What are YOU up to tonight???

Jeremy's at school until 10:00 pm tonight working on a test review for yet another test that is this Saturday.

Which is fine for me, because I have a hot date tonight.

That's right. 8:00 pm. Me, a Diet Coke and the TV. The season premiere of The Office is tonight!!!!


Are you excited???

I am.... 'Cause there ain't no party like a Scranton party cause a Scranton party don't stop...

In other news:

I am finally taking the plunge and moving Addison to a toddler bed and Davis will move from the pack 'n play (poor kid) to the crib. I ordered their bedding this week and when it arrives we will attempt the transition. I will keep everybody updated.

Since I have no pictures still, here's a couple of pictures of the kids' bedding:

Addie's bedding.

Davis' bedding. There was a SUPER cute cowboy themed set but it was seriously like four times as much as this one (I got both of these sets on eBay). I guess cowboy themes are popular for little boys! I think this is more serene for his bed, anyway.

Mondays....

Does anybody else feel like Mondays are just a regroup from the weekend? I usually try to start the weekend on Friday with a nice, clean house so we can just go and do fun things as a family but by Sunday night things are a mess again and I am ready for Monday to get things put back together and regroup.

So no pictures this week, I'm sorry! Jeremy's laptop died and it's the only computer in the house that we had the camera cable for. Yes that's right, Jeremy's laptop finally bit the dust (insert moment of silence here). He TRIED to ACT upset but is really like a kid in a candy store trying to pick out a new one. Obviously it's a little annoying seeing as we are on a set budget being in school, but he needs a computer so he's been shopping and having a great time with it since his computer is really the only thing he ever likes to spend money on, as opposed to me who would rather go shopping. I told him to imagine how he would feel if somehow my wardrobe spontaneously combusted (bags and shoes, too) and I NEED clothes so I would HAVE to go buy a whole new wardrobe. :) He tried to be a little less giddy about the new laptop in front of me after that. Ha ha. Anyway, so hopefully the new laptop will be showing up soon because we have some great pictures!

Other than that, things are picking up here. We've made a friends with a few other student families and I usually do one or two outings a week with them and their kids. Jeremy is getting into a groove at school - another student dropped out this week, bringing the total to I think 6 or 7 students that started classes and then dropped. Crazy!

Did anybody watch the Emmy's last night??? I love seeing the dresses, can do without the political commentary but whatever. Anyway, I thought the five hosts thing would work out great and was a fresh idea, but it stunk! The opening was so awkward I could hardly stand to watch! Jeremy Piven even made fun of the opening in his acceptance speech. Oh man!

Well I've put off the re-grouping long enough! Hopefully we will posting pictures soon!

Week in Review

I know it's a little late for my week in review. I need Jeremy's laptop to post on our blog and its been a bit busy with his school lately!

First things first, Jeremy took his first test on Saturday and it took about four hours. I helped him study the night before and was totally astounded at all of the information! We also got our tuition bill in the mail - the realities of medical school are now upon us. I now have a very strong argument for anybody who says doctors don't earn their salaries. He is already studying for his next text in another two weeks.

Not much else to report on here. The weather has turned almost fall-like so its really nice. I love the fall! Jeremy and I have our five-year wedding anniversary next Saturday. Pretty sure he'll be studying so I'm not planning on doing anything big.

So we have wild cottontail rabbit that comes to visit us. Almost every night it is back there chomping on our grass. We even saw two the other day. I was a bit freaked out about this, but apparently its common around here??? I know it's not the best picture, but it was pretty hard to snap a photo without it running away.

In my effort to fill my day up with things Addison and I can do while Davis is napping, we've been cooking things almost every day. She is a great helper and loves licking the spoon.

This photo is for you, Emily. I TRIED making some homemade flour tortillas this week and this is one of the better looking ones..... Addison had a lot of fun helping me with the little balls of dough, though, so I will keep practicing....

Like I said the weather turned cooler and on Sunday it was really cool before we left for church. I was finally able to pull out some cute fall things for the kids to wear to church so I thought I would snap a picture before we left. My camera died before I could get a picture of the back of Addison's hair it has gotton so curly its so fun. Now if only the sides would grow so she wouldn't have such a mullet....

