dr. daddy

kyle jokes that lately, his life has been taken over by kids. first there's ellery. and then we decided to start serving together in the children's ministry at epikos. and now, kyle has 3 months in a row to work at children's hospital. so yes, i would totally say the little ones are ganging up on kyle. but it's really been a fun thing to see. i remember kyle didn't particularly love his pediatric rotations during medical school. he just wasn't 100% comfortable with kids, especially as patients. he often joked that he just couldn't talk "baby" - you know, that goofy high pitched voice we all get around babies, and we start to make up cutesy words just to get them to smile? well, i am happy to report, kyle has turned into one big silly goofball, all in the name of making miss ellery laugh & smile. which has come in handy at work and church. 

so, one night while kyle was on-call overnight, we thought we would pay daddy a little visit. we grabbed some chinese and headed to the hospital. e and i both agreed it was fun to see daddy "in his element" at work as he showed us around. we also both thought he looked pretty cute in his scrubs :)

it's amazing to think of how crazy kyle's schedule actually is - each day is different hours, sometimes he's gone more than 24 hours at a time, his schedule and sometimes hospital changes every month. but really, this has become our normal. and it isn't all that bad. most nights, we eat together as a family. lately, kyle has been off for the weekends, or at least one weekend day. and sometimes it's nice when he's on-call during the week, since he has his post-call day off and we can spend it together. even if that means we all just relax and nap so dad can get his rest. so we make it work. a date night with the babe and chinese at the hospital. sounds perfect to me :)

 dad has a pretty cool view from his on-call room window! you can even see downtown milwaukee!