The BIG DAY!

Travis is off taking his MCAT this morning, and we are busily sending him positive messages via ESP. He's spent the last, well, six months at least studying like crazy, so hopefully it will all pay off today! Thanks to everyone who has sent good luck wishes and words of encouragement. Yesterday he even received a prescription from his friend Dr. Rich:

Inside: giant "Smarties"! It was so cute.

The girls & I put together a little survival kit of treats for him too. It's funny because I did the same thing last time he took the MCAT... when we were engaged! Sheesh that was a long time ago. We just put cheesy sayings on a bunch of treats. Kate started helping me cut out labels (hers is on the apple).

Unfortunately, he did not get a great start today since neither of us slept much last night. For me it was general pregnancy sleeplessness - I couldn't breathe (this baby is so high he's taken over my lung space) and was just so uncomfortable, so I'm sure Travis appreciated my tossing and turning. But also, poor little Brookie got sick and was up all night with a fever. She'd cry out every hour or so for water or a hug and she was so scorching hot it was uncomfortable to even hold her. Here is where I found her after breakfast this morning.

And to top it off, Trav & I were both awakened by an earthquake at 5 a.m. In Maryland? Really? And that was pretty much it for attempted sleep last night. Hopefully it won't affect his morning too much! Please send him some ESP messages of encouragement or physics equations.