Bio Chem and Norovirus

The week of November 16^th, 2014

This week was dominated by two things. Biochemistry and norovirus. Jeff had a test for Biochem on Thursday which meant that he spent almost all of his days and nights studying for it. He felt like he did well, but we will see how it turned out next week. To celebrate we went out to a restaurant with a few of his med school classmates after the test at the Ale House. It has pretty good burgers, we know that because that is what we got. Emmett was once again the center of attention. The minute we arrive at any med school event the flirting between him and Jeff’s female classmates begin.  He gets passed around and we usually don’t see him until the event is over or until he begins whining for milk, which only I can provide ;)

During his precepting on Tuesday he was able to see a laparoscopic splenectomy and a total thyroidectomy, both of which were pretty awesome.  He got to suture on the splenectomy and he didn’t take forever trying to tie the knots so that was a welcome improvement over the last few weeks!

I had a good week with friends playing games (mostly Ticket to Ride with Bonnie, and Bunko with the ladies from the ward) and watching Emmett grow. Oh how I love being these two guys stay at home mom and wife! Little Emmett is getting better at rolling over. Still is not a consistent thing, more of an accident. But he does it :) He is also getting better at holding a bottle and reaching and making contact with toys! And if he is not eating his hands than he is smiling! I feel lucky to have such a happy boy!

The end of the week was not as exciting for me. One of my friend’s kid’s decided to share what we suspect was a strain of the norovirus. Or as I like to think a great but not so fun diet plan before the large intake of food prior to the holiday season. 6 pm on Thursday night is when my body decided to empty EVERYTHING out of my system. The thrilling time lasted all night. Come morning Jeff being a doctor in training and great husband took care of his tired and delusional wife. Before Jeff left for school he set me up with all that I would need to stay alive till he got home. He then called Janet (his mom) to tell her that she would not be seeing us that night, but instead would have to wait till Saturday so that I could recover. Thanksgiving break would just have to wait a day. That meant that there would be one less day with a grandchild and Janet would have no part of that, so Janet and Janneke drove down to Moscow and kidnapped Emmett and I.  We got to CDA where I slept the rest of the day and Emmett was happily taken care of by adoring fans! This left Jeff to quickly pack up after class was over and head up to Coeur d’Alene.

       Nana, Benjamin, Emmett, Christopher

Happy 4 Months

Emmett also turned four months old on Friday! He weighed in at a whopping, adorable, cuddly 16.8 pounds!

Saturday was a day filled with lots of lounging around, pho for dinner and then Jeff and I got to go to a movie, in a theater by ourselves. We saw “Meet the Mormons”. It was really good and heartwarming. I cried a few times. Surprise, surprise. ;)

Most of all we are both excited for a complete week off of school. A far cry from BYU’s 3 days off of class. Mostly Jeff is excited to study without more material being added onto his plate, especially because finals are 2 weeks after Thanksgiving break.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!