Catch Up

I've been meaning to get around to an update, but haven't been able to until today. First of all, we're back in Arizona until April. We found a house in Goodyear and are super close to my parents, which will be great when I go into labor. (we can just drive 2 minutes and drop Zane off)

At the beginning of November we went to Orlando, FL for the interim AMA meeting. We had a lot of fun. Kendall finally talked me into taking Zane to Disney World on the 4th day we were there. He happened to have a whole afternoon free so we bit the bullet. I wasn't too keen on going, but once we got there I was so happy we did. Disney is such a different experience when you have a 3 year old with you. I was about 12 the first time I went to Disneyland and although it was great, it had lost some of the magic by then. Zane was in heaven. It was so fun to watch his face as we went through all the rides. He hated the one roller-coaster Kendall took him on. It was the first ride he rode and it was a Goofy coaster, but he got off and said, "Mama, I am NOT doing that again!" He liked the rest of everything though. He got to "drive" the Indy cars all by himself, twice. This is the highlight of his existence I think. He kept asking to go again and again and now that we're back in AZ he asks to find some race cars for him to drive about once a week. The best part was watching him meet Mickey and Minnie. He was so excited and when it was finally his turn he just walked up and hugged Minnie. He was really shy, but he couldn't wipe the huge grin off his face. They asked him to make a silly face for a picture, and Zane, the kid who won't take a normal picture, very slightly stuck his tongue out. That's it! It's a Small World was a totally different experience. It's always been the ride that you have to go on because it's tradition but its really kinda creepy and boring. Not anymore, we got the most reaction out of Zane on It's a Small World. He kept grabbing our faces and turning them this way and that to show us everything. He was all smiles. We're really glad we went. Zane got a big Pooh Bear that he sleeps with now as a souvenir.

Other than that, Orlando was just Zane and I sitting around the pool waiting for Kendall to get a break. It was a lot of fun to see all our friends, and Zane was really excited to get to hang out with Steve and Alisa after 2 whole weeks of missing them. When we got back home, he thought it was time to move again and suggested we move in with some other friends who live in Chicago. Poor kid, he still asks us every once in a while if we're going to get to stay in our house for a "long time."

Kendall's been busy interviewing for residency. He's been gone all week and gets back on Saturday, he'll be back for 2 days and leave again. We have a busy month. He's also taking Step 2 of the US Medical Licensing Exam on the 30th so he gets to hit the books and never look up for a few weeks. Everything's going to be super busy until March then things will calm down until the baby's born and then we'll be looking for houses where-ever we match for residency. Okay now I'm freaking out a little, I need to just think about getting through today. :)

I almost forgot. While we were in Portland we were able to go out to Cannon Beach aka Goonies pirate ship sailing scene. Yeah, super cool. We also went up to Mt. Hood and had a snowball fight with Zane and built a snowman. Zane has surprisingly good aim and nailed me many many times. We had a blast. We were able to go to Sauvie Island and pick pumpkins for Halloween, and Kendall and Zane each carved a jack-o-lantern. Ahhh. The good times. I really hope we match in Portland. It really is the land of wonderfulness. :)