Sleepy Sunday

It is about 5:30 here and Matt and Colin are fast asleep, Ryan is watching a movie, and I just finished raking leaves. Let me start by explaining the pictures above. The first is of Ryan while we were baking a pumpkin roll. I told him that I had to measure the pumpkin stuff and he said I'll do it and went and got the tape measure. The second is just of Colin and I, since Colin was watching us bake. The next to are what my living room currently looks like.

I was supposed to study today, but I didn't get a whole lot done as it is very hard to make myself study for a class that won't really count for anything. Anyway, I did get a little bit done. I have two tests this week, but I do not go to the hospital since we havea short week.  We are going over to a friend's house for Thanksgiving dinner this year. I am going to make half the food and Kim will make the other half. This way I don't have to worry about having people over when we are trying to get things ready to move. What really stinks is that we probably will not be putting up Christmas decorations this year since we will need to pack that stuff to go to Japan. For those of you who have ever seen me in the time from October to December you know this will be very hard for me! So, for all of you up there in Virginia(Mom), we are looking for TREES and LIGHTS. (hint hint)

Well Ryan is starting to get embarassed about stuff now. He gets worried that people might see him naked or that people might think he looks "silly". When the neighbor girl came out earlier (she is 14) he ran inside because he didn't want her to see him with a hat on because he didn't look "very pretty" I let him take it off for a quick minute so that he could run out in the yard, run up to the fence and say hi, and then run back in.

Colin has gotten up on his knees three times now just to rock back and forth real fast, but he hasn't moved anywhere yet. We have figured out that he doesn't really like to smile at strangers. People come up and talk to him and he just gives them a long hard stare and won't even begin to crack a smile. It is funny to see how different he is from Ryan, who would smile at anyone who even glanced his way.

Well, I better go. I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving. We can't wait to see you all over there in Virginia and Maryland. We love you.

 

Winter Must Be Here

Well, it's officially COLD here. It was only a high of 43 today and this morning when I left it was 31 with horrible wind. The wind of coarse is no big surprise since it doesn't matter what season it is here, it is always windy!

Matt and I have once again been struggling with the idea of me quitting school and going to Japan. We tried to swap the orders with someone who really wanted to go, but that got denied only a few hours later. It is so depressing to think that it is going to take me 10 or more years to finish a four year degree. With all this time and money lost, I should be a doctor by the time I get done. It just doesn't make sense to start a degree when you are 20 and not finish until you are older than 30. We have been entertaining the idea of me going to live in Viginia and going to school there. It seems nice to talk about, but I am not sure how well that would all work out.

Colin and Ryan are good. Ryan has three little girls in the 4 year old room that like to send him little love letters. He barely knows their names, but he is always ready to show off the stack of papers he brings home from them and will readily tell you that he has three girl friends. Luckily he doesn't really know what that is, and considers them that simply because they are girls. Colin is doing great at sitting up, but is in no hurry to crawl. Ryan was already long gone by this time, but we are in no hurry since the house is not child proof yet. Colin now has four teeth, two on top and two on the bottom. He is not eating any cheerios or anything yet though. The doctor told me to try them out, but Colin chokes on even the smallest piece of anything.

Well, I hope you are all doing well. Hope to hear from you soon.

Terru it was good to hear from you, give me a call.

Sick Days Over Here

Hello everyone! Sorry there hasn't been anything added lately. I had strep throat all last week and I have spent most of this week trying to catch up from last week. Then today I got some kind of quickie stomach virus. The kids have also had non-stop coughs.

Ryan had a blast this Halloween. He was Thomas the Train and Colin was a pumpkin. I took Ryan around the neighborhood to gather some candy. He was actually a very good listener not running, staying on the sidewalk, saying thank you. It was fun for the both of us. It was actually a pretty good night for it too as it wasn't very cold. Matt dressed up this year too, as a convict.

I started going to the hospital today (and actually had my own patient), which was a new experience to say the least. My patient today was very nice and really wanted to get well, which makes all the difference. Unfortunately, I got sick at the hospital and had to leave a little early.

Well, I hope everyone is well. ER is on so I gotta go.