The Time has Come, The Time is Now...

...For Justin to begin his "big boy" job!  HE IS DONE WITH RESIDENCY!  We are so happy to have this milestone behind us and we are so excited for Justin to start his new job at Mercy.  The last four years, as an anesthesiology resident at the OUHSC, have been challenging, but good.  We have made wonderful friends and Justin has learned so much.  I am very confident that he will be great at what he does.  His residency graduation was the last weekend in June and it was a very nice ceremony.  Justin was recognized for being Co-Chief and he was also awarded the John L. Plewes Award.  This award is voted on by the attending doctors in the program and is a very big honor.  I am so proud of him for all of his hard work! 

  

Justin and I

 

Justin and his mom, Elena

Elena, Justin and I

My Parents, Larry and Pam and Justin and I



Justin giving his farewell speech.



Tyler, Justin and Clayton

Tyler, Justin and Audrey

Justin and  his Aunt Susan

Justin, Ben Pitman and Harper Ward

Justin's resident class with the program directors.

Justin's Class
Corbin Harline, Harper Ward, Alain Le, Marte Martinez, Justin Gulledge, Sharon Darrow, Kristen Mantel, and Jennifer Bradford

Back To Work

Well...I'm am officially back to work at Dr. Cash's office.  I am in week two and it is going pretty well.  I got really spoiled getting to stay home with my boys during my maternity leave and that is making me miss them so much during the day.  Having said that, I feel so blessed to know that they are with people who love them and friends they love to play with.  It gives me alot of peace to know that they are well cared for when Justin and I are at work.
 Wiley has been doing really great at school...I hesitate to say it but he hasn't been biting and we haven't had any "incident" reports in a while!  I'm hoping that this new behavior trend lasts and that he continues to have good days at school.  With all of the changes recently (new baby brother, momma home and then back to work, some of his friends moving up to the next class) he has had alot to adjust to.  Wiley is getting so big and he is really starting to be sweet with Van.  There has definately been less random hitting and kicking and he is becoming more and more helpful.  It seems crazy, but I think it has helped that Van is at daycare with him now.  Van seems to be doing well at daycare also.  He had some trouble adjusting to taking a bottle and was not eating well last week, but thanks to a very patient daycare teacher he is doing much better.  At least I know he isn't going to starve when he isn't with me!  He is really starting to smile alot and he is a pretty happy baby.  I have been so blessed that both of my boys have been relatively easy babies.
I'll end with pictures of the boys.  You can decide if they look alike or not!:)

Van at about 10 weeks

 


Wiley at about 7 weeks



My One Word

I was listening to k-love the other morning and they were talking about their word for the year. Instead of resolutions, they were choosing one word that would be their "theme."  Now, I'm not a resolution person because I can't keep them and it frustrates me. So the idea of choosing one word that would be my theme through the year sounded kind of cool. It was a little more difficult than I imagined to pick one word, but I did finally come up with the one word that I know will benefit and challenge me.

COMMUNICATION.

This is my word. Communication is something that I sometimes fail at so I am challenging myself to become better at it. I am going to try to communicate better with my husband, my children, my family and friends. I often keep thoughts that I should share to myself. I often don't open myself up to friendships. I often let frustration and anger build because I don't share my emotions. I often don't pray and communicate with the Father because I want to run things my way. There are so many areas of my life that could improve if I open myself up to honest communication.

There it is.  My one word.  I pray that I will allow this word to create big and positive changes in my life.