More wedding pictures!

Another installment of Show Us Your Life over at Kelly's Korner. This week is wedding parties and flowers. I had a really, really hard time choosing pictures because there are so many I love (but also many I hate. Why didn't anyone tell me to stand up straight?!) and so many things I could have included. My original list had 9 pictures but I narrowed it down to 3.


A great picture of the wedding party in front of the building where Matt proposed. I'm not going to go into detail about who everyone is but they were and still are our loved ones and we're happy they were a part of the day. Our colors were red and gold so the ladies had yellow and red roses and the guys had red calla lily boutonnieres (I think).


Here is the obligatory jumping picture. Everyone really gave it their all. I'm glad there weren't any injuries! My bouquet was a dream come true. I went to the florist with a list of flowers I wanted in it and she made it happen. I had roses (some big, red and luscious kind with a name I can't remember), stargazer lilies, and gorgeous dahlias. Matt's boutonniere was also a dahlia.


I don't really know why we went along with this pose which isn't particularly flattering to anyone but I love it. This picture had been sitting on my dresser until we moved. It is among the missing items that must all be together in a box in Illinois.


So I said 3 but meant 4. This is also a favorite that I had sitting on my dresser (also missing). I thought they were supposed to be pretending to pull Matt and I apart but as the other not so pretty shots would show if I posted them, I was actually being pulled and almost fell over. I have to give the wedding party props for being so cooperative on a hot August day after standing through a Catholic wedding in a church with no air conditioning. They must love us.

Hot weather hairdos!

The dogs waiting for their ice cubes.

The dogs went to the groomer today. This is the first time since we moved and they really needed it. I had them shaved which we usually do in the summer. I got tired of picking up chunks of hair off the carpet (all from Jo). We were worried about finding a groomer to take Caleb because his vet decided it would be best not to give him his vaccinations this year and all places want your vaccination records. Well I called Petco and was explaining over the phone and they were so nice about it and said it was no problem. The girls there were very friendly and really fast. I was sad when they called to tell me the dogs were done. First of all, we had just arrived at the pool and it was also nice to not have to worry about the dogs being in the hot apartment because I knew they were in air conditioning. Before we had Jonah the days the dogs were at the groomer was like a vacation for me. I usually spent the entire day cleaning and loving that I wasn't tripping over dogs or keeping them out out of trouble. They usually go to the groomer every 6 weeks. I wish we could do it ourselves because it is expensive but we've tried to no avail. They struggle and squirm and are deathly afraid of the clippers. I don't know how the groomers do it. I always apologize ahead of time for the dogs. Since they had never been there before I shared with them what I saw on the top of Caleb's sheet at the last groomer:

Cut before shampoo because of drying time, POOPS!

What can I say, he has a nervous tummy. Until I picked her up I had forgotten about Jo's bald patch on her back. A year or two ago she was underfoot in the kitchen and Matt accidentally spilled a few drops of boiling water on her. It scabbed over and healed but the hair never grew back. So she has a bald spot the size of a quarter on her back. Getting the dogs shaved always reminds us how chunky Caleb has become. It makes me so sad to see pictures of him right before he became sick. He was a beautiful dog. We still hope that we will one day be able to wean his meds and he'll loose the weight. We just passed the two year mark of the initial illness.

But enough about the dogs. Jonah and I have been swimming a couple of times a day. He loves the water more each time. He is napping now and I'll feed him dinner when he wakes up and then maybe Matt will be home and we'll go swimming. Last night it was so hot I couldn't wait and just Jonah and I went swimming. They're not supposed to work more than 80 hours a week but that rule is not followed very closely. He was supposed to be on call Friday but someone asked him to switch to Saturday and being the nice guy he is he did. It means that we'll see him even less than originally planned. He is on call one weekday next week and also the weekend. Have I mentioned that I miss my husband? That is probably why I ramble on and on.

I've been avoiding doing anything other than the daily and necessary housekeeping because it is so hot. I had to break down yesterday and do some laundry so Matt would have scrubs and Jonah would have diapers to wear. I put his diapers on the clothes line shower rod to dry but the other stuff has to be put in the heat up the entire apartment dryer. It is supposed to be cooler next week and I can't wait. I like the summer weather for about 2 days before I've had enough. Now the fall, I could live in that season year round. I love everything about it! Do you hate me for making you read this before I deliver the goods below?

