The good and the bad

First the bad.  I think I finally have to come to terms with the fact that my migraines aren't going to go away until this baby is born :(  We (okay, mostly me, but everyone else by proximity) had to deal with another one yesterday.  Matt took the day off, did the drop off and pick up for Anna, played with Kate all day, took the girls to the park after school, took them to Culver's for dinner, and then put them to bed.  All while I was cooped up trying to either sleep or keep my mind off of my headache :(  Oh, well.  Only a few months left for me and Matt confessed to me last night that though he doesn't like watching me suffer through a headache, he really had a lot of fun yesterday :)

Now the good.  Other than the yucky migraine moments every few weeks, things are going very well here.  I had my 28 week checkup on Monday and everyone is growing and doing just fine.  Kate seems to be thoroughly enjoying her mommy-time during the day and daddy/sister time on the weekends.  Work for Matt is relatively calm and relaxing these days.  And Anna is still doing great at school.  We are truly very blessed.  Plus, Matt is able to take Fridays off again this fall!  Hooray!  Granted, there are plenty of things to be done, but it's nice for all of us that he gets three day weekends from now until when the baby is born :)

 A couple of fun things lately ... for the past two weekends we've had a campfire one of the nights out in the backyard, complete with s'mores.  It's been a nice way to enjoy the cooler, darker evenings.  We'll have to see how long these campfires will last this fall :)  This past weekend, the girls got to have two different park dates, one on Saturday with me and one on Sunday with Matt.  (Here they are playing with some cattails that Matt picked for them.)

They loved both experiences, especially Anna.  It's been awhile since we've been able to visit parks.  After a few weeks of school under our belts, I've realized that it's pretty important for Anna to just have some down time at home right after school so it hasn't really worked to head out to a park for the three of us girls.  With all of the park/playground fun that we've had over the last several years, I think Miss Anna missed them.  This fall is full of adjustments for all of us.

Finally, this week Anna is the "special person" at school.  In case you're not up on your pre-school/kindergarten lingo, this means that she gets to have a special time at the beginning of the week devoted to her.  She made and shared a poster, brought in pictures to share, brought in snacks for the week, was interviewed by her class, and (probably the best part for her) gets to be line leader ALL WEEK.  Matt, Kate, and I were able to stop in her classroom right away on Monday morning for her sharing time and the class interview.  Anna did a great job, but was understandably nervous (or at least we could tell that she was).  The visit also affirmed for us what a great place this is for her this year.  The last part of her special week is that one of us is going to get to join her for lunch at school on Friday; she can't wait!