Mattie Anne Update

It has been forever! I'm so sorry that I haven't been updating! Life with Mattie Anne at home not working is completely different and obviously not conducive to me posting on this blog. I have to admit it hasn't been on the top of my priorities...but I'm sure ya'll can understand, or at least sympathize!

Mattie Anne is now 7 1/2 months old! I don't know weight, length, and all of that stuff. I do know she is bigger than she was last time ya'll saw her!

*Mattie Anne is crawling! That is our newest thing! She is everywhere..except the grass! Today was a beautiful day in KC and I put her down on the grass to crawl and she cried! It was a fussy day so I don't know if it was her mood or what but she would not crawl on the grass. She would sit on it, but no moving!

*She likes Mickelson's (our mini schnauzer) food...well at least picking it up- I think I've prevented any pieces making it into the mouth-but I can't be 100% positive!

*She doesn't like the word no! She understands it for sure, but doesn't like it! Unfortunately she hears it a lot now that she is mobile!

*She is eating table food. She is eating sweet potatoes, carrots, apples, Cheerios, kiwi, squash, zucchini, bananas, rice, chicken, oatmeal...exciting stuff! Her papa fed her chocolate ice cream and she liked that too!

*She is saying Dada. I'm a little sad...but it is really sweet and a good excuse to get Dada to change diapers!

*She is still sleeping really well, this week she started standing up in her crib so we had to lower it- a really big hassle! I think we thought it would take 10-15, maybe 30 mins....more like an hour and half!

*At daycare Mattie Anne's favorite toy is a water bottle that has feathers and bells inside. She steals it from other kids, we are going to have to work on sharing really soon!

*She loves for you to clap for her! She gets very excited, she also laughs when Matt dances!

*She has tons and tons of bows...her newest has a flower close to the size of her head- it is adorable! She will probably kill me when she is older because of it! I hopefully will have a picture to post...if not I will get one- but don't hold your breath for it, I don't have a good track record of up dating regularly!

Well, I can't think of anything else specific! There is a new story every day!

Matt and Katie Update

Matt is doing his clinical rotation part of school. He is in his surgery rotation right now. He has done: pediatrics, psychiatry, internal med, family med, and now surgery. He has pathology and anesthesia coming up soon. Those are the two specialties that he thinks the most about. He isn't really sure what he wants to specialize in right now. He is open to a lot of things. He has always thought about pathology and anesthesia, so after his rotations through those I think he will have a better idea of what he likes. He has had a lot of good reports throughout his rotations and has for the most part enjoyed them.
He has been awesome on balancing school and family! He makes us a priority! He has even been able to help me when my work load grew and needed to put in some extra hours. He is also a big help with my running!
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My work is really busy, but I enjoy it. I have some really exciting studies! Here is a presentation I was able to do at the Go Red for Women luncheon for the American Heart Association. The AWARE study is a gene therapy to treat women who have chronic chest pain and have no other treatment options. FYI: Heart disease is the number 1 killer in women, the other top 5 combined are still less than heart disease! Be AWARE of your heart disease risks!

At church or small group is growing--- three little girls have been born since Mattie Anne and one little boy is on the way! It is wonderful to have such a close group of friends that are all entering the same stage of life together! I am helping with the nursery coordination at church and Matt is starting a discipleship program with the deacons.
We are going to be doing the pre-K and K children Wednesday night program at church this summer- that will be fun! I assist now, but Matt and I will be over it for the summer.
We had our 2 year anniversary at the end of March. Matt took me to Sky. Sky is a restaurant at the top of one of the hotels in KC that rotates and you get a 360 view of the city. It was a lot of fun!

This month has been crazy for both of us- Matt has to be at the hospital at 4:00 am and doesn't get home to 6:00 pm and goes to bed at 8:00 pm. I have been overloaded at work and working a lot at home late, so it has been hit or miss with us during the week! The weekends are great just being able to see each other, even though I am still working---should be working now, but thought this would be more fun! Matt went to bed a while ago-he has to round in the morning, so another 4:00 am morning for him.

Omaha Mission Trip

We have had the opportunity to go to the Omaha Baptist Center on two mission trips and are going again next weekend!

The previous mission trips have been with a church from Topeka, KS. We provided free health clinics for the community. Blood pressure and glucose screenings, diabetic foot care (what I'm doing in the pic), and physicals were all a part. The group also sang with the children, worked on the clothes closet, handed out donated baby items, and did an Easter Egg hunt! !
The trip that is coming up is more focused on bible teaching with the youth and children. There is a large Sudanese population in Omaha...very interesting group to work with. You feel more like you are doing international missions

Half Marathon

I completed my first half marathon the end of March. It was amazing! I started running when Mattie Anne was 6 weeks old...My in-laws run and I went with them while they were up for a visit and for some reason it just clicked. I started training for the half marathon the beginning of January.

I had 3 goals going into the race. 1. Finish 2. Run the whole way 3. Finish in under 2:30. I was able to complete them all! I finished in 2:24/11:03 min pace. That is terribly slow, but for me pretty good! When I started running I had a 14:00 min pace (most people walk faster!). I was happy with my time, especially because it was freezing-literally 32 degrees at start and a steady 15 mph wind that we ran into the majority of the way!

Matt wasn't able to see my finish because some lady kept telling him that Mattie Anne was cold and he was tired of hearing and thought he had a little more time before I would finish so he ran to the car to get a blanket. Oh well! It took 15 mins for me to find him because he was walking the side walks looking for me to finish!













I'm addicted now. I'm training for the Hospital Hill Half Marathon. It is a pretty difficult course so I'm not going for any time improvements. Matt, Daddy, and I are going to do the Heart of Dixie Triathlon. Matt is going to swim, Daddy is going to bike, and I am going to run. I'm looking forward to that in July!