on over whenever you can : ) God Bless all!

May Adventures with the Peterson

So you all are probably wondering..."Where have these Peterson's been and why aren't they blogging". Either that or you have given up checking the site every day because you are disappointed in our up keeping of our crazy adventures. Well please let me explain what we have been up to these days.


Since January I had been preparing to write my Dietitian exam. I put in a lot of long hours of studying so the week before the exam my mom came for a visit to help out with the house work, the baby and the meal prep to give me some extra study time. During her time her she even treated us to some study treats. The waffle bowl sundaes from DQ are just as yummy as they look.

After my exam its was off for our much deserved family vacation to Minnesota. The reason for going to Minn was to visit Micah's family there. His grandparents, great gramma, uncle, aunt and cousins live there. This was an exciting vacation for me because I had never met this side of the family before (except the grandparents).


Visiting Micah's great gramma Esther was so much fun. She is a wonderful women of God who turned 104 a couple months ago. We had a wonderful time visiting with her and hearing her tell us some unforgettable stories from her childhood. We got to bring along to her some greetings from family members in the Maritimes; she really loved seeing everyone on the video camera.



This incredible bunch of peeps is Micah's uncle, aunt and cousins. We had a blast hanging out with them. We spent pretty much every day seeing this fine group of individuals. We had a blast eating lots of yummy suppers together, laughing, and playing dutch blitz together. We ended up going on the right weekend because we got to see Kirstin and her boyfriend Gary going to the prom.

Also Micah's cousin Brandon randomly showed up from Florida to take his girlfriend to prom as well. These Peterson men are all romantics; I'm tellin ya!!

One of our big adventures well in Minn was to hit the MALL OF AMERICA!! Now thats what I'm talkin about. This place was huge. The parking garage was about 3-4 times the size of our malls stacked on top of one another. Once we got parked and I got my self composed Micah strapped Eben on his back, as I am sure he was uncertain as to what would happen once I was unleashed from the vehicle.

This place was so awesome. There were so many stores to shop in and adventures to be had at different amusement parks. We had fun exploring around before stopping at Caribou Coffee for a quick refuel...Not that I needed it!



After our refuel it was off to the amusement park. I knew as soon as I walked in which roller coasters I wanted to go on and in no time Micah and I were strapped in, Papa was in place to video tape us and GG was watching the babe for us. Maybe we will post the video once I learn how to do that with my new video camera.

Micah also had a time to show Eben Lego land... which he remember from a previous visit.

As you can tell from the picture Eben was drooling with excitement (see his soaked shirt).

We had so many crazy adventures on the plane rides, in the airports and with the family that this post would just be too long. So maybe we will post a little movie (once we get it together) to give you the summary of how AWESOME our trip was!

Bill C-484

When is a child a child? Click here to check out our hungry for truth post on bill c-484 and see what you can do to be a voice for little dudes and dudettes in the womb!

How To Build a Ski Hill in Your Backyard

Hey everybody, Micah here. This is my front yard for 20 years in French Village, New Brunswick. As you can see, my niece and nephew are having lots of fun sliding down this great hill. I used to too with my brothers. We built jumps and rocked our GT's pretty much every day in the winter.


Moncton is a little flat (thanks for mowing the yard Nance, looks great!). This is a problem, so we decided to come up with a strategic plan to pretty much build Poley Mountain in our backyard!!

Step 1 - Have a crazy winter

Step 2 - Get someone to plow about 50 snowfalls into the back of your driveway

Step 3 - Hire a tractor to shoot the giant mound of snow over your fence into the backyard


Step 4 - Enjoy!



Drawback - Giant brown thing in the Spring : S

I think the tractor annihilated a kids shovel too : S It blew up and it scattered about our yard...

So there you have it. Pretty neat eh? Best of luck building your own Ski Hill in your backyard!

Our Other Blogs

Hey all! We just wanted to let you know that we have other blogs too! Our random thoughts, Kate's recipes, nerdy stuff and our thoughts about Religion and Politics. Check out our little clip on the right by our profile pic to see what's new on our other blogs. I have also added our blogs to my facebook profile. Happy Reading!!

Nutrition Month

Hello everybody!! Guess what month it is? That's right, it's NM (Nutrition Month)!! Katie is telling me all about it and she brought home a great DVD about how even busy people like me can make easy choices to start living more healthy!! So we made some tasty RBFs (Root Beer Floats) and gathered around the TV for the show! I did learn a thing or two and maybe when this snow goes away, we can get some exercise like the healthy family in the movie : ) More to come on NM!

We are still around

We are finally getting our lives back together and have decided to keep on bloggin!!! A lot has happened since we last posted. So we are taking this blog to catch up on what we have been up to.

December was a wonderful month as we prepared for Christmas early this year "just in case" the baby was to show up early. We put up our first Christmas tree and made lots of goodies. The week before Christmas was a little stressful for us as my due date came and went with out a baby...so by the end of the week Micah decided to take some extra days off of work to be home with me. We had a fun time together preparing Christmas gifts for our family.

