UPDATE

My puter is still not working right. It will not read my data card with photos on it so I am taking it back to the shop! Lucy is doing great. Yesterday she ate goulash and garlic bread! We are making progress in the food department. Off to the park to have playtime and lunch with the buddies today. One more day till Kris becomes a mommy...good luck!!

11 Months OId!

Lucy is 11 months old today....I can't believe it! I think she is 30 inches and 17 lbs and a few oz. Sorry no pics this week but my computer is on the fritz! Her top teeth are all making an appearance in some way which I think is affecting her a bit more than I expected. We also finished nursing this week; it worked out well because it was a mutual decision. Freedom!! I hope to get my puter taken care of soon. I may die without my laptop.

Baby

Lucy has taken to caring for her baby doll. It is so cute I can't stand it. She even says, "BBBB" when she's holding her. She puts her in the little bouncy seat where Oliver sits when he comes over. I think being around all these newborns has caused her maternal instinct to kick in!!

More Vaca Pics

The Breakers

We also went to the Breakers, the Vanderbilt's mansion. It was so beautiful.

Providence Zoo

We had fun meeting up with Jen and her boys there. Impossible to get them all to pose for a pic together! Jen's boys are 16 months apart!!

Lucy's Lobsters

We have been having a great time here in Newport and the weather is great. We are going to hit some of the mansions this morning after Lucy wakes up from her nap. She had a fun time checking out our lobsters at dinner last night. I'll post more pics later. Our plan is to drive to Baltimore tonight and stay over so Jud can do a bit of work in town tomorrow and Lucy and I can hit the aquarium.

Congrats Erin and Ted!

We had a great time on our first weekend without Lucy. Relaxing it was not, but it was super fun! Jud finished the triathalon on Sunday morning despite the pouring rain and we are in Newport now. Looking forward to a nice week of vacation! Lucy survived well without me, yay! Of course this morning that I was back was the first time she whined in days. Go figure.

Sept. 11th. Where were you?

It's crazy that seven years have gone by since that horrible morning none of us will ever forget. Lucy will only see images of the people running covered in dust and never get to gaze at the twin towers on her first trip to NYC. I was working at Ketchum's DC offices, blocks from the White House. We all thought the first plane going in was a fluke, but when the second hit, there was no denying something awful was happening. I was back at my desk, when an IM popped in from Judi saying a plane hit the Pentagon, and my roommate Meghan and I ran out of our office and scurried back to the "safety" of our Glover Park apartment. People wandered around the neighborhood aimlessly, walking their dogs, talking to people we passed on the street the day before without a word, staring at the TV. No one quite knew what to do. The next morning, I was terrified to get on the bus. Who knew if there was a suicide bomber sitting next to me? It was eerily silent as people hid behind their Posts and listened to their Ipods, maybe hoping it was all a bad dream. I got off in downtown DC to the sight of a tank and military guys with machine guns. Was this America or some foreign country? All anyone could do for the next few days/weeks was check in with friends from near and far to ensure them you were ok, and to find out if they were. Jud was one of the people I called after 9-11 and it was the most important call I made! We celebrated our 3rd anniversary yesterday and it was low-key....we are looking to a fun weekend Lucy-free in NY and then off to Newport, RI next week. Comment on where you were on 9-11 and what you remember. I'm going to print this page for the one day when Lucy's ready to learn about history from those who lived through it. God bless America!!

Strongman Tire Flip Practice

She flips this all around the room about 10 times a day...never gets old!

Mac and Cheese Face

Lucy loves her mac and cheese. She even styled her hair into a mowhawk with the sauce.

On The Move

The Tooth!

Here you can see the snaggle tooth making its way down on the top! She is going to be our resident hillbilly until the rest of them come in.

Happy 29th Sister Sue

You would have been one year closer to 30 today. Lucky you will always be young and pretty and funny, forever 23. We curse that stupid porch on a daily basis and wonder why you weren't inside having a nice quiet dinner instead. But that wasn't you, little Miss life of the party. I also think you would have way more friends than me on Facebook. I will never forget the time we went into Nordy's a couple weeks before you left us and the shoe salesman who was gay as Christmas knew you by name. I hope you are still wearing your Gucci sandals up there, or at least have traded up for some Christian Louboutins by now. We love you and miss you.

And In This Corner

Lucy Allen, weighing in at 16 lb 7 oz! Lucy did great at the doc today. She gained a pound and a half in the past 6 weeks and is comfortably back in the 5th percentile! Go Lucy! We also found out yesterday that she likes guinea pigs. We visited PetsMart (thanks for the idea Tara!) and she loved seeing those rodents in their little terrarium. Gross!!

Happy Tuesday

Love, Lucy

Bye-Bye Summer!

We celebrated the last day of summer by going to the pool. Lucy had a bit of a rough past few nights. At the lake she had to sleep in the port a crib on the bathroom floor, and you can imagine how much she liked that. Then, we caught a cold and on top of that her two eye teeth are popping through on top. Ol' snaggletooth will be looking like the jack o lantern we will carve next month :)

Happy 30th Stace!

Grey orchestrated a flawless surprise for Stacey's 30th bd. Lucy, of course, started screamed incessantly when the 20 people shoved in the living room yelled "SURPRISE!" It's not a party anymore if a baby's not crying!!