Study, Study, Study

Patrick is about 7 weeks from taking Step one of the Boards, but first he has four tests coming up in the next week or so. Needless to say he has been studying like mad. Last week was his Spring break and like most of his classmates he studied for most of it. I did get him to go to Ikea one day with me. It was a nice break.

I miss spending time with him. Most nights he is at the college studying until about midnight. Tonight I was lucky. He decided to study at home. At least I can look at him. And just in case I forget and start to talk to him he has his trusty earplugs in to block me out and any noise I or Andy may make. I love him and his dedication to doing well in Med school. But I wonder if I will ever get my husband back!

Oh and for your Andy update...his new favorite toy is an...

...empty cup!
He can bring it to his mouth and chew on the sippy part. Just wait until there is actually something in the cup. (I need to give the cup back to Arianne, but Andy is enjoying it for now. I think I will need to go buy one for him.)

Rice Cereal is Yummy!

Andy has been showing a lot of interest in food for the past month. When he is on my lap I have to keep just the right distance away or his hand will be in my food. When I drink from cups or water/juice bottles his eyes watch every sip and he tries to grab it. Sometime I will put the cap on and let him play with the bottle. He will put it to his mouth just like I did and then get mad when nothing comes out. He is really fun to watch.

Well, because of his interest on April 16th Pat and I decided to try to give him rice cereal. It turned out well as you can see from the pictures below. I guess he was ready. He loves to eat!


His not so sure face for the first bite.


The grin shows that.."Andy, likes it!"


Watching the bite go in.


The satisfied smirk.



Already, he wants to feed him self.

Here is a video. Enjoy!

Happy Easter / Passover!

We just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter / Passover! We hope everyone had a good one.

Andrew was very excited to have an entire Easter basket to himself (his is on the left), even though he won't be able to eat candy for another year!

We got together with our med school friends on Friday night and dyed Easter eggs after our Institute class. Here are our contributions. I personally really like the two tie-dyed eggs!

Julie decided to hide the eggs while Andy was sleeping. We decided to make it easy on him, since it's his first Easter.

Andy woke up and found his first Easter egg. My son is a genius!

Andy and Daddy. The matching blue shirts are a nice touch!

Andy and Mommy. They're both so darn good looking!

The family. Andy was pretty much done with pictures by this point; this was the best we could get!

California Here We Come...

My sister Laura got home from her Mission March 20th. Andy and I decided it would be fun to see her get off the plane so we flew to California on March 19th. Andy did very well on his first airplane ride. (Sorry no pictures because I was by myself.) The only mishap was that he exploded out of his diaper twice and their where no changing tables on the plane. I managed to change his diaper standing up in an airplane bathroom and didn't get any fecal matter on me. I was quite proud of myself. He did mess his pants a third time, but not enough to leak out. Since we were close to landing I waited until we landed to change him again.

My parents picked us up from the San Fransisco Airport and drove us back to Sacramento. We stopped at the Ghirardelli Chocolate shop in Lathrop and shared a sundae. Yum!

Since everyone was home my parents converted the living room into a bedroom for Andy and I. It was fun seeing everyone. Andy really enjoyed his Grandparents, Aunts, Uncle, and cousins. Below are some pictures from our trip. Since I came home with over 400 pictures on my camera I narrowed it down to a few, at least not as many as I took.


Ava and Andrew are only a month apart. Hopefully they will be good friends.






Waiting for Laura to be released.


Andrew, No motorcycle until you are retired!

Mavrick, Amanda and Aunt Dana came to visit.

Tickle Laura time.

Cousin Pictures

Dad working on the cabin deck.

Pictures from Ava's blessing. Andrew Adored watching Mattox and Kali Play. Mattox kept saying "I like him." and "He likes me." I think Mattox enjoyed having another boy around.

I also posted pictures from Utah, so go check those out too. That is if you aren't tired of looking at picures yet.