Check-ups

Emma and I had our two-week check-ups this morning.  While both were relatively painless, Emma definitely capitalized on the excuse for drama and screamed through a good portion of her appointment.  She was happy by the time we left, though, and had a great check-up.  At two weeks, Emma weighs 7 lbs and is 19 1/2 inches.  All of her eating has paid off!

On Friday night, we went out to dinner and to Target.  It felt so good to get out of the house for a little bit, since up til that point it had just been Emma and me home during the day, unable to drive or even walk around the block.  I have to say, though, I wasn't too anxious to get out of my sweatpants and put on real clothes ... it was especially depressing to have to slip back into maternity pants in order to have anything presentable to wear.  I just hate that frumpy feeling.  I got the all-clear at today's appointment to drive and start some low-key exercise.  I think the freedom and the fresh air will help both of us; it will be nice to not feel so cooped up, and hopefully it will also propel me back into my regular pants more quickly.

Emma enjoyed her first trip to Target.  She learned very quickly that we always leave Target with items we didn't know we needed.  On this particular trip, Sara raided the Halloween decorations in the dollar section, and spent her very first gift card (thanks, Tammy!) on "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown".  We all watched it together on Friday night (and again and again throughout the weekend), and on Saturday had to pull out all of the Halloween decorations.  Sara even found her trick-or-treat bucket and is ready to go as soon as we say the word!  It could be a long month.

Target Love

In other important news, the Cyclones are 3-0 going into their bye week!  And we have free tickets to see them play TCU when they come to town in October.  It's been a long time since we've seen live Cyclone action, and we can't wait.  Hopefully at the end of October they aren't still sitting around with three wins, although it's entirely possible.  As we were watching the game on Saturday night, the four of us across the couch, Steve and I had to laugh (yet again) as we took in how much our lives have changed.  We first watched Cyclone games in Ames as college kids, and then at game-watch establishments with other alumni and plenty of cold beverages.  Now we watch them on our couch with our two kids ... I think we're both still a little in awe of how far we've come since we met as 19-year-olds.  Life right now feels really good.