This is Dr. Alyson

Isn't she beautiful? Alyson is one of my best friends from home; she is super smart and a DOCTOR. What's better, she's a pediatrician. I take advantage of this by constantly texting her things like, "Willa's spit up was a weird color," or "Can I take some Benadryl?" Dr. Alyson is always so great to respond to all my texts, phone calls, and emails. I think my favorite thing is that Dr. Alyson works in an ER so she is always thinking of worst case scenarios. "She's probably okay, but if she does it again take her to the ER for...." Dr. Alyson freaks out and this allows me to keep my cool and be the calm one. I say to her, "I think I'll wait a few days, then take her to the ER if she's not feeling better." If Dr. Alyson didn't voice my fears, then I would voice them and become irrational. Since I hear them coming from her, I can snap out of it. Dr. Alyson works in Virginia but decided that she wants to move closer to family so now she is looking for jobs in Utah. If she moves to Utah, everyone should take their kids to her because she is the best doctor and your kids will love her. She's just about as tiny as they are so they won't be intimidated at all. I thought about secretly filling out applications for her down here in Houston. Wouldn't that be funny if she got a job in Houston that she didn't remember she had applied for? However, then I realized that if she worked down here I would have to make an appointment and pay the copay instead of texting at all hours and getting information for free. Maybe Alyson should install some device on her phone that charges 50 cents for each text from friends with sick kids.

Willa is sick. Yesterday morning she was grumpy when she woke up, which is not normal. After we took Ryan to the bus I decided to call the doctor to make an appointment. She's got a good fever going on, but it's not the flu. Here is what a miserable baby looks like, so sad.

The plus side of this is that finally she will let me cuddle her and hold her as she falls asleep. The past month or so she decided she HATED being rocked or held as she fell asleep. She would prefer if we just laid her down in bed wide awake. If this were the only paternity test available, then it would be a clincher that she was Ryan's child. Nooo touchy! Unfortunately, now that she wants to be held all the time, I'm getting very little done. On the upside, I now get to watch Kathie Lee and Hoda in the morning without feeling guilty. I think the best way to describe Kathie Lee and Hoda is by quoting Joel McHale when he was on their show, "Do you guys ever WATCH yourselves?!!"

Moving In, Moving Up

After many promises (or threats) of doing so, we are starting a blog.  Don't get too excited, this will probably be a blog to mainly brag about and show adorable pictures of Willa.  I also promise to add in lots of stories about going to the doctor to get shots and how Willa was so brave but mommy was so sad.

To update you on our lives, here is a brief recap.
Ryan graduated from law school

I had a baby

Willa was born in October; we find very cute holiday outfits for new babies

We moved to Texas - this is our new apartment complex, a testimony to the wonders of photography and how a good photo can really improve upon a place; however, we have a TWO bedroom apartment, for just more than half the price of our Los Angeles cupboard

Ryan attempts to give Willa a hairstyle similar to his, she is not amused

Various other adorable photos of Willa

We are adjusting to life Texas style while trying not to appropriate Texas fashion styles.  The livin' is large here, literally, and Ryan likes to joke that drivers try to run him off the road because they don't like to see anyone exercising.   Overall, the people are very nice.  I got a job as an adjunct English professor at a local community college - let the Community references begin, and Ryan is doing some contract work for another lawyer.  I got called to the YW presidency a few weeks ago.  I've found that you really have to watch yourselves when you're with the youth.  One of the young women asked me if I was going to girl's camp.  I responded, "No way!" before I realized that maybe that's not the best example for young girls.  I tried to soften my response with, "It's just hard with a baby, maybe I'll be able to come up for a day!"  Ryan is working with the cub scouts.  If you want to know what it's like, imagine yourself in an enclosed space with hyper eight year olds.

That's our update.  Hopefully we will post somewhat regularly, but no promises.  Also, if you know Ryan then you will remember that he expects you to expect the unexpected.

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