Water Play

We have not been very good bloggers recently. Sorry about that. Hopefully we will be better from here on out.

Life has been pretty busy for us here at the Hazard home. Probably the biggest highlight in the last couple of weeks was our trip to Utah for my brother Griffin's wedding. His bride, Ashland, was beautiful and everything went really well. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple and afterwords had a luncheon/reception in a nice building with a pretty creek running by it. The entire Hazard family was there- something that hasn't happened in a long time...And it was definately a "Hazard" wedding. We just happened to have some kayaks on hand and by the end of the luncheon people were running the small rapids in the creek with their suits on and everything- only at a Hazard wedding! I love my family!

Besides that, my biggest activity has been getting used to clinic. I am starting to feel more comfortable with the protocols and especially with my ability to perform good work. There are days when I come home and think to myself- I am so excited to be a dentist! There are probably a lot of you guys out there that don't understand and think this is wierd. I don't blame you- I suppose it is a little wierd- but it's also so cool!

Rachel is doing great with the babies. We had an ultrasound on Saturday and they have finally moved from the painful position they were in before. Hooray! The doctor said things look great and that the pregnancy is coming along nicely.

This week we had some new people move in upstairs from us. They are a nice LDS family with a little boy who is about Evelyn's age. We are excited to have them above us. Also, our friends, the Broadbents, moved accross the street from us. We are excited about that too.

Today we took a Sunday afternoon bike ride to Lake Erie on the path that runs down Martin Luther King drive. Apparantly they built a new water park on MLK (pretty close to Wade Lagoon). We stopped and let Evelyn play for a while and she LOVED it! Here are some pictures:

We will update the video as soon as we have Logan's computer back. We hav a few short clips we want to put together that we took at the park.



26 1/2 weeks with the babies... only about ten weeks to go!

A cute video of Evelyn and her newfound friend at the water park

And here are some pictures from Griffin's Wedding...

BBQ's, Sunday Walks, and a Baby Belly

Logan has been loving his motorcycle. He has been learning about the mechanics and he has been practicing a lot using wider and wider boundaries around our home. He went on his first "long" ride out to the Mayfield chapel. We definately live in a beautiful place!

Our upstairs apartment has recently become available. We found out that a new family was looking for a place to live, and this week Paul flew out and decided to move in upstairs! We are excited to have Paul, Amy and Luke (he is just a month younger than Eva) move in.

Logan is really enjoying clinic. He is feeling more comfortable by the day and he is getting to know a lot of people... and their mouths. :) He is doing a great job!

On Saturday we had a Ward BBQ at the institute building. The weather was beautiful! We even had a pinata for the party. We learned that we don't have very many kids in our ward that are old enough to understand the point. I actually decided that I don't really understand the point. We teach our kids not to hit, then we give them a bat and cheer for them to "hit the bird as hard as you can!" :) I enjoyed watching and Eva got in a few wacks of her own. We also figured out how to maximize our payload when working with a lot of little kids. We made a game out of putting the candy in Logan's hat. By the end, we had four kids picking up candy and putting it into the hat! Most of that ended up on the table for other people to get their share.

24 1/2 weeks pregnant with our baby girl and baby boy! This was taken on our Sunday walk in North Chagrin Reservation. We live in a beautiful place.

A New Chapter In Our Lives

Logan does not need very much in life to be happy. He is one of the most optimistic and genuinely happy person that I know (I am so lucky that he is my husband!). There is one thing that he has been dreaming about for quite some time. He is now the proud new owner of a Suzuki gs550 motorcycle. After his sixteen hour class last week (that he skipped out on church to finish) he now has his motorcycle licence. He is also the proud new owner of a helmet, gloves, a motorcycle jacket, and motorcycle boots (hooray for Craigslist!).

I love you Logan, and I am so happy for you and your new motorcycle!

Sorting Games

Last week I read an article in a baby magazine about sorting games to play with your toddler. One of the games listed was giving the baby a bowl of goldfish mixed with cheerios and helping her sort them into piles.

Today I was feeding Evelyn and she got bored. When I came back she had sorted all of her pieces of bread into the cupholder circle on her tray, and she had all of her ravioli in the other tray compartment! She decided to take matters into her own hands and teach herself that game! Cute, cute, cute.

Summer Time Fun

This summer is going to be fantastic! Evelyn is old enough to really enjoy some of the fun things to do out here in Cleveland. This last week we visited the Children's Museum of Cleveland with some friends. Evelyn loved it! I bought a year pass for our family and all of us went together on Saturday. This week I am planning to buy a summer pool pass for all of us. Cleveland Heights has a fabulous swimming pool and some fun children's wading pools.

On Saturday evening we had a great BBQ picnic with some of our good friends. We had a great time hanging out with the adults and Evelyn loved playing with the kids. What a great day!

Logan has been very busy this week because he added a new 16 hour class to his schedule. I am now the proud wife of a husband with a motorcycle licence! He took an intense weekend class and passed with flying colors! (He actually did better on his driving test than someone else in the class that has been riding a Harley for 40 years). We are now looking for a bike on Craigslist and we have some good prospects.

Have a great week! Go out and play in this beautiful weather.

Here I am at 22 weeks pregnant.
This is a great place about a mile from our house. We took a bike ride to feed the ducks and see the goslings. Sometimes we even see turtles! We live in a great place.

Back in the Groove

Home again, home again. I am getting back into the groove of being home and not being on vacation. I have been in Utah or Idaho for one and a half of the past two and a half months! We are actually going back for Griffin's Wedding in a few short weeks. We are excited to have Ashland become part of the family!

This group was full of doctor's appointments, dentist appointments, and other kinds of appointments. Brag moment: The Doctor said that Evelyn is very very smart for her age! She is amazing at figuring things out mechanically and finding new ways to use her toys. The doctor also said she was a very curious baby. Yes. I agree Dr. Boyd. I love it!

I am also very close to having a new front tooth! Only three weeks to a month left (that may seem like a long time, but I have had no front tooth for over 9 months!). My new student doctor and best friend, Logan Hazard, made me a brand new Essex tooth to wear until then. No more cracked falling apart piece of junk that I have been living with!

My baby doctor had some good news and some not so good news. The babies are doing great! That is the important news... The not so fun news is that they are in the worst possible position for their Mama. Our little boy has his head down by my right hip and his body strait across toward my belly button. Our baby girl has her head by my belly button and her body strait out toward my other hip. Both babies are transverse. Having one baby transverse is hard, but two will reek havoc on the moma's back and lower belly. I can attest to the truth of this. The good news is the doctor said they will eventually move to an up and down position... eventually.

On Thursday I had a wonderful dinner with the presidency of CADA. We had members from last years presidency and the incoming presidency. I have loved being the secretary for the last two years, but this year is going to be pretty hectic as it is. I am still excited to help plan, volunteer and participate in upcoming events.

Pictures will be posted soon.

Relaxing Vacation

I have realized that when you get behind on one week it is very difficult to catch up. Three weeks later...

Our vacation was great. We visited the Almond's for the first week and then we went to see the Hazard's for the second week. We had a very laid back and relaxing trip with both families. With the Almond's we had a good time doing fun projects around the house. I love doing things like that! We had some alone time with Marissa and with Shannon. We also had time to 'hang out' with Brandon. I loved spending time with my mom too. Hooray for family!

Time with the Hazard's was a lot the same. We saw some VERY good basketball games! We also went to Yellowstone National Park for a day.

I don't have pictures from the trip on this computer... We haven't posted because Logan's computer has been MIA for the last week and he has all of the pictures. As soon as it returns I will post some.