Guess who is coming to town??

Well, Jordan finished STEP 3 (I am sure with flying colors) and in 6 short weeks, ha, we will know his score. We celebrated last night eating dinner with Hal and Sarah in Addison at a restaurant, Hulahan's. I personally celebrated with Smores for dessert. Anyone that knows Jordan knows that he could care less about anything sweet (he would rather have more "real" food or a beer)! So, I decided that for my good behavior for being so quiet during all of this studying, or leaving Jordan alone while he sat in our office for hours, I deserved a little chocolate--delish! Jordan passed the torch (STEP books to Hal), so that Hal could get to studying too! These boys are growing up so fast!!

Seriously, I know Jordan is relieved to have the test off his mind. Tonight he is on call at the hospital, so I am sure he will have an interesting night. For me, I am getting ready for visitors!! Guess who.....they are..

Road Warriors

Lovers of Music

New Grandparents of one lucky little girl

Yep! Jordan's parents are coming to Dallas. They were here in August, and I wanted to post about but never received the pictures they took. I will try and document their trip better this weekend!

The last time they were here, at Poor David's Pub

Bob and Jordan

Deb and Whitney

We sure will miss Whitney, she's a busy teenager, finishing her last semester of high school. woohoo! Not sure she will miss us since this is what she was doing during their last visit!

She loves us I promise, haha!

Looking forward to a fun-filled weekend! See you soon!

Death by Yoga....

Jordan and I set a great "resolution" or "life changing" goal for 2010. We joined the Tom Landry fitness center affiliated and located on Baylor's hospital campus. It's a great gym and I am really enjoying getting back into classes! So far, I have tried Zumba (loved it), Cardio Kick boxing (kicked my butt), two different pilates classes and today, yoga flow +. The class today was very small and very personal. The instructor right away noticed I was new and introduced herself. The attention didn't stop there, she helped me get into positions, and told me when I was doing something right or wrong. And although it was a little awkward being called out, it was incredibly refreshing that someone cared and I was able to receive some personal attention. The end of the class was the best, with meditation, breathing, and Ohms. I feel great today, but will probably be dying tomorrow.

Jordan is enjoying the gym too; his goal for the year is to finish a triathlon so he has been using the gym for cardio workouts and swimming (I also talked him into the cardio kick boxing class--that won't happen again).

In other news, Jordan has been busy with work and studying to take Step 3. He's taking it next Tuesday and Wednesday, and this will be his last medicine licensing exam, yea he will have to take more for radiology. I know this test has been weighing on his mind, and it will be a relief for him to have it over! Until then, I will be practicing my Ohms......

Basketball Season....NBA style

I love college basketball, more specifically MSU Basketball, and even more specifically being at the Hump when the lights go out and Hank Flick starts his opening announcements for an afternoon of "basket....ball!" GIVES. ME. CHILLS. Anyway, I digress. Jordan, Derek, Crystal, and I all went to see the Dallas Mavericks play the Utah Jazz at the American Airlines Center last Saturday night. It was my first NBA game, and we had a ton of fun! The AA center is so nice, and it was great to catch up with Derek and Crystal. The Foundation I work for had free tickets so we took advantage. Unfortunately the Mavs lost, but of course the Cowboys won that night for their first playoff game...so a good night for Dallas I guess. We had a great time, but I have to admit, it made me miss the bulldogs.

Derek with his "fork and knife dog" otherwise known as the "oh Jesus" dog (according to the concession worker) because that's what you say after you see it!

Crystal and I at the game

the boys....

after the game

Here's to...the last decade, the last year and to 2010!

We had a great NYE in Dallas! It rained all day, but we got all dolled up for dinner at Victor Tango's (real swanky place)! On our way to dinner we reminisced, and laughed about how busy our year and really our decade had been.

In the past ten years....

We both graduated three times

Jordan and I both moved 9 times

Jordan lived in Lake Tahoe for a summer

We both visited four countries...

Jordan ran a marathon

We flew over the Atlantic...scary!

Jordan and I met, fell in love, and got married!

Jordan was accepted, attended, and graduated medical school...whew

In 2009,

January: Jordan continued interviews for our life for the next five years

February: We obsessed over Jordan's rank list for residency, no kidding

March: Match Day, woohoo Dallas! House shopping began

April: honeymooning for two weeks in Italy/France

May: Jordan graduated from Medical School, we bought our first house together in TX

June: 1st move to a different state, 1st time to be responsible for a mortgage...eek!

