Senior Banquet

We had our senior banquet in April and it was a great time! Senior banquet is an event for graduating medical students as a way to wrap up the last 4 years. There is an awards ceremony and then the first and fourth year medical students present their videos. I was blown away by the awesomeness (I know, not really a word!) of the video my classmates put together. You can watch it here!

{Class of 2011}

{Study group!}

Alpha Omega Alpha Induction Banquet

This years AOA Banquet was another success. The banquet was the night before Match Day (March 16). This year we had Dr. Kirch, the president of AAMC, as our keynote speaker. Harrison, April, and I were responsible for driving him to and from the banquet. We had a great time talking with him and hearing about his many fascinating experiences.

{The whole chapter with the year's inductees.}

{The ladies of the class of 2011}

{Me, Paul, and April...our study group has come a long way!}

{The Class of 2011 AOA members}

Match Day 2011

Match Day was another day full of special memories! We started the day off with some tailgating in the Williams Brice parking lot. We all made our way into the Zone shortly after that and the festivities began. Match Day fell on St. Patrick's day this year, so there was a lot of green around!

{Ashley, April, and I tailgating}

{Our families both came. The rest were inside saving seats.}

{Class of 2011}

We thought it would be special to go up as a family and let Maddie read our card. We actually made it in the newspaper. You can read all about it here!

{Posing with the dean before we opened our envelope}

We were so excited to match here at Palmetto Health Richland Children's Hospital. I am looking forward to working with so many wonderful mentors and teachers in the pediatrics department.

{Reading out our match card}

After wards we came back to our house for some lunch and champagne. What a great day!

{Class of 2011 Composite}

Maddie's 7th Birthday

This is a little late, but we celebrated Madison's 7th birthday with our families in March. Her birthday was March 9th. I remember the day of her birth like it was yesterday. I cannot believe my babygirl is 7! She is so smart, funny, and loving. She adores her baby brother and is truly an exceptional big sister. So proud of this little cutie pie!

{Opening presents}

I came to Maddie's school for lunch and brought her Chic-fil-A and homemade cupcakes. They have this tradition at her school where the birthday boy/girl has to stand in the center of the cafeteria and all the kids sing to them. The birthday boy/girl then has to sing back to everyone in the cafeteria. She was so brave! I would have been mortified.

{Maddie and Miss Stenson listening to the singing kiddos}

{Maddie's super sweet teacher Miss Stenson}

On her actual birthday, we went to dinner at Zoe's (our FAVE) and dessert at 32 degrees. Harrison made a scavenger hunt around the house with a present at each spot leading up to the big present...BUNK BEDS!!!!! She is in love with her new beds!

{One of the presents along the way}

{Present hidden in the dryer!}

{Putting together the treasure map}

{The bunk beds...so much fun!}

Dance Open House

Back in March Madison had an open house at dance. Here are some pictures to enjoy!





She also takes ballet, but I was not able to get any pictures in that class. I am so proud of her for working so hard at dance. She is really becoming a beautiful dancer.

Ski Weekend

Back in January we took a ski trip to Cataloochee in Maggie Valley, NC. This has become an annual tradition and it is always tons of fun. This year I did not hit the slopes with the gang. Bragan and I stayed behind in the cabin and relaxed. The weekend coincided with my interview at Vanderbilt and it worked out well since Maggie Valley was right on the way to Nashville. We loved Nashville and will be reconsidering it in a few years for fellowship!

Since I didn't hit the slopes I don't have too many pictures of actual skiing. Here are some from our fun back at the cabin.

{Makeover night! Maddie had so much fun with all the sweet girls there.}

{She's got the wind machine going for her runway show!}

{My sweet little snaggletoothed ski bunny!}

5 and 6 Month Update

It has been waaaaayyy too long since I have updated, so I am going to combine the 5 and 6 month posts. Bragan has learned so many new tricks since the last update.

Here's what he is up to these days:
- Rolling EVERYWHERE!!! Blink your eye and he is in a new spot.
- He is a laughing machine. He loves when we jump out and scare you - he giggles and giggles and giggles. His big sis is a pro at getting him to giggle.
- He loves to chat with anyone who will listen. His cooing is beyond adorable!
- He started clapping on April 8th. His pediatrician was amazed when he saw him doing this trick :)
- He is not sleeping through the night anymore ever since we stopped swaddling. He is waking up usually once in the night to eat and snuggle :)
- He has conquered rice cereal (hated it), oatmeal, and ALL of the stage 1 baby foods. We are now trying out some of the stage 2.
- He had his first taste of water and loved it.
- He had his first trip to the zoo on April 20th. It was pretty hot but he still enjoyed it.


Here are his stats:
-Weight 18 pounds 13 ounces (76%ile)
-Length 27 3/4 inches (91%ile)
-Head circumference (74%ile)

...and now for the photos!

{Had to take the monthly shot in a new place...we were putting down new floors and his bed was blocked with stuff}

{I just thought this was funny!}

{You know, just hanging around in my ducky jammies...}

{Such a happy boy!}