HERE WE GO

This super handsome stud of a fella got all spiffed up this afternoon 

and had me snap a few pictures of him, 

then we spent a few hours putting the finishing touches on his application,

and then we spent several hundred dollars...

And then we hit submit!!

And that was that.

Tomorrow morning residency programs all over the country will be seeing this face!

It is a pretty good looking face.

BIRTHDAY BOY

29 years ago today one of the smartest, 

funnest, 

cutest, 

goofiest, 

most amazing fellas the world has ever known was born.

Let's make some cake!

Happy Birthday Daddy! We're so glad you were born!

Happy Father's Day

To the best, most amazing daddy there ever was!

All your girls sure love you!

Goodbye First Year

This picture is slightly monumental for a few reasons:

1. It's the first time I actually did anything with my hair in... well... a long time (not that you can tell, thank you humidity!)
2. Tim posed willingly for a selfie!
3. It's the first time since March that we were out without kids
4. It was taken right before we splurged a little to go to an Indian restaurant where we both tried dishes we'd never had, or heard of actually.  It was delicious!
5. The blonde boy in the blue shirt is officially a second year med student!

This morning Tim very successfully finished his last final of his first year of medical school, so it's goodbye year one!  Only 3 more to go!
Congratulations to the smartest, cutest, most hard working and most amazing man I know!

Up To Date

Let's see. How about some updates? I have a few.  

Quick version, we're loving Ohio and doing awesome!  

For more details go ahead and keep reading, but it's long.  You've been warned.

The Move

Last week our family split up for a couple days and made the long 2,009 mile trek out to our new home.  Tim and Reed traveled via the freeway route.  They made the entire trip in one 34 hour stretch taking turns napping and only stopping for gas. Serious troopers.

Brinlee and I came via air a few days later.  Our trip was only about 8 hours, and we napped together  :)  This was Brinlee's first time on an "awe-paleen" (airplane) and to say she loved it is a total understatement.  I had planned for the worst, but ended up having a blast.  She did awesome!  In fact, she took it better than I did I think.  She couldn't get enough of the "funny tummy" feeling.  Baby Peanut on the other hand did not care for it much.  I spent most of the trip feeling pretty woozy.  All around not bad though.  It sure was fun!

New Home Sweet Home

Boy, thinking back on the trip it already feels like it was forever ago... we are mostly settled in and loving the area so far.  Brinlee already has a little boyfriend down the street, and we have some awesome neighbors.  We still have unpacking/organizing/cleaning/furniture arranging/decorating to do, but our house is already starting to feel like home. 

So far, Ohio feels good.  We feel like our family will be very happy here!

The Big 5

On August 1st we celebrated 5 fantastic years together! 

Remember these kids?

Ok I guess we haven't changed that much... and we still feel like kids (ok, we still really are kids).  It's so weird that we have been married five years.  Not that it's a super long time... but what an adventure it has been already!  In fact, since August 2009:

     - We've lived in 3 states, 5 cities, and 6 houses.

     - We've changed 2 very flat tires.

     - We've worked 5 different jobs.

     - Our biggest purchases have been a laptop, TV, and camera.

     - We made one super cute little kiddo and have the next one cookin'!

     - We attended 2 universities and finished 4 college degrees, 2 internships, and a preceptorship.

     - We saw a gas price increase of $1.17 per gallon.

   

Oh it's been fun.  This was actually the 3rd of our 5 anniversaries that we have celebrated right in the middle of moving.  I'd say we need to quit making major life changes during the summer... but perhaps the start of a new adventure is just the thing for something like an anniversary!

We did get to celebrate early with an evening out back in Boise.  I sure love having that goofball as my full-time sweetheart.  I can't imagine a better friend.  

Bring on more years, we're loving them! 

The Belly

This pregnancy has been getting a little gypped as far as press time goes... we've been busy.  But baby girl is steadily growing and kickin' around like crazy.  We are 25 weeks along and so far doing awesome!  I still feel like I'm getting big way faster this go around.  We're already having to sleep with a few extra pillows.  Not too uncomfy yet though, so no complaints!

He's Official

Well now.  Check out this stud!

Doesn't he look smooth??  Tim had his white coat ceremony the other night and officially kicked off the next four years of our lives.  From here on out he eats, drinks and sleeps school.  And he is actually really excited!  I am too.  He is such a cute smarty pants.  This all already looks so good on him, he'll be awesome!

A Little Out and About

We have been doing a little bit of running around.  On Saturday night the medical school hosted an evening at the zoo for the first year students and their families.  We had heard about the zoo before we even came out here.  It's actually rated the number one zoo in the US, and it is huge!  We were there for a couple hours and didn't even see a quarter of it.  But Brinlee did make fast friends with one of the gorillas there, and we did eat some delicious hot dogs.  We will definitely be going back. 

New Addition

We've added a new friend to our little family.

Meet Jarvis.

Medical school ruined all my years of hard work and gave Tim an I-pad.  For some weird, perhaps totally irrational reason I tend to be a bit anti-gadget.  Call me old fashioned, but I kind of like to stick with pencil and paper.  Maybe less efficient (as Tim tells me, often), but why spend the money, right?  

