Friday, December 30, 2016
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Christmas with Cousins
We've had a really great December this year! Brett is enjoying his pediatric rotation while Ellie and I have been singing Jingle Bells, decorating the apartment, and eating way too much sugar.
Our First Christmas Village
Lookin' Good this Winter & Helping Mom Decorate Sugar Cookies
TMEA Christmas Social : We watched the Polar Express while we drank hot chocolate, decorated cookies, colored, and even met Santa who gave Ellie a new book.
This was the first year I tried out several of my Rasmussen family traditions on my house. I made my mom's caramels, and we made our own gingerbread houses. Ellie just wanted to eat all of the candy and didn't care much for decorating the house; I think she would have tried to eat all of it and was very disappointed that I didn't let her try....
We spent Christmas morning in my parents' house with my sister Helen and her family. Ellie loved going through her stocking and opening presents, and took her time with each one. I think she was most excited for her doctor play set, Mr. Potato Head, & the juice from her stocking.
after opening our presents we went to church and Christmas night, all of my siblings came over for a big Texas BBQ.
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
November
Brett is very happy to be wrapping up his internal medicine rotation with a shelf exam tomorrow morning followed by Thanksgiving break in Houston. While I can't say he cared much for internal medicine, he was so happy doing GI (gastrointestinal) work. I'm not sure anything else will top it.
Ellie is very excited to see her cousins soon. She had so much fun trick-or-treating with her friend Noelle. After every house, she would run up to me and show me her pumpkin bucket and tell me that they gave her candy. I laugh at little because she seemed genuinely surprised and pleased each time. I hope she is able to keep that sense of awe and gratitude as she gets older. We dressed her up as Dorthy from the Wizard of Oz. Brett was the tin man & I was the scarecrow. (Brett and I shamelessly stole a lot of her candy and gave the rest to her in rationed increments)
My friend Claire and I had our Temple Symphony Chorale choir concert recently; I really enjoyed the repertoire this semester. I'm a little bummed to not be able to participate next semester, (I'm having a baby in the middle of it) but it turns out I can get my choir fix elsewhere. I was just asked to lead the choir at our church!!! I've never really led a choir before but I'm over-the-moon excited to try. Music has always been one of the main ways that I feel God's love, and I hope this will be an opportunity to have more of that in my life.
Baby #2 is doing well and getting bigger all the time. Ellie goes to my appointments and likes to sit next to me on the bench so she can watch them use the Doppler, take my blood, etc. This pregnancy is going by quickly as I often forget the fact that I'm pregnant because we're so busy. We don't have a name yet but are trying to narrow down our list.
*On a less positive note, I hate cockroaches. HATE them a lot, and our apartment is overrun. We want to move... and live in a house. Also, being sick stinks. Especially when it lasts for more than 2 weeks and you feel like a useless lump on the couch :)
Ellie is very excited to see her cousins soon. She had so much fun trick-or-treating with her friend Noelle. After every house, she would run up to me and show me her pumpkin bucket and tell me that they gave her candy. I laugh at little because she seemed genuinely surprised and pleased each time. I hope she is able to keep that sense of awe and gratitude as she gets older. We dressed her up as Dorthy from the Wizard of Oz. Brett was the tin man & I was the scarecrow. (Brett and I shamelessly stole a lot of her candy and gave the rest to her in rationed increments)
My friend Claire and I had our Temple Symphony Chorale choir concert recently; I really enjoyed the repertoire this semester. I'm a little bummed to not be able to participate next semester, (I'm having a baby in the middle of it) but it turns out I can get my choir fix elsewhere. I was just asked to lead the choir at our church!!! I've never really led a choir before but I'm over-the-moon excited to try. Music has always been one of the main ways that I feel God's love, and I hope this will be an opportunity to have more of that in my life.
Baby #2 is doing well and getting bigger all the time. Ellie goes to my appointments and likes to sit next to me on the bench so she can watch them use the Doppler, take my blood, etc. This pregnancy is going by quickly as I often forget the fact that I'm pregnant because we're so busy. We don't have a name yet but are trying to narrow down our list.
