I'm officially married to an A.B.D. !!

Yesterday was the big day. Porter took his Ph.D oral exam and passed! To send him off on a positive note Byron wrote all the inspirational thoughts he could think of on the shower wall.

(Byron and I are pretty sure this was what made Porter pass.)

This was my favorite thought.

Porter called us as soon as he came out of the test to let us know it was time to celebrate. Byron and I drove down to College Park to meet up with Porter and all his friends who have helped him prepare for the exam. It was great! Porter has some amazing friends.

Byron got nice and stuffed and was perfectly content knowing that he finally had his dad back. He's been working on lists of all the things that he hasn't been able to do with his dad for the last 6 weeks. Porter promised him that tonight they would start on the list.

6 months Pregnant and 6 days to Orals

So here I am at 6 months pregnant. Not the best of pictures but Byron doesn't understand the concept of taking hundreds of shots to get the one where you look perfect so this was the best I could do. But lets face it my face isn't really what's of interest. The belly is of interest so here you go...

Baby Cylus in all his glory. So far I am grateful that he hasn't been a hungry baby and so I haven't had to gain too much weight yet to keep him satisfied. Not so grateful that his home has been causing some serious discomfort in my ribcage. But I guess so long as he is happy.

On another note there is one other boy in my household who is not so happy. That would be the boy who lives in this room. Or rather what used to be a room that housed Porter's office. Now it seems to be a depository for hundreds of books that have recently been digested, annotated, critiqued, thrown about and cried on.



Books, books, books


And this is what we are left with...


but I'm told this will not last for much longer. From others who have experienced the preparation for the PhD oral exam this too shall pass, if he survives that is. =)