I especially love this one. Anyone else have a toddler that walks around pretending to talk on the phone? haha!
Anyone else's saturday look like this? Any buckeye fans out there??

september is here & my mind is racing with thoughts as we begin a new month. not all new months are like this. september is a big jump. with the start of a new school year, and the entrance of fall, a new season.
with summer ending soon, i realize how fast it's gone by. it feels like it was just may.
i know september will go quickly as well. we're leaving for our big Europe trip the last day of the month. i'm already feeling overwhelmed with all of the things we need to do before we leave.
i'm going to try my hardest not to procrastinate and to slowly finish tasks.
We already have a good chunk of our itinerary planned!
I'm also hoping to set some goals for the new season. Or, at least follow through with the ones I set this summer. With our busy summer, a lot of things I wanted to do got pushed aside, but I'm hoping this is the season to work on my own blog and business.
I've been working a little on tidying up & organizing our home, and I hope to be able to go the same with some of my thoughts, goals, and blog.
i have big dreams & for me this is a season of practicality. i'm hoping to start living out some of these dreams & goals.
and for starters, going to Europe!

Anyone have any tips on slowly getting things done overtime instead of freaking out and waiting to the last possible second to do everything?
Or actually following through on your goals?

I'd love to hear, because I definitely live in the clouds and procrastinate like crazy.

How did we create the most adorable baby?

I hope you all had a lovely weekend, was it restful for you too?

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How is your weekend looking?

Often times you will hear me talk about what rotation Jordan is on. His schedule is always changing, and the hours he works always fluctuating. The residents switch off working different rotations, they have a certain number of each that they need to do. This year was by far the hardest as he had many inpatient (working in the hospital) months. When he's working these rotations we just plan on not seeing him. Like this month, we go to see Jordan for maybe an hour or two in the evening, and his one day off was typically during the week and he had to work the weekends.
Another confusing thing for those who haven't watched Grey's Anatomy, is the timeline of events.
Undergrad > Medical school > Match Day (find out which residency they're going to >  Graduate Medical School > Now a Doctor > Residency > Fellowship (more education - optional) > freedom? (is there life after residency?)
Days off aren't always a guarantee for Jordan. I think it's been since his vacation in May that he's truly had a full day off. He has OB patients that seem to always go into labor on his day off. Or like this morning, he spend most of it charting some patients. It's very difficult when on his one day off, he has to do work. On top of all of the things that he has to catch up on at home. His work isn't something he can really just leave at the office, because he's dealing with lives. (this sounded dramatic, but I did just catch up on Grey's Anatomy)
Some more posts with glimpses into my life with a husband in residency: end of a tough month, family photos outside the hospital, what I text Jordan to keep things light, an argument, what weekends are like, being fully present

And I would love your thoughts, did you find this interesting or helpful? are any of you going through something similar? I'm thinking of doing a series of the sort, mainly on how to survive when your husband works crazy hours haha!

Last Monday was my birthday. I turned 27. It was a rainy, cold, Monday which was unlike any birthday I've had before. It's usually bright and sunny on the 16th of May.
I also woke up smelling like a campfire and in a tent. Jordan's birthday is the day after mine, on the 17th, so I decided it was a good idea to go camping for him. on my birthday.
So, it wasn't the best start, when I finally realized that it was my birthday. I had been pretty busy planning Ruby's party and Jordan's birthday, that I had totally forgotten about my birthday.
I tried to rally, we went hiking in the cold and rain, and it was fun. but, I just didn't fully recover, and Ruby was whiny after not seeing me (thanks grandma, for watching her!)
So, anyway, yesterday, Jordan got some friends to watch Ruby for a couple hours (thanks, friends!) so that he could take me out to properly celebrate my birthday.
 There's half of my dear husband that loves me well, even though the level of love and touchy feely that I need is way more than the average human.
So, here are some of my thoughts on turning 27:

1. I am finally feeling like an adult. Maybe it's having a one year old, or having to drink coffee every. single. morning. 
2. Maybe this is the year I remember my age, maybe? Whenever people ask me how old I am, I look to Jordan. I can never remember. Maybe this one coincides with being an adult.
3. Just kidding, I am still a child and always will be. I mean, look how happy I am with my ice cream. 
4. My 27th year was one of the hardest/ best year of my life. 
5. Some of my favorite things: Ruby. Hands down, watching Ruby grow and turn into this little person. 
6. A little fact: I actually had Ruby when I was 25, I turned 26 four days later. 
7. Another favorite: Finding an incredible community here in Illinois (which was also one of the hard things)
8. And exploring our new home in St. Louis, finding new favorites, new adventures, and making a new home
9. Some of the not so fun: Moving. No one can possibly like moving. Especially with a teeny tiny baby that's sucking away all of your energy.
10. It was hard to navigate being a mama in a new home, with new people, and lots of new things, but I am thankful that we made it and are on the other end, of the trying, yet so beautiful, first year of life of a child. 
11. And we've almost survived all of Jordan's intern year!! just a couple more (long) months! Intern year is the pits.