We were very excited to see that Tatum is trying to take her first steps with her walker toy. Obviously she still has a long way to go and that is good because we still have a lot of "babyproofing" left to do!
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Back by popular demand!
Tatum has progressed from spitting food at Dad to throwing food when she is finished. Coincidentally, the dogs seem to be gaining weight recently....
Summer in Maine
After nearly 3 weeks of continuous rain, we finally had a nice weekend. With summer coming to an end soon we decided to take full advantage of it. We drove 30 minutes to the beach at Reid State Park. This park has one of Maine's rare sandy beaches and is located on Sheepscot Bay. After 2 hours of fun in the sun, nap time was fast approaching. We then drove over to Five Islands Lobster Company, which is the quintessential Maine lobster experience. Lindsey and I feasted on crab cake sandwiches, but were brief because the temperature on the water was chilly and Tatum was running out of steam.
The remainder of the day was spent relaxing at home and concluded with a bedtime book on the front porch before bed.
The remainder of the day was spent relaxing at home and concluded with a bedtime book on the front porch before bed.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Tatum Goes to New York
This past weekend Tatum took her first trip to New York for Jen Kraics' wedding in Lindsey's hometown of Setauket. 
Grandma Liz flew in from St. Louis to help out during the weekend festivities as we were pretty tied up with the rehearsal dinner, ceremony, and then reception. This was a fun getaway for my mom too because she has many good friends who still live in New York and she was able to introduce/show-off Tatum (as she said) to all of them. Although the drive was long Tatum did wonderfully as she spent many hours in her car seat. We all had a great time and the weather was wonderful which made for a spectacular wedding weekend. On Sunday after the wedding we drove out to the east end of Long Island where we caught the ferry home to Maine. Mike has never seen the eastern end so it was nice to show him another side of Long Island. We did make a pit stop at Briermere Farms on our way and we grabbed a yummy apple pie which we brought home and devoured in two days!
Upon our return to Maine we were lucky enough to have an additional day at home with my mom. Seeing as how Mike had the day off on Monday we ventured north to Boothbay Harbor to show her a taste of the Maine summer.
Boothbay Harbor is approximately 45 minutes north of us and it is a great little town on the water. We walked around town and window shopped at all of the little boutiques in town which was a lot of fun. The night was brought to an end with a yummy b-b-q dinner cooked by Mike.
Although it has been great to get out and about this summer, we are looking forward to some down time as the summer has flown by and before we know it, there will be snow on the ground.
Grandma Liz flew in from St. Louis to help out during the weekend festivities as we were pretty tied up with the rehearsal dinner, ceremony, and then reception. This was a fun getaway for my mom too because she has many good friends who still live in New York and she was able to introduce/show-off Tatum (as she said) to all of them. Although the drive was long Tatum did wonderfully as she spent many hours in her car seat. We all had a great time and the weather was wonderful which made for a spectacular wedding weekend. On Sunday after the wedding we drove out to the east end of Long Island where we caught the ferry home to Maine. Mike has never seen the eastern end so it was nice to show him another side of Long Island. We did make a pit stop at Briermere Farms on our way and we grabbed a yummy apple pie which we brought home and devoured in two days!
Upon our return to Maine we were lucky enough to have an additional day at home with my mom. Seeing as how Mike had the day off on Monday we ventured north to Boothbay Harbor to show her a taste of the Maine summer.
Boothbay Harbor is approximately 45 minutes north of us and it is a great little town on the water. We walked around town and window shopped at all of the little boutiques in town which was a lot of fun. The night was brought to an end with a yummy b-b-q dinner cooked by Mike.Although it has been great to get out and about this summer, we are looking forward to some down time as the summer has flown by and before we know it, there will be snow on the ground.
Bath time with Tatum
Well, if there is one place that you can always find Tatum smiling, it is in the tub - she loves bath time! It is crazy that she is now big enough to sit independently in the tub however, the problem is that now she likes to stand up in the tub too! We have a few skills to work on but I have included a few pictures of the little one enjoying her bath...
Pre-hairwashing
Tatum's version of reading a book...she holds it, the words do not matter
Playtime!
Trying to get my hair spiked like Dad's (a.k.a. the flammable Doc due to his hair gel)
All done!
Pre-hairwashing
Tatum's version of reading a book...she holds it, the words do not matter
Playtime!
Trying to get my hair spiked like Dad's (a.k.a. the flammable Doc due to his hair gel)
All done!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)