Meet Bentley!

Meet Bentley, the newest addition to our family! This little guy is such a bundle of joy and we are so happy to have him.  We have been looking for the perfect pup for quite a while and have finally found him! We are so happy with our decision to go with a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, he has the perfect personality for us -- very affectionate, sweet and loving and will lay quietly in my lap for a long period of time but is still playful and energetic to run around with us. 

We are loving every moment with him.  Here are some photos from our past few days with this 8 week old pup.   Bring on the potty training :)

I love my boys! B grew up with cats and was very hesitant to get a small dog but it didn't take long for Bentley to win him over :)

Our first family picture

We have been through a lot in our search for finding the perfect pup.  I will share our journey in another post later to offer tips for anyone looking to get a dog. 

New Orleans

Here are a few snapshots from our trip to New Orleans last weekend. Enjoy!

While B had his interview, I staked out at this adorable coffee shop off of Magazine Street to get some work done. And there was a Pinkberry right down the street! 

A taste of the French Quarter below.  In my last post, I mistakenly put the "french corner". Well obviously I had never been to New Orleans before and I now stand corrected.

We had such a fun evening at this local joint and hands down Coop's is the best cajun food in town.

Of course we stood in line for 30 minutes just to get beignets and what else were we supposed to do with a 1/2 lb. bag of leftover powdered sugar except throw it at each other?

B and I had our first experience with Oysters and I think we went to the right place for it.  We made quick friends with the couple sitting next to us and had a really great time talking with them for several hours.  The four of us made good friends with the waitress as well which is always a plus when she brings out several drinks and desserts on the house.

And now we are headed to Austin for this coming weekend!

Life of a med student

May I introduce you to the three musketeers.  These handsome guys are roomates from college, groomsmen in each other's weddings (well two of them are married so far) and all are in their final year of medical school.  It was great to have B's friends in town and hang out with them for a weekend.

You know when you are hosting med students over when a Southwest sale commercial shows in the middle of the football game and immediately all three of them hop on their laptops to buy flights for more interviews.  Between the three of them, man I bet we could earn the 1 million miles club in only three months.

At least this next trip doesn't involve a security check point. Thankfully we can drive to New Orleans and we are headed out tonight.

 

B had an unfortunate surprise of having a minor surgery done on his upper back earlier this week which means that I get to drive him to his next interview.  I can't complain about New Orleans though, I am looking forward to the French Corner and some delicious beignets!  

This surgery was completely free for us and that is one very nice perk of working with doctors!

(I apologize for the semi-graphic image that many of you may not want to see! I only put this up for family that wants to see what he had done.)

Planes and cupcakes

This week is B's first official week of interviews and we are starting him off with a bang!

  He has three interviews in a row and all in different cities.  He just finished one today in Kansas,  is now on the plane to interview in Washington D.C.  and then will be back in Galveston for another interview on Friday.  Thankfully next week there are only two. I am getting exhausted just booking his flights and planning the trips, I can't imagine how he can do it. But he will. He is superman.

So far, we have booked about 17 interviews during the next three months and of course, they are all in different cities.  Man I hope we get to take an incredible trip on all of these miles we are building up!

At least he had a great energizer weekend before this trip bow hunting with one of his best buddies.  

So what do I get to do while he is gone? Clean his deer meat.

And also bake some pumpkin spice cupcakes for the office :)