Adventures with the Nelson Family: Nelson's Defeated.

I apologize for falling off the face of the planet the last few months. We have been plagued over the last few months with extremely busy rotations, non-stop teething, very little sleep, schedules changing without any advance notice, multiple colds/infections and overall way too much to do! So, needless to say, the blog fell last on the list. My mom even had to fly out once for an "Emergency Gramma Life Lift" that was the breath of life our family needed to push through this challenging time. Overall though, we ended up getting Gramma Otto way sick and she was antibiotics for weeks ang multiple doctors appts to fix herself up after getting contaminated in the Nelson house. Sorry, Gramma Otto :( But I think she still had a little fun!

The mommy guilt was overtaking me in those months with me getting to spend <1.5 hours every other day with Lilah for about 2 months straight. It had been weeks since we read her a book. She was spending 12+ hours at daycare per day. At the last minute I got scheduled to work a 30 hr shift not only on her birthday but also for her birthday party weekend. It was crushing Mommy blow that definitely took it's toll on me. I rarely cry, but this was one of those times where I was inconsolable at the thought of missing so many important events when I already miss so many. Luckily a hero of another resident who has kids himself switched me a shift so I could be there for the weekend of her party. It's the little things in this life and the people who understand them. Life has been better over the last 2 weeks now that we're workign less than 90 hours a week and actually sleeping in our beds more than 3 nights a week! Life is good. We can't wait for residency to be over!

We did have a little fun... we snuck up to Chicago to see Casey, Paola and Sofia Holmes before the new baby arrives! We enjoyed a super cold Metro ride downtown to the Art Museum. It was so cute to see Lilah and Sofia play together! We also went to Columbus for a day to see Jenna and Jake Van Pelt's newest addition, Baby Ryan!