I wasn't kidding about him always having something in his mouth. It just happens to be the duck again. It is usually a block or when he wakes up his lovey, silky, or taggie (yes we have names for his various security items that may seem weird but it is so we know which one we're talking about)

I didn't think he could look more like Matt but he does everyday. I've had at least 3 people in the last couple of days comment how shocked they are at his many teeth.

Wow! It is hot!

From a photo session that was a gift from Laura before we left. I was surprised there were any of him smiling. It was during his nap time and he was not happy. The photographer was Kara Kamienski (Kaci's sister for you NICU girls). She lives in Washington, Illinois but came to Mahomet for the pictures. She is really nice and just starting her business (and her kids are adorable). I don't have a website for her but her e-mail is karakamienski at yahoo.

It was even hotter today and will be tomorrow as well. The stores here are sold out of fans. My sister suggested we order one from Walmart and have them overnight it. I checked it out and it still wouldn't be here until Friday at the earliest. So for now we'll manage. We spent this morning in the air conditioned stores (while looking for a fan) and the afternoon in the new pool. I only wish it was big enough for me to get in too! Matt had a few surgeries go long today and almost had to stay for another case but he made it just in time to say goodnight to Jonah. We had a delicious (if I may say so) dinner of miso-glazed tilapia (recipe a la Laura), asparagus and couscous followed by some yogurt gelatin thing Matt saw on the back of the gelatin box and wanted me to make. It was also very yummy. I think he had a good birthday. I tried to get him to pick out a new phone for his birthday as his current one has been dropped many times and is starting to become unreliable. I think he will get one when we have time to go look. He is on call this weekend. How the weekend call works is if you're scheduled for call Friday, Saturday or Sunday, that means you are there all weekend. That weekend is no fun but it makes it so you don't have to do weekend call often. I'm adjusting to being the spouse of a resident. It means that I reheat many dinners because I never know when he'll be home and that some days Jonah doesn't see Matt at all. I'll post soon all about the whole experience.

To show you what I see when I walk in Jonah's room every morning, I brought my camera and took a pictures this morning.

$5 from Walgreens. Money well spent. Out of the 20 or so pictures I took there was not a single one without the duck in the mouth. And that is not unusual. He uses his mouth how some people would use a pocket. He has been spending too much time with the dogs.

Staying hydrated!

It is hot here today and it is supposed to get warmer in the coming days. A little bit more about Seattle, they usually have mild temperatures so air conditioning is not standard in apartments.

I just ordered Jonah the coolest video. He is a little young for it but when I let him watch it on the computer he smiled and laughed. And it isn't something that I mind listening to either. They have a ton of clips on their website and if you go to their blog there is one called Jonah. Click here!

Matt only had one surgery today but then he had conference at 4 so he'll get stuck in traffic and not be home until 6 or so. Boo! Don't forget tomorrow is his birthday!

Oatmeal anyone?

We just got back from having Jonah's pictures taken. Let's just say his approach to cake eating is similar to applesauce. If the photographer posts them on her site I'll put up the link. If not, you'll just have to wait!

The new blog is up but not quite running. I'll tweak it a little bit more before putting up the link. We're missing everyone. We drove by an Arby's yesterday and it made me miss home. I know that's weird but it reminded me of eating there while pregnant with Jonah (because he needed the calories, right?). That snowballed into thinking about everything I miss about home. Which is everything! Even Matt said today as we were navigating the hilly, curvy city that he likes his land flat. There is beauty in the hills and mountains but give me the plains and rows upon rows of corn and soybeans any day.

I hear Jonah squealing instead of napping. His glucose is probably over 400. The icing was his first taste of sugar and boy did he like it. The cake was carrot cake and it smelled so good. My decorating is horrible but I just needed to have icing on it.

I don't want to take away from Matt's big first post but I wanted to wish someone a happy birthday. So...HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TAYLOR!! I can't believe you're already 3. We love you!

Matt gets paid (and proceeds to post on the blog)

Hi everyone, it's Matt. I'm hoping I'll be posting on the new blog, but before we move there I'd figure I'd better give it a spin on this one.

