It's official.....

You might look at this and see that, yes Trevor is officially a Student Doctor, wow, cool. But what I see is the past 8 years of our marriage (yes EIGHT! but we are NOT old!) and how it has always involved school.... changing majors, expensive tuition, expensive books, endless nights of studying, attending classes on our lunch hour, Trevor going to class while his son was in the NICU, being on crutches while trying to pack our house, the time and money we wasted on applying to dental school, spending 3 weeks hotel hoppin with a dog and a sick child when we moved to Louisville, not being able to eat a meal together for weeks at a time (not even Sunday), taking 18 credits and working full time, working 3 jobs, the outrageously expensive Master's program at UofL,..... and here we are.

It all comes down to this.

We're finally here. Podiatry School.

For most people it wasn't too bad getting here, but for us it was blood..... sweat..... and tears.

I find it ironic that I've always had a foot fettish. I have a toe ring that I wear 24-7 since I was a Jr. in High School. Ok, I used to take it off for Ballet, but that's it! I've always said I have good feet, I like to pamper my feet, friends in high school used to say I had a foot fettish, a guy I used to work with used to call me "The Foot Momma" because I had a picture of Jaden's feet at my desk. Jaden's feet are also on my debit card. I have pictures of random things where I would stick my foot in the picture just because.

I do have good feet, and my kids have PERFECT feet. So Trevor can't help us out in that perspective. HIS feet, however, could use some help!......

I do not, however, have good teeth. But just because he's not going to be a dentist doesn't mean that I won't get my teeth fixed.

So it's all good.

Only 4 more years. The 3yr residency will be nothing compared to what we've been through. Besides, the tables will FINALLY turn... he will receive a paycheck in residency instead of paying thousands of dollars to be there..... only 4 more years.

KynnLee's first swim!

We have a hot water spicket outside (I know, cool!) and we filled the kiddie pool with warm water, man did the kids love that! Someone asked me (Laurie or Micalla?) why we have a hot water spicket outside..... to fill the kiddie pool, DUH!

The Olympics in Jaden's tub

Jaden really enjoyed watching the Olympics, especially all the swimming sports. The other day I told him to get in the tub and he ran and got his swim suit on and his volleyball to play "Water Pillow" in the tub.....

Here, let me show you how to open....

One of the rare times that dad feeds KynnLee, watch Trevor closely. I'm a little disappointed that it's hard to see, but I managed to get both videos without Trevor noticing......

Go Indians!

We went to a Cleveland Indians game last week, Jaden loved every minute of it! Even though it was delayed an hour because of rain, he stayed strong till the very end (almost midnight!). He had to bring his mitt and wear his baseball shirt and also wanted to bring his big Louisville Slugger. We went with a bunch of other Podiatry students and Jaden had them all laughing when he was getting trying to get the guy to throw him a ball.....

You probably wouldn't believe me if I told you that I had to leave early for a grumpy girl. Man, when she's done, she is DONE! It was after I left that Jaden had everyone rolling.

Liberty Park

Jaden absolutely loved the "bike town" at Liberty Park, I gotta say I loved it too!! It has little road signs, stop signs, banks, crosswalks, buildings, and a real stop light. It had Jaden's name all over it!!! KynnLee liked it too, but of course her favorite thing at the park is the swings. She even has a buddy, Jackson, who likes to swing with her. They were so cute!

Come visit us Grandpa!!

This picture frame has been in Jaden's room since he was born. It's of my dad holding Jaden when he was in the NICU. He found it the other day and had to put it on his bed so he could see "Grampa Heoooweooo" (that's Hellewell) before he went to sleep. Grandpa Dan should be proud of that!!