summer vacation is here! yay. am super glad to not be around students for a while. am looking forward to being able to get things done around the house before the big day arrives. have been busy this week organizing and cleaning already. went to the doctor last week...144.5 pounds. total gained: 14.5 pounds. ugh. i know that i'm in a normal range, but many typically easy things are getting harder to perform as i get bigger...like putting on shoes, shaving my legs, getting out of the car! current measurements: around the belly button = 35 in, around the belly itself = 37.5 in. "steve" (as we've taken to calling it - it's a decoy name) has turned into alien baby....my tummy turns into a bubbling volcano as s/he twists, kicks, and turns inside. s/he's about 2.5 pounds and about 10 inches long from crown to rump. no wonder it feels like a volcano in there...not much room for 10 inches of baby! my only "complaint" is that my belly button is sore...who knew how sensitive it would be...it even looks like there's a little bit of a bruise around it where it's stretching. it's not quite an outtie yet...but is on it's way!