Kim will probably be handling most of the posts, pictures, and updates (and especially the ones related to Jonah) but I'd figure I'd give everyone a few thoughts on what being a resident is like. I think a great jumping off point is my first paycheck.

So, I'd signed up for direct deposit, but UW said it'd only take effect with the second or third paycheck, so the first one was an actual physical check. At first I was slightly annoyed, but it's kinda cool the more I thought about it. It was interesting to have an actual "paycheck" in my hand for the first time in over four years. Now, I had been "paid" for being a TA in medical school, but that was really just money off my tuition that I never really saw, so I didn't count that. So, it was definitely a surreal experience being "paid" again after going through medical school (where you pay for the opportunity to work your tail off). But it was especially surreal to think that I was being paid for being a doctor.

The thing is, I didn't really do anything that "doctor-ish" to make me think I deserved that money. Most of the hours that went into it were orientation stuff (which is always the same, no matter what hospital you work at). And my first rotation as a resident was not that dissimilar to medical school, as I was basically shadowing an Orthopedic surgeon. Sure, I rounded on patients, wrote a few orders, signed some prescriptions, and was an assist during operations, but it was all stuff a medical student could handle...so it felt weird to get paid for it.

Now, my first night "on call" did fall during this time period, which was definitely a new experience. But, I still don't feel like I did anything to earn my wage. It was mostly just paper pushing stuff. I'd get paged because someone forgot to right an order for something mundane, like for the patient to have tylenol or benadryl, and the nurse has to ask the resident for the order. I did do one consult, but it was for conservative management of a small bowel obstruction (if you're not a medical person, trust me, it's basic stuff that's hard to screw up). And to add insult to injury, the one actual "emergency" that happened on call, a hypotensive ICU patient, had me panic and call my senior resident way early, even though I knew what the first steps to take were. So the first time I would have actually been able to use my fancy four years of education, I stumbled.

It's just weird because I didn't expect it to be like this. The familiar stereotype you always hear about is the poor overworked resident who works twice as many hours as the senior doctors but makes a quarter of their salary. But while I am working a lot of hours as a resident, I feel like I've still got so much to learn during that I'm somewhat guilty for being paid for it. I'm not saying I want to go back to paying tuition like in medical school (far from it), I just wish I felt more dynamic and like I was earning that money.

I imagine this feeling won't last long. The last couple of call nights I've felt like my presence was much more useful. And as the year goes by, I'll be on more demanding rotations (Harborview ER and the General Surgery services) where I'll really be a work-horse for the hospital. And of course, when I get into the thick of my radiology training and figure out what I'm doing, the decisions I make will have huge importance for patient care. I think this conflicted feeling is from still being at the crossroads from fourth year medical student and MD.

Oh, and, I'm sure you've noticed I've obscured the amount I actually got paid. This is just me being old-fashioned. It's not like I'm being modest because I'm pulling in the big bucks...I'm just a resident remember. And it's not like I'm embarrassed about how pitiful my pay is...I'm not on the level of stealing toilet paper and pudding from the hospital like JD and Turk. If you're curious how much I actually make, I'm sure you can find the salary for a PGY1 (that's post graduate year one) resident on the University of Washington website, but it's a good, average living wage. The reasons you hear residents complain about how little they get paid is A) the amount of hours they work (80 hours a week) B) The amount of debt they have (averaging around 150,000 dollars now) and C) It's so little compared to what they'll make when they're finished and less than what a physician's assistant or nurse practitioner doing the same type of work would make. But, for all the reasons I explained above, I'm OK with what I get paid for now. Of course, ask me three years later after I've read and dictated my fifteenth brain MRI of the day if I think I'm underpaid and I'm sure I'll have a different answer.

Wow, that turned into a long post. Hope you enjoyed reading it.

Wedding Dress

I'm participating in Show Us Your Life over at Kelly's Korner this week. It is my first week! Mostly because the previous ones have been about your home and we just unpacked our last boxes last week. This week is wedding dresses. One of my favorite photos is the one in the header but I thought I would post one most of you probably hadn't seen. My dress is from major retail chain David's Bridal. It was the first one I tried on but wasn't what I originally envisioned. I was set on a white dress but this one was so pretty in champagne. Matt didn't see it until I walked down the isle. It fit perfectly the week before the wedding without any alterations but apparently the stress of the wedding caused me to loose a little weight so it was a little loose. I loved my veil. It was made by Grandma Louise and she was able to use some of the lace from my mom's wedding dress. In the picture she is sewing on my head. I wish I had an occasion to wear my dress. It seems like such a waste of a pretty dress to just wear from one day. Head on over to Kelly's Korner to check out all the pretty brides!

