Saturday, March 21, 2009

Match day and vacation

The month of march has been a busy time for us while we travel to see family and friends. Steven has been on his vacation rotation for the last two weeks and we have two more weeks with him still. It has been WONDERFUL having him home all the time...I'm definitely going to be spoiled thats for sure. The first week we went to Auburn to spend time with my family for a little bit. Isaac did great in his new surroundings and we enjoyed spending some time with my parents. It got kind of busy towards the end because my mom was packing to leave for Africa to see my sister, Katie. And my little sister was packing to leave for France for a youth group spring break trip. But needless to say, we had a wonderful time with them!

The second week we headed to Steven's family lake house where we spent time with Steven's parents and his sister, her husband, and kids. We had a wonderful time with them as well. Very relaxing. It was nice having steven's mother, CC, there the whole time...she was so sweet to watch him while Kelly and I read the Twilight series.:) Steven's grandparents were able to come for the day on Tuesday as well so it was fun for them to hold Isaac.

All in all, it has been a wonderful vacation! One of the most important days of Steven's "career" happened while we were at the lake on Thursday. He found out where he will be placed for residency for the next three years! We are so thrilled that he got his first choice, UAB!!! So Steven's will start Emergency Medicine residency at UAB this summer and this obviously means we will be able to stay in Birmingham for a little while longer. It is such a blessing and we are so thankful for this wonderful news!


I have been terrible with picture taking...as I always am. I don't have many pictures thus far from our travels but here are a few anyway. We are going to visit my grandmother in Jackson, MS tomorrow and then we have a fun beach trip planned with some of our best friends in a week...so I will definitely attempt to take pictures galore.

Hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful spring weather!!
Steven and Isaac at my parents house in Auburn
At the lake with Steven's grandfather, Pop. How cute is this picture!!

Isaac is almost 8 weeks now so its time for a picture update...

6 comments:

lsnellings said...

Congratulations with match day! Philip got UAB for Internal Medicine. That was his first choice too. Maybe they will run into each other!

Issac is such a cutie! They grow up so fast, don't they!

TBG said...

YAY!!! so glad to hear youll be staying in bham :o) i know youre so relieved to know where he matched!

katie said...

oh my gosh - i love the picture of isaac and pop! what a sweet smile... glad to know we are some of your best friends :) ben was starting to worry for a while there with scott calling :)

Leslie Harwell said...

Kimmie, Congrats to Steven with Match Day. So fun - I am glad yall will be staying in B-ham. I love the family picture by the lake.

Susie said...

that is the sweetest picture of Pop and Isaac!!! i could eat them both up! congrats on UAB! that is wonderful! i know aunt kelly is beyond thrilled!

Lisa said...

Congratulations! Brett met a guy who also matched for ER at UAB. This guy was from Valdosta, GA and just got married in October. Brett said he and his wife were really nice. They are big Georgia fans!

Isaac is so yummy!