Playtime at the Mall

Friday afternoon I met up with a couple of friends and had lunch. Afterwards, we hit the mall so the kids could blow off some steam. Although, they were really pretty darn good for us during lunch!


Caroline had a lot of fun chasing the older kids. There was one incident that had me cracking up. A little boy came over and hugged her, then he left to hug another little girl. Caroline walked over to them mid-embrace and put herself between them! He then took off to hug another little girl, but my little girl didn't cry. She got a hug from her friend and moved on :) So cute!

Video catch up time :)

Just a couple of videos of Caroline. The first one was from last night. She took her sunglasses out of the diaper bag and put them on. She kept walking in front of the couch and being very confident. She'd look over at Alan and I and just as she got passed us, she'd giggle. I finally got up and grabbed the video camera and regular camera.






This next video was from over the weekend. I grabbed this little Sing-a-long Elmo toy from a box of hand me down goodies from her cousins and put it out for her. Caroline and just come in from shopping with Daddy when she saw it. It was love at first site. She still smiles, dances, and sings whenever you turn it on. Sorry the video is a bit dark at times, the sun was really bright and I was trying to capture her without her running towards me and the camera!

A cone of her own!

Lately, whenever we go and get ice cream a certain little cutie pie gets very demanding and wants to eat all of Daddy's ice cream. Not because his is better than Mommy's, he is just better at sharing than Mommy :)

We've joked a few times about getting her her own ice cream. After our walk at the Rachel Carson Refuge we hit Dairy Queen. Daddy ordered a vanilla kiddy cone and Mommy ran for the camera! Caroline was getting a cone of her own.

She did pretty well. At first, Alan had to hold it for her, but once a lot of the ice cream was eaten (some by Daddy, had to keep it from dripping you know!) she was able to hold it. She did a pretty good job and wasn't happy that we took her cone away, but luckily a couple of motorcycles went by and distracted her.

Ohh. Whatcha got there Daddy?

Thank you Daddy!

Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge

Ever since I've moved to Maine I've wanted to go to stop in to the Rachel Carson Refuge down the street. Just never got around to it. Then, a month ago, we were invited to go with a friend. Caroline and I really enjoyed it and knew it would be a great place for walks. It's so quiet, there is a clean path, the views are wonderful, and it's nice and shady so it's perfect on a hot day.


This past Sunday Alan, Caroline, and I decided to go back. Alan has never been and we were excited to show him! Caroline loved playing with the dirt and leaves. We passed by one gentleman who saw us taking pictures and asked if we'd like one with the three of us. He said, "You probably have a bunch of two of you, but not the three of you." Oh, he is SO right! He took a few pictures for us and we're so happy.

Let's walk Momma

We wanted to sit and enjoy the scenery, but she had places to go!

Pointing out over to a big log.

15 Month Appointment

Playing with Great Gram's ducks!

Caroline had her 15 month appointment yesterday and just like we girl, she's a happy, healthy little girl! Alan came with us since I wasn't feeling so well (tonsillitis) and we'd need extra support since Caroline needed a blood draw for an allergy test. Within 5 minutes of eating peanut butter last week she broke out in hives. They went away within an hour, but it still needs to be checked now.

So, she had a great appointment. The doctor said she was very confident with her Daddy around. It was really fun to see her play up to everyone. She is usually like that with the nurses, but once the doctor starts she closes up a bit. She enjoyed watching Mommy have her appointment and get the same things done. Then, she had two vaccinations, a quick cry and she was fine. Afterwards, we walked over to the lab. She was having so much fun waving to everyone and even grabbed one of the tech's hands and wanted to go for a walk. She did so well getting her blood drawn. She sat on Alan's lap and put her little arm out. She cried and wasn't happy, but after it was over she was OK.

Here are her stats:

Height: 31 3/4 inches 90%
Head: 18.5 inches 80% Huge jump! She's always been 50%
Weight: 21 lbs. 2 oz. 30% Huge jump! Whole milk is putting some weight on our peanut!

Upta Camp

July 5th we hadn't had enough of the weekend so we prolonged it and headed to camp for a little swim and some grilling. We didn't end up swimming, but we still had fun and are planning on doing this weeknight activity more often.



Caroline had lots of fun snacking on Cheez-Its, playing by the water with Grampy, and watching the crew down the road.

Birthday Dinner

We finally went out to celebrated Alan's birthday tonight. Last week Caroline had not napped on the planned night so we pushed it off. Tonight definitely made up for it. Caroline was her silly little self and enjoyed entertaining us all. Here are some pictures we snapped before we left.

mmm steak and bread, my favorite!