Car Seat

Did you know 7 out of 10 car seats are installed incorrectly?? I was so shocked when we heard this at our Infant CPR/Choking/Safety class. Also was shocked to find out the hospital doesn't check this for you when you take your baby home. We found out that in most cities the fire stations will check your car seat for you, but not in Chicago. The police station does it in Chicago. So after calling about 5 times I finally got a hold of someone and we had it installed last week. We couldn't put it in the middle like I wanted because the seat won't fit in the back with the front seats how we currently have them. We had to put it behind the passenger seat, which means every time I'm in the passenger seat my knees are crammed into the dashboard. I think it is dangerous how close I have to sit. (By the way I sit in the passenger seat about 85% of the time since I rarely drive).
I've been telling John since I got pregnant that we need a bigger car. He never believed me, but I picked him up from the train the other day. He sat in the car for literally a mile in the passenger seat and now he realizes I'm right. So we started looking yesterday for an affordable bigger car. We want to get it for about what we can sell our civic for. I think we might have to get a minivan! AHHHHHHHHH! I always told John I would never be one of THOSE moms, but I guess I might have to change my tune. I would rather have a minivan than my knees shoved in the dashboard... We will see if we actually get a bigger car, but I'm sure hoping so.

New Church Building

Yesterday was our first church service in our new building. It is still in a loft building, so a little different than most people probably would think, but we are SO excited about it. Do you know what the best part is...CENTRAL AIR!!!!! Our old building didn't have central air and I literally puked last week at church I got so hot. The second best part...A WOMEN'S BATHROOM IN THE CHURCH. Our other building you had to walk to the 4th floor to use the bathroom. We had a luncheon after service and I made cupcakes and sopapilla cheesecake. The cupcakes were a new recipe and they turned out really good.
We are so blessed to find such a wonderful church. John helped them move in on Saturday and I stayed home and baked.

Swelling

Well it is getting to the time in my pregnancy where no matter what I do my legs, feet and ankles are swollen. Thankfully I work at a company that allows me to work from home. This is my first full week at home and it couldn't have come at a better time. So everyday I work sitting in the couch with my feet propped up and my water next to me. Once we get our new reclining couch today, it will be even easier to prop my feet up!

Smoque

We went to Smoque last night to say good bye to my friend Kristal. She is engaged now and is moving to Minneapolis. She will no longer be in Chicago, but her sister is staying. Anyway we had a great time. Smoque has the best TX bbq we have been able to find in Chicago. In fact I ordered WAY too much just so I could eat it for lunch today too. I'm eating it right now as I write this, it is SO good. I knew we were going and have been looking forward to it for weeks. I decided a week ago what I would get: brisket, TX sausage, beans, cornbread, and peach cobbler. Smoque was featured on Drive Ins, Diners and Dives (or whatever that show is called). So it is a complete dive, every time we go there is a line out the door. You wait in line to place your order then go sit down. There is only room for 45 people to sit, and they squeeze you in there. Well when it was my turn to order, I placed my order and they were OUT of peach cobbler!! OMG I was so sad. They have the best peach cobbler we have found here, the only thing its missing is some ice cream (blue bell of course). Anyway, so I got mac n cheese instead because this place is so small the only kind of potatoes you can get are french fries and there is just something WRONG with getting french fries with bbq! The midwest people we went with do not see anything wrong with it so they all got french fries... WEIRDOS! Haha!!

36 weeks 3 days Pictures

36 Week Appointment

Well I had my 36 week appointment today. I had a growth sonogram to see how big he is. Well after she took lots of "pictures" and took lots of measurements they told me he weighs 7 lbs. I don't know how accurate they are with this number, but JEEZ. I still have a little under 4 weeks left until my due date. Most of my friend's have had babies that were that big and they were at 39 or 40 weeks. The doctor basically said if I go to term he would be AT LEAST 9 lbs... I thought they might push my due date up, but no such luck. I'm hoping he comes over Labor Day. My doctor is also on call over Labor Day so that would be nice.
Besides how big he is everything is fine. He had a good heartbeat and he is head down. Also, you could definitely tell he was a boy this time HAHA! He isn't down into my pelvis yet, so we still have some time before he is ready. Also I was dilated 1 cm. I told John we should pack my hospital bag this weekend just in case. It doesn't hurt to be prepared :). John is going out of town next week for business for two days, so Austin has to stay in at least one more week. I would probably kill John if Austin came and he was out of town.
That's pretty much all that's going on. I'm now working from home until he comes, going into the office was getting to be too much of a chore. I can't wait for my new couch to get here on Tuesday. I think I will sleep in it the first night :).

Christmas Travel

Well its already that time of year again...time to book our Christmas travel. John and I always book early. I'm not a person who likes to search every day and try to wait it out for the best deal. I just want to get it done and move on it with it. So we booked our plane tickets today. I figured we should do it while we don't have much going on.
Austin and I will be in Dallas for 20 days. If you want to see us let me know and I will tell you the exact dates. I'm a little nervous about flying with and infant AND that I will have to do it by myself the first time. I'm sure it will go fine and even if he screams the entire way, its only 2.5 hours :). I just don't want to be one of THOSE people. Oh well... we are going to be on his schedule by then and I'm sure we have a lot of changes in store for us.
If anyone wants to get together, let me know. We will try to see as many people as possible.