done. done. done (well in one week)

done. Finished The Way of Kings.
done. Potty trained Oscar.
done (well in one week). Nursing Felix.

That third done is a little premature but I tell you there is not a thing in the world I'm more grateful for right now-have my body to myself. I tell you. I even thought about getting pregnant again hoping my milk would go away and I'd be forced to stop nursing but then I remembered that would just take longer to get my body back. At the same time I've never felt more blessed then to be able to nurse my kid for a year. I've known what it feels like to not be able to nurse your kid for one day and that wasn't the greatest feeling mainly because of the judgement calls that come from people who don't even know you. Not fun. But now I totally understand why people don't want to nurse their kids because there have been many days that I've wanted to quit and it can really put you through hello (minus the o). So I get it. Hey you had the kid right isn't that enough?! Do what you want. Anyway, I do feel blessed to have made it this long but that blessed feeling is fading quickly and I'm just plain old tired.

moving on. life is good. we're loving third year of med school. conference was awesome and I'm glad they never specifically mentioned pinterest-so my addition will continue. i think they'll need to put a 12-step together for me if i'm ever going to get over that addiction. oh ya. and we have another chef in the family.

So besides that earthquake that came on Tuesday this week and preparing for the hurricane that's going to hit on Sunday, here's what else we've been doing...

Got new couches!

No not good photography, just crappy picture taking skills but it turned out cool!

Boys playing together. I love these days!


Reading

and more reading... that's all we do here.

and sweet (sometimes silly) faces

august, really?

Okay, let's play catch up. Rewinding back to the night Oscar got home from the hospital (Monday)... So Tuesday we left for Kansas City, MO to pick up our van we had shipped out. That's right we bought a van! Wednesday, packing day. Thursday, picked up moving truck. Loaded it little by little each day till Saturday when we finished loading it. Picked up my mom from airport in K-ville. Sunday we headed out for Pennsylvania. Goodbye Kirksville! The trip wasn't too bad, LONG, but not bad. We did a 12 day and what should have been a 7 hour day that turned into a 9 hour day because of a toll road was closed. Really? We ended up having to make a u-turn and I thought it was tight in my van but Christian had to do it with the 24 ft truck while pulling our car on a trailer bed. I'm glad I was driving the van :) I made it to our house about a minute (literally) before the office closed thankfully or we would not have gotten our keys to the house. Few! Christian showed up about an hour later and we began unloading. My Dad and Sister showed at the end of the week and stayed for a week while we toured around a little. Then I flew back with my family for my grandma's funeral. We flew out on Sunday and the funeral was Monday so I thought I'd stay a little longer. I came back the following Monday and I'm in Vegas at 3:30 in the morning getting ready to be dropped off at the airport when I get a call from Christian (6:30 his time) telling me he was just in an accident. The one day he took our van to work because he was coming to pick us up at BWI after. He's fine but the van's going to need some work. Thankfully he was still able to drive it so he was able to come get me. It was great to be home! In our new home! We've been trying to settle in and get back to regular life. The van's fixed and good as new. And I'm glad we have a swimming pool in our complex because it's been deathly hot these pass two weeks but has now cooled off a little. We love it here in Pennsylvania so far and can't wait for the new things life will throw at us!