One year

On June 6th, 2008, my dear husband became a doctor. Later that evening, his mother and I pinned on his Captain's bars, and we entered military life. A few days later, we moved to El Paso.

A whirlwind of a year later, here we are. Saturday was intern/chief graduation. (Interns are the first year residents, and the chiefs are the fifth years.) We got him the fancy uniform, and actually had everyone up, dressed, fed, and on post (a half-hour drive) by 8:30 am. There was a nice ceremony, and even though he has 2 1/2 weeks of Emergency Medicine left - he is a second year resident. This is Paul, Kevin, Dimitri, and Aaron.

Here are the Chiefs and the interns.

And here are my girls - it's me, Kristine, Emily, and Kate.

In the morning was the official ceremony, and in the evening was the fun stuff. Dinner and dancing at a golf course clubhouse. I don't have pics of this - I was dancing most of the evening. :) If you're my friend, there are some random, although slightly embarrassing, pics on FB. My dear husband kept me spinning on the dance floor, and we barely got our babysitter home by midnight.

Officially, Audrey has now turned 18 months old, and HALLELUJAH! She gets to go to nursery! She was a champ, and didn't cry at all. Yeah!

Aaron started working nights this week - 5 pm to 4 am. I don't sleep well when he's not here. When he came in this morning about 4:30, I had only been asleep (lightly) for about 2 hours. Do you know how terrifying it is to have someone sneak into your bedroom in the dark?!

This is how I got him back for scaring me. Audrey has enough hair for two ponies. Isn't she darling? :)