Sorry that it's been so long since I've last posted, but the past couple of months have been a complete whirlwind! Many of you already know that I have been working hard to get into the Fairview system as a medical social worker for some time now, even took a casual position with their hospice program on the weekend just to be able to become an internal candidate for other positions as they opened up. Well at the end of August I was offered a position at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview on the east bank of the University campus! And lucky me, within my first few weeks there I was offered another new opportunity as a full time (benefit earning!) pediatric hematology/oncology social worker!! When the new Amplatz Children's Hospital opens on the west bank in March I will move over to that facility with the rest of the pediatric department, which is pretty cool too! I have been training into my new role for the past couple of weeks and am really enjoying these new challenges. I plan to take my clinical exam before the end of the year and will then be so proud to say that I have accomplished all of the career goals I had set for myself so far.
As a result of this schedule change, Charlie will soon be attending daycare full time during the week. We have been able to swing a part time schedule for him until now, but he will be turning one on Friday and just loves being there with all the other kids so much that it should be a pretty easy transition.
That's right, I just said that Charlie will be ONE YEAR OLD in less than a week! I cannot believe it!! He is so much fun to be around and appears to learn something new every day! He likes to walk with his baby walker or by holding onto your fingers and is taking some steps between people when you encourage him to do so. He likes to dance and sing, play outside, helps dress himself, says mama and dada, has eight teeth, is learning how to eat with utensils, can show you where his belly button is, and still LOVES his puppy, Abby! Things sure are very different than they were for us one year ago, but we wouldn't have it any other way, we couldn't be happier.
