DONE!

Andrew is officially D-O-N-E with residency and all training!!!!!!  After 12 years of grade school, 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, and 4 years of residency - he (more like we) is thrilled!

During the month of June, we had three different graduation dinners to attend.  The "joy" or greatest benefit of being Med/Peds is you have three parties to attend instead of just one, ha!  We had the Department of Pediatrics dinner, the Med/Peds dinner and roast, then the Department of Medicine dinner - did I mention that June was a busy month??.

Of course, we only took pictures at one of the three because pulling teeth is easier than taking pictures with Andrew.  Here is the one and only picture I was allowed of the us.

 

Hey -  it isn't the best, but it is proof that we can clean up.  I wanted a picture so we could complete the cycle of "MD training" - I have a picture of us from his White Coat Ceremony at the start of med school, med school graduation, and now residency graduation.  And we certainly won't notice the impact of the past 8 years on Andrew's hair line - nope instead we will notice that I have the exact same watch, ha!

The thought of him working 8 - 5, Monday - Friday is so foreign I don't even know what to think.  It is going to be a major transition for both of us in terms of actually having time to spend together on a regular basis...not to mention he isn't going to be sleep deprived half the year either! 

Now it is on to Board exams - once those are finished, he will be done with tests until he has to sit for Boards again in seven years, I think.

Happenings

The past few weeks have been crazy busy, but wonderful!  We started June with a visit from Adam, Katherine, and Lyla.  I'm so glad they called to ask if they could stay with us on the way home from Texas.  It was wonderful to catch up with them and spend time with sweet Lyla.  Katherine, I promise, we are coming to see the house on our next trip. 

In my last post I told Mom to get another horse - well - she did!  Meet Cash.

 

This picture was taken within a few hours of Cash arriving, so obviously he and Sugar didn't mind too much.  As Andrew said, I bet Sugar is thrilled to not have to ride all the time now, ha!  

Not sure if I have mentioned it or not, but Mom and Dad also got a Great Dane during the winter.  You will not believe how similar he and Tucker appear.  One major difference - Vito is much heavier than Tucker.  One will be tall and skinny and the other will be "built."  This is Vito...

 And a similar picture of Tucker...

  

Moving on from all the animals.  We also had a visit from Mrs. Susan for one of Andrew's graduation dinners.  She brought all sorts of yummy Georgia produce for us.  We have/had peaches, onions, strawberries, blueberries, squash, tomatoes, eggplant, rosemary, and garlic.  Everything but the peaches and onions came out of her garden!!  Of course, I had to make peach cobbler.  I got a little bored and decided to make a lattice top with a little decoration - ignore my lack of art skills please...

 She also requested a trip to Penn's for Chicken-On-A-Stick.  I'm telling you - there is nothing better than watching some one's reaction to seeing it for the first time.  You can tell them all about it for years but until they see it in person, they really don't believe you.  Of course - it was a huge hit...gotta love Mississippi food!