An Update

I decided that I am more vain than I thought I was. I discovered this when I awoke a few mornings ago to find stretch marks all over my belly. Sorry if that's a little tmi. It's life. I find myself looking down and doubting that I will ever shrink back to my pre-pregnancy size. My fingers have become sausages because I'm retaining water. My ankles have achieved kankle status. And then there's the extra 25 pounds I'm carrying around. I try to remind myself where all that weight is going to, like my blood circulation, the baby, placenta, etc... but when you feel like a whale, it's hard to keep that in mind. We also had to get new drivers licenses last week. That is just what I needed: a close-up photo of my fat pregnant face on the license that doesn't expire until March 7th of 2018. Then they ask you a few identifying questions:

"Hair color?"

"Brown."

"Eye color?"

"Ditto."

"Height?"

"5'5''

"Weight?"

"Uhh..."

Well I definitely lied. I did not want to see THAT number on there for the next 6.5 years. Sidenote: I only have one craving... ICE. You would think that would help keep the weight off. Nope.

So yep, I feel huge. But life is pretty good these days. I bought a house. That was fun. We love it, but we have struggled finding furniture to put in it. For now we have camping chairs in the living room...

Also, Caleb was awarded the Centennial Fellowship from the Chemical Engineering Dept. at Purdue. This one basically means the college gives him an extra $3,000 every year, which is GREATLY appreciated. I'm so proud of him. We got to go to this fancy cocktail party and dinner and meet a bunch of the Purdue big wigs.

Here are some photos of our lovely new home:

And here are some belly pics that my mom has been begging me for...