Cast of Characters: The Chemist

I'm going to introduce you to the many lovely and beautiful people in my life, because I am sure I will be referring to them not an infrequent amount. The first person I'd like to present for your consideration is my husband, Richard.

The Man

We have been married 4 years, 9 months, 3 days, and 10 1/2 hours (approximately). My husband is one of the funniest, sweetest and intelligent men I know. I love him! He has been especially good to me since moving us here to Logan, because he knew how much I loved my past life in Oregon. And now that I am pregnant, I still get all the attention! So I wanted to pass on some love to him here. He is probably the only faithful reader of this blog.

He is an organic chemist at a small lab here, and is doing swimmingly! He graduated with his Master's degree in Organic Synthesis at the University of Oregon. What a scholastic and scientific stud. He is, after the Sports Illustrated website addiction, quite adorable and quite, enthusiastically estatic to become a father; and what a wonderful father he will be. I'm so grateful to have him in my life.

The Race

This Saturday Richard is going to be running the St. George, Utah marathon. 26.2 miles of grueling, bone-crushing, soul-dessicating downhill flight. This is his second marathon. His training has seemed to be easier (as if easy is a word that can be applied to marathon training), or rather, smoother, than the first time around. Maybe running when it's not 10 F degrees outside is a good thing.

Here's to Richard's running success. I know he'll reach his goal and still be able to walk the next day!

Richard running the 2006 Salt Lake City marathon. He was awarded a finisher medal!

Welcome Autumn!

Spring is my favorite season of the year, hands down. However, my husband repeatedly reminds me that Spring does not start in Logan until June. This makes me sad, though it does make me appreciate Autumn all the more! Cache Valley is surrounded by beautiful mountains from the East, West and South, and all the trees are starting to turn red, orange and yellow! It truly is gorgeous. And the weather has been PERFECT! I couldn't ask for a more glorious season this Fall.

Richie and I went for a hike last Saturday up Logan Canyon. I failed to get new batteries for our camera, so no pictures, which is a slight tragedy because it was stormy that day, and the sun peeking through the clouds, illuminating groves of trees brighly lit with color and sunshine was amazing.

I also forgot to send a birthday shout out to my cousin Raschelle. She turned 21 on the 21st! Happy Birthday Raschelle! I know you were well taken of that day. The pictures here are of my friends' new babies.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to two very new and very cute baby boys! My friend Shannon had her second boy this morning. His name is Hayden Max (I love it, Max!). Another friend, Laurie, had her first baby on Sept. 11th. His name is Leo, just like my grandfather. Happy Birthday and congratulations!

Hello, World Wide Web

Welcome, you few brave souls who have decided to enter my little corner of the internet. I won't promise that this will be an exciting investigation into my inner pysche, nor will it be a blog full of wit, wisdom and on-the-spot satirical humor comparable to Alexander Pope or Tina Fey. But, hopefully it will be entertaining enough to engage you for a few brief moments every few weeks. Or months. Or years.

I'm really not much of a blogger, emailer, phone caller or any other sort of communication specialist. I am mostly posting this blog for those who are interested in my pregnancy and like to follow bump news. Please, don't think of this blog as self-serving and narcissistic. I am doing this for the select few who will actually want to see me get fat, bloated, and only able to waddle like a duck. Hi Mom!