Feb 21st- 27th

This was a nice week and it went by so fast. Richard had been studying for his PCM exam on Wednesday and his exam he will have next Monday. He had a few extra meetings and a few parties to attend. Tilly and I went with him to his PCM small group dinner at his teachers house.

It was a lot of fun to hang out with his class mates, they are a great bunch. Tilly and I did a lot of things outside this week since the weather was nice. On the rainy Friday we went to the art museum, she stayed on my front in the ergo tote and liked to point to all the paintings. She has been sleeping very well except for that Friday night when she kept us on our toes for about 5 hours. Toward the end of those 5 hours she nestled in to my shoulder and put her arms in between our chests- it made being up from 1-5 much better! There's no where I would rather be then holding my sweet girl!!

Fed 14- 20th

This was a really fun week. Having Richard home for the 3 day presidents day weekend was awesome. We celebrated valentines a night early with dinner alone while Tilly played at Moses house. We had a great night out and when we got home and tucked little T in to bed Richard gave me a new camera!! I was so surprise and excited, I spent most the night and next day playing with it. We spent valentines all together and enjoyed the lovely weather. Richard spent most of his day off on Monday with us, again spending as much time as we could in the sun. He got back to business in the evening and went to study. He had his solo osce exam on Thursday which I'm sure he did well on. While he was at school Tilly and I went with Krisanna to the Children's Museum. After the exam we met Allen, Krisanna, David and some visiting friends from LA for dinner. Richard took Tilly out Saturday to breakfast and swimming. They even stopped by the library for story time. I love hearing the stories of what she does when I'm not around- Richard said after story time she got her jacket, gave him his, dragged the backpack behind her and headed to the bathroom- as to say 'this is whats next dada'. She is so sweet!!

Feb 7th - 13th

This was somewhat of a slow week for us. Richard had a few meetings on Monday, along with AFP study group to go over things for their exam on Friday. Tuesday was breakfast with his faculty advisor, then class and preceptorship. After his first exam for SPH he and Allen met with one of the deans to discuss a possible internship with some of the faculty.
This week has been wonderful as we have spent a lot of time together, and with our friends. Richard has been able to come home and make us dinner most nights and even the night before the exam we had David and Geoffrey over for some yummy tacos.
Its been a great week!

Jan 31st- Feb 6th

This has been a very busy week. Monday was Richard's final test for CSF, right after the test he went to the PNHP talk by a national speaker Dr. Oli Fein here at OHSU that he helped organize. Followed by another talk from Dr. Fein at PSU. He came home to pick us up and we all went to dinner with the PNHP people who were in town for the events. We left dinner for the Healthcare Reform panel at held at Providence. We of course had to leave early to get little T home to sleep but Richard went back to meet everyone for the after party. Tuesday he started his new class SPH (Systems, Processes, and Homeostasis) and attended a psychiatry video at lunch. He then had preceptorship at CHH where T and I met him upon returning from downtown for the tram ride up, since he was going to his senate meeting right after and we were missing him. After the senate meeting he had the PNHP pdx meeting and stayed out til pretty late. Tilly and I had Krisanna over to watch Lost and had a great fondue party!! Wednesday was another long day, SPH in the morning and a VACUUM meeting during lunch followed by PCM and a Family Medicine ward walk until 6:30pm. Thursday we all made our way to the dentist at 7 in the morning, Tilly and I stayed downtown to go to story time and do a little shopping and Richard hurried back to class. He got home around 4 after the donating some blood. Friday he had class and another lunch meeting for PNHP. He stayed at school and studied for awhile because Tilly and I were at the Childrens' museum with Miles, Luanne, and Krisanna. When he got home we all got ready to go to the Family Medicine dinner. It was a casual get-to-know-you dinner with the 4th years who were sharing their wisdom on applying for residencies. We sat and ate and chatted with some great people but had to leave early so Richard could make it to band practice and Tilly could go to sleep. Saturday Richard woke up early with Tilly then headed out to work on the ADHD study- he came home just in time to make us dinner!

Tilly was amazing this week, no matter where we were she was always happy. Her new thing is fist bumps or knuckles- She can't just give one, once she gets going she has to go around the room. Most of the time she is the hit of the party!

Jan 24th-30th

The 24th we celebrated Anna's birthday at the Children Museum and had the best time! There is so much there to explore, and Tilly loved that she could run around by herself touch everything and make lots of messes. She had a great night sleep that night! Maybe we need to go there more often. Monday and Tuesday Tilly and I organized a little bit, well I did most of that while she disorganized her books. Wednesday night Richard and I went to Podnah's bbq for a date night. We hadn't been on one in about 7 months!! We took Tilly over to Moses's house and I of course was wondering if she was ok the whole time I was gone - We got back to the silliest little girl in the world! She was giving fist bumps to Moses, then Cara, then me, then Richard, and over again with a great laugh each time. I was told she only noticed we were gone for just a second so I am very excited!! She is all grown up. We of course went to story time on Thursday and Saturday and played outside whenever the sun would peek through.

Richard had a busy week, He left Anna's party early with David to go to AFP. On Sunday he edited together a montage of some of the videos he has done for VACUUM which I watched when it was complete and it turned out very lovely. On Monday he went to a meeting with some of the doctors he is working on a paper with. Tuesday he went to a presentation by the Portland non-profit Medical Teams International about doing relief work in disaster-struck countries. That night he also went to a MoveOn rally downtown and met with other people promoting universal healthcare. Thursday he was interviewed by a woman making a documentary on universal healthcare--he said he was excited to tell the med student side of the story! Then he went and volunteered at the Southwest Community Health Clinic, where he sees uninsured patients who have no other access to healthcare. And of course as he likes me to point out he made time to come home and cook us dinner :)