Buh-Bye Summer

There has been a serious lack of posting - mostly due to the fact that we went almost the entire summer without a camera. Even though there are no photos capturing it, we really enjoyed this summer - with many trips to the pool and down the water slide, hours spent playing in the splash water table, bike rides and grilling out. We had a blast in Virginia Beach, where Lucy ran in and out of the surf with her bucket and shovel in tow for hours on end. She really loved the water & playing in the sand.

Lucy has grown a lot this summer - mostly in terms of her belly ;) and not so much in inches - a growth spurt should be around the bend. Her vocabulary has also expanded (in addition to her belly) - her most frequently said words are shoe, sock, buh-bye (said just like it's said in the Saturday Night Live skit with stewardesses), more and book. She went from taking her 1st shaky steps in June to running around with confidence by August. She continues to do well at daycare where they've coined her the 'Gross Motor Wonder'. and her favorite food is blueberries, just like her daddy.

Here are some photos that we got towards the tail end of summer when both grandmothers, kai and i took Lucy to the NC museum of life & science, which she loved, and from our trip Labor Day weekend to Captain & Taty's river house.


The Chase


Lucy enjoyed her 1st kayak ride


Lucy and her cousin Eme 'hugging it out'


Just Jonas and his two nieces


Captain Luciana


Taty and her granddaughters



Lucy going down the slide in the awesome children's section of the museum


Digging for fossils at the new dinosaur trail


She bangs on the drum


Luciana, her mommy & 2 grandma's



and here are a couple of recent videos:

Mad Artist


The Dancing Queen