Better late than never!

I've been a little remiss in keeping up with blogging lately. So, here's an attempt to catch up!

Josh finished his OB/GYN rotation the end of August and I have to admit I'm a perfectly ok that he's decided it's not the field for him. The highlight of the rotation (aside from the 2 weeks of night shifts:) ) was that a baby boy he delivered was named after him! Josh isn't the most unique name but I like to think the parents were just so impressed with Josh they couldn't resist. Now Josh is in the middle of a rotation in Neurology. It's an extremely relaxed rotation - basically he works 8am-noon 3 days each week and 8am-4pm the other 2 with no weekends at all! Tienna and I are loving having him around so much and are going to be sad next month when it won't be quite as easy!!

Tienna is just getting over an annoying virus that seemed to stick around forever! She had fevers for 11 days, canker-type sores all over her entire mouth, swollen gums .... you get the idea. Let's just say she wasn't her usually bubby self and Josh and I are both glad that she's past the worst of it. Last Saturday Tienna even watched the majority of a football game on Josh's lap (yes, he was in heaven!).

I've been keeping busy with Relief Society, school and a sick little girl. It's amazing how quickly your time gets filled up. I'll be very happy when life calms down a bit and gets back into our normal routine. Every day I am overwhelmed by how big Tienna is getting. I absolutely love the stage that she's in right now - it's so great to have a little toddler that can play, interact with other kids and yet still self-entertain! I wish she could stay where she is (my sweet, innocent little cutie) forever! Anyway, for the rest of our catching up .....

Several weekends ago we drove up to Sedona for the afternoon. It was absolutely beautiful! We drove through Oak Creek Canyon and went on a little walk. Josh also conquered the task of teaching Tienna how to dip french frys in ketchup on her own. We're already planning the return trip to visit Slide Rock (we went too late in the day) and do a little more hiking.

On Labor Day we went to a Diamondbacks game with some friends from the ward. We just happened to have the perfect seats - 6 of 8 home runs during the game were hit within about 10 rows of us! It also happened to be the game that one of the D.backs players got whatever it's called with they hit a single, double, triple and home run in the same game (watching Sports Center later I realized how rare this is so I figured I'd mention it!).

Tienna has really started to love books. It used to be that I could read them to her while she would sit in my lap. Now I'll find her in the cutest places turning pages like she's reading on her own. (Yes, on this one she actually climbed into the LoveSac with her book all by herself.)

The other night for dinner we had corn on the cob and Josh had this great idea to just let Tienna have at the entire cob rather than cut off the kernels. Well, she loved it and almost ate 1/2 of the entire cob! (pardon the post-nap hair)

I couldn't resist taking this picture the other day. Do you think there's still hope Tienna will have curly hair? I've always wanted to have a little girl with curly little pigtails.