It's been 5 years

I can't believe that John and I have been married 5 years today. It has gone by SO fast. Its funny, we see each other every night and every minute on the weekends and yet we still feel like we never get to spend time together. I hope this is how we always feel. We never get tired of being with each other. We don't usually do much for our Anniversary except go to a nice restaurant at a place one of us has been wanting to try. We decided that since our Anniversary is on a Friday and we are always so tired after a week of work that we would celebrate tomorrow. So tomorrow, we are going to see Million Dollar Quartet. It is a 90 minute production. I've heard great things about it so it should be really good.
I had my 28 week checkup today. Everything is going well. The babies heartbeat was in the 140s. I asked my Ob if I was HUGE because I must have been asked 6 times this week by random strangers if I was having twins. She said I am measuring a little bigger than normal but nothing to be concerned about. We didn't have a sonogram, so its hard for them to really tell without looking at the baby. I have gained 30 lbs, which is a little on the high side so I need to watch what I eat a little more. I go back in 2 weeks for my 30 week apt. I'm in my third trimester now so I go every 2 weeks and then after 34 weeks I go every week.

28 Weeks

Baby's now the size of an eggplant!
Baby's lungs are mature enough that, if born right now, he has a pretty good chance of surviving (with help from medical technology). His skin is still pretty wrinkly (one byproduct of living in amniotic fluid) but will smoothen as fat continues to deposit.

Let your spouse put an ear to your belly -- he might be able to pick up baby's heartbeat (no stethoscope required). Inside the womb, the formation of tiny capillaries is giving baby a healthy pink glow. Baby's also soaking up your antibodies, getting the immune system ready for life outside the womb. Eyes are forming, and baby will soon perfect the blink -- perfect for batting those freshly grown lashes.

Update on the TX Job

John has now completed two interviews within corporate. These two interviews were pre-interviews to determine if they thought he was qualified for the job or not. He is moving on to interview with who would be his direct manager in Dallas. We don't know yet when the next interview will be and whether or not it will be in person or over the phone. When I know more I will update everyone. We just ask everyone to pray for us and if this is the job John is supposed to get then he will get it.

Baby Shower at Church

I had my baby shower at church yesterday. It was a safari animal theme and the room was decorated so cute!! Ashley made palm trees out of diapers and put stuffed animals all over the room. Ashley also made a wonderful cake. She is so talented and creative. She just comes up with these cake ideas and makes them herself. Tamra and Nancy also helped with the shower. Here are some pictures:

Texas quilt that Catherine made
playing the guess the chocolate in the diaper game
cake Ashley made
palm trees out of diapers
All the food we had

Busy Saturday

Our house has been in a state of upheaval. We have been trying everything under the sun to make the wardrobe stop stinking, so in the time being all of our blankets and sheets have been in the floor of our one and only living room. Also when we got home from TX we took everything out of the boxes that we got at the baby shower and had it all over the floor in Austin's room. We have stuff everywhere it doesn't belong. I couldn't take it anymore so today we got to work. John and I (well I folded and John walked up and down the stairs) did laundry. We started washing a bunch of the sheets, towels, blankets,... for Austin. Then once everything was clean we didn't have any place to put it so I broke down and we are going to use the wardrobe anyway. We put ground coffee in it a couple days ago, and again every thing helps a little but it isn't where I want it yet. So we filled the wardrobe with stuff and we are keeping the door open for now.
Then we had to make a trip to home depot because after the a/c repairman told us our a/c works fine we decided maybe the problem is our windows. John is installing vertical blinds on the windows that face the west as we speak. I sure hope they stay up over night. John isn't exactly the most handy person I know.
We also got some baskets to keep Austin's first aid stuff and bath stuff in under the sink. We have lots of storage under the sink, but if we don't put things in baskets everything falls over.
We still have TONS of work, but at least we are making progress.
I have my Chicago baby shower tomorrow, so at least we made room on the floor of Austin's room to put the stuff we get.
We are also searching Craigslist for a graco pack n play and a rocking chair. We haven't been successful yet, but we still have time. I'm so ready to get Austin's room set up and Erin and Ross are coming July 8th. That at least gives us a deadline of when we need to have most of the stuff put away. Our condo is tight as it is without adding 3 more people.

Erin, Ross, Drue, and Leila

When we were in Dallas last weekend, Erin and Ross spent the night at my parent's house with their two kids. Leila is just over 2 and Drue is 2.5 months. We had such a good time. Here are some pictures.

Baby Showers in Dallas

This past weekend John and I were in Dallas. We flew home last Thursday and came back on Monday. My sisters and my mom threw Austin and I a shower on Saturday at Jan Barnes's house. She has such a beautiful house and it is great for parties. There were so many people who came and I was so happy to see everyone.
On Sunday John's Mom and sister threw Austin and I a shower. Deana made me a Mum that I wore to the shower and we will put in Austin's room. The shower was so much fun!
After both showers Mom, Kerri, Robby (Kerri's boy friend) and I went through all the gifts and put them in empty suitcases and boxes to mail back to Chicago. We ended up mailing two big suitcases and two big boxes.
On Monday my Aunt Linda (who works for FedEx), Mom and I went to FedEx to mail all 4 things. We mailed all 120 lbs of baby stuff via FedEx Ground. Last night when I came home all 4 boxes were delivered right in front of my door step (on the 4th floor)!! I was so excited. John and I unpacked everything and put it in piles on the floor so we can get an accurate count of what we have and what we still need. I have one more shower this weekend in Chicago and then we will start buying things our self.
Here are some pictures from the weekend:

Me and the Mum
Austin's cake at the Tarver shower
Brandy, Me, Aunt Linda, Kerri
My cousin Melissa made this for Austin's room
Aunt Carol, Mom, Brandy, Kerri, TooToo, Me, and Aunt Jeanne
Austin's cake at the Dahir's shower
Brandy and I
Brandy, Kerri and I
I'm getting big!