The Doctors Wife

Ballet Buddies

Hannah started a a ballet class last week with two of her friends. I have to say it was one of the cutest things I have ever seen! Before class started I snapped a quick pic of these two cuties- they were so happy to see each other. I just love that Hannah is getting to experience this with her little friends!

 
 

Belated

So I had taken a little bloggy break for the holidays, and then the nasty hit me. Oh my gracious I was sick!! I think I have finally turned the page today and will hopefully be 100% in the next couple of days! In the mean time I thought I would share a few very belated Christmas pics.

 
Watching the snow on Christmas Eve

 

A kiss for my little man in his first snow

Hannah loves her pink kitchen that Santa brought!

  David is also a fan

I think this was my very favorite picture of David!

We had a wonderful Christmas, it was a little different this year because the weather delayed our plans, but we still had a fantastic time! I have a million pictures to go through, but I will spare you any more! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas!  
  

Gingerbread Cookies

 

 

We had fun decorating gingerbread cookies earlier in the week. I bought the cookies at the grocery store so the only thing I had to do was make the icing. Hannah had a great time decorating the cookies, but had a better time eating them! I think next year we will try a gingerbread house too!
  
 

 

You Better Not Pout...

Getting a good picture for our Christmas card this year was a bit challenging. The family pics were a mix of David looking at his feet/random direction/turning around to see me, and Hannah squirming/crying/putting her fingers in her mouth, and Mike and I in various random poses trying to get the kids to hold still and look in the general direction of the camera. Trying to get the kids together or even alone was no better, the picture above about sums it up. Maybe next year I'll do the dogs in Santa hats... or reindeer ears...Oliver would make a pretty cute reindeer!

 

Oh Yeah, We Went To The Lake Last Week

Over fall break we went to the lake with my family. (It feels a little funny to write about this now, but I don't really want to advertise that we are out of town!) This year I tried to make sure I had lots of fun things planned for Hannah. I made her a little book out of zippy bags for her to put things in. (You know how children will gather up everything they can get their little hands on?!) Anyway, it was a hit! 

 

Here is the book, before she put anything into it, and it was only slightly mauled. (I just stapled the bags together and hot glued some ribbon over the staples- really easy!)

 

Here is my little cutie on a walk- she had such a good time and just loved spending time with her Grammy and Papa!

 

We saw lots of deer,

And deer tracks. Now any time Hannah sees any kind of indentation on the ground, she points excitedly exclaiming. "Deer tracks! Deer tracks Mommy!" (Oddly enough, there were "deer tracks" in our living room yesterday! Ha!)

 

We also took Hannah horseback riding for the first time. She was SO EXCITED! She did great and was so cute! She would say, "Yee Haw!" and "Giddy up horsey!" It was adorable and I will always remember how excited she was on her first ride.

This little cowgirl also got her face painted.

By the end of the day we had a very tired little "puppy" on our hands!

But the next day she was bright eyed and bushy tailed! She was ready to gather up more little treasures for her book. It was so funny, she kept calling the pine cones "acorns". 

And I can't forget this little monkey, he was exhausted by all of the activity, but had such a great time.

We had a great time and made some great memories. I look forward to many more years...thanks Mom and Dad!

I am asking you to please pray for my friend Sara. She and I met while our husbands were in medical school and our children are the same ages, and her sweet baby Addison is in the hospital. They had a scare last week and she spent several days in the hospital, and now they are back and unsure of what the problem is. My heart is just aching for her, and I am asking that you please say a prayer for their family. 

Girls Night Out

On Saturday night I had the chance to get together with some of my "real life" blogging friends and meet some on-line friends for the first time. We met up at the Melting Pot and it was yummy!! Our waiter was a trip, the company was fantastic, and the food was delicious! It was so fun to meet some new friends- and check out our dessert:

Afterwards a few of us headed to the movies to see Julie and Julia and it was cute. I had a great time and hope we can get together again soon!

