Fall

It's a beautiful time of the year here. The leaves are starting to change in our neighborhood and the mountains are already showing golden streaks of aspen. It's chilly enough for making soup and sitting on the couch reading a good book. I'm especially happy about fall because it says that now I'm almost into my second trimester-no more feeling sick, tired, or grumpy! I haven't felt like doing much of anything since the beginning of August so I figured I'd blog a bit.
The big news this summer was of course...

But before that I had a chance to work in Maine for 10 days with professors at Unity College. I helped hunt for dragonfly exuvia, tagged stugeon, hunted earthworms, played in soil pits, walked on bogs, and learned how to properly paddle a canoe. I also made some wonderful new friends and ate at a lobster pound. It was amazing!


Last month Eric went to Washington DC for a week to take a film class. He had a great time and even made a short video with Kathy as his subject (if you are a Facebook friend you can see it there). She was able to head down from Delaware for a day to help and then go to Jaleo with Eric. The restaurant is owned by Jose Andres, one of Eric's favorites chefs. I would have been jealous if I had wanted to eat food that week!

Eric also enjoyed eating at another burger place, and it was so good he took a picture before diving in.

The other big happening was that we remodeled our bathroom and the transformation from pink to modern is amazing.


Not the best after picture but it is so amazing that I've forgotten that for four long weeks I had to trek downstairs to use the bathroom 1-2 times each night. Next up is installing our newly purchased pellet stove. The one feature lacking from our house is a fireplace and pellet stoves are more efficient and cleaner than fireplaces. It should heat the entire upstairs so we'll also save on heating costs.

Grady and I are both growing larger at alarming rates. He's only 4 months old but wearing 6-8 month clothes, and I'm only 13 weeks and wearing nice comfy elastic waist pants. Grady is super sweet and mellow, and he loves his sister!

He even slept through Oktoberfest, where I sipped on hot chocolate and ate Tropical snow while the others enjoyed local brews. Even Everett took part!

Our plans are to have a relaxing fall-it could be the last for years to come!