One Big Week!

As Austin put it, this past week was probably the biggest week of his life! No pressure or anything... haha Austin took both of his step one med school boards! I think the only people that can truly understand how stressful the past 6 months have been preparing for these tests, are those who have gone through this whole experience themselves. Austin worked his butt off, studied more than I have ever seen him study before, and I couldn't be more proud of the work he put in :) We will find out in a month or so his scores, and hopefully all of his hard work will have paid off.

This was Austin studying those last few days before his tests. I couldn't help but laugh at the fact that every day he would go down to the clubhouse to study because it meant he got free A/C. He had no problem setting up camp, kicking his shoes off, and basically making this place his home away from home haha

Friday night after Austin got done with his second test, we headed over to Scottsdale for a much needed date night :) We tried out a movie theater called Studio Movie Grill where they serve you food while you enjoy the movie. It really was a fun experience, and something different for a change. Unfortunately I went against my better judgement of getting pizza, and got pork tacos instead that didn't sit well in my stomach that night... but we still had a fun time relaxing and enjoying some time together.

Saturday morning Austin woke up with a huge smile on his face realizing he no longer had to study, but had time to do whatever his heart desired. I joked that Austin isn't going to know what to do with himself, and needs to find a hobby! A few hours later Austin told me that he wanted to go check out a car down in Gilbert. He had been emailing a few people over the past two weeks trying to find us something more baby appropriate because let's face it, a baby in a baby bug just don't really work :) After some test driving, and tough negotiating, we got ourselves a 2010 Camery!! We were very excited seeing as this is the nicest car either of us have ever had. It was kind of nerve racking putting your trust in someone else not to sell you a crap car, but with a lot of help from Austin's dad Wade I think we made a good decision. Plus Austin and his dad now have matching cars haha

We made it back to Glendale just in time to host a little celebration pool party at our apartment with all our friends! It was so fun seeing the boys relaxed and hanging out, while the wives had some much needed girl time :)

It never really hit me until last night how long this past year has been. As Austin and I were talking about what we are going to do together over the next two weeks, I realized that I had forgotten what it was like to have a husband to do things with! We have been so blessed with awesome friends, and family who helped us get through this past year. Now we get to enjoy a few more weeks of Austin and Jackie time before we welcome the arrival of a little one to the fam!