Nov. 2012

The first week of November was "Spirit Week" at Westbrook Middle School. Stacy got right into it, especially on 80's Day. She raided her mom's closet and came up with this outfit. It was a big hit!

We took advantage of Thanksgiving to get some family photos.

"Where's my bebo?"

The past two years we have hosted Thanksgiving at our house, but given the size of our kitchen table, we had to pass the honor off to Brian and Melissa this year. As you can see from our plates, there was an impressive array of food, as always. A few family members were successful in completing a double-rainbow, but Stacy failed the challenge. Better luck next year!

Oct. 2012

October was full of fun. Lucy enjoyed playing with her new mower, but her favorite activity continued to be reading books.

We had a cute Winnie-the-Pooh costume for Lucy to wear for Halloween, however, she wanted nothing to do with it. We settled for a cute Halloween-themed shirt.

#14: Reach a "happy" weight

I've been slowly making progress on my 30 by 30 list. My latest accomplishment is also the one that I am most proud of.

My entire life I have struggled with my weight. During my pregnancy with Lucy I packed on a lot of pounds and wasn't in a hurry to shave them off. Then, last spring, I decided that enough was enough. I was going to lose the weight and keep it off. I didn't have a specific weight in mind; rather, I just wanted to be happy and healthy.

Before

 

I am proud to share that I have now lost a total of 40 pounds! It's been a long journey, but I finally feel good (and I think I look good, too!)

I'm still in the process of toning up and getting rid of a few more pounds. That shouldn't be a problem as I work to accomplish #1 on my list...

Time Flies...

...when you have too much on your plate! There are really no good excuses for our lack of updates to the blog. Hopefully we'll be better!

What Does Lucy Say?

During the last few weeks, Lucy has learned the sounds of several different animals. I got her to demonstrate her new skills this weekend while she was playing in her bedroom.

In the day since I took the video, she's already learned another animal - the goat.

Fall Fun

One of our favorite fall activities is apple picking.  While we missed out on the fun last year, we made up for it this year with TWO trips to local apple orchards.

A few weekends ago, we spent Sunday morning with Eric's mom exploring a new (to us) orchard in Bowdoinham, Rocky Ridge Orchard. Although the pickings were slim, Lucy had a blast riding in the wagon to the apple trees and picking up all of the apples off of the ground.

Then today, since we all had Columbus Day off, we took advantage of the crisp fall day and headed to the orchard Stacy used to go to as a kid, Willow Pond Farm, with Stacy's mom. We were most excited about bringing Lucy on the horse-drawn wagon ride out to the apple trees. Unfortunately, we discovered that the horse that had faithfully been giving rides for the last 20 years passed away last spring. It was still a fun adventure, and the apples looked so good, we couldn't resist picking more than we'd planned so Eric can whip up another batch of his apple crisp.

Walk This Way

Lucy LOVES to spend time outside, and now that she's a walker, it's opened up a whole new world to her.  Here's a video (now a month old) of her "running" across the lawn.