It was hot hot hot last week and the pool was crowded. Jonah was hot and fussy and so was I! A shower curtain liner, towel, basin of water and bath toys in the living room did the trick! (Until he dove in head first but at least the floor didn't get wet)

I was going to make cookies and then saw that the dough has to chill for at least 4 hours. So a bowl of chocolate cereal will have to do. Matt managed to get a few hours of sleep last night and then a couple more when he got home this afternoon. I'm exhausted from taking care of the dogs and baby for two days without a break. Looking forward to the weekend and getting to spend time with Matt. Jonah will have his 1 year pictures taken too. Going to have my cereal now and maybe watch my show, The Little Couple.

The trail near our apartment. It is hilly and a nice workout.

My walking partners

Jo is loving Jonah's new ability to open the door for her.

Matt is on call again. Today was the first day of his second rotation, Breast Surgery. He called earlier to check on Jo. A couple of nights ago she gave us a little scare. I was awakened by her running into things in the bedroom. She didn't appear to be in any pain but was shaking and scared. We gave her a treat and she seemed fine after a few minutes. She walked in the other room and we tried to go back to sleep. About five minutes later I hear her again and saw her attempting to run toward the bedroom but running into the wall. Again, she was fine in a couple of minutes. We thought maybe something was messing up her balance so the plan was to take her to the vet in the morning. Well she acted fine so I decided to just wait to see if it happened again. It has been two days and it hasn't occurred again. We had gone on a really long walk that day and it was hot so maybe she was dehydrated or was having a muscle spasm. I don't know but she appears to be just fine now. I told her we can't afford to have two dogs with health problems. Speaking of the problem (jk), he has been doing okay. He is almost out of his steroids so we'll have to take him to a vet here and see if they have any other ideas or want to continue on his current meds. I had to refill his arthritis medicine at the drugstore last week and it is funny because he has his own prescription card. We don't even have one but he does, with his name on it and everything. He also earns points on other purchases and photo processing.

In stroller news (if you're tired of reading about this then stop reading now) I was prepared to buy it but when I placed it in my (virtual) shopping cart found out that the coupon did not work for that brand. The coupon only excluded Bugaboos but in fine print did say that online offers may vary. I e-mailed BRU and told them I was very disappointed and considered it false advertising and I would be thinking twice about making future purchases with them. I got a "thanks for your input" e-mail and not the 15% off I was hoping to get. They had the stroller in the store but only in orange and wouldn't order any other colors. So I got to test it out a little and put Jonah in it. There is no going back now, we've already bonded. So I'll probably get it from Amazon. I also have a gift card for there too (thank you National City points!). Since I do not have a deadline I have plenty of time to think about what color I want. I just can't make up my mind. I think I'm between the black, green, and stone. I'm done with the stroller talk now!

Stay tuned for a post from the man himself sometime soon. He asked if he could post but hasn't had time to sit down and do it yet. Since I put up the counter thingy (so technical) last week we have had over 275 unique visitors. We love that our friends and family are able to see what we're up to and keep up to date on Jonah. And if people we don't know enjoy reading it too that is wonderful. I've been known to stalk a few blogs (okay, more than a few) daily. We do however have to think about our family's safety. I have considered making this blog private but decided instead to create a new blog that eliminates our name in the title. So stay tuned and I'll let you know when it is up and open for business. I haven't started one and don't even have a title. If you think of one let me know! I'll post the link when it is up and leave this page with the link on it for a month or two before deleting it. That will be plenty of time for everyone to add the new blog to their favorites. And, of course, we'll post it on facebook because we know that is where a lot of our traffic is coming from.

I don't know if it the most effective way to eat applesauce but whatever works!

