Finally, Autumn
Monique | Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 6:58PM 
We have a few sick kids {husband included} in the house this week, and given how helpless my constant nausea and exhaustion have made me, I'm of no good use to any of them.
There's been a lot of snuggling on the couch and willing food to come down from the cabinets and for it to make itself, but we've been managing alright aside from that.
It was predicted that today would be the last "summer weather" day, so we {finally} got out of our pajamas, gathered our sun bleached football, some apple seeds and my camera and we made plans for play!
I can't imagine why I'm so thrilled for autumn's arrival, considering how much I complain about the cold when it settles on the town.
We are weeks away from Severus' second birthday, and have no grand plans - cake as usual and a quick family gathering to devour it and open gifts.
We are all looking forward to Halloween though, we haven't decided if there will be trick or treating, or costumes and the after school celebration, or just decorating the house and buying a bag of candy - but we will be doing something, and we'll definitely be heading to the farm and picking pumpkins to carve.
Mercutio is still a little iffy, though he did say he wanted to celebrate Halloween this year. The weather is always so bad, it's difficult to want to do anything more than stay home, so I'm almost pleased if he decides he wants to stay in again, or just do the school celebration.
We'll figure it out for them soon, I'm sure.
He is loving every bit of school, making friends and learning some things he already knows about which makes him feel absolutely brilliant.
This guy's doing well too.
A few weeks back we had a huge issue with his school {we are seemingly going to have issues with the school district for as long as we send our children to school within it}, and we'd been the first people to deviate from the norm {of course} so no one knew how to properly rectify the problem.
I agreed that I'd work with Caesar so as to reintroduce him to the flock later on, which felt like a total betrayal to who I am as a person and as a mother. He has been successfully reintegrated, and I'm glad, but I'm also not.
That's only half of it.
In order for Mercutio to continue to attend, I either sacrifice my morals or do something I've always been cautious about.
Long story short.
I wish I could homeschool.
As for life in general, I feel like I'm walking through it with a fog obscuring my view.
Thankful for every day I still wake with morning sickness, and need to sleep by 7pm, but I spend every other moment scared and anxiously, impatiently awaiting my first ultrasound with the one set of OB associates I wanted to avoid.
Each day is quiet and unremarkable, but life changing in too many ways to count.
The fog will lift soon, I'm sure.
After I regain a little energy and some of the nausea abates, and it will be nice to rejoin the living again.
Reader Comments (4)
Your photos are absolutely lovely. I particularly love the first one.
I also cannot wait for autumn... Which IS curious, because by January I will be like WTF WHY SO COLD. Hope your nausea gives you a break soon.
The kids are just too adorable. Cameron's birthday is tomorrow : ) Sorry you're still feeling crappy AND have a sick family on top of it. That's brutal. Im glad you got out and shoot these though because theyre beautiful. The fog will lift soon. You're doing great. Hang in there xoxo SEE YOU SUNDAY!
I crazy LOVE that first photo!
The fog will lift. The super awesome second trimester energy burst is right around the corner! I hope that school issue is truly resolved. I can only imagine how frustrating it can be to deal with that and not feel like you have other options. Your kids are so darn cute! How do you stand it?!
I love that picture of the pinecone! Way cool.