*On a less positive note, I hate cockroaches. HATE them a lot, and our apartment is overrun. We want to move... and live in a house. Also, being sick stinks. Especially when it lasts for more than 2 weeks and you feel like a useless lump on the couch :)
I think she's been watching me do my makeup ;)
We sure love our zoo and having Dad around to come with us!
She loves to sing all the time. I think she's gotten it from Brett actually because he sings several songs with her every night before bed. He's gone during the day obviously, so it's become kind of their thing; their Ellie/Dad time if you will.
Sunday, October 23, 2016
It's a ...
Well first of all, we found out that it's a GIRL! We are very excited for Ellie to be getting a little sister and have already assembled a long list of names to mull over the next few months. Ellie however still insists that I have a boy baby in my tummy and she has a girl baby in hers.
Brett is in the thick of his internal medicine rotation but we keep him plenty busy whenever he is home. We went to the TMEA (Temple Medical Education Alliance) family tailgate party. Elizabeth loved the bounce house and digging in the sand on the volley ball court. We also threw some rocks into Belton Lake afterwards; we hadn't been out there all summer.
The next weekend we took Elizabeth to our favorite pumpkin patch here in Temple. It has gotten more popular over the years, so now they even have goats you can feed and pet. Ellie also loved the train; she rode the caboose all by herself!
Yesterday, Ellie and I went to another TMEA activity. Everyone dressed up, played at the park, and got to watch an animal show. This child sure is fearless. She touched every animal that they were allowed to, including holding a giant hissing cockroach in her hand. She also happened to win best child's costume!
So excited to find a bike trailer at a garage sale so we can take advantage of the weather even more!!
Friday, September 30, 2016
Finally Fall
So, what have we been up to in the last month? The quick answer is I've been growing a baby, Brett's been learning to be a doctor, and Ellie has been running around like a crazy toddler. Here's a little more detail.
On Labor Day weekend, we made it over to the Inner Space Caverns with some friends. (Thank you Sarah for the tickets) Ellie really liked the bats that we saw, and I liked that the caves weren't hot :). After that we spent time with more friends from Oklahoma and drove to Waco to visit Magnolia Market.
Brett has been busily doctoring, and we're adjusting to the fact that he has to go in on some weekends and nights now. Ellie is a little surprised when she wakes up and dad is still home, hah, but he always makes it home in time for dinner which is nice.
It's a little weird not knowing what kind of doctor you want to be but we are slowly narrowing it down I think. Surgery has always been off the table, and now family medicine is as well. Psychiatry & Internal Medicine are still in the running though so it will be interesting to see what happens.
At 17 weeks now, I'm definitely feeling larger but much less nauseous; I'll take that trade off any day! We're getting very excited to find out the gender in one week. I've also just started to feel baby move a bit and I love it!
Other than that, I'm just staying busy with the usuals, church, jazzercise, TMEA, choir, and music makers.
Ellie is a busy kid. She loves playing with friends and coloring; and she has also become pretty good at using the potty. She still has accidents, and she wears diapers to sleep in but I think she'll have it handled in plenty of time for baby #2.
On Labor Day weekend, we made it over to the Inner Space Caverns with some friends. (Thank you Sarah for the tickets) Ellie really liked the bats that we saw, and I liked that the caves weren't hot :). After that we spent time with more friends from Oklahoma and drove to Waco to visit Magnolia Market.
Brett has been busily doctoring, and we're adjusting to the fact that he has to go in on some weekends and nights now. Ellie is a little surprised when she wakes up and dad is still home, hah, but he always makes it home in time for dinner which is nice.
It's a little weird not knowing what kind of doctor you want to be but we are slowly narrowing it down I think. Surgery has always been off the table, and now family medicine is as well. Psychiatry & Internal Medicine are still in the running though so it will be interesting to see what happens.
At 17 weeks now, I'm definitely feeling larger but much less nauseous; I'll take that trade off any day! We're getting very excited to find out the gender in one week. I've also just started to feel baby move a bit and I love it!
Other than that, I'm just staying busy with the usuals, church, jazzercise, TMEA, choir, and music makers.
Ellie is a busy kid. She loves playing with friends and coloring; and she has also become pretty good at using the potty. She still has accidents, and she wears diapers to sleep in but I think she'll have it handled in plenty of time for baby #2.
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