Luke Richard: August 2009

On Sunday evening Memere and Grandpa arrived from their trip to Buffalo. We had a nice dinner and Luke enjoyed showing off ALL his toys and how they work. He did spend a few minutes, maybe seconds, allowing them to cuddle him :)

We had a normal week with work and school etc and on Friday morning we left for the lake. I had taken the day off. When we got there we did some swimming and took the jet skiis out for a tour of the lake. Luke was excited to be on his jet ski again

Memere and Luke on the jet ski - Luke wants to get going!

Has to have the paci on the jet ski

Luke and Memere did some reading before bed

Good pic of Luke and his Memere

I guess I didn't take any pics on the camera of Luke walking around the house on Saturday :( After breakfast he was playing and then just walked across the room! He has been very proud of himself every time he has done it since then :)

On Sunday, Uncle John M came up for a visit! Here is Luke walking on the lawn to John

After a busy day of swimming, boating and visiting, Luke enjoyed some quiet time with his grandparents.

On Monday we got up and hit the lake ... here is Luke and Dad on the jet ski waving to Memere and Grandpa

Here is Grandpa (in the red kayak) and Memere in the green one.

Grandpa kayaking

Luke and mom walking up the dock after a ride on the jet ski

Here is Luke eating his new favorite snack (yogurt covered raisins!)

Grandpa relaxing in the hammock

We left for vacation last Friday night. We headed up to the lake to pack up some last minute supplies and the kayaks. It also put us almost an hour closer to Bar Harbor. We got up bright and early on Saturday (thanks to Luke) and we on the road by 8. We only had to stop 2x - once for bathroom breaks, diaper change and gas, and another stop at the post office so rick could mail some stuff for work. Luke was GREAT in the car and made it the 3 hours no problem to Bangor where we stopped for lunch. We ate at the Seadog Brewing company, and it was a nice break from the car. After lunch, it was back in the car for the final hour of the trip.

When we arrived at the campground, Rick went in to check in. It was taking him a looong time so I started to get a little nervous. When he came out, he tld me we never paid our deposit and we didn't have a reservation. Great! They had a campsite for us for 1 night but then nothing after that. Maybe they would get a cancellation tonight, so they told us to check back in the

We headed to our temporary home and to get set up. Chris was already at his site and mostly set up. Dee and John were also in Acadia, so after they finished sailing they headed over for dinner and a sunset paddle. After we ate, we headed down to the water, which was low tide..... sooooo

everyone got a little muddy :) Those are Dee's feet. Rick towed my boat over to the dock so Luke and I didn't have to go through the mud.

Here is Luke and I kayaking in Somes Sound. Luke likes to wave

It was a pretty night out

Here is Dee

The next morning we had to pack everything up to move. We went up to the campground office and there were no cancellations so we had to go to a different campground on the island.

This was our site for the first night

Oh no! we are homeless and have to move!

After getting set up at our new campground (Hadley's point campground) we went for a hike up Flying mountain.

Luke loved riding in the carrier and hiking with Dada

Here he is at the top of the mountain.

Rick, Luke in the carrier and Chris at the top before we ate lunch

On the way back down you go by this cove that was really pretty

Next we went into town to get some ice cream.

Luke had a lot of fun chasing the birds.

On Monday we got up and did a quick hike up Bar island which over looks Bar Harbor. It was foggy that morning, so there was no view. When we got back down the fog had lifted. We briefly debated going back but decided to save it for another day

On Monday afternoon our other friend Dan arrived and on tuesday the 3 guys went kayaking for a little bit. Luke and I played on the beach near our campround.

On Wednesday, the guys went kayaking again out to some islands off the coast. Luke isn';t ready for open ocean kayaking, so we went to the playground. Luke had a lot of fun!