same old news

I feel like I haven't posted in awhile, and I actually have some time today but I really don't have much to blog about.

Coen started throwing temper tantrums, full blown on the floor, kicking and screaming. I thought I had another couple of months, or 6, but I guess he's starting early. I think it is partially because he doesn't really talk yet so he gets frustrated that we don't understand him. I guess his father used to do the same thing.

School is still school. Not too many exciting things happening in class or clinic. I'm starting to study for my jurisprudence exam, I'm a little nervous because I am not very legally inclined but after hearing some of the topics on the exam it sounds like basic knowledge.

I have at least one patient for my board exam, as long as her lesion doesn't get too much bigger. I need a radiograph of my mom's tooth still, but I think hers will be my second lesion. Then I just need a scaling root planing patient, which are sometimes hard to come by, but 2/3 already has eliminated some boards stress. (as long as their lesions don't get too large)

We're starting to pack things up in our apartment. Not too much longer before we move. I can't wait until that's over.

New stuff

So life has been unbelievably busy lately. Back home from Florida, dad's assault, school started again. I'm in my oral surgery rotation and outreach this summer. Last week I pulled a bunch of teeth. Its fun but not thrilling. This week I am on the Mobile dental unit. We are spending the week in Blaine at the Anoka County Human Services building, its pretty cool so far, I've done a lot of operative work which has been fun.

Josh and I also bought a new vehicle. A 2008 Ford Taurus X, its a crossover and its pretty sweet. We weren't planning on buying one quite yet but started looking and of course I fell in love with this pre-owned one, it was a pretty good deal and I didn't want to pass it up. So we now own two vehicles which is actually going to be pretty nice this summer since I will be able to drive to my outreach sights and save some time by not having to take the bus!

And if anyone didn't hear yet baby #2 is on the way. I am just finishing the first trimester, so baby #2 will be due sometime at the end of November, my official due date is the 29th.

June 21st

So... what's everybody doing on June 21st? Because, we're moving!!! We were offered a 3 bedroom and went and looked at it, didn't really like it because the hallway to move in was so narrow we didn't think our furniture would fit but then we were offered a different one, with a different stairwell that will hopefully accommodate our furniture better. We haven't seen the place yet, but I saw one that is supposedly the same, so lets cross our fingers... I'm hoping to get in and take a peak later this evening if the current resident agrees. I'm a little nervous to move, the bedrooms are smaller but overall there is a lot more room.
This is where Coen was born though, and I'm not sure if I'm quite ready to leave yet. But we are so crowded so I know we will enjoy our space better. So if anyone is available to help move that would be great. Let me know!

Finals week

Well finals week is here again. At the start of my third year it feel like I would never be done with school but honestly third year went so much faster than I ever imagined it could. In just three days I will be done with finals and my last day of clinic as a D3. Then a week in Florida and May 12 I will be a D4. The fourth and final year! Amazing.

All I have to do is pass an oral surgery and orthodontic exam, see two more patients and I am free! We leave Thursday when Josh finishes class, around 6:30 for Florida. We'll be driving all night the first night, taking it slow but steady Friday, getting a hotel wherever we end up Friday night and making it to our resort in Fort Myers Beach sometime Saturday where we will spend 6 days 5 restful nights at the Pink Shell Resort (www.pinkshell.com) where Coen can play outside without his winter coat and maybe even go barefoot! Then early Thursday morning we will start our adventure back home, hopefully without having to get a hotel. I cannot wait!

Kitchen

So dad made us a new shelf/counter for our kitchen. It was to expand our counter and give us a place to put our microwave. We had a small microwave cart prior but it was just that, small. So dad dropped it off after work today and we set about rearranging our kitchen to accommodate our new furniture. We don't have 4 person access to our table but we rarely need 4 so when we do we can just pull it out, otherwise we feel that it gives us more space and sooo much more counter and shelf space. The unit was built to put the microwave underneath but I think we'll try it out on top for awhile. Here's some pics, sorry there are no before shots.

Coen's party

Just wanted to make sure everyone knew that Coen's first birthday party is Saturday at noon, at mom and dads. Everyone's invited.

I can't believe Friday he'll be one, it went so fast. Friday will also be Coen's first ball game. He went to a couple in utero but those don't really count cause he couldn't experience all five senses of baseball. In fact his first ball game was Twins v. Royals at Kansas City.

Family Picture

Tonight Josh, Coen, and I went to Proex to have our family picture and Coen's 1 year portrait taken. It was a disaster. Well not a horrible horrible disaster but still not very good. Coen refused to smile. She tried everything, elmo, a ball, blocks, tools, a frog that croaked, peekaboo, sneezing, tickling, growling, etc. Still no smile. She was very insistent on the smile. I wish I would have just asked her to take a few pictures with him just looking forward, that probably would have been better then the half smiling goofy looking anywhere but the camera faces that we ended up with. And Proex is pretty expensive to just have so so pictures. Josh and I have definitely taken better pictures of Coen ourselves. We probably would have done his one year portrait ourselves too, but we wanted a family picture and that's really hard to do.

There is definitely some talk of us investing in some backgrounds and maybe some better light sources so we can attempt to do some pictures on our own. I love taking pictures, especially of people, and really especially of my own kid.

I get to pick up our pictures on Sunday. Despite the sitting not going fabulously we ended up with a couple of cute pictures which led to a lot of money spent on prints. So there will be some wallets for anyone who wants one and some 5x7s for the godparents and grandparents.