Jonah is 11 months old today. I still can't believe it has almost been a year since he was born. I think we're just past the point of feeling like he's on loan. We know that we are so blessed to have a healthy and incredibly good natured baby. So since your baby book still sits completely empty, here are a few things about you this month.

• You weigh 19 pounds 5 ounces. You're mostly wearing 12 month clothes but also some 9 month. You're starting to morph from a chubby baby to a lanky toddler right in front of us. Although you can't tell it from your cheeks! You have 8 teeth.


• You are a very good sleeper. You go to bed between 7 and 8 pm and wake up around 7 am on most days. You take a morning nap around 10 am until noon and then another nap from 3 pm to 5 pm. I lay you down in your crib and your thumb immediately goes in your mouth, you grab your lovie and wait for me to turn on your seahorse. Then you're out like a light. You WON'T sleep in mommy and daddy's bed anymore. Daddy gets you from your room when you wake up and brings you to me to feed. I try to get you to go back to sleep for a little while but you want to crawl around, poke daddy in the eyes, dive off the bed to get the dogs, and pull at the curtains to look out the window. And your new favorite thing is to throw yourself back into the pillows and blankets, sit up, and do it again.


• Caleb is your best friend. As soon as you wake up you look around until you find him and then you smile. You squeal when you see him across the room but hate when his licking gets out of hand (which is most of the time). If you are already mad his kisses make you more upset and you try to push him away. He is still on the fence about you though. He likes to kiss you, sit under your highchair, steal your toys, and is concerned when you're crying but he growls at you when you go toward him. You don't understand that he goes into his kennel to hide and not for you to follow him. You and Jo have not really bonded. She is much more tolerant of you than Caleb and will let you "pet" her. She is the biggest cheerio thief though. She takes directly from your hand. When you're older and are able to give her attention she'll love you.


• You're eating almost everything by yourself. On bath nights we let you attempt to eat your yogurt with a spoon. You prefer to hold the spoon and use your hands. I think your favorite meal is turkey meatballs. I put some spinach and carrots in them and you gobble them up. You are starting to not want to eat green beans and don't care for asparagus. I caught you pushing broccoli off your tray to the dogs. You like all fruit. I think if we would let you eat cheerios for every meal you would. Grandpa Plunk would say you get that from him.


• You love anything to do with water. From the pool, beach, bathtub to the dogs' water bowl, you want to jump right in. You even perk up and come to check it out when I turn on the faucet. You like to sit on my lap and look at books. You prefer some books over others and if I try to read one and you want another you'll crawl away and get the one you want and bring it to me. You spend more time standing than crawling and love to push around your walker or anything else that you can move. You are starting to stand on your own for a few seconds before you fall. You're also working on throwing. Your daddy is impressed that you actually go through the motion. Now you just have to work on letting go. The two of you roll the ball back and forth and build block towers together. He is very busy but whenever he's home he gives you your bath and plays with you.

You bring us so much joy and we can't imagine our lives without you. We love you, Jonah!

This horizontal one was taken for you, Mom.

No luck at the consignment sale. They only had double strollers or strollers that were similar in size to mine. There was tons of stuff and it was all packed in a gym the size of Schneider gym. Not to mention all the people with children and strollers. Many people were carrying their babies in carriers but it was way too hot to be using my fleece sling. I did find a cotton one I almost bought but as I was standing in line (for about 25 minutes) I inspected it and found a stain so I didn't get it. It wasn't a total bust though because I found Jonah a pair of pediped shoes for 50% off what they would be new and they look brand new and still in the box. They were the style that I've been eyeing since he was born too. I also got a certain little miss a pair of trumpette tights with tags still on. I had seen a big park on our drive there so Jonah and I stopped by on the way home to have an impromptu picnic and picture session. It it hot here today. It is currently 85 degrees in our apartment. We're buying another fan this weekend!

So I'll keep searching craigslist and thinking about that stroller. I'll also keep an eye on the baby deal-a-day sites. They usually don't have big items like that but you can get some good things if you're patient. I got my nursing cover for 50% off. Now that I can thread my sewing machine I'll just make one next time. A few of the sites I frequent: babysteals.com, greenbabybargains.com, mamabargains.com and tottlers.com.

It isn't pretty but it was so delicious. I thought I might try to make a cake for Jonah's birthday so I figured I should practice. He obviously won't be eating a three layer devils food cake with chocolate icing but Matt enjoyed my practice. And yes that is a Christmas plate. It is the only decorative plate I own.

