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On September 30th Chris and I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary. We went to dinner at the restaurant where we had our first date and Chris asked me to marry him, had a bottle of wine from our honeymoon, some tasty cheesecake, and enjoyed a relaxing evening at home together. It was the perfect way to celebrate the perfect year. We have had our ups and downs (downs mostly related to mother nature). We had the tree fall on the deck last fall, and now the Saab was flooded by record rain fall. You can read all about the flood and see pictures at http://www.chriscrumpacker.com. Chris and I both underwent major life altering surgery this year, watched our beautiful nephew Zach grow to be almost a whole year old, and finally taught the puppy dog to walk down the stairs on his own! We have lost an entire person (over 200 pounds between us), went to Denver and San Francisco, took up exercising, and finally bought a Dyson vacuum cleaner! We have a lot of plans for the next year of marriage, maybe to include the pitter patter of little feet (besides our 3 cats and dog).

Chris and I recently had a traumatic but wonderful weekend in Valpo for our friends Paul and Renee’s wedding. They were both friends with Chris and he introduced the 2 of them. Chris was a groomsman in their wedding. His tux, and my dress, was in the trunk of my flooded car, but luckily he was able to get a completely new tux and Chris’s mom managed to get my dress clean.

Things have been going great around here. Today we went and got Chris some new pants since all of his are about 10 sizes too big and a new winter coat. We are planning for an upcoming Halloween Party at our house on the 18th and a trip back to Valpo for Zachs first birthday on the 25th. I am glad the cooler weather is here because it has allowed us to spend some time in the yard trimming the trees and bushes and sprucing things up, and to use our fire pit. Work is going good for both Chris and I and school is as stressful as always. Whatever made me decide to take 18 credit hours this semester, I have NO idea! I am back to doing homework now. I hope everyone is doing well.

It has been 5 months since my surgery and I am finally under 200 lbs!  I weighed in at 198 pounds this morning.  I have not weight below 200 pounds since te 7th grade so it is pretty exciting!

Chris and I just took a week long vacation to Colorado to see the Rockies and visit my dad.  We had a great time and enjoyed our time out of town together.  We also got several new pictures taken of us together.  I have posted some of them here.  As for how I am doing, I have been feeling pretty good.  I am able to eat most foods in moderation which is nice, and now I can start eating whole wheat pasta if I wish.  I was craving some good vegetable soup so I made a batch of my mom’s veggie soup.  It made tons so I could freeze if for lunches and it tastes good, but it certainly is not my moms, even though I followed her recipe! I have been doing lots of push ups and sit up and using our elliptical.  It has been too hot lately so I have not been riding my bike as much lately.  The temperature is perfect for a ride outside right now, but I am home alone.  Chris is in Wisconsin attending a friends bachelor party.  Chris is doing well also.  He has lost over a hundred pounds since surgery and is feeling great.  Our 1 year wedding anniversary is quickly approaching and we are looking forward to some of our wedding cake :)  I will write more soon, I promise!

Well I redesigned this site as well as mine I think it was well overdue. I hope you all enjoy as we fine tune this new design.

Yesterday Chris and I made a purchase towards our health. We bought new bicycles! The only bike I have ever had was a cheap walmart one, and Chris has had a nice bike but it is older and in need of repair. We went to the Nebo Ridge bicycle shop in Carmel, IN intending to purchase a bike for me, and walked out with new bikes for both, thanks to awesome deals, great bikes, and a very helpful sales man. The link in this post is of our new bicycles. We came home, added all of our accessories and went for a 3 mile bike ride. I had no idea I could ever ride that far and the new bike is so comfortable and does not hurt my knees at all. I feel great and can’t wait to go for another ride tomorrow. 

Photos of the new Bikes

It has been just over 2 months since my surgery and I am doing pretty good. I have had some nasty allergies this season and that was causing my nausea. Some new medicines have helped that out. I am falling out of all of my clothes. I am still unable to wear a belt because of my hernia repair so I am going to have to buy some new clothes in a week or 2. I went to kohls on a sandal hunting trip last week. I couldn’t find any shoes so I decided to look for a shirt. I tried on a 1x shirt from the womens plus size department and it was too big. I went back out for an XL in the regular women’s department thinking there is not way it would fit. IT FIT PERFECTLY!! I have been shopping in the plus size womens department since I was in junior high. I then spent 2 hours trying on clothes. I fit into size 18 pants now so I am super excited to go shopping for a dress for an upcoming wedding. I knew I had lost weight but this was my first wow moment.

Chris and I went to the doctor on Tuesday. Everything looks good for Chris and he gets to start eating pudding consistency foods, such as cheese and refried beans. He could hardly wait to get home and have a bite of real food. He has to go back in 5 weeks for a check up but his blood pressure was already down to normal. He has also stopped his diabetes medicine and his blood sugars are great. He is still slow getting around but is improving every day.

Well the surgery went well. I was in and out and didn’t know a thing. I’ve been in a bit of pain but we are getting under control. Hopefully I will have another day in here with the good drugs before they send me home.

Well I finally got into his room and he is doing Ok. He is very groggy (as expected) but in good spirits so far. They will let him rest until 1 oclock and then they will make him get up and walk. He is eating ice chips and enjoying his pain medicine for now. Hopefully the next update will be made by him.

The doctor just came out and Chris is out of surgery. Everything went well and he is in recovery for another hour or so. Everything went as planned.

Chris went into surgery at 7:35 am this morning. He was a little nervous but in good spirits. I will let everyone know when he is out and doing ok.