Apple Orchard

We visited our first apple orchard with Maeve yesterday. It was a very un-fall like day with the temperature at 80 degrees, but Mom loves that weather so we made sure to get out and enjoy one of the last few "nice" days! Maeve was a little tired for the pictures since it was right after a short cat nap but enjoyed exploring new textures likes grass and hay. We bought some apples, apple pie, and apple cider so we should be all set for a little while!

Enjoy the pictures!

Crazy Hair

People keep commenting on the crazy hair. I think Maeve gets it from her momma!

Videos from the weekend

Here is a video from swim lesson today and Maeve walking with her walker. She's so proud of herself as you can see with her smiles.

10 Months

Maeve outgrew the photo prop. She won't lie down on the rug next to her frame like she used to. Imagine that!! We'll try again tomorrow when dad's home.

1st Swim Lesson

Maeve had her 1st swim lesson today! She is in the Baby Backfloat 1 class. She enjoyed singing songs and splashing in the water. She didn't enjoy getting dunked in the water so we'll try that again next week!

Labor Day trip

We're back home from our trip! We had such a great time. The last few days we explored more of Portland and Kennebunkport, Maine and stayed overnight in Portsmouth, NE before departing this afternoon.

Maeve's favorite things to do on the trip: wave "hi" and "bye" to everyone, make silly noises like she is at a rock concert, take short cat naps so she doesn't miss any activities, eat grilled cheese, play with straws, and drink from her sippy cup. It was fun to spend 6 days with her and see her personality come out even more on the trip. She was a great traveler and we're looking forward to many more trips in the future.

We really enjoyed Portland and Kennebunkport the most. We loved our dinner at Street & Co. in Portland and Alisson's in Kennebunkport. Clams, mussels, and lobster were delicious. Eric loved seeing the Bush complex in Kennebunkport and even spotted Barbara Bush out walking her dogs. See the last picture for the proof.

Thanks New England! We had a great time.

Portland Maine

We've had so much fun the last few days that we haven't found the time to post!  All is well here in New England - We spent the last 48 hours in Lebanon, New Hampshire.  From here we visited Burlington, Vermont (90 minute drive from our hotel) and we explored Waterfront Park where we walked down the path and got to see some beautiful sail boats.  For lunch we went to American Flatbread and got some delicious pizza.  We intentionally got a small pizza because then we headed to Ben & Jerry's factory in Waterbury, Vermont where we did the factory tour and sampled delicious ice cream.  In fact, we sampled so much that our stomach's ached after we left!  (Thats a good thing if you ask me :)) We rounded out our day by going to the Simon Pearce Glassblowing factory.  We got to see them making some beautiful wine glasses here in the 2,500 degree oven.  We were tempted to purchase a Christmas tree, but realized they were pretty spendy!

Friday morning we went to explore the Dartmouth campus where Maeve can officially begin her Ivy League college tour.  We also drove to Windsor, Vermont where we got to drive through one of the longest covered bridges in all of New England!  What a spectacular scene.  Then we packed up and drove the 2.5 hours from Lebanon, New Hampshire to Portland, Maine where we are staying the next 2 nights.  This afternoon we got to meet up with Kate's cousin Elizabeth and her husband Stephen in Portland as they were on their way to Northern Maine for the long weekend.  We enjoyed some delicious mussels and a couple of pints right on the waterfront!  What a beautiful afternoon!  For dinner Kate and I ate at a delicious seafood restaurant called Street & Co.  The only seating was outside and by now it had cooled down quite a bit, but we wanted to eat here based on the reviews so we braved it outside.  The food was incredible and it was tucked back in off a nice alley, although the dinner required Eric to walk Maeve up and down the street every so often while Mom could enjoy her delicious clams!

Tomorrow we plan to meet up with Eric's boss who lives in Portland, visit the Head Light Lighthouse and watch the Irish march on to victory versus Rice.

Everything has been great, including our 9 month old daughter!  We've logged over 600 miles on our rental car since Wednesday afternoon and we still have more to go!

Rumor has it from Elizabeth that the Bushes are in town at Kennebunkport this weekend, so maybe we will be lucky enough to cross paths :)

Enjoy the pics!