We'll miss you, Sara

On Friday night we went to a Going Away Party for my friend, Sara. She and her husband, John, are headed to Nashville for Sara's Gastroenterology Fellowship at Vanderbilt. We played some cornhole and had a yummy taco bar and ice cream cake. Sara's fellowship is 3 years, hence the "3" on the cake. Ben got to help her blow out the candle.

We were able to catch up with our friends, Gail and Jeff. They are getting married in August.

Good luck at Vandy, Sara. We'll be thinking of you! Keep in touch!!!

They're so smart

Ben has been learning more and more each day at school. Listen to him count!

And for Ella.... She has decided she not longer wants to crawl. She wants you to help her WALK everywhere!

Ella, the Party Girl

On Saturday night, Ben stayed overnight with his Grandma and Papa and Matt and I took Ella with us to my residents' Annual Recognition and Awards Banquet at Brookside Golf and Country Club in Worthington. Ella got all dressed up in a pretty dress. She was so happy to be there. She got to talk and meet a lot of new people. She was so well behaved and such a little princess!

Here she is with Maria

And here she is with Creed, the son of one of my resident's. He is so adorable. Check out his tie!!



Here I am with my Chief Residents. Brian, Sara and Mike have been SO MUCH fun to work with this past year. Brian (on the left) is headed to Charlotte for private practice and Sara is headed to Vanderbilt for a GI fellowship. I will miss them a lot! Mike (on the right) is sticking around OSU for a Cardio fellowship so I will see him for a least a few more years.



On a side note, I took the kids to the doctor yesterday for a check-up. Can you guess from the pictures below which one of my children is sick?




If you answered Ella, you are WRONG! Ella had her 9 month check-up. She weighs 18lbs, 1oz and is 28 in long. Other then getting in some new teeth, she is perfectly healthy. She didn't even have to get any shots! Ben was at the doctor's to have his ears looked at. And we found out that Ben now has his 7th ear infection in 6 months. Yes... I said 7th! We have been referred to a pediatric ENT and Ben will most likely be getting tubes in his ears this summer. Did I mention that Matt is also having surgery this summer? He is having his sinuses fixed and tonsils taken out. I am sure this is going to be a super-fun summer for the Chamberlain family!!

Prize Fighter

I remember Ben having lots of bumps and bruises when he was younger, but not nearly as many as Ella seems to get. Check out her newest battle wound...

Time flies when you're...BUSY

We had a super busy, yet FUN, holiday weekend. Here's a quick look at all we did over Memorial Day weekend:

Ben had a haircut on Friday, so Mommy had to experiment with a new hair style. Check out my little rockstar!





Gigi and Papa also came in on Friday night to visit for the weekend. We picked up some pizzas from Papa Murphy's (we recommend the 5 meat stuffed and chicken delite)

On Saturday we headed to the zoo! I know it seems like we are there A LOT, but we have season passes (compliments of Uncle Todd), so it make it easy to head over there, even if just for an hour or two. Ella wasn't feeling great, but she was happy to be carried around by her Daddy in the baby carrier. Unfortunately, since Ella was being carried the entire visit instead of riding in the stroller, Ben also had to be carried. So we kept rotating who had to carry him.


Super Daddy!!!!


As always, the aquarium is Ben's favorite, so we spent alot of time with the "fishys". Ella seems to really like them too.



Here are Ben and his Gigi checking out the manatee




And Ella with her Papa



This is about the time everyone started to poop out, so we left the zoo and headed to Polaris for a little lunch and some shopping




On Sunday we went to a cookout held by friend's of Matt's parents. Ben was super-excited about the cookout for several reasons :

1) There were cows and alpacas right next to the playground



2) Ben was able to play with his friends Alex and Grady



3) We also got the chance to spend some time with Uncle Todd and Uncle Jeff





Ella was still not feeling great, but she seemed to have a nice time anyway







Ben had so much fun that he didn't want to leave. He thought if he hid from us, we wouldn't have to go home. Can you find him?



After dinner that night we headed over to visit the family that lives across the street - Devon, Tonya, Brock and Ava. They had baby kittens that Ben really wanted to meet!

They also have 2 very sweet horses, Duke and George, that Ben loved. He kept running over to the stable and standing on a chair to pet them. I didn't get any pictures of them, but I will the next time we are over there.

Ella was just happy to have Ava push her all over the place. Notice the spatula that Ella carries around everywhere. She is teething and has decided that a spatula is the best thing to chew on.


On Monday we went to the Memorial Day parade in Bellefontaine. This was Ella's first parade and she was VERY EXCITED. Of course, she had to bring her spatula with her


Ben loved seeing the firetrucks, police cars, and horses


And Papa was even in the parade!!

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Front Porch - Take 2

My front porch is coming together quite nicely, if I do say so myself! My in-laws found these great pots at Sam's Club in Lima and picked us up 6 of them. Then Matt and I went crazy at Oakland nursery last weekend buying flowers to fill them. My mother-in-law, Patty, and the kids worked very hard this week planting all the flowers. Don't they look great? They are so bright and colorful - I just love how they turned out!

I forgot to post this picture earlier. This is my Mother's Day present.... the Bistro Set I wanted! I have the BEST husband and kids!

I know my parents will be upset if I don't post any pictures of the kids for them. Although you can't see their faces, I love this picture. Ella is helping Ben pick out a movie to watch before bedtime.