My little man all dressed for church. These are all 6-12 month clothes and the kid is 5 months old! He has his 6-month well child appointment in a couple of weeks and I am anxious to see how big he has gotten. Luckily Britax has their twice-yearly sale coming up in a couple of weeks because the kid is outgrowing his infant seat every day. I'm sure he will be over the twenty pound weight-limit before I know it.

We love and miss you all! Update your blogs! ;)

Pardon the Interruption...

Can I just go off-topic for a second here???......

So a lot of my D.C. friends have asked me what I think about this year's election and Obama and then McCain's VP pick Sarah Palin. I honestly don't know! I have been very wrapped up in my own little family and was so ticked off at the way the Republicans ran the primaries that I haven't really paid attention.

Mostly just haven't paid attention.

But it bugs me that I don't have any solid opinions on the subject, so I have been trying to surf the internet and actually watch some of the convention coverage and news, although most of that falls during my most busy time of day - getting the kids fed, bathed and to sleep. I did catch Obama's convention address which was really fascinating to watch (that's right I said it).

Anyway, this link is for you Amanda. Actually anybody who enjoys good writing (NOTE: a bit of language towards the end which totally surprised me but go with it).

I L.O.V.E. Peggy Noonan's writing style and she's one of the few columnists I actually try to read on a semi-regular basis because let's be honest the only thing I'm reading on a REGULAR basis is Elmo's Colors and Shapes with Addie.

Peggy Noonan Article

Please no floggings - like I said I am very much on the fence about a lot of this election. Just thought this was such a great perspective I had to share, especially with my girlfriends who I know will be interested.

Back to your regularly scheduled programming.... (i.e., pictures of my kids)

Week In Review

So now that I've published the leftovers (see below) here is a summary of our first week in Omaha on our own and with Jeremy in school, not orientation.

Some of you have asked about Jeremy's schedule. He typically gets up and is out of the house by 6:2o am. He picks up his friend that is also an M-1 (1st year med student) and they are on campus by 6:50-7:00am. They study for an hour or so, have class until noon somedays, 3 pm others. He will generally stay on campus until 5:00 or 5:30 pm studying, then come home around 6:00 pm, eat dinner, play with kids, then after kids are down at about 7:30pm he heads to the basement to study until 10:00 pm or so. He has a cadaver lab, a lecture, and a living anatomy lab. He was laughing at the syllabus because in one day they cover something that generally would have taken 2-3 weeks in undergrad.

It's a busy schedule but he is so interested in everything he's learning it makes the immense amount of studying go easier. He has his first test this Saturday (tests are from 8 am - noon on Saturdays about every 2-3 weeks).

So....that's Jeremy's schedule. (Sorry for the lack of pictures. I will make sure I get one of him in deep thought and post it next time.)

We stayed in the house all week because Addison got sick on Monday night, and was having trouble breathing. Jeremy took her to the urgent care and they diagnosed her with croup. So not a lot of fun for us - just stayed in almost all week.

There was FINALLY a nice Nebraska thunderstorm on Wednesday - it woke up both of my kids around 7:00 am which is about an hour and a half EARLIER than normal. So we all lounged around in my bed until I felt awake enough to get on with the day!

I haven't been as diligent at giving Davis a bottle as often as I should and now the kid will NOT take one. Can you see the grimace he's making at me here???? He also doesn't really take a binky unless you sit there and hold it in his mouth. It's so amazing how different that is from Addie who still loves her pacifier (I know, I know)....

Just another shot of Davis' eyes. He's such a sweetie!

On Saturday Addison was finally starting to feel better and she is such a social kid I knew she was going stir-crazy from being cooped up in the house all week. I was getting some housework done and I look on the stairs and she has put her shoes on herself, grabbed my sunglasses and car keys from the bowl I keep them in! I was like, alright I get the hint! So we waited for Jeremy to get home from class (that's right, class on Saturday) and we headed to the Omaha Children's Museum.