The neighbor came to the door this morning asking if I had a tire jack (?). I was extremely embarrassed because I was still in my pjs. In my defense it was only 9 am and I slept horribly last night. The worst part was what I was wearing. My pajama pants with one of Matt's old Diamond Dallas Page wrestler shirts. How mortifying!

Notice the new counter at the bottom of the page? It is the number of page loads. Who are all these people reading the blog? My posts are mainly written for our moms so probably really boring for everyone else. Maybe if I knew who you were and what you liked I could direct some posts toward you too. Leave comments people!!

On another note, Matt is now home and sleeping because he didn't get any sleep until 5 am and then not much of it. I still find it insane that he's making real doctor decisions. He is the smartest person I've ever met in my life but at the same time I can't see him putting in central lines and suturing and all that technical stuff. (By the way, I caught him trying to sew up a rip in his jeans with actual sutures that I had from when I was practicing for umbilical lines. The needle broke because it really isn't made to go through denim). We're having homemade pizza for dinner tonight so I should go get started on the dough since Jonah is napping.

I'm going to try to add a little something every once in a while about things that are different or new for us here in Seattle. My biggest complaint, although really it is better for me, is the availability of fast food chains. Maybe that is why there is more obesity in the Midwest but I really miss being able to go through a drive thru and pick up something on every corner. They are very sparse here. I miss my happy hour Sonic slush so much! Like I said though, it is better for me. Matt and I have both lost weight since we've moved here because we're not eating out. I'm below my pre-pregnancy weight and hope to loose a little more when I stop breastfeeding. So that is my rant about fast food. Next thing will be something positive, I promise.

One more thing, yesterday was the 5 year anniversary of our engagement. If you remember, Matt wanted it to be on a day easy to remember, Bastille Day.

We've been looking for a lighter weight stroller for a while now. I love the stroller we have but it is quite cumbersome to get out of the back of the car and put back not to mention it also takes up pretty much all of the room in the back. I really want something that I can fold up with one hand and takes up less space because if I want to take Jonah and one of the dogs on a walk it takes multiple trips to get the stroller out of the car and get it set up because we don't have room in our apartment to store it. As I said, we (I) have been looking for a while now and we even went to babies r us over the weekend to test some out (because I have a 15% off coupon and gift card) but I decided to think about it a little bit more. There is a big consignment sale on Friday where I'm going to try to find something. But if that doesn't work out...I've fallen in love.

http://www.landofnod.com/family.aspx?c=786&f=4966

What color should I get? I think I'll make a little pad thing for him to sit on for comfort and make it easier to clean. They have the stroller at Babies R Us too so I could still use my coupon and gift card!

Helping Jo pick up her food and attempt to eat it after he dumped it on the floor

More beach pictures

Matt is on called today so we won't see him until tomorrow afternoon. Jonah just discovered that he can push things (other than his walker toys) across the floor. He pushed his big music cube thing from the living room up to the table where he then pushed the chair into the kitchen. He is in an exploring mood this morning. Now he is pushing the vacuum cleaner. Inquisitive baby=short post.

First trip to the beach!

Jonah made his first trip to the beach today. He loved every part of it. He had to taste test the sand and we literally had to hold him back when we got near the water. He wanted to jump right in (even though it was really cold). The beach is literally 15 minutes from our place and that is only because of traffic.

We got a package!

Caleb and Jonah checking out the new clothes. Jonah is, of course, looking at the tag. When we are in clothing stores he tries to grab the tags to everything.

My beautiful new pillow covers. I love them! Thanks Grandma Louise!

I don't know who was more excited but we all enjoyed a little bit of love from home. Especially since someone refused to take an afternoon nap and was soooooo tired. Those top teeth are giving him a hard time. Hopefully it will be as beautiful tomorrow as it was today because Jonah and I plan on going swimming. Now that I said it I'm sure it will rain. It would probably be a good thing though since it has been dry around here. I just realized something yesterday that is DANGEROUS! Next summer Jonah will be old enough to wear Crewcuts. Not to mention that now he can fit into the Gap toddler clothes. I want to buy every single piece of the Abbey Road collection. My unemployment status is the only thing holding me back. Here is a little video of Jonah from this afternoon. He was half talking and half yelling because he was tired. Ignore the mess. I'm doing an experiment to see how long Matt will let his clothes lay in the floor where he takes them off before A) picking them up or B) laundry day next week when I have to pick them up anyway. Since this video he has added his socks from today as well.

