Disneyland

So, it has been 10 months since I wrote anything on our blog. How has the time gone by so fast? There is no way I can catch up on everything, so here is the recent big stuff. Hans is starting a family practice residency at St. Joe's hospital here in Phoenix. He will be done in two years. We are not sure whether we will see him more or less. I think I am happy that is he finally getting to finish up and that I get him home on Christmas. To celebrate, we went to Disneyland a couple of weeks ago. Hans had never been there and neither had the girl's. Everyone had a great time and we just enjoyed seeing each other for 4 days straight (as you can guess, that does not happen very often around here). The weather was cold the week we went, but there were not any crowds. How often do you get to wait in line for 10 minutes to ride Space Mountain and 5 minutes for Indiana Jones? We are all doing well and looking forward to the change of pace for the next two years. Merry Christmas!

11 months old today

Time has flown since the last post and I am a huge slacker. We have celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas, had two birthdays and a happy new year! So now I am updating something from today! Alyssa is 11 months old today. 18 lbs and running. She has been walking for about 3 weeks and crawling up the stairs longer than that. She recently burned both sides of her wrist with my hair straightener. Poor thing. It was so ugly, but it is starting to look better. We claim she can say Daisy and yesterday Jackie, but maybe we are just excited and hopeful. Definately sure there is a mommy and daddy in there. She is an independent soul. The other day I thought she was downstairs with me, but I found her upstairs playing in the toy room. We now use the gate a lot more. She loves mom, but as soon as dad walks in the door I am no longer needed. At least not until she is tired or hungry. Our house is finally on the mend from being sick for the last 3 weeks (pinworms, croup, 2 ear infections, a burned wrist, rotovirus, mono and an extreme sleep deprivation for mom and dad). Things are looking much better this week. Hans and I keep saying, "It can't last forever." HOpe you have a great day!