Well... though I hate to admit it.... I got my hands on the little bugger and it turns out I am kind of a fan of Jarvis.  Tim already new he would like it, he'd been dropping I-pad hints for the last 2 years. But Jarvis is slick, the PBS kids app is awesome!, Siri is pretty fun to talk to, and I can get way better Bejeweled scores.  Sweet!  Luckily Tim will have him most of the time, so hopefully I don't get too addicted.  But I can see us being friends.    

And there you have it!  All the Borup family info I can think of for now.  We're all up to date.

Now, I think I'll go get some chocolate milk.  It sounds good right now, don't you think?

Mountain Man

Since we moved back to Boise Tim has been able to reconnect with some old friends and is getting back in touch with his more adventurous side.  Yesterday he and the fellas went out for a manly afternoon.  Rock climbing is a slight change of pace from what Tim has been up to for the last couple years (namely reading text books).  He had a good time.  I on the other hand, stayed home and took a nap... bliss.

So Happy, So Blessed

Last night when I left for work Tim and I had our fingers crossed,

and this morning when I got home we were making plans to move across the country!

Yes, the long awaited day has finally come.  Tim is officially a future doctor!  He’s such a cute smarty pants  :)  For the sake of reliving past stressful experiences that are now merely fond memories, I’ll go ahead and jot down a few fun notes.  

Tim first applied in October.  It’s an annoyingly long (and expensive!)  process.  You choose what schools you want to apply to and send in your initial application, then any school that thinks you’re worth a look sends you a second application.  Once you’ve sent that in, they decide if they want to interview you, and from there they decide if they want to offer you a spot… kind of a headache, super stressful, and lots of waiting...  I hate waiting.  Tim had picked out 20 different schools.  For a few months he checked his email about 50 times a day, filled out several secondary applications, and waited to hear.  His wife was very anxious.

By the end of January, Tim had two interview offers, both of which were for pretty impressive schools.  His first interview went well, but it was after the Ohio interview when he came home really anxious.  He felt like the interview went really well, he loved the campus, loved the program, loved the opportunities there, and loved the area.  OSU  jumped right to the top of his med school wish list and had him daydreaming about becoming a Buckeye.  The board of admissions said it would be a few weeks (March 11^th ish) before he would hear anything. 

And so, we waited,

“patiently”.

There’s something quite exhausting about getting a few gray hairs, losing sleep, having your thoughts preoccupied with one thing, being super irritable, and being stuck with nothing to do about it but wait.  It was a long few weeks… for both of us!  Needless to say we were ecstatic last night when Tim got a personal phone call from the dean of admissions at Ohio State University letting him know that he has been accepted into the 2014 class!

Even between the two of us, we don’t have enough fingers and toes to count all of the tender mercies we have seen over the past several months.  We are so excited and are feeling SO blessed!  Tim is such an impressive smarty pants and has worked so hard.  We feel like Columbus is absolutely where we are meant to be headed and can already see how the Lord's hand has guided us along the whole way.  We are so grateful for the opportunity and are excited for the new adventure.  Can't wait to see where the years take us!

Ohio here we come!

Being A Daddy

Nine months of parenting has been an educational experience to say the least.  Here are some things I have learned since becoming a father:

     - How to change a diaper

     - How to repress my gag reflex while changing a poopy diaper
     - How to dress a baby girl with color coordinates that, according to DeeAnna, are
            socially unacceptable on a level comparable to mullets

     - How to speak baby
     - How to act like a complete idiot just trying to get a laugh (thankfully nobody
            else sees me)
     - Kids don't have to go to the fair to get their faces painted, dinner works just fine
     - I will never sleep again

But more than all of that, I have learned what it feels like to love your own child.  From day one, I knew this girl could never do anything to stop me from being her father and loving her.  Most of all, this has given me a closer glimpse at how my Heavenly Father views me.  I am learning how He can unconditionally love me and how He is mindful of my needs and wants.  I am understanding how badly He wants me to turn to Him.

"Of all the titles of respect and honor and admiration that are given to deity, He has asked us to address Him as Father." - Quorum of the Twelve

Best Husband Ever

This last week we have had the best dinners, 

and I haven't had to make a single one...

I have the best husband ever!

A Few Numbers

On July 

21

we ventured 

315

miles up to Montana where Tim spent

5

hours taking the MCAT exam for medical school.

We waited

5 

weeks for results and on Tuesday evening received 

1 

glorious email proudly displaying the rather impressive score of 

36

We didn't know much about this whole process until Tim was well into it, 

but from what we have researched, this score will serve him very nicely.

Needless to say I am 

1

proud wife!

Beginning of the End

Dun dada DAH!!! (read with an air of triumphant trumpet sound)  Tim is officially in his last semester of BYU undergraduate school, and he is LOVING it!  ..... sort of...

Getting into medical school is not for the faint hearted!  But at least there is a light at the end of this tunnel.  The forecast for now?  Sunny!

.... never mind that from there the forecast is school, school, and more school... we're just reveling in this glory for now.  July graduation here we come!

