25 Weeks!

So this is a big picture...because in the medical world, for some reason, 25 weeks is a magical marker of what we call "viability." What this means is that yup, although being born this early would not be ideal, the odds are now stacked in your favor that little peanut will likely survive. I've seen quite a few of the little babes at this age and they are TINY but look so much like little babies!

I had a mini-celebration while on call Saturday night at midnight...
below are the bump pics for this :) Also, for the record this took us many shots and I only slept 4 hours that night...so try to disregard the bags....

Hawaii Bump Pics!

Here are the more fun photos :-)
Below is my bump photo at 23 weeks...



We had the most wonderful "babymoon" in Hawaii! Mark told me we were going on a short airplane ride....we flew to San Fran and then....we walked to our second gait and it was to Hawaii!!! Needless to say I was SO excited because I haven't been there and have always wanted to go :-)

So we spent a couple of days in Maui and a couple of days in Kauai...pretty much pure bliss. Lots of good hiking, beach time and just hanging out.

Now I'm back to the grindstone with a 4:30 wake-up and a crazy day...

Here's a couple of choice pics, but my hubby put most of them on Facebook if you want to see more!


On our hike to the center of a volcano


At the luau!


Feet on the black sand beach


Muddiest Hike ever on Kauai


Boat tour of Nepali Coast.


And see the Facebook album for more!
Also, ordered our crib (Thanks Ann!!) should be here at the end of the week:
here it is!

Hope all is well :)

Business before Pleasure (aka Book Review Time)

So before I bore you all with pics of our trip to Hawaii (!!!) I'm going to give my quick review of the following book:



Overall a good solid thumb's up-only a few caveats...

Tripp's main philosophy is very similar to that in the book "To Train up a Child" in practical application, he is just a bit less extreme.
Again, huge fan of consistency and the need for obedience from the kiddies. Also ok with small amount of physical punishment, but I think to a lesser degree than the other book.

Funniest parts of the book are by far the drawings...totally not necessary and kind of silly!

As for any big disagreements, I don't think I had any with him. I liked how much he stressed evaluating progress with your kiddos-checking in with your spouse to make sure you guys are on the same page and are happy with the direction the family is taking. He also does a good job describing the changing methods with the age of the child-and that appeal to conscience doesn't really work until they figure that out!

I would recommend this book over To Train Up a Child only because it felt less harsh/extreme to me, but I think the books fundamentally say the same time...be consistent, stress obedience, don't get angry...all things that I'm sure will ALWAYS be easy with kids! haha...

Anyone else have thoughts on this book?

Old Man Pants

I will probably not be writing quite as frequently because I just restarted on my longest rotation...covering the labor and delivery deck at the University.
However! I have to enclose a new bump picture namely because I now must wear my scrubs old man style...very attractive :-)



I'm getting very excited because next week is SURPRISE vacation week!
Mark has planned a whole week (including an airplane ride somewhere...) and I have a packing list and that is it :-)
I am so looking forward to getting away and doing something fun (and unexpected!) I'll be sure to post some good pics when I get back. I will also be posting more book reviews I'm sure because I'll have some good time to read.

Happy end of the week!