Where did her belly button go?

Hello after a long hiatus. Sorry about not keeping you up to date. We wish we could say it’s because we’ve been on vacation, but that would be a lie. Instead we have both been the busiest we have ever been. School and work and church have kept us running flat out for several weeks. Luckily we have a core of good friends and colleagues here who support us and strengthen us in our fatigue.

But enough with the apologies. On to the news…

Carolyn has officially lost her belly button. We can’t say where it went, but week-by-week we watched it slowly diminish. Brian was a bit worried for a while. Having never watched a pregnancy so closely he thought perhaps the belly button would come untied and Célia would be dumped out onto the floor. But to his great relief nothing of the sort happened.

Célia continues to do well. And by all appearances, she has a promising future in kickboxing and cycling.

Brian, on the other hand, has no promising future at all. He heard back from both of his Ph.D. funding sources and they were both a resounding NO! It was disappointing news to the Adamses. They aren't sure what the next step will be. He is just trying to finish up his degree this semester. If all goes well he should turn in his final assignment on November 16. After that he will be looking for summer work in hopes that other resources will be made available to continue the Ph.D.

Here are the pictures of the week. Yes, he is superman.