House Tour!

This is pretty overdue as we moved into this house in late October and it's now the middle of February... but hey, better late than never. We are currently renting a house in St. Clair Shores, MI- only about 3 miles or so from St. John's Hospital (which when your hubby is rotating through St. John's... is totally awesome and clutch!)

Our street is directly off of one of the Main Streets in the area so we are within easy walking distance to many smaller restaurants, bars, and parks and within driving distance to many, many more! There is definitely a lot to do in the surrounding St. Clair Shores/Grosse Pointe areas! Since we moved in right before this ridiculously cold winter hit we haven't had a chance to explore the area on foot but we've already purchased a baby jogger to make jogging/walks in the area easier this spring/summer once baby comes!

So here's a visual tour of our little home that we love very much and feel very blessed to have for this phase in our lives. Oh.... and don't mind the poor quality pictures... I didn't have patience to try and get good angles and the lighting in here isn't ideal. Annnnnddd my motto for life is/has always been that I prefer a happy house over a perfectly clean house.... AKA ignore some of the clutter that is laying around haha. We keep it pretty clean in here, but with our busy schedules and as I get more and more pregnant some days small things definitely just get put aside so we can have a relaxing evening of quality time instead of knit picking every little mess!

Front of the house :) 

This is a picture from spring/summer that our landlord showed us when we were inquiring about the house... however, I decided to use this one instead since right now we have over a foot of snow currently on the ground and huge piles surrounding the driveway/sidewalk that this really shows the house much better than any picture I'd take right now! Our house right now doesn't have the pretty landscaping, but we're planning to bring that back come spring! :)


Backyard/Garage

Under all that snow is grass and a little landscaping... maybe we will see it again someday! :) But all fully fenced in backyard with awesome 2 car garage! And behind our house is a school/open field- also awesome!

Living room + living room with view of dining area

The first picture is when you walk in the front door and look the left and the 2nd picture is from the far side of the living room looking back toward the direction of the door/ dining area :)

Kitchen + dining area

1st picture = when you walk into the kitchen and look to your right. 2nd picture = when you walk into kitchen and look straight in front of you and 3rd picture= when you walk in and look to your left. And obviously the last picture is just a backward shot showing the dining room table.

** Also, notice there is a first aid book on our kitchen table... this was the case in Grenada and continues to be a staple on the table here.. some things NEVER change when you're married to a medical student!

Hall that leads to guest bedroom- bathroom- baby's room- and our bedroom

First door on left is the guest room, first door on right is a huge hallway closet, then at the end of the hall (not pictured) is the bathroom to the left, baby's room is the door ahead that you see, and our bedroom is to the right.

Guest bedroom/Office

Not a huge room but definitely big enough to serve it's purpose! 1st picture= view from the hall with the bed on the left and a desk on the right. 2nd picture = our half finished Grenada picture wall. Still have so many to print and add to it!

Bathroom

Bathroom. I guess I could have done a better job with this picture haha. It's super small though, so all you don't see is the sink and a small closet :)

Our bedroom

Our bedroom! It's actually larger than this picture makes it seem (probably because my super AWESOME pregnancy pillow just makes all things seem small in comparison... it's seriously the greatest thing ever, but I digress). When you first walk in there's our dresser and then our bed and bedside tables. On a not pictured wall there is a small closet and probably 2 feet of walking space from the end of the bed to the wall with a window that looks out into the backyard :)

Basement

Fancy flooring and bar eh?! haha makes me laugh. But this actually doesn't do our basement justice. It's really large, with a second bathroom and laundry room. However, it's currently our workshop so very MESSY and thus, will remain un-pictured!

So that's our cozy little home! It's absolutely perfect for our little (and growing) family! We've had a ton of fun making it our own with projects (ie: our DIY projects that resulted in our bedside tables, shelves throughout the house, and a basement ottoman!)

Family Medicine Rotation

Wooo hoo! Nick's surgery rotation is OVER! Having that crossed off the list is a super great feeling. Now, of course it wasn't all bad... he learned lots of cool stuff, saw/participated in some pretty cool/crazy surgeries, and came out with a lot of great stories... however 12 weeks of all that was more than enough for this household! Nick completed his shelf exam for surgery on Friday and rocked it out with another A for the rotation! Wooo hooo! He's doing so great and really impressing everyone he works with!

Family medicine has been a wonderful change from surgery. Nick's first week has gone very smoothly and with the setting of the clinic, he works closely 1-1 with a doctor, which means he gets to do A LOT and is learning stuff all day long. The doctor he is working with the majority of the time sees a lot of patient's every day, so he's definitely been busy! But she lets him go in and see patient's on his own first and come up with what he thinks the diagnosis is and treatment should be, then goes in with him and does her own assessment and a lot of the time Nick has been right on! So basically, he's becoming quite the diagnosing king!

The majority of these 6 weeks will take place in the clinic- which is about 15 minutes away from St. Johns, however he will do 1 week inpatient where he is back at St. Johns.

His schedule for Family is pretty awesome. He has to be at St. John's for lectures occasionally between 7:30-8:00am but on other days he does not need to be at the clinic until 9:00am and on most days is done between 5:00-6:00pm.  All the doctors do rotate "urgent care hours" which means they stay until 8:00pm but since they all rotate this is just once a week or so. All in all, it's a much more "normal person" schedule!

So far this week he's seen a wide variety of issues in the clinic and people of all ages. Just to name a few of his experiences: child well-visit check ups, pregnancy confirmation, rashes, suicide ideation, cold/flu, skin biopsy.... andddd more but pregnancy brain leaves me blank! Bottom line- lots of different things :) 

So he's traded back in his glorious scrubs for dress attire but otherwise we're definitely enjoying the change of pace that family medicine offers and Nick feels much more productive and "Doctor-y" as these Doctors are much more into teaching and letting the students participate in things- so that makes for a pretty happy hubby!

:)