Not for the squeemish!

Crawlin' is for the birds!

Cole has been walking off and on for the past month or so but it seems that today is the day he has made the committment to walk. He is just such a happy baby! He LOVES to clear any surface he can reach and that is everything lower than the kitchen counters.

I just love this crazy baby!

Christmas wishes

Tooth number 5 is gone now and she is officially toothless. Good thing corn on the cob season is over for us. I think she's pretty cute without them. They have a chart at school and so far she is the only one to loose any teeth to put on it. I worry so much about her being challenged in school. She likes it but when I asked her if she has learned anything new she said, "NO". We are stepping it up at home now. She is just such a smarty. I know, I stay that too much but really, I am humbly amazed by her.

At the hospital I was working (or living) this month, the gift shop I walked by several times a day had a plaque that said "Hard work must have killed someone". After last month, I am inclined to believe it. I am very glad I had the experience, but I am also very glad it is over. I gotta tell you though, it is amazing the different ways people get hurt. I mean, what is a 55 year old man doing playing on a stripper pole anyway? (By the way, he broke his back) You can see some very cool things in the middle of the night at a trauma center.

Here are some things I learned:
I can see now why people argue against guns, especially handguns. Maybe tighter control in getting a gun isn't such a bad thing.
Alcohol and driving STILL should never mix.
Motorcycles = badness, especially if you are dumb enough to ride them without a helmet, especially if you are drunk.
Driving fast doesn't seem as fun as it used to.
Anything can be used as a weapon.
Being able to walk and move all your extremities are a bad thing to lose.
Old people should not fall. If I live to be 80 I am just going to stop walking.
You don't ever want to have a breathing tube in your neck, trust me.
You also don't ever want to be fed through a tube in your abdomen.
Bicycles are not safe if you are old or drunk, even if you think you are being responsible.
You don't ever want to be run over by an 11,000 pound tractor, seriously.
Seatbelts are still a good idea.
If any of you think you are ever getting a motorcycle, you have another thing coming. I will not allow it.

The brain is a terrible thing to waste, especially to any of the above.

Any of the above are extremely tragic, but they are also really cool and a necessary evil for medical education.

I remember why I stopped wanting to be a surgeon. 80 hour work weeks suck. If you were wondering why you didn't hear from me, (especially my wife and kids), now you know.

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Back to Reality

I am finished!! I started the Twilight series Saturday, September 12th because Colin was working two weeks of nights. I had a lot of time to myself. I knew once I started reading I couldn't/wouldn't stop until the last page of the last book. This last week kept me up past 12am a few nights in a row, tonight included. My house has suffered a bit, my kids have watched a bit too much TV and Colin wondered if I would ever finish. I think he is feeling neglected. Well, reality, here I come. I have to say, I haven't missed you very much. It was fun to loose my mind to a good book and not just to my three kids, my messy house, and a very crazy dog.

The third tooth is gone

She's gone and done it again. I think I know what she will want for Christmas. In the tradition of doing things early she has lost another tooth. I just can't believe she's reached this milestone already. She was very excited today when she was the first one to put a tooth sticker on the tooth chart as school. She bumped her mouth at school and it caused the tooth to loosen even more. It was wiggling from left to right. I got a piece of dental floss, wrapped it around the tooth and gently wiggled it out. She had some pain and blood but was too excited to make me stop. She is much braver than I was!

Our cute school boy!

Let's go to school Mom.

"Jack, make me a bear face."

I just want to kiss that kissy face.

I suppose there will be a day when he won't want me to call him that anymore.

Jackson's first activity at school.

He came home with orange pait in the corner of his right eye and in his hair but he did point out that his hands were clean. He had washed them.

Today was Jackson's first day of pre-school. He was excited but you would never know it. He's just like that about things. Especially things that we make a big deal of. We had a conversation in the car that went something like this -

Me: "Jack, are you excited to go to pre-school? "

Jack: "yah"

Me: "Do you want me to stay with you for just a little bit or just leave? "

Jack: "You can just leave."

Plain and simple. He didn't think twice when I dropped him off. It was pretty cute, we were there as the first time pre-school parents were hanging out in the hall looking all anxious and wanting to "rescue" their child. I took Jack in, he washed his hands and picked up the paint brush. I walked out to eager parents who could hear their kids crying, at least two of the kids were crying. I could feel the anxiousness of the parents as I walked out and headed for the door knowing my kid was just fine. It was fun for Jack! He's learning a lot at home about self restraint and consequences. It's taken a few weeks but I think he's catching on. I hope pre-school helps. His teacher did say he was great at cleaning up. Good to know that he can do that when I am not around.

Seriously? Seriously.

This is the latest proposed new Olympic sport. If this doesn't take you back to the last time you watched Rad then I think you need to go rent Rad.