Twenty Eight

I turned 28 on Wednesday. It's funny how birthdays change when you are an adult. I ended up spending my morning at the pediatrician with a certain little guy whose sleep habits are so poor his Mama was desperate enough to take him to the doctor on her birthday. (instead of sleeping in and getting her nails done) The pediatrician believes that my handsome little man may have some reflux issues, and David is now on medicine, and I'm hoping this will help him sleep because I am exhausted. But I did get just what I needed, I spent the afternoon at my favorite spa and OH MY did I enjoy myself!! Mike was so sweet to arrange everything and it was a fantastic surprise! I left my afternoon at the spa feeling so refreshed and more relaxed than I have been in a long time, just in time to go out to eat with Mike at my very favorite Italian restaurant. (it is seriously so delicious- I was on carb overload by the time we left) And the evening ended with chocolate cake, and it really doesn't get much better than that! Yesterday I had lunch with on of my best friends and our girls- Hannah really enjoyed herself, her lunch consisted of  french fries and vanilla bean cheesecake! It was fun to get a chance to visit and the girls were just adorable! Tonight my family is meeting up at a winery to celebrate and I am looking forward to seeing everyone. Just say a little prayer that David behaves long enough for us to eat!! He can be a little handful at restaurants, he has done much better lately, but I am REALLY hoping that he does well tonight. Because I would really like to have my cake and eat it too.

Random Recap

Where have I been? Has it really been a week? What have we been up to? Ahh bullet points, how I love you so.

• The kids and I headed to my parents house. They have been remodeling and their house looks gorgeous!! It is weird because it is the home I grew up in, and while the furniture/paint/ etc. has changed several times, this has been the biggest change. It's weird because it's like their house, but not their house. But it is beautiful and I am officially in love with their living room rug.

• Hannah is fascinated with their cat, Benny. After we arrived she wandered around the house going,"Cat? Cat? Where are you?" Then when she would find him she would excitedly say, "There he is. Ooooh he's pretty. He's cute". It was adorable.

• While I loved seeing my parents home and getting to visit with my brother and nieces (who live near my parents) it will probably be a long time before we go back for a visit. Unfortunately David is not a fan of the car, and unlike every other baby I've ever known or heard of, he does not sleep in the car.  He will cry and then scream and get himself incredibly worked up, and I have tried just about everything I can think of to keep him calm and happy in the car, and nothing works. I can stand a little crying driving in town, but being in the car for a couple of hours with Screechy McScreamerson will make you think twice before going anywhere.

• I (finally) had Hannah's two year pictures done, and it was a disaster. It was an incredibly irritating experience and while Target has lured me back after a less than stellar session before with their cheap, cheap prices, I can say that I cannot do it one more time and will happily and willingly pay more money to go somewhere else. 

• We got back David's three month pictures (from a local photographer who also did all of Hannah's baby pictures, he is expensive, but worth every penny. Unlike Target, we have always had very good experiences with him I LOVE all of the pictures that he has done of Hannah and David's have turned out just as fabulous) and they are adorable!! I need more frames so I can display them all!

• My parents and Mike's parents came up for the weekend. It was a busy but fun weekend. Hannah and David enjoyed having four extra adults around who are happy and completely willing to pay complete and total attention to them.

• We went to the end of year dinner/ awards for Mike's residency group and it was lovely. It is nice to meet his colleagues and put names with faces. Mike also received an award for the highest score on the test that all the residents have to take. I am very proud of him, he is such a hard worker!

That's all that's going to spill out of my mind for now, Medical Monday is going to take a little summer vacation for the next couple of weeks. But it will be back, I am just needing to cut back a little computer time during the next week or so to do a little re-grouping at home, and some of my computer time will be spent trying to get my email under control. It is a nasty beast, you turn your back for a minute and your inbox is overflowing with hundreds of emails. Sigh. Every time I think I get it under control, it comes backing swinging. So I will be in and out over the next few days and hope that you all are having a perfectly lovely summer!

One Year Ago

It is amazing how much a year can change your life. This time last year, we were in the midst of  unpacking and preparing for Mike to start his new job. And even bigger, I found out I was pregnant with David.  I was starting to experience nausea, but I think I smiled for days. I was so excited, and could hardly wait to share our news. (I waited for several days, and I'm not sure how I didn't burst!) It is amazing to look back and see how different things were, how far we've come, and I can only imagine what the next year will hold. Last year I was dreaming of holding my sweet baby, and today I am so lucky to have such a sweet, healthy, chomp-able little sweetie!

I could chomp those little cheeks and thighs all day!