We Matched!!!

Half the battle is over...We matched in our Dermatology residency and our intern year! Wa-hoo! Now all me need to know is where? We will know exactly where on Thursday! I'll give an update then. Wish us luck!!!

Bear Grylls

Breakfast Saturday morning:

Me: Gabe eat your blueberries and strawberries!

Gabe: oh, I will. Fruit makes you SURIVIVE!!!( he puts his arms up and flexes)

Me: Yep it does but, who taught you that?

Gabe: Bear Grylls says, fruit makes you SURVIVE in the jungle.

Me: COOL!

Gabe: I'm Bear Grylls' son.

Me: oh really. (I chuckle)

Gabe: Ya, he says he has a son like me. Bear Grylls is cool. Can we watch it?

Garrett and Gabe have taken on watching MAN Vs. WILD as their bonding time. He is obsessed with making fake fires, gathering stick, pretending to hunt and building things with stuff he finds out side.

I love it, he is such a little man!

My big primary boy!

Gabe started primary at church this year and absolutely LOVES it! For those family and friends who are not of our faith, at 3 years old children start Primary, which is a Sunday school for children. They sing/learn songs about Jesus Christ, do activities, and learn from the scriptures (both new and old testament as well as the Book of Mormon). It is for 2 hours during our 3 hour block of meetings every Sunday. We have been out of town a lot or sick since the beginning of the year and he has been so sad to miss it. This last Sunday was stake conference and he was so mad that they didn't have primary. He loves his teachers and loves being with his friends learning about Jesus! He loves having his own scriptures and case for them. He carried them around with him for a week after we got them. He loves to read the Book of Mormon with me and say prayers. He is such a good example to me! I LOVE YOU Gabe!

Interviews are over and Match List is IN!!!!

Two weeks ago we finished Garrett's last interview and last week we submitted our rank list for his Dermatology Residency. We will find out on March 18th where we will be going. He will complete one year as a intern and then three years as a dermatology resident and maybe a fellowship in Moh's Surgery, that's the plan anyway.

When Garrett arrived home we surprised him with 26 balloons, all marked with the schools and programs he interviews at. Each balloon also symbolized a day-plus we missed him. He was gone a lot these last few months. Gabe insisted on flowers as well. We had so much fun doing it, lets just say it was an interesting /fun ride home. We are glad we are almost done with this portion of his training, although we will miss these years of being so close to family and friends.

December 21st

In the waiting room

James got tubes last month. He had 7 ear infections in his first year of life, not to mention reflux, colic and feeding issues. It's no wonder the poor kid cried for 14 months. I'm pleased to say that he is a VERY happy 16 month old and getting TUBES were worth every second of worry preceding the surgery. Here are some very sad pictures. It was so hard to let him go in alone. We were shocked at how fast it was over. It was seriously 20 minutes from the time he entered into the OR to the time they came to get us.




Poor baby


Post-op with Dada

This is James being rolled into the OR with the anesthesiologist.

He was seriously amazing and James loved him. Make sure to listen closely to the barking sounds he makes... I Love it!!