As a gift for Trapper on Father’s Day, I tried to pose the three girls together for a picture for his office. We tried and tried to get everyone (mainly Lucy) to look at the camera, and this was our best result. The girl just doesn’t like to sit still. 
But it’s a great example of each of their personalities right now: Hannah posed and ready, Lucy in your face and crazy, and June looking around, most likely asking, “What am I getting into here?”
Summer 2009
We took our first trip out as a family of five to our favorite diner for breakfast this morning. We did pretty well, but we’ll have to figure out a new plan when June no longer fits on the floor under the booth in her carseat.
The girls are having a nice, albeit wet, beginning to the summer. I can’t tell yet whether Boston is truly more mild in the summer than Chicago, or if we’ve just had some uncharacteristic storms. Hannah finished