Monday, August 31, 2009

mowing the lawn!

mowing the lawn... never too early :) Now that Luke can walk he can use his lawn mower! :)

parallel parking

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Visit from Memere and Grandpa and WALKING!

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




















Saturday, August 22, 2009

Luke took his first steps at the lake today! He walked across the whole room!

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Monday, August 17, 2009

Acadia 2009

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!












He loved going down the slide headfirst!









After working up an appetite on the playground, we went to the park in downtown overlooking the water for a picnic.



After we picked up Rick at the boat launch, we headed back and we saw some huge sail boats in the sound.


This one is The Alexandria... see how small the kayakers look?





On Wednesday morning we went on a hike up Norumbega Mountain and it was really nice out. Here we are at the top






It was really hot out and Luke was tired on the way down, i think Rick was too.



Here we are on the ocean




thursday morning we went to sunrise.



The sunrise was beautiful!




Here are the Islands that the boys kayaked to earlier in the week


Luke lounging in his stroller in town





We went mini golfing and Luke loved it! He and Rick came in last place but he didn't care!




Here is our trailer that we thought was pretty big. It looks tiny compared to all the huge motor homes at our new campground





Luke took advantage of any car time to catch some zzz's




Here is sunset on Thursday night. Luke played at the beach and got into the water with his clothes on







Here are the guys getting everything ready for dinner and a fire on the beach!











The sun is setting!



Luke had a lot of fun playing







And he got REALLY dirty!





Here is the beautiful sunset!





The next day we drove up Cadillac mountain during the day and ate lunch up there. Luke looks like he in on a cliff but really he is not, I promise!