April part 1

Congratulations to me - I'm posting again, and it hasn't even been a month. That might have appalled me once, but now I'm pretty proud of myself. Part of the problem is that Erik has been doing a month-long rotation in Layton for family medicine, and we've been living both in SLC and in Layton at his parents' house. It's nice to be in Layton so that we see more of him, but it's also hard because our life is in Salt Lake. Trying to juggle piano lessons, laundry, naps, and driving back and forth hasn't always left a lot of time for sanity, let alone blogging.

Morgan's been getting a lot of quality grandparent time. Now Nana misses Morgan when she doesn't see her for a day or two - I think residency is going to be a shocker.

We'll be glad when Erik is working in SLC again, although he has really liked this rotation, so much that he's feeling torn between pediatrics and family medicine. After this, he does 4 (?) weeks of neurology, which should be a real thriller, and then he is done with 3rd year. Of course, his 4 weeks off will be spent studying like mad and taking level 2 of the boards, and then we'll start right up with 4th year. I've decided that old saying "there's no rest for the wicked" should add "or doctors." And yet we're trying diligently to have a date once a week, and this is us on one last week.

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir was doing a free Easter concert, so we went. The first half was a little dry, but the second half was great, particularly two amazing songs arranged by the new conductor, Ryan Murphy. We didn't know he did that sort of thing, but we think he's definitely going to give Mack Wilberg a run for his money.

This month we also celebrated Erik's birthday, which meant there was lots of delicious food. What did Erik request? Fajitas, bean dip, and pie.

Somehow pie translated to strawberry pie, buttermilk pie, fudge, and mini cheesecakes. We didn't mind.

He got some necessary gifts like socks, but the real winner was the much desired iPhone. It's pretty much a member of the family now. So if you see pictures that are a little blurry, it's because Erik is spurning our camera and is taking pictures with his baby.