Happy Anniversary to us!

Today is our 2nd anniversary!! The last 2 years we have had dinner and stayed at a nice hotel at the Riverwalk. This year we have graduation stuff and projects to work on, so I am going to try to pick up dinner "to go" with a restaurant gift card that I found in a drawer this morning :) We are planning to go out this weekend to celebrate graduation and our anniversary.

It is hard to believe we've been married 2 years already in some ways, but the residencies have made things move very slowly at times. Our lives are going to change again very soon with Parker's arrival, so we will probably never know what it is like to just be newlyweds and enjoy our evenings and weekends alone! We've been dying to have a weekend where we look at each other and ask, "what do you feel like doing today?" Since we've meet, we've been busy juggling our academic and career commitments with our marriage and now we're transitioning to parenthood. But neither one of us want things any other way!

Today marks Week 30 of my pregnancy. She is approximately 3 lbs and 15.75 inches long!!! I have been feeling Parker move around a great deal and I continue to feel knees/elbows/feet poke out at random times. I can't wait to finally see her and hold her, but that thought is so scary! What are we going to do with her 24 hours a day? We are so highly trained in our professional lives, but we have no training or preparation for Parker. I know we will quickly adjust, but the details are very intimidating!

Corey got me a rental car yesterday. While it is my favorite color (a bright royal blue Corolla), it is not the same as my Accord. The car's registration expires next week, and the guy told me he will deliver a different car next week - maybe with an upgrade - to our house. He seemed to have some sympathy with Corey in his blues and me looking so big. I told him that I wouldn't be able to get on the base to go to my doctor's appointment (which is very true) with an expired sticker, and he said he would take care of us. We have the rental for 2 months and then hopefully we can get another deal or extend our current rental.

I am very, very excited about graduation. I have a million charts to review and papers to turn in, including another draft of my article manuscript. But once I get that taken submitted, I can worry about other things like packing my hospital bag and making sure we have things like, um, diapers, wipes and bottles :) We were planning to do some baby shopping this weekend and I am feeling overwhelmed with our car expenses, but we need to finish getting some of the bigger items. I'd also planned on having maternity/newborn pictures done professionally and get a 3D ultrasound since this pregnancy has been so precious but we will have to balance everything because moving and armadillos are expensive! We are so grateful to all of our generous friends and families!