Dallin's here!!

Dallin Glen was born on the 20th at 4:34am he weighed 7lbs 5oz and was 20 inches long. He and his mom are doing just fine. We're all home now and doing fine, with help from Grandma, neighors and church. enjoy the pictures and you can watch the videos by pushing the play button.

Getting by

Nice stitches

We've been doing well in our neck of the woods. Susan has progressed well and Lucy is doing great. A few weeks ago she banged her head and Susan thought she'd take her to the doctor to see if the cut she got would need stitches. Her doctor put two in to keep it from scarring too much. She was very brave. She's getting good at mimicking mom and dad and is getting more consistent at saying some words, especially "more" "bye-bye" and "mom" and "dad". She's really good at blowing kisses too. Susan's tummy is almost big enough. We're starting to count the weeks down. I've really enjoyed clinic this semester and class is just fine. The good news is that I passed part one of boards! That's a real relief.

a hug for the new baby

Turns out people look at this

update: After taking part one of national boards in optometry (two days 450 questions, results pending) We took a trip to Montana for some well needed vacation time.

We first arrived in Alder near the Ruby reservoir and spent a week with Susan's dad. We spent our time looking for deer and mountain sheep, hiking, riding in grandpa's boat, and exploring Virginia City. We had a great time and with great company. We also visited some of Susan's friends and took Lucy to the Madison County fair so she could work on learning her animal noises.


After that, we went to Idaho Falls to see Jacob's wedding and spend some time with Susan's uncle and cousins. They went through with it and we had a great time. Lucy got to see her great-grandpa (and snap his suspenders) and some other family and we got some good rest with Susan's family. We gave a ride to Charlotte's kids who had been visiting too. On our way, we saw a street called Vision Drive, but there was no house with a 2020 address.


Then it was on to Bozeman for a week. We were able to play with my folks and had a great time hiking, playing dominoes, and spending time with grandpa, grandma and aunt Wendy.

We spent the rest of our time in Dillon with Susan's mom. Lucy loved Grandma's wading pool and scooter. We had a picnic and played games and got some rest before starting the long trip back.


Lucy did pretty well in the car. With a few toys, stops, and naps.

The First Birthday!

We managed to keep her alive for a whole year so we had a party.

Lucy's first birthday was Wednesday May 31st! To celebrate, she opened some presents that morning before I went to clinic. she got a swimming pool, and some bubbles!

Then on Friday we had a party for her with some of her friends. Mom made a goose cake (delicious, tasted nothing like goose)

We all enjoyed the cake, but especially Lucy

Some of her friends got Lucy some cool gifts

And Grandma got her a popper (she loves it!)

I scream...

On Friday, Lucy tried her first icecream cone. It was cotton candy flavored and she loved it! I guess all this time she's be screaming for icecream.


In other news: Susan is doing well, I'm managing to keep my head above water in school and we're both looking forward to having Mom and Dad visit over spring break.

How to get your next clue

February 22 started out as a normal day. Lucy helped me finish my orange juice at breakfast then I went to work at the clinic where I translate for the interns doing exams. When I got home Lucy had news. Call Susan for your next clue.

We had a merry Christmas!

We had a nice relaxing Christmas day and a good break from school. Susan is off to MT this week and I'm leaving for Mexico early tomorrow morning. enjoy the pictures!

First food and other news

A while ago we let Lucy try sucking on a banana, then an orange. She REALLY liked them. In fact, anytime we held her on our laps during a meal she'd attack our plate even if it meant she could suck on the rim. And if we ate in front of her without giving her a taste she'd get very upset quickly. So she had to join us for dinner from the comfort of a blanket on the floor. Last night she got her first rice cereal meal. She ate it really well, swollowing and everything! She took it very seriously and was all business. Her doctor apointment went well, she's growing but is still tiny (12 lbs, 24 inches 1st percentile weight, 10th for height). Our doctor isn't worried though and pointed out that Lucy is a name for a petitte person anyway. She got 5 vaccinations but didn't cry as bad as she has for her other shots. She can sit on her own for around ten seconds and makes lots of cute noises.

In other news, school is demanding and difficult but I've managed to keep my head above water. I'm excited to go on an Amigos trip to Baja over Christmas break. We'll spend a week giving free eye care and glasses to anyone who needs it. With all this school work it'll be nice to see if my skills really will be of benefit to mankind. I went on a vision screening for special olympics athletes on Saturday and enjoyed it very much.

We're getting ready for a great Thanksgiving here too! Isaac's sister is on a mission near here and she's coming to join us for the day. Also my cousin Jake who is in my class will be here too. We're looking forward to a relaxing day and rest of the week.

Lucy can smile

Lucy talks, smiles and laughs every day now. She's getting cuter and cuter and bigger. Here are some pics of Lucy and her grandpas when she was in Montana.

Bad news...bad, bad news.

My bike was stolen Saturday night. The lock was cut on campus. The police are looking. In fact, I saw three of them parked outside a coffee shop this evening. They must have a lead there. Too bad. You can see more pictures of my bike (sometimes nicknamed Babieca) at http://refractiveerrorphotos.blogspot.com The good news is, that Susan and Lucy are back!! They had a good trip even though it was for a sad purpose.

Missing the girls

Susan and lucy will be home monday evening! In the meantime, my sister Wendy was kind enough to make some videos available. Here are links:
Susan and lucy playing

she sneezes in this one

On my own

Well, due to a death in the family Susan is in Montana with Lucy. Things are pretty quiet around here, but as soon as she left dozens of flies somehow moved into our apartment. I tried to turn some of them into pets with a little success but the rest are getting swatted with my dollar-store fly killa 2000. School is back if FULL swing and keeping me almost too busy to miss the ladies of the house. They'll be home soon.

Recent photos

We've got some pretty darn cute pictures that haven't been posted yet, thought we'd better let you see 'em. Does she look like a 10 pounder? We haven't checked lately but we're thinkin' so. She'll be three months old before too long! It's hard to believe.

Grumpy pants

Not for long

Sleep!

Lucy slept from 10pm last night to 6am! It was great! we've usually had a hard time keeping her awake at night without damaging our ears. Last night we baby sat a two-year old and a five-month old maybe the commotion was enough to keep her awake. She's just getting cuter and cuter!

2 month checka check

Lucy survived her 2 month Dr. apointment on Thursday and came away with 2 band-aids from three immunizations. We gave her a dose of grape-flavored baby tylenol which seemed to help. It still wasn't fun seeing her get poked (mom chose to leave the room). Lucy is doing very well though and now weighs in at 8lbs 9oz! she's 21 1/2 inches long. Our doc says she's in about the 25th percentile which is good. Lucy can look around at things and smile too. We'll try to get some pictures soon.
She was happy to have her cousins visit from Belgrade too!

Dancing Queen

Here's Lucy Dancing in her pajamas just before bedtime last night. She slep 'til 4:30!

7 weeks old, at the grocery store the other day she came in over 8lbs!

Got your nose!

Lucy's Cousin Elizabeth has learned how to steal noses. Here she is showing off her skills. (Who could resist that nose anyway?) Lucy graciously played along.

Here she is looking beautiful in her blessing dress that grandma made for her 

Lucy and Grandpa 

Lucy and Grandpa