Are we done yet???

I am so sick of medical school! Its a good thing its almost over. It has been nothing but a pain in the butt... or has it?
How many good things can I think of that may not have taken place without a journey through medical school?

1. I learned that I can still be happy while living thousands of miles from my family.
2. I learned that I am no ordinary women and can accomplish all sorts of electrical, plumbing, auto, landscaping, and financial feats on my own.
3. I saw new and beautiful places and things, like a field lighted by the glow of thousands of lightning bugs and a "real" river.
4. I discovered what it is to be and what its like to have a true friend.
5. I got to learn all sorts of cool words that are fun to say like Shigella, syncope, and parasympathomimetic.
6. I learned the difference between a good doctor and a bad one and how they might have gotten that way.
7. I've watched someone have a dream and then follow it until they made it a reality.

Congratulations to everyone who is nearing the end of this phase of our journey!!

Hope your having a morning as precious as ours!

Hi my name is Aurora!

I am quite the little princess!

I can get my daddy to give me anything I want!

I hate getting dressed!

I love to play with jewelry.

I love kitties.

I love music.

I like to eat whatever my mom is eating.

I am the cutest and I am loved!

What a month!

Today Aurora is 9 months old. Its been an exciting month for her. She started to crawl. She stands up and cruises next to furniture. She loves to walk with help. She has two bottom teeth. Her favorite food is Cheerios and she has many spots where she likes to keep them and will go to them and make sure they are stocked up. She is learning to dance. Anytime she hears a beat she likes she will start to boogey. If she really likes it she will even wave her arms. She claps and likes patta-cake, plays peek-a-boo. She also has started to point. Yesterday, at a restaurant after the person at the counter got the order of my brother and I, my brother asked Aurora what she wanted she pointed to a rock star energy drink she saw on the counter. She cracks me up. She is a sweet soul who is senstive to loud sounds and people. She is a mommies girl and likes for me to be with her at all times. In fact, she normally is.

However, we recently enforced a nap alone policy. It has been a rough trasition with lots of crying. She was used to me bouncing her to sleep on the exercise ball and sometimes even holding her through her whole nap. Well my back is pretty messed up and its only getting worse as she gets bigger. The bouncing needed to be cut down drasticly. So today, for the first time ever, after only a couple minutes of boucing, she has gone to nap in her crip, still awake, without crying!!!! This is the greatest challenge and accomplishment I have ever had. It may not happen tomorrow, but for today, I have succeeded.

Well where you succeed in one area, you must fall short in another. Aurora is now in the scrawny baby percentile. She is an active baby and I do my best to get her the nutrition she needs.

Enough about that stuff. We had fun at her Granma and Granpa Yates in Colorado earlier this month while Brady has been on international rotation in South Africa. We went swimming, played at playgrounds, and caught colds. It was so much fun!

Aurora has something to tell you!

The first time Aurora did this, this last Sunday, she was trying to get the attention of a man who was sitting behind us in church asleep.

She also has some moves to show off too. Here she is dancing! She does this every times I turn on this singing cat.

She is growing up so fast!!

Goodbye Size 2

Who would have thought going a size up in diapers was something to get sappy about. Maybe its because that has been the size I have bought for so long and change is hard. Maybe its because those size 3 diapers are starting to look bigger and less cute than the newborn diapers. But it is definitely a sign that I am completely in love with my baby. I love the way she gets a little crease under her left eye when she smiles big. I love how she lays on her back and kicks her legs to move across the floor. I love her little grunts as she puts so much effort into pulling herself to her knees and then to her feet while holding any tall item. I even love to watch her poop! It is absolutely adorable. I love her little two bottom teeth that are sprouting up. I love this baby!!!! I am obsessed.

Gerber Contest!

Vote for Aurora! Look at that face. Doesn't this cutie deserve to win!!! You can vote once a day per email. Please help. I want her to win so bad.