The Minnesota Zoo

Well we have been pretty busy lately with Joe's first rotation of residency being on Trauma at Regions Hospital, but he is now on Interventional Radiology which so far is a piece of cake. Since we haven't seen daddy much in the past 5 weeks, we decided to do something fun and go to the zoo today. We had a blast and it was fun to watch Hannah with the animals. She met her dog-cousin, Brew, over fourth of July weekend and since then has called all dogs, "Brew." Well we found out today that it pertains to all furry animals as well. We would say, "Moose," she would say, "Brew." It worked for cow, monkey, leopard, pretty much everything. So cute!

Here are some pictures from our adventures:

1 year shots

So we have talked about getting some professional photos of Hannah, but we still haven't so I tried to take some fun ones on my own.

Happy 1st Birthday Hannah!

Well this is very delayed, but here are some pictures from Hannah's first Birthday.

We had a great party with close friends and family. Hannah got many wonderful gifts and enjoyed her first taste of cake.

Taking a little swing time in the morning

Watching for people to come

Birthday Cake

Presents!

Answering the door
Pointing at Emily, her Godmother
Eating some lunch
Opening Presents
Mmmm...Cupcake

Three Samurai

Here are pictures from our delicious dinner at Three Samurai.

Dr. Joseph Zabell, MD

We are so proud of Dr. Daddy! Joe graduated this past weekend and we had lots of family here to celebrate. After packing all day Saturday we went out to dinner to celebrate since the ceremony was so late on Friday night. We even had Bryan and Jessie come for dinner at Three Samurai. It was great to see so much family and enjoy Joe's great accomplishment. Here are the pics:

Joe pointing at Minnesota

The cap

Kate, Brian and Joe - great friends

Hannah and Joe

Walking togetherWig & Pen for some food before the ceremonyA toast to the Doctors

Drinking from a cup

The Diplomas

Here he comes!

Now an official Doctor!

Doctors

Loves for Dr. Daddy

Family

AOA Reception

This past week we had Joe's Alpha Omega Alpha (Honor Society) reception. We brought Hannah along because we didn't have a babysitter and she did really well. She sat nicely and stole many hearts. She immediately picked out the future pediatricians and was giggling and pointing at them, it was pretty cute! The reception was held at the new press box at Kinnick Stadium. Dinner was great and it was a nice way to end Joe's career as a med student. Graduation from med school is on May 14th (even though Joe is already done with rotations) so we are very excited for that. Joe will be playing daddy daycare for the next month and a half so there should be some fun stories!

Happy Easter

Here are some pictures from our Easter weekend.