Just for Rachael :)

Here is what Wyatt has been up to lately: tearing through Grandma Muffy's house, leaving a path as wide as a tornado. :)

Wyatt enjoyed his cousins today as well. Check out that face from Conner! :)

I think he likes Baby Callie. What do you think? :)

I have been a bad blogger as of late. I blame it on a few things. 1.) I got a Blackberry, and I'm slightly addicted to it. Well, I don't check my e-mail on my computer as often since I get it on my phone now. As a result, I am on my computer less and think of blogging less. 2.) Life is as crazy as it has ever been with moving and graduating and waiting to close on our new house. Life in limbo is not my favorite. Just last night I spent almost a half hour looking for a folder because there are a half dozen places it could have been in all of our stuff we have packed. 3.) I haven't taken as many pictures lately, and I need to take more.

So there you have it. I'm back.

I missed updating about Wyatt being 11 months. Isn't he such a big boy?? He is getting better and better at walking everyday, and he will stand when you set him down instead of going straight to his knees. Sometimes he tries to run and instead he faceplants on the floor, but he's pretty tough about it and usually doesn't fuss. He's getting a little more opinionated about what he eats, but he still loves all of his favorites. I think he's in some withdrawal though, because he does not get as much variety from Mommy as he used to at daycare. Mommy needs to work on her cooking skills. :) Wyatt has his top two and bottom two teeth. It's really starting to change the look of his smile! He is really starting to mimic us - he shakes his head "no" when he knows he's doing something naughty, or he will stick out his tongue when I do. He also is saying "uh oh" when he drops things. Sometimes it sounds like he is trying to say "down" or "all done" too. He is a ton of fun right now. :)

Well, I graduated from dental school last week. It was a very special day for me, and it was neat to get to share it with family and friends. We had two good nights celebrating - Friday night at Aaron's parent's house immediately following graduation, and Saturday night in Cedar Falls at my parent's house. I'm blessed to have such great family and friends who have supported me through dental school!

Technically, I don't get my diploma until July, as I have to make up a five week externship that I missed when I had Wyatt. I am doing my externship at Peoples Clinic in Waterloo - I've been working there since Monday. It's been really great - I've enjoyed the staff and the dentist I've been working with. I have to do a community project for one and a half days a week, so today I traveled to Jesup with a dental hygienist who is employed by the health department to go talk to Amish families about a free dental event that we have coming up. We also got health histories, did screening exams, and put on fluoride varnish. It kind of felt like we had traveled to a different country, as the culture is so much different. The first family that we worked with had 13 children! It took us awhile just to get all of their names, birthdays, and then go through their health histories! But they were so nice, and their children are very sweet. I'm looking forward to going back and doing more screenings soon - every week of my externship I will spend one day going to the Amish community, and then in September I'm planning on helping with the free dental event.

Anyway, we are excited to close on our new house on next Monday. We have ordered some new carpet to replace the lovely red and black shag in the basement, and hopefully it will be in by next Friday. Eventually we are going to put some laminate flooring down in the living room, dining room, and kitchen - hopefully sooner than later! There are a lot of things we want to do to the house, but we have to triage it and do what really needs to be done first. Our next priority after the floors is to put up a fence for the dogs and for Wyatt. Exciting! I'm sure it will be a busy summer.

So that's what has been going on lately. It's weird to be back in Cedar Falls, but it's great to get to see Aaron every night when I'm done working. Wyatt loves seeing his daddy every night too! We miss Aaron's family though, and we can't wait to see them again soon!