Vacation in Maine

We spent the better part of a week on vacation in the great state of Maine. We have friends who own a cabin right on Damiriscotta Lake that we rented. It was very relaxing...well, as relaxing as a vacation with Lucy can be! We spent many of our days just lazing around the house, taking boat rides on the lake, swimming, reading, eating, playing, coloring, etc. Lucy wasn't a huge fan of sitting in the boat -- as with everything, she did not like being constrained and wanted to run around. Of course, that was not allowed on a small boat! She also didn't seem too fond of swimming in the lake at first (it was a bit cold) but she enjoyed it more toward the end of the week, especially when she went in up on her daddy's shoulders. We spent a day at the beach in Pemaquid, which was very fun. She loved running around in the sand, throwing rocks in the water, and helping build sand castles. We also took a trip into Camden to walk around and have dinner. Camden is such a great little town and we found a beautiful park near the water. Lucy found a pair of sunglasses in a shop that she loved, so Jeff bought them for her (spoiled girl!). She looked oh-so-glam walking around in them. Here are lots of pictures from the trip:

Out on the lawn

Rocking away with a view of the lake right outside...not bad!

Up on Dad-O's shoulders...yeah!

Laughing with Mommy

Looking too stinkin' cute in her life jacket

Dressed up for her trip to Camden

On the stairs, showing her bloomers

Posing out on the lawn with Di-Da

She spies her new favorite thing...an "ai-pane" in the sky! Oh and she is sporting the glasses that she finagled her daddy into buying.

Doing the sign for "more" (as in, "I want to see more ai-pane!")

Looking at the boats with Daddy at Camden harbor

With Mommy

Beach baby (at Pemaquid Beach)

Throwing rocks in the water

Sandy face

My beautiful baby girl :)

One point five

My "baby" is 18 months old! I put baby in quotes because she is truly a toddler in every sense of the word, though of course she will ALWAYS be my baby. We celebrated by having pizza (her favorite) for dinner. That was followed up by my attempt to have a little "party" (just the 3 of us). I bought her a Hello Kitty party hat and a floral garland, both of which she wanted nothing to do with. Oh, well. I did manage to get one picture of her wearing the little fluffy tiara from her first birthday. She did like the cupcake I got her, though it was extremely messy. I gave in to her Dora obsession and bought a Dora cupcake (ok, 3 Dora cupcakes...Jeff and I weren't going to miss out!) and Dora's hair was made with black frosting (heaven knows how they concoct that). Needless to say, in the hands of an 18-month-old, it was a bit of a disaster. It looked like Lucy got attached by a giant squid! She lost interest in the cupcake fairly quickly, though I can tell that, like me, she much prefers the frosting to the cake!

Here are some photos of the "big event":

Dora's face on a cupcake, cut into quarters

Mad? Mean? Or just messy?

Just messy! (A bath quickly ensued.)

I also thought this would be a fun time to post a bit of a Lucy "restrospective." So, here are photos of her first 18 months of life...one photo every three months:

Newborn

3 months

6 months

9 months

12 months

15 months

18 months!

Giving Posh Spice a run for her money...

Yesterday morning, I snapped this photo of Lucy looking very "mayjah" (major, according to Posh Spice). I just think it looks so much like a paparazzi photo of a celebrity dashing through LAX airport en route to Maui or someplace like that. She's even got the obligatory celebrity baby in the stroller! The only thing missing are her pants, but given the behavior of most young celebs, she'd actually fit right in...

Jeans, button, hi, kiss, bye-bye

Fashionista

Lucy wore her new ivory-colored dress the other day and she looked so pretty. Like an old-fashioned little girl. And she looked even cuter with her finger in her mouth...silly girl :)




I bought her a dark denim jacket on sale at the Gap ($10!) and of course she needed to accesorize with Mommy's gah-kies. Then, she decided that she would really make a fashion statement and put the jacket on backwards. It's funny, because in 6th grade I used to wear my cardigans backwards as a "fashion statement." Oh yeah, I was SO cool...

4th of July

We had a fairly low-key 4th this year. On Tuesday night (the 3rd) we went to a barbecue at Lucy's friend Max's house (hosted by Max's mommy & daddy, Ellenor and Mike). Lucy wore her Lil' Firecracker onesie and looked very cute. I snapped a few photos before we left for the party...she looked oh-so-glamorous wearing my sunglasses ("gah-kie"!).

Very glamorous

Upside-down gah-kies

The look on her face says it all...she is VERY proud of herself.

"Please, no autographs."

She's cute without the glasses, but not as chic.

On the 4th, we went down to Hingham to see the parade. It was very hot and sunny and Lucy didn't tolerate it too well (neither did Mommy!). After the parade, we grilled some veggie dogs at Lucy's Grammy & Popi's house before heading back to Boston. We spent the rest of the day just chilling out at home. Jeff & I watched the fireworks on tv -- and we could see a bit of them from our living room window. Here we are, living in the city with what is I think the country's biggest 4th of July celebration, but we were perfectly happy at home and far away from the Esplanade crowds!

On Daddy's shoulders at the parade

Another one up on Daddy's shoulders

Ok, this photo has nothing to do with the 4th of July, but it's so cute. This is her latest antic...lying on her back in the bathtub. I think she finds it very relaxing!

Wa-Dee-Deeeee!

Lucy beat the heat today by having fun in the "wa-dee-dee" (water) at the playground. She frolicked around like she owns the place...no fear whatsoever. She was quite obsessed with drinking the water as it came out of the jets. I sure hope it's clean!

This one's for Emily

My blogger friend Emily has been waiting and waiting and waiting (oh, did I mention waiting?) to get word that she and her husband have been matched with a baby girl in Vietnam that will be their daughter Lulu (love the name, of course!). I felt that Emily deserved a post about this because she is such a nice person and so ready to be a mom and SO sick of waiting!!! So, please send some positive vibes/prayers Emily and Lee's way this week...here's hoping that this week is THE week!

Make Way for Ducklings

This morning, Lucy and I went to the Boston Public Gardens to meet up with my friend Allyson and her son Sam and new daughter Ellie. We took a ride on the Swan Boats -- Lucy fussed a lot because I think she wanted to take a swim in the water. She did have a lot of fun playing on the brass duck statues and I got some really great pictures. She is a true Boston girl!

Lucy and Sam. I've always thought that they make a great couple...he's such a handsome devil.

Me and my girl on the Swan Boats. She's not looking entirely pleased.

"Riding" the ducks

She had so much fun...

...it was hard to get her to leave!

What a fun morning, Mommy!

Strawberries

Lucy LOVES strawberries...and tonight she had a lot of fun practicing her fork skills with them. She is getting pretty good at spearing food herself!