Sunday, June 27, 2010

Graduation


Last weekend, Jason and I attended graduation ceremonies for our fellowships. My fellowship had a dinner on Friday night, and Jason's was on Saturday.

We realized last weekend that these were our last ever graduations. We have now gone through six each (jr. high, high school, undergrad, med school, internship, residency, and now fellowship).
It feels good to finally have reached the end and accepted our last diploma!



(We didnt bring our nice camera, so the pics didnt turn out great...)

We still have a month of work left--we started late since we had a long move from the west coast--but the year sure has gone fast.

At the beginning of August, we are moving back to San Francisco. I'll be working back at UCSF, doing pediatric anesthesia, and Jason is working at another hospital in San Francisco, called CPMC. We have found a place to live that is about half way between our two hospitals, and most importantly close to Ethan's new day care.


Also noteworthy, we will be done with condo living. Though the building has been convenient, we are fed up with some of the rules. Last week, we put an inflatable pool in the grass outside our back door. Ethan had a blast splasing away. When we were done we dumped the water, and brought it back inside.


The next day, Lilia brought him out again. This time, the condo manager came up to her and said 'pools aren't allowed on the property'. Apparently one of our neighbors had complained! Unbelieveable!! So Lilia's new solution was to put the pool in the bathroom!

So, we are sick of the rules, especially since they dont seem to apply to our upstairs neighbors who are incredibly noisy and smoke like chimneys.
But we are almost out of here!

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Happy Father's Day!


Dear Daddy,

I want to wish you a very happy and special second Father's day. Although I am still to young to say it, I want you to know that I love you very, very much! I love to spend time with you, we have a lot of fun together when mommy is at work. I am so lucky to have such a great daddy! Thanks for taking such great care of me.

Love, Ethan

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Ethan's Vacation

Well, last week, Ethan had a vacation to Lilia's apartment, while mom and dad took a vacation to the Caribbean. We sure did miss Ethan, but had the opportunity to get away, and a great person to take care of Ethan while we went, so we did.

It was fun to do 'adult' things again, including having quiet, leisurely dinners, sleeping in, snorkelling together, and not coming back to the room for naptime.

We took a cruise in the southern Caribbean--and visited St. John, Dominica, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Anguilla. We enjoyed all of the islands, but St. John and St. Lucia were our favorites. Here are some highlights:

A snorkelling spot in St. John--we saw turtles, schools of fish, a stingray, and a nurse shark!

Swimming at Trunk Bay, St. John


Trafalgar Falls, Dominica

View of St. Lucia

Jason and the Ship

Our lunch spot on Nevis--an old sugar plantation with fabulous views

Swimming in Anguilla on my birthday.

Ethan did well without us, but was happy to see us when we came home!
On our next trip (coming up over the 4th of July, to Maine) we're taking him!

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Fun in the Sun (and Water)

This past weekend Daddy and Ethan saw their first bout of real warm weather (Mommy was busy at work all weekend). The city of Cambridge also cooperated by opening up their water parks. One of them is just a few blocks away...






Ethan sure loved the water -- and had a pretty good time with his friend Talia.

Talia is the little girl -- not the big girl in blue.


Lots of water and sunblock on my face!

Can't wait for the next warm day...