They have this AWESOME little market set up with all of the different sections you would find in a real grocery store, with little kid-size grocery carts and even a little check out. It was so adorable and Addie was in heaven.

She also loves toy kitchens and it's so funny to watch her play with them because she's so precise in what she does. The pan goes on the stove, then in the sink! I wonder if she will be as diligent at putting things in the sink when she's older..... :)


She loves steering wheels and we have quite a few pictures of all of the different cars/steering wheels she played with, but this seemed most appropriate. Her first John Deere tractor. :)

Leftovers

So I couldn't really find a way to tie all of these photos together so I'm calling this post "leftovers" - although that is pretty much what they are. They are pictures that I wanted to post from the move out here and the fun things we did while our families were visiting. Anyway, enjoy the leftovers.

I know it's a bathtub shot, but it's the only one we took of Addison when we visited her cousin Estela in Utah a few weeks ago. It was so fun to visit you guys. We really missed Alejandro, but at least we got to see Grandma and Grandpa Ramos. Next time we will make sure we all get together.

This picture is especially for you, Lexi Page! We visited the temple and the Winter Quarter's visitor center and as soon as we walked in the doors, here was Sis. Page! We were surprised to run into her so quickly after arriving in Omaha. I was able to show her pictures of our bbq and pictures of the girls swimming. She is doing a great job here in Nebraska!


Here is Addison's favorite favorite thing to do. At night, when I'm cleaning up from dinner and dealing with Davis, I usually let her go crazy out in the back with the hose. And then she goes straight to the bath. It's so sweet to see her "watering" the plants. At least one of us does!

This is just a picture of Davis in his bouncy seat. He is just the sweetest kid and his eyes just kill me every time. Yes they are really THAT big and blue. Lucky kid!

We visited the Omaha Zoo with both of our families because it is so much fun, it's huge and Addison loves it. Here she is at the petting zoo. The girl is afraid of grasshoppers, but will walk right up to a goat. Go figure.


Here is picture of Addison in front of the lion exhibit - they were right by the glass just laying down which was really neat but then the lion lifted up its head and just checked everybody out just a few feet away from him. Heidi was quick enough to take a shot of Addie going "Ohhh!" - it was really really cool.

Davis loves loves loves the front pack but the kid weighs almost 18 pounds so its a rare occasion that I strap that sucker on. Anyway, this is why Davis loves the zoo. And it gives me a good workout, so I can't complain. We have a membership there so I will be taking the kids really often.

We're Here!!!

A lot to blog about and lots to update on, but wanted to do a quick post for family who wanted to be with us this weekend for Jeremy's white coat ceremony but couldn't be here. Plus a few other random pictures from weekend. I will do a more thorough post later.

So the med school had a "white coat ceremony" to welcome all of the new med students and to basically induct them into the medical school. Plus it's the coat they will wear during clinical rotations and when they interact with patients. It's a shorter coat than the one they wear after graduation which is a longer doctor's coat. Anyway, here's some pictures from the event. It was actually really pretty cool.

Here is the Dean of the College of Medicine (CoM) with the Student President and some other high-up administrator.

Here is the Dean helping Jeremy into the coat.

All of the students signed a pledge that outlined a code of conduct and professionalism that they will follow as students of medicine.
Here they are reciting an oath, sort of like the Hippocratic Oath but I guess they don't recite that one until they graduate in four years.

Here's Addison at the ceremony. She was doing great but one of the speakers was giving a "brief" history of the medical school (and it most definitely was NOT brief) so her patience was running out quickly so she got a little restless towards the end of the ceremony. Overall though, I think the kids did great.

Excuse the sweaty faces and flat hair but it is HUMID here and we dry Idahoans are having a hard time adjusting. Anyway, just a nice family picture after the ceremony.

We have met about four other families in Jeremy's class that are married with kids. One of which is actually an LDS family that lives about a mile from us so that is cool. We had them over for dinner tonight and Jeremy is going to drive to the med center with him tomorrow. For his first day of classes! One foot in front of the other, right???

We miss you guys! Come visit. The humidity is not that bad. OK, it is, but our house has AC and a very comfy air mattress, you know that's appealing.

Love you guys!