Well we have safely arrived in Minot and survived the first week without getting stranded in the sketchy elevator.  We are living in some interesting hospital owned apartments across the street from the hospital.  The location is very convenient although it is far from pent house accommodations and the helicopter regularly beats its blades on our windows as it slips by to the landing pad just across the street at about the same level.  Andy likes how they look up close but it has made sleeping through the night a bit harder.  Andy is also under strict guidance not to eat any of the paint chips that hang from our ceiling.  Our elevator is also of the vintage that used to require a bell boy for operation.  We are now required to close the doors and expanding grate ourselves, otherwise it won't operate for the next person.  To keep OSHA on edge the doors to passing floors pass by easily within reach through the grate, and the passing doors are mechanically unlocked as you pass so that if one were so inclined they could pull open a door as you passed by causing you to get stuck between floors until they kindly re-closed it.  For the engineering minded it is also interesting that it is hydraulic, lifted by a single stage cylinder.  This means that to service the four floor apartment building their must be a five floor deep hole below the building to house the cylinder.  Anyway things are good.  Beth is enjoying her Surgery rotation and has received interview offers from almost all of the Family Medicine Residency's that she applied for.  Andy is growing quickly and loving our running in the park, outside is always better right.  I am trying to get back in shape by running daily and mountain biking every couple days on the nearby trails that have proven much nicer than expected. Hear are a few pictures... next week I will have to post a picture of our new 3' by 4' baby room / closet.  For this post we have to thank Pat and Noreen for their help on the drive as well as the borrow of a camera while ours is out for repair.  We don't know how we would do it without all the family and friends keeping us on track and rolling.