Seven Months Old!

Our little Caroline turned seven months old today! As usual, time has flown by. She has such a big personality. She definitely is not a big sharer yet and if she is not the center of every one's attention, she will let you know! I have no idea where she got that from! She still has not taken to crawling, but loves to walk around. She will hold onto your hands and walk around the house. She sits up great and tries so hard to get up. Once she finally figures it out, she is going to be unstoppable!

She didn't really dress up for Halloween because I was gone, but we did carve pumpkins.

We also took another zoo trip, unfortunately sans daddy again, but it was such a nice day! She loved the flamingos again. We also stopped and played at the giant globe fountain. She played for probably five minutes in the water, laughing and giggling.

Caroline and I were able to go to Ponca and spend Alix's birthday with the family. She decided she was hungry too and sat in a regular chair at the table while I fed her. She joined in on the conversation.

We went to the park for the first time. She really enjoyed swinging. Once it gets warmer, we will definitely need to put a swing in our backyard!

I went to Philadelphia for the my physical exam portion of my boards Oct 31-Nov 2. We drove because one of my good friends did a rotation in PA this month and we didn't want her to drive the 20 hour trip alone. We stayed in Indianapolis at the halfway point and I was surprised at how pretty it was. The test went pretty well, just long. We had to see 12 different patients and acting all day long is tiring. Julie and I rushed to the airport for our flight and got back to OKC right about midnight. My bag did not make it, but luckily got to our house the next night. Mike picked me up and we got back to tulsa around 2 am. Poor Mike had to turn around and be in Stillwater around six. I am spending Nov and Dec in Okmulgee where I round with a doctor for about 30 mins in the morning and then I am on my own the whole day. I do pretty much everything-see patients, write orders. It is crazy, but I have been doing hospital medicine for the last five months so I feel pretty confident. Typically there are two students, but it is just me, so I am busy. Last Friday I interviewed at OU internal medicine and was offered an early prematch contract. I had really been doing some thinking lately and had decided that this was where I felt I should be. I accepted the position and was able to cancel my other interviews (because who needs the added stress?). It is nice to have the weight off my shoulders. Prematch contracts can only occur between D.O. students going to an M.D. program, not D.O. to D.O. or M.D. to M.D. In order for me to go to an M.D. residency, I would have to forgo the D.O. match, so this gives you the guarantee. So starting July 1, 2010 I will have my first job. Our residency is based out of St. John's in Tulsa and our clinic is at 41st and Yale about two miles from our house. The campus is only a few years old, so the buildings are beautiful. Only five more months and I am a doctor!