I'm Free, for 3 weeks.

I'm done!! That is with my cumulative exam and paper. I did well and expect A's in both classes, which I feel pretty good about. 2 semesters to go, well really not semesters, I'm not sure what exactly to call them, but I will be done end of October. It seems so far away but so close!! It has only been 2 days since I was done with school and I am already starting to think what am I gonna do with all this free time I have? Not that I have a ton of time before my next classes start (3 weeks) but it is a well deserved break. It feels weird going from  studying, going to clinicals (which is working but not getting paid), actual working, doing house stuff, and taking care of Andrew...oh wait I mean Abby, to doing no school stuff. I'm not going to lie, this Grad school stuff is hard, hopefully it pays off. I really loved going clinicals; the whole diagnosing, prescribing, and educating patients is challenging and rewarding, I love it! I also learned this semester that Pediatrics can be fun. My favorite kid this semester was the brother who stuck rocks in his twin brothers ear. His fathers response to the kid when he found out that he stuck rocks in both ears, "This is the last time I tell you, We do not stick ANYTHING into any holes on your body or your brothers."The things that both the kids and parents say are just hilarious at times. I'm hoping that I enjoy working with adults this semester as much as I loved working with kids. Oh and the kid with rocks in his ears, you guessed it he had to go get them surgically removed. His brother did feel pretty bad about it.

For my reward for finishing this semester, Andrew and I went out to eat at Oceanaire. If you live or ever visit Minneapolis I suggest eating here. Their fish and raw oysters are amazing. I cannot attest to the seafood, because as I like to say, "If it turns red, I'm dead," but Andrew had the Crab Cakes and said they were the best he has ever had. Oceanaire is a little pricy, but well worth it. We went for restaurant week this time, which is also awesome. A 3 course meal for $30/plate, when an appetizer usually costs $30, sign me up. Abby had a great time, not coming with us, and had a nice little play date with her friend Harper. I do not think they actually played and shared toys together, but none the less I think they had fun looking at each other. Thanks to the Helleen's for watching Abby for us! I also have to thank Andrew, 1 because he told me I should thank him in this blog for being such an awesome husband, and 2 he really is an awesome husband. He puts up with my crazy anxiety during school and still manages to love me, so for that I thank him.

So what am I going to do with all my free time. I guess I could try to pick up some more shifts as work, but that is work, so I'll think about that some more. My big project is cleaning up Abby's closest. It is a disaster. It is where we shove all off her stuff that takes up space. I like to be organized, so this closest bothers me every-time I open it, and my only solution to it this far was to just close the door and try to forget about it. But its time, I will defeat it.

Abby had been doing Abby things...crawling, picking up every little thing on the floor that should have been cleaned up and then putting it in her mouth, you know the normal baby things. Here are a couple pictures from this past week.

Poor Dexter, Abby thinks that all of his toys should be hers, and he just lets her take them.

I think she gets blonder every day.

She loves walking back and forth  across the living room, and who wouldn't want to do that in their underwear.

Just checking out the book collection. And yes, she proceeded to take out all the books.

Here is the progression of how she throws stuff on the floor.

She thinks she cute every time, I can't argue with her on it either.

We finally childproofed our kitchen, but decided to give her one drawer. It is the one with all the dish towels. It is a daily occurrence that she pulls them all out. I also put a few Easter eggs in the drawer, just to make it a little more exciting than just dish towels. She loves it!

Just looking cute, and poor Dexter in the background. Don't worry, he still gets lots of attention.