Early Riser

Have you ever had one of those mornings where you wake up at some horribly awful hour of the early morning and in a deluged and half-awake state get up and get dressed before you realize your day isn't actually starting for another 3 hours?....

... yeah I never have either.

But the other morning I woke up around 3:00 to my side of the bed being totally invaded and nudged Tim to give me some more room.  But instead of just switching sides, he jumped out of bed, flipped on the closet light, and was almost dressed when he looked at the clock, mumbled something I didn't quite catch, and climbed back in bed.

Ironically enough, 3 hours later when the alarm actually did go off, he wasn't phased at all and needed a little help (read: several fairly forceful shoves) to get motivated.  Such a weird morning.

Doubly Accomplished

We are getting things done over here and it feels so good!  Tim just received notice that one of his research abstracts will be appearing in the January 2012 issue of the Journal of Investigative Medicine... sounds pretty professional doesn't it?  We looked at the author index page last night and there he was, Borup, TC.  Super exciting!  AND I am now officially DeeAnna Borup RN, BSN!  While Tim was off internshipping, I filled my time finishing up the requirements for critical care nursing and management and just received notice that my information was cleared and my bachelor's diploma is on its way!  

I think this calls for some celebrating!  Frozen yogurt anyone?!  

Indiana Chronicles Chapter 5: One Proud Wife

Yesterday Tim participated in an undergraduate research conference here at IUPUI and got his first experience presenting some of the stuff he's been working on.  He wasn't so into my "let's photo document this monumental experience" idea (though I did manage to snap one epic shot).  But regardless of the lack of photos I can proudly say that he did awesome!  I can't even pronounce half the words in the title of his research, but he was a born natural and totally professional.  This was the first of a few of these things he's actually got lined up over the next few months so, should be fun to see some more!  Maybe he'll agree to more pictures in the future... or maybe he'll stop inviting me

Indiana Chronicles Chapter 4: More Culture and Some Birthday

It's birthday time at our house!  Baby B is now officially 12 weeks along, and Tim is now officially 24 years along!  This calls for a celebration!  I don't know why, but 24 seems like kind of a big deal.... and it makes sense I guess, this should be a big year.  Lots of exciting to look forward to!  And I know 12 weeks is a big deal.  So to celebrate we decided to bundle up the family (that is me, Tim, Baby B, and Flat Stanley) and go see a few new things for a day out on the town.

First stop, the Indianapolis Museum of Art

I wore the scarf on purpose, I thought it made for a more artsy savvy look. 

Yes, this is an original van Gogh, aren't you all impressed?

And this is some kind of modern depiction of... well that's up to you to decide.  If you stand with your head tilted I think it makes more sense.  I thought the balloons were appropriate for the occasion though. That is, until I got in trouble for using flash photography.  Oops

Second stop, downtown Indianapolis

And this is about where my camera battery died, so typical.  I did manage to snap a few shots of the war monument though.  It was such a nice day, perfect for a downtown walk.

Stop number 3 was a nice leisurely and romantic stroll along the canal and by the capital building. 

 

Of course, by that point Baby B was ready to eat again and was past due for a nap (or maybe that was just me... hard to say), so we may need to take that walk again another time.

We really had a good time though.  The fall weather was so nice and the fall leaves were SO pretty (not a highlighted feature in the above picture given that my camera was dead and it was pulled from the internet instead)!  And it was nice to get out for the day and spend some fun time together.  Not a bad birthday I would say. 

Hit the Books

Well well well, how the tables turn! For most of the nursing program Tim lived as a lonely man while I did nothing but study. But as of April, I found my schedule very much open while he found himself in his toughest semester yet! Poor guy... I decided to post an idea of the new contrast. This was Tim's weekend...

and, though we didn't get much photo evidence of what my weekend looked like (I can't really take pictures of myself napping...), the fact that I had time to take all of these should say something about how "busy" I was. Awe, the joys of an education! Study on Tim, study on

Tim's 23!

Tim turned 23 yesterday, he's getting to be such an old man! Since his birthday was on a Sunday the lucky little ducky got to celebrate twice! We spent all day Saturday up by the lake, even though it was chilly (read: freezing cold!)...

Red Robin for dinner that night...

And breakfast in bed with homemade fondue for dinner Sunday night. Not too bad birthday boy!

Valentine

I have the best valentine ever! For Valentine's day Tim whipped up one my favorite dishes, chile relleno! He learned how to make it on his mission, and it just so happens that I love Mexican food!!! What a match! And cupcakes for dessert? Perfecto!

Tim's 22!

Tim turned 22 yesterday and in honor of the special occasion we spent the afternoon hiking (read: walking) up R Mountain (read: R Hill). We had never done it before and everyone says it's a must. However having now done it I'm assuming it's one of those things you do just to do because it's popular... because as far as hiking experiences go, this really wasn't much of one. More like a nice walk along a foothills trail. And November in Rexburg = already pretty cold. We had a lot of fun though and of course ended the evening at Olive Garden. Love us some pasta!

Happy Birthday Bills! This will be a good year for you, I can tell!