Reading his favorite book of the week, I love you through and through

New sign above Jonah's bed. It is a wall decal from Uppercase Living that I knew I wanted to take with when we move so I put it on a canvas. It isn't entirely true though, Jonah is much better than we ever dreamed.

Southwest was having a sale thru today so we booked our flights for the end of October. (If you got an e-mail that was what it was about). Unfortunately we'll be heading back on Halloween but maybe we'll dress Jonah up the night before and pretend it is Halloween. Same old stuff going on around here. It felt like a fall day today. They finally finished working on the roof. My life is just not very exciting lately.

Smiley boy in the bathtub.


Look at all those teeth! 8 of them now!


Looking out the window this morning.


He is climbing on and in everything.

Dinner last night was a success. Matt said he liked it but he was also pretty tired so it could have been that too. It was chilly here today (so we got some use out of our babylegs. Yay!). Yesterday afternoon they started working on putting new shingles on the roof and they resumed this morning at 7 AM!!! They worked all the way until 5. The dogs did wonderfully with very little barking even with all the banging going on. Jonah was able to take a good nap even though there was an air compressor outside his window. I've been trying to keep busy. I'm missing work soooo much. Does anyone want to come out here and watch Jonah so I can get a job? I'll never find anyone good enough to take care of my little boy.

DIY Babylegs

Jonah has a pair of leg warmer type things called Babylegs that I think look adorable on his chunky legs (see picture above). However, they usually run anywhere from $10-15 which means he only has one pair. I saw this tutorial on the internet and decided I was going to try to make him some. It was soooo easy. I bought women's knee socks although you could use crew socks too. I made him 5 pairs for $26. I could have done it cheaper but I was impatient and wanted to buy some today and only 2 of the 5 pairs of socks were on sale. I can't decide which is my favorite. It was hard to find boy appropriate ones in women's socks but I think these will work. There are 3 very special girls with birthdays coming up and there are oodles of cute socks for girls.
So that was my project for today during Jonah's afternoon nap. We're having sloppy lentils from the crock pot for dinner tonight (like sloppy joe's but with lentils). I haven't told Matt yet. I think it is yummy. I hope he'll be open minded. Stay tuned.

Happy 4th of July!

At the end of the long day.


Jonah watching the fireworks.

We celebrated the last of Jonah's first major holidays today. We went to a bbq held at one of the chief surgery residents house in the afternoon. We then came home and let Jonah nap and eat dinner before heading about 30 minutes north to watch a fireworks show. It was over the water but our view wasn't the greatest. I think it was probably similar in size to FC fireworks. Jonah didn't seem to care for the fireworks. When the first one went up he looked at it but for the rest of the show he just wanted to play. He did some singing and was climbing all over us. He did watch again for the finale though. You couldn't park at the park so you had to take a shuttle in and we waited almost an hour after the fireworks for a shuttle to take us back. People were getting impatient but Jonah was very good. Thankfully I had brought my sling (it is fleece but it was chilly so it worked out) so we didn't have to hold Jonah. There were some interesting teenagers in front of us that kept us pretty entertained (made us miss Molly). We arrived home about about 12:30 am and we had a very tired little boy.

That brings us to what we found when we arrived home. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves but Matt wanted me to put up this quote from Anchorman. This is Ron Burgondy talking to his dog Baxter.

"What? You pooped in the refrigerator? And you ate the whole... wheel of cheese? How'd you do that? Heck, I'm not even mad; that's amazing. How 'bout we get you in your p.j.'s and we hit the hay."

I couldn't stop laughing and Matt was just awestruck. The pictures are of a horrible quality because my camera was still on the night setting or something but you get the gist.


We first thought someone broke in and moved the furniture around while ransacking the apartment


Nope, Caleb just had his own party.


Don't ask my how he managed to get the trash can from the kitchen into the bathroom. Maybe that is why he moved the table.