Upside Down Girl

Here's another pic from vacation. Layla just LOVES to be tossed upside down. We're pretty sure she's gonna love roller coasters.

A Few More....

Despite all of the rain across New England the last two weeks, we had surprisingly decent weather. Chris got to golf most days and Layla even had her first dip in the kiddy pool.

































Layla finally grew enough hair to sport her first (very mini) faux-hawk.


















On the way from the camp to the cabin we stopped at Pat's Pizza in Orono. We happened to run into Chris's mother's good friend, Billie, and her son Ward....small world since Billie now lives in Maryland (I think).

Vacation Summary

Our family vacation to Maine was full of lots of firsts for Layla.





Layla's first time north of Portland. She was such a great car rider!












Layla's first time at Mimi and Bumpa's camp in Sinclair, ME. Did you even know there was anything north of Caribou?!
















First time at the Acadian Festival, in Madawaska.
First moose, too!



















Here she is swinging at the park during the festival, before the rain hit.

























First missed campfire, complete with s'mores. Our friends Joe and Natalie came up for the weekend with their kids, Mia and Owen. We had a blast, but Layla slept through the boat ride and the marshmallows.










Layla playing with her buddy, Owen.

















After a week in the County, we headed south to Grampa's cabin in Stockton Springs.

Here, Layla plays with Bella for the first time. Layla LOVED all the kisses that Bella gave her.

Grampa was kind enough to let us drill a hole in one of the beams on his porch so that we could rig up Layla's bouncer. First time bouncing outside. Score!




Layla enjoys more kisses from Bella and Grandpa.




















Here's Layla enjoying her first walk along the river in Bucksport, with the beautiful new Penobscot Narrows Bridge in the background.












We also enjoyed a visit from Aunt Jen and cousins Katie and Jake....the first time they'd seen Layla since she was one week old! We celebrated the 4th with them a day early, since they were occupied on Saturday cheering on Dana at the Jonesport-Beals lobster boat races.

Katie

Jen



Jake















During our time at the cabin, we were able to visit Chris's maternal grandfather, who is living at the Maine Veterans' Home after a nasty fall and head injury last fall. He is a bit confused some of the time, but we were able to have two nice visits and we're happy to have some pictures of Layla with her great grandfather.

Home Sweet Home!

We made it home from Maine at about noon today. Lots of pics to follow soon!

Rainy Day

We had to stay inside today because of the weather. Layla passed some of the time by playing under her gym. A better videographer would have held the camera the other way.

Bathing Suit

Layla had to try on her cute swim suit this morning. I'm not sure if we'll need it on vacation, but we wanted to be prepared. I took an adorable video of her wearing it, and if I can figure out how to get the video off of my phone, then I'll post that, too.

Vacation Fun

Layla tried out two new things today. 1) The stroller in the pic is sort of new. It's the same stroller that her infant car seat snaps into, but today I tried it with the regular seat. She loved it! 2) Shoes! We got a walker for Layla to use out in the yard, so it was time to start wearing shoes.