July: the beginning of residency, Lili on the job market

August: Jordan's family visits Dallas, a little sightseeing

September: We threw Evan and Christy baby shower

October: 1st wedding anniversary!

November: we became an aunt and uncle! I cooked my 1st Thanksgiving turkey and fixins

December: Lili's parents visit! 1st Christmas in TX and 1st without family

at dinner....

I am such a lucky girl....my date...

enjoying my martini...happy girl!

Happy 2010! Jordan and I feel so blessed about these past ten years, and cannot wait to see all that we get to experience the next ten, twenty, thirty! For now, though, one day at time....Here's to 2010!

Has the black cloud lifted yet?

No, I am not talking about the weather, I am talking about Jordan's month on CCU (Cardiac Intensive Care Unit). I knew that this year would be difficult, Jordan knew that this year would be difficult but this last rotation took the cake! Of course it was during Thanksgiving and Christmas (which didn't make it any better), and he was at the hospital every 4 nights instead of 5 (boo...), but we were not prepared for what he had to deal with this month.

First of all, when an intern is on call, they are by themselves....only one person on call...in an intensive care unit...sleep in a room right down the hall from their very very sick patients. Then, as Jordan's resident Ewing said,"the black cloud came in on Jordan." He had a lot of patients die, not his fault, just very sick people.

He had one patient code three times one Saturday morning, and another man came in brain dead and Jordan along with some cardiologists initiated a cooling protocol for his entire body (he passed away too). Needless to say, I prayed for a lot of people I didn't know. Then we prayed for a couple of people we did know.

My aunt lost her step-mother to a lifelong battle to scleroderma (where your body attacks itself and as a result your whole body hardens), my parents had two other deaths of friends on the Coast, Emily lost a very good friend in MS, and we remembered a widow who lost her husband this year.

It was a sad month, and I think that doctors feel a sense of helplessness because here they are in a hospital, with every resource known to man, but ultimately cannot save someone's life. I think (I hope) that this month taught Jordan that sometimes things are left out of our hands and that God chooses when to take a life, not us.

So....as of this past Monday, Jordan is moving on, back to a regular ward of the hospital and with him moving on I hope the cloud moseys on out too!

I know this isn't the most positive post, but I hope one day Jordan will look back and appreciate the month for what he learned.

The Icecapades

Saturday after Christmas, Debbie, Katie, Jordan and I went ice skating at the Plaza of the Americas in downtown Dallas! We had a blast! It was Katie's first time to go ice-skating and she was awesome!

Ready to hit the ice....

Looks like a pro to me!

Soon enough, we were racing around the ice, ok Jordan and Debbie were racing....

group photo op

Jordan aka show off--ate ice a couple of times : )

Debbie, enjoying the tunes....

Katie, closet figure ice skater

Enjoyed an afternoon skating, ahhh, feels like Christmas!

Neighborly Love

We have been blessed with a wonderful set of neighbors. We feel so fortunate to have a second family on our very street! Funny story, one next door neighbor is named Debbie (Jordan mom's name) and on the other side is Stan (my dad's name). Isn't that funny? Debbie even has a puppy named Lulu (my aunt's name). So, sometimes I feel like my family is right here! So Christmas Day night, we had some of our neighbors over for Egg Nog and some other treats! We had such a good time.

All laughs, smiles, and good people.

group shot!

The photographer..Katie!

Christmas Morning Continued....

After taking pictures outside, Jordan and I made coffee and began to open our presents from "SANTA"!

disclosure: I understand that everyone has posted their children opening presents Christmas morning, I also understand that this is much more interesting than my husband, but I knew that "Santa" would appreciate seeing some of these moments.

the goods....

Karma knew it was a special morning.....

what could it be...

Santa always thinks to give Jordan some cool new music to jam out to...

Santa surprised Jordan with a nice non iron shirt. WE LOVE THESE at our house : )

at this point, Karma was over it! Santa did bring her some chewing bones....

the map from Santa was really neat too!

Santa (a more southern version) brought Jordan a train set....

The branches on the tree were too high for the train to go around the tree, so we placed it around the Nativity set...ha!

Jordan and Karma loved playing with the train...

It was a great Christmas and we couldn't thank Santa enough! We had a great Christmas here in Dallas, and only wish we could have spent it with family!

Our Christmas tree with new angel (she's beautiful!)

Ornament given to us from Hal and Sarah!

Our First Texas Christmas!