One Years' Time

One year ago we had just moved to Portland, saying good-bye to our world in Loma Linda.  We moved to Portland and moved in with Jeff's parents.  I was 7 months pregnant.  Jeff had the month of June off, but then he was quickly starting residency in July.  Then, the birth of Simon brought another set of changes to our world.  We had sleepless nights.  Simon was by far our most difficult baby.  He loved being awake from about 3:00 to 6:00am and then slept from 6:00 to about 11:00am.  It was an adjustment.  Then, we moved out of Jeff's parent's house and into our own place in October.  Life was still a whirlwind, but I quickly tried to get us into a routine.  Soon, I decided that Daniel would benefit from going to Preschool and having something that was all his own.  A place opened up for him at a nice, Christian preschool just a few minutes away from us in November.  While he was the new kid, and it was hard for him to adjust, he loved school and had a wonderful year of learning new things.  The rest of the year things went a little more smoothly.  Simon finally figured out how to sleep through the night around 6 months (February), and with that I was a whole new person.  In March, April and May I often felt like a single parent as Jeff was on 30 hour call shifts quite a bit and many late night call shifts.  Now here it is June again.  Jeff and I will be celebrating 8 years together next week.  Simon turns 10 months this month.  And Jeff finishes his first year of residency at the end of the month.  What a year.

Simon, Sam & Daniel