Baptism

Last weekend we headed to Connecticut for Anna's Baptism. After a stormy and hot start to the weekend the skies cleared for a beautiful day. At St. Catherine of Siena Church Msgr. Shea baptized Anna in a wonderful ceremony. Thank you Nancy and Ed for opening your home for all our friends and family. Aunt Jenny and Uncle Joey will make great godparents!

Three Months Already

Anna turned three months old on September 3. She is smiling all the time. Anna is already a chatterbox. We are in trouble when she really starts talking!

Labor Day

My Mom, Rowdy and the kids visited for the holiday weekend. On Saturday we hung out at home. Then Anna, Marty and I visited Paul and Mary for picnic. Sunday we headed to the beach. Laura and Jack joined us on a beautiful day. The next day we went apple picking with Pat, Jenn, Anthony, Laura and all the kids. It was opening weekend and the apples were delicious! Beach photos to come soon...

Odiorne

Laura, Monique and I took the kids to Odiorne State Park. We took a walk along the trails, hit the park and enjoyed the tide pools. Jack and Ella had a lot of fun skipping rocks. Anna, Luke and Cyrus looked on from their carriers.

The Berkshires

Anna is becoming a great car traveler. This weekend we visited The Berkshires. Our first stop on Friday was in Pittsfield to meet Great-Grandma Sewell. Anna really enjoyed playing peek-a-boo. That evening we stopped at Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa Reads. We wanted to take a walk around the farm but the rain prevented us. On Saturday morning Anna met Great-Grandma Bernasconi and Aunt Jane. We had a lovely breakfast and a very nice visit. We then headed to Otis to visit friends at Camp Overflow. Marty got to water ski while Anna spent time with her friend Brooke. Thank you Jeff, Carol and Jack for inviting us.

White Lake

Finally we had a sunny day and Laura invited Anna and I to White Lake. It was Anna's first trip to the White Mountains, just an hour drive from home. The lake was very pretty with the mountains in the background. I think the largest one is Mount Washington. We had a lot of fun watching Jack and Luke splash in lake. Anna loves to watch Jack and Jack loves to be watched by Anna. Could it be a match made in heaven?

Celebrate Maine

Anna hamming it up for Daddy

Ella on Cupcake

Cyrus driving his "jeep"

Anna joined friends Ella and Cyrus for an outing to the Celebrate Maine Festival. The fair had good food and lots of fun things for kids to do. Anna slept through most of the outing, waking at the end.