Sept 26 - Oct 31

Needless to say we have been busy this past month and I have not had the time to sit and blog. Since the last post we have been exploring our neighborhood and enjoying the nice weather. We decorated the house and built this awesome playroom. Tilly went to a pumpkin patch for her first time for the ORFN halloween party i planned and she picked out the perfect white pumpkin. She also got to meet some chickens there whom she is still imitating. She proved to be a graceful gymnast at an ORFN playgroup we went to and is very social when it comes to parties. The first Halloween party we went to was at OHSU for the med students, Tilly loved looking at all the silly costumes and dancing on the lighted floor. When it came time for her birthday party on halloween she had a blast. All the kids played so well together and we just had a really fantastic time! Trick or treating was after dinner that night and she caught on very quickly- knocked on the door and when they opened she let herself in! She would say hi to the dogs, take some candy and run to the next house. It was such a fun day! I can't believe she is already two.

Richard has been keeping very busy with school studies and all of his extra circular activities. Its hard to believe he does so much and still helps so much around the house. Some weeks are harder than others and since we live further away now we see him less often. 

I'll leave you now with a picture of the birthday girl. (a number 2 pencil and mama crayon)

Sept. 20-26th

Richard came home Monday night, it was so lovely to see him! He came in early Tuesday morning to say hi to Tilly but the entire day she was talking about him like she had dreamed him in her sleep. Tuesday night we all went to FMIG welcome dinner, where Richard is co-chair and Tilly and I love to see everyone. Wednesday I had some ORFN officers over to talk about the upcoming month while the kids played in the new playroom. Saturday Richard and Tilly went to the farmers market and brought home some wonderful peaches! After nap time Tilly and I went to music at the library where Tilly was told she is a musical genius because she stopped the music stopped and quited down and got loud when needed- so fun!!

Sept. 13-19th

Richard had his first exam on Monday, and of course afterward the 1st and 2nd years went out to celebrate. He had pcm on Tuesday, a simman on Wednesday, precept on Thursday and he left after class on Friday for an AMSA meeting in DC. Needless to say Tilly and I did not see him a lot this week. We kept busy with friends. Moses came over Monday night, and it was so much fun to see the 2 together again- its like they went right back to being besties. On Friday's we have been going to story time at the library, Tilly is doing a really wonderful job sitting on her own listening to the stories and playing with friends. Saturday we went with friends to the ORFN playgroup. We had so much fun berry picking!! Tilly ate her weight in raspberries and blueberries while we were there and even more when we got home. Sunday we took a walk to Kenny and Zukes to try out the food- it was delicious, and T absolutely loved the cheeseburger sliders. Walking home we stopped at the neighborhood block party and met some cool neighbors. We got a balloon then headed home when it started to rain a lot.

Sept. 6-12th

We had a nice labor day doing a little shopping at Ikea- so much fun ;/. After a full day shopping I met Jami for dinner and then the PFW meeting. Tilly and I have been hanging out during the week, bonding with Rhys and checking out the closest library. We went to story time on Friday and had a wonderful time. We had also been planning the ORFN picnic, it was Saturday evening and we had a great time meeting new people and chatting with friends. Richard had a busy week at school with a lot of meetings. Since his first test is Monday he has also been studying whenever possible. He did make it to the picnic with us and it made it even more fun.

Aug. 30th -Sept. 5th

Monday was Richards first day back at school. Since we live further away now and he bikes there, the comute is much longer. He often stays at school afterward to have meetings, study, plan events and all that good stuff he gets involved with. It was a busy week for that. He helped plan the med 13/14 bbq that was in Hoyt park on Friday. That day Tilly and I biked over to meet him and had a fun time at the bbq meeting some new people and chatting with some friends. During the week Tilly and I explored more of our new neighborhood, meeting some neighbors and dogs on our walks. We have been unpacking and planning and the house is really feeling like home. Some of Richards classmates decided to camping at Opal creek Sat. night because of the long weekend. We headed there with Krisanna and David. The real adventure started when we began the 3.5 mile hike to find a camp site. It was great to finally find one, set the tents up, and start the fire. Tilly was a wonderful camper and stayed nice and cozy in her sleeping suit and cuddled up with Richard. The next day before we left a few people jumped from the cliff into opal pool. Richard was among them and Tilly started crying and saying boo-boo when it was his turn. Very cute to see the love poor out of her. Soon after that we left and had a stop at a diner close by with everyone. Richard has such a fun class, and I am glad I got the chance to know some of them. 

Aug. 23-29th

The 23rd we packed up once more and headed to the old mill in North Little Rock for a photo op and to say goodbye to gammie after which we headed to the airport Portland bound! We arrived late to our new home and got the beds situated so we could go to sleep. Tuesday was my 28th birthday and we spent the day unpacking and soaking up the nice weather. The next day we went to get Tilly and me a new bike to ride around town in. We also went to Krisanna and Davids house to celebrate. The rest of the week we spent unpacking, getting ready for school, and settling in to our new neighborhood. We now live in NW, we share a home with an OHSU resident and her family- whom I will be nannying for when she returns to work. It has been a busy summer but we had a blast and now we are happy to be settling in to a nice routine.

Aug. 16-22nd

This week we wrapped up our stay in Maryland. We went out to dinner to say goodbye to the Dunns one last time. We met our cousins Mark and Melanie out for dinner to catch up. We packed up all of our many things and headed to the airport Saturday morning. We arrived in Little Rock that afternoon and headed straight to Richard's grandmothers house, where we got to see Gammie and Genny. We played with them for a while then headed to Richard's high school friends Jeremy and Ashley's house. There we got to meet with a few freinds that where in town and all their new babies. We left there and went to Brunos little italy restuarant to meet more family and friends and eat wonderful pizza. After that long day we headed to my friends house where we got to settle down and take a fun bath with Laney.