On December 23rd the Peterson crew traveled from Saint John to spend the day with us. We had so much fun enjoying all the Christmas treats, exchanging gifts, laughing and of course playing dutch blitz.



The next day, which was Christmas Eve, was the date the hospital gave us to come in to be induced if the baby hadn't come. So at 7:30 am December 24th we were off to the hospital and 24 hours later Ebenezer Micah Peterson entered the world!! What an amazing Christmas gift he has been!!



When we got home from the hospital we enjoyed our Christmas Turkey and opened our gifts!
..Micah was very excited when he opened this present! I am pretty sure the next day he was down stairs with his friend Andrew putting it together...even though we have a little while longer before we can use it.




We were so privileged to have my mom stay with us for the first couple of nights we were home and then have Micah's parents come and stay for the week after that.

















My best friend Deanna and her family came up from Nova Scotia for an afternoon which was a lot of fun.



We spent new years eve eating lots of yummy treats (that Micah's mom prepared), signing and playing a new game the Peterson's got for Christmas called Ticket to Ride.



Since the New Year we have been on the go!! Eben's first trip was to Saint John to attended a farewell party for our dear friends Nat and Naomi who moved away.



While we were there Eben got to met other family members for the first time. Like his Great Grandpa Jamer.



My mom and her sister also met us in Saint John. So Eben got to met his great aunt Debbie for the first time as well.





The weather was so beautiful the following weekend we decided to pack up and head off to St. Stephen for Eben to meet the family down there. He got to meet a lot of family members. Every one from Great gramma Bernice to his little cousins Ella and Chloe!











We are still keeping busy with the little one but enjoying each moment with him. We will be continuing on with our blog...blogging about our outtings and fun adventures that we have!

OH Christmas Tree!!!

So here it is ladies and gentlemen...our first Christmas Tree !!


Last Saturday after we went to the market, Micah took me to a tree farm and we picked out this beautiful little guy! It was a prefect size for the space we had in our living room and for the Aveo. We didn't even have to tie it on the roof because with a little rearranging it fit right into the back seat! When we got home Micah cut the bottom off and put together this lovely tree stand that my parents brought up for us last weekend when they were here visiting. We let it sit over night so the branches could fall down and take a nice tree shape.

On Sunday we started the decorating process. Micah put all the lights on while I started the popcorn garland. Once he was finished with the lights he and Weiwei helped me do the garland. They did a great job stringing the popcorn. I tried to provide other snacks for them to eat so the popcorn would make it on the string instead of in their bellies.


When we had finished with the popcorn it was time to put on the decorations. I let the boys do this part as I made some hot apple cider for them to reward all the hard work they had done!



So now we have been enjoying our evenings sitting in front of our beautiful lite up Christmas tree and fire place. We are very excited to be spending Christmas here in our new home with "God willing" our new family!

Baby Peterson's room is finished

Hey everyone! Sorry it's been such a long time since we last posted anything but things around here have been pretty busy. Since we moved into the house we have been working hard on getting some things done before winter. One of the major projects that needed to get done was the nursery. With only 3 weeks to go we have been under some pressure to finish it.

The theme we wanted to go with for the baby's room was Noah's ark, so we asked a family from our church, who are very talented artist, if they would be interested in doing a mural on the walls of some animals and the ark. We were thrilled when they decided to do it for us!

Before we started we had to do some work in the room. First Micah worked on fixing a hole in the closet and putting primer on the walls to cover up the preexisting baby blue paint.













When the primer was all on the walls we had some help putting the two base colors that Micah choose for the room. Our friend Weiwei and his sister Shiloh.





When Shiloh came up to paint the artist had already been here to do some sketches on the wall so she needs to be very careful to paint around them.







Each week the artist and his family would come over to do some painting and more drawing. It was such a blessing to have this family in our home week after week.


This picture was taken after the first night of painting.



After 6 weeks and a few extra visits in there the nursery walls were finally finished!!! However before we could move the baby stuff back into the nursery we needed to put some stain on the floor to protect the hardwood. Micah worked very hard getting this done in two nights so now we have a complete nursery...all it is missing is Baby P!!!


Here is what the nursery looks like from the hall way as you are about to enter.


Looking into the nursery this picture is on the left hand side. The three big animals and Noah will be looking into the crib, while the ark is above the head of the crib.



This is a close up of some of the animals coming out of the ark. It's Micah's favorite and if you look closely you can seen two little mice coming off the boat.


The ruler is on the conner of the wall as you are leaving the room. I think this has been the funnest feature of the room as all our guest love to see how tall they are!



This picture is on the right hand side of the room as you walk in. I love how the hippo is right beside the rocking chair!!


The scroll is located behind the door. These verses from the Bible are part of the story of the flood.