happy 4th!

yes, we had a happy 4th of july but what i'm talking about is our 4th wedding anniversary!!  it's hard to believe it's already been 4 years!!  what's even harder to believe is all the major events that have occurred in our lives since july 8, 2006!

• i moved into joe's apartment in kirksville, mo and got a job at truman
• we relocated to davenport in 2007 
• joe and i both started new jobs in the quad cities
• we adopted chloe, our cat
• we traveled to negril, jamaica, naples, philadelphia, nyc, venice, florence, rome, seattle, minneapolis, and denver
• joe graduated from med school
• we relocated to omaha and bought a house
• joe started residency
• we welcomed aubrey rose into our family

=4 new jobs, 3 relocations, 2 new additions to our family, and 1 newly purchased home (and much traveling in 3 different countries!) 

many happy memories have filled the last four years but we haven't been without sadness as well.  unfortunately, we've lost 4 grandparents since we were married.  it's always easier to cope with loss with someone by your side!  

so excited to see what else is in store for us!  cheers to many more years of wedded bliss!  i love you, joe!

where did june go?

almost the end of june...crazy! here's a recap of the month!

1. joe and i attended the residency banquet at the downtown hilton. it was so much fun to hang out with good friends and drink free wine :). in two years, that celebration will honor joe as he will be done with residency! 1 year down, 2 to go!

2. we have been lucky to have so many family and friends here this month! we love having visitors! last weekend was the opening weekend of the college world series so we had family stay with us for that! joe and i went down to rosenblatt to hang out with family. so much fun! i was definitely missing out last year when i was at home pregnant and not feeling well!  

3. aubrey and i went back to my mom and dad's for 4 days to visit. she loves her grandma and grandpa!! grandma bought her a baby pool so we need to get that set up outside so we can splash around on these hot hot days! she loves her bathtime so i'm sure she'll love pool time just as much!

4. we celebrated joe's first father's day!  aubrey loves her daddy!  we gave joe a picture and made his favorite cake!

5. we've been enjoying our neighborhood as we have get-togethers often. we are lucky to have such fun neighbors!   here's aubrey and neighbor, alexis. :)

yep...we're still here!

talk about total slacking!!  why have i not updated the blog since aubrey was born?  i don't know! well, i'm back and hoping to keep this updated!  

we are enjoying the summer so far!  joe's schedule this summer looks to be pretty manageable and he will actually have almost all the weekends off...YAY!!  it's crazy that he is almost finished with the first year of residency!  wow, what a year it has been!  so much has been learned!!

"aubrey girl" (as we sometimes call her) is doing very well!  she had her four-month check-up and shots this week.  it was the first time i brought her there myself so i was hoping i would do ok with her crying from the shots.  well, she's such a happy girl that she actually looked at the nurse after shot one and smiled.  the nurse couldn't get over it!  aubrey is in the 99 percentile for height!!! and 67% for weight.  she is soooo long!  she's giggling, rolling over, and smiling all the time!  i just love going into her room after her naps...as soon as she sees me, she gets a huge grin on her face.  LOVE IT!  today i gave her her first pedicure!!  lol  she's got some pretty pink toes now!  dad says he can't wait to see them when he gets home!  i love my time at home with her and being her mommy!

we had the living room, hallway, entryway, and stairway painted last week--got rid of the terra cotta color that was starting to get on my nerves and went with a neutral color!  now i need to decide what colors to decorate with.  

joe and i don't have major plans this summer but it seems almost every weekend we have visitors or something planned.  he will have a week off in august so we will have aubrey baptized, go to joe's 10 year high school reunion and enjoy some family time!

 

waiting and waiting....

i've never been a very patient person.  i like to be early for everything but it seems this baby girl doesn't want to be too early!! (hmm, sounds like her dad!)  i am no good at this waiting game!!  baby girl is due sunday, february 7th, however, i've been ready for a while now!  the house is clean, bags are packed, batteries in the camera...and mama is feeling large!!  the good news is that an induction date has been set (February 12th) just in case so that means regardless, in 10 days or less, joe and i will be holding our baby girl!  YAY!  i see the PA on thursday so we will see if i've made any progress in 10 days! oh please, oh please!  it does seem weird to me how fast my pregnancy has gone and how different it will be to not feel her in my belly anymore.  i know i will miss that but i'm looking forward to feeling her in my arms instead!