there's a noothgrush on my toothbrush

That my dear friends is a line from one of Dr. Seuss' book which Mike and I both have memorized =) Isaac had his first teeth brushing tonight. He seemed to enjoy it a lot so that's good. Mainly he just wanted to eat the toothbrush. That's my boy, eating everything in sight. So here are some photos!

Match Day!!!

Well, actually match day was Monday which means we find out where we're going to be for residency! So I matched at Metro Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan for Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery (Ear Nose and Throat or ENT is what everybody calls it). I am very excited as this hospital was sooo nice. It's actually a new hospital and is a prototype "green" hospital. That means all of the paint, new carpet, etc, is all non-toxic and they do a great job of recycling stuff during surgery that isn't used, which is really great because you would be amazed at the amount of waste in our hospitals. The residents were all really great and they take one person each year so there are only 5 residents - it's a 5 year residency.

I'm so excited for this opportunity but I know it will be a lot of studying and very challenging. I've always been up for a challenge though. I just thank God for guiding my steps and directing me to a career path. I prayed a lot to make sure I was choosing the right way. It was hard to decide what to do once I had Isaac because it was so hard for me to go back. I interviewed all over and this was my favorite so I'm lucky they liked me too =) I feel very blessed to have such great family and friends who were praying for me during this whole process. I haven't written much about it because it's all kind of up in the air until match day but it has been so challenging. The traveling in Oct-Dec was very taxing and so was all of the uncertainty. It all worked out though!! Sometimes I wonder when I will ever get to the point that I can just totally not worry about the future and trust God to handle it b/c He always shows me that He is!!

So if anyone has ever wanted to visit Michigan, here's your chance! Now all we need to do is find a snowblower on sale . . .
Kristi

Kansan at Heart

Here are some of Isaac's 6 month pictures!! We love them and hope you do too!

Bubba

Here's our bubba 6 month update for ya:
So he's 27 1/8" tall (75%) and 20 pounds 8 ounces (90%)!!. He also has a head size in the 97%. We always kind of thought he had a big head but he really does! Poor little bubba, hopefully it's all brains =) I was actually kind of worried that he might have a problem (b/c that's my job as a mother and especially as a med student!) but he checked out fine today. We couldn't ask for a better bubba!

Isaac's a big kid now!

Or so he thinks. He is now graduating from his lovely organic brown rice cereal (he eats better than us) to pureed carrots. I spent a little time today making pureed carrots with my lovely food processor. We just got this food processor for Christmas and it just amazes me. I've never had one and I'm easily entertained so I like using it all the time now for random things. It makes making his baby food the easiest thing. The carrots I made today will last him for two weeks. He liked his cereal right away, we started that at 5 months but wanted to wait until 6 months for anything else. He is basically just being introduced one new veggie a week. His expression trying carrots for the first time was hilarious! He didn't seem to think it was so spectacular but he ate it. He has his 6 month check-up tomorrow so we'll see how much of a chunker he is!

He's doing really well sleeping now, from 9PM-8AM is the schedule we have him on. The problem has been getting him to nap as well at home as he does at Carole's. Finally we had success!! I thought that the reason he wasn't sleeping as well for naps at home was because it wasn't as dark. I blocked out his windows this weekend and it worked. I couldn't believe how great he has been sleeping now and problem solved!! For those that don't have kids, getting them to eat and sleep can be the most stressful part and once that's figured out, it's a big deal! I've spent many hours getting advice from Jodie, my sister, about all of this and it's nice to have people to share these experiences with. It certainly isn't always easy but having Isaac is just too wonderful!

God Bless!

First Food!!!

Funny stuff