Match Day!

On March 16th Brett matched to a psychiatry residency with UAMS in Little Rock, AR. We were very happy/excited for this new adventure and within hours were planning our future. When Brett interviewed at UAMS, the girls and I came with him to check out the city and we were all pleasantly surprised by it and decided that the program would be in the top of our rank list.

A couple of weeks after the match, we left our kids with my parents and drove out to find a house. After A LOT of thought, we decided to buy a house for residency and were pretty nervous as first time home buyers. We found a realtor with lots of experience and started studying zillow and mls like nobody's business. Our first day in Little Rock we looked at about 20 houses without being very 'wowed' but thinking we could make something work. On day 2 we narrowed our search and got a better feel for what areas and types of houses we were most interested in. When we walked into the 3rd house on day two, Brett and I took about 3 steps in, stopped, looked at each other and immediately said, "this is it". We are SO excited about the neighborhood, neighbors, school, cul de sac, size, price, backyard etc. Brett's going to have to adjust to his 25 minute commute to the hospital, but we aren't overly worried.

We also had the time while in Little Rock to see "Little Shop of Horrors" at a cute dinner theater, walk across the 'Big Dam Bridge' and try out several restaurants. We are so excited to explore our new city!!