Avery- now 9 months old. I know, I'm as surprised as you are that she is that old. I may be biased, but man she is just one of the most beautiful babies I've ever seen. Her hair is looking light brown, so that's exciting for me, but it appears to be the only trait I passed on. Better than the zero with Violet. Avery sleeps from 8pm to 530/6am, nurses for about 10 min, then goes back down until 730/8am. This literally happens every night and has since she was about 10 weeks old. She is a champion nurser and sleeper. So thankful for that. She loves the dogs and her sister. She sits so so well and has since about 6 months old. She's strong and flexible, but is not crawling yet and doesn't seem to have much interest in it either. Avery is one of those babies that is just kind of content where she's at, watching. She's an observer, not too curious yet. I also think she's a little bit slower to move because of the torticollis (stiff neck) she had when she was younger. I find myself wanting her to move, but then the other part of me is soaking up the baby that is content in her mommy's arms. She is still nursing and she just loves it. Violet weaned herself at 6 months and so, since I was an intern, I just stopped. Avery is soooo different and would nurse at any moment if I let her. I have about 800 ounces of breast milk in the deep freeze though and I am tired of pumping, so we will see how much longer I will hold on for her...
Violet- 3.5 years old. She is at that age where she seems a little bipolar, one second she is the sweetest, most fun little lady ever, then the next minute she is in tears because she doesn't want you to laugh like that... Its an adventure to say the least. She is actually very well behaved and an extremely good listener, she just needs some help calming down when she's lost herself in a moment. She really doesn't break the rules and has started to really be a great big sister. She will sing to her and rock her - make her laugh. Melts my heart really. Today, she was worried about Avery because she was trying to chew on something small and didn't want her to choke and said, "I don't want her to get dead." LOL. Violet also sleeps like a champ from 8pm to 8am. She can count to 30 and write every letter in her name except the E. She can draw a person, with a face and everything (think abstract art here people). She loves barbies and pretending to fight the grinch year round. I love her imagination.
Scott - still with Target and working his tail off. There may be something exciting on the horizon for him, but I can't announce it yet. Tune in in 5 months when I have time to blog again ;). I also sap over him, but he really is the best dad to our two girls. Always cleaning and doing laundry (although we finally hired a cleaner and I think it was the best decision ever). We are going to Puerta Vallarta in November without the kiddos and I just cannot wait. Parents-only trips are the best and if you don't take them yet, you are seriously missing out.
As for me- chief year. Wow, time flies. I have started to look for jobs and even have an interview in September!! Hard to believe that we will FINALLY be moving back to Oregon. Its been a long time coming. Residency has been so many things for me: challenging, exciting, exhausting, fun at times, hard at times, but through and through it has been so positive and I have learned so much. Hard to believe I will be out there practicing on my own in really no time at all. Such a sacrifice this dream was, for everyone in my family, so I sure do hope I have become an outstanding, well trained doc!
We've had some great adventures in Denver along the way. We just recently did a trip up to Glenwood Springs which was a blast. They have hot springs and we did a nice hike to Hanging Lakes (google it if you don't know what it is because its gorgeous). We were able to stay once at one of my besties condos in Frisco with family (although my dad had altitue sickness nearly the whole time). We are going camping at Turquoise lake at the end of August. We are trying to soak up as much of Denver as we can before we go!! So that means hopefully some skiing this winter, maybe a 14-er (that's where you hike to 14,000ft), and hopefully a little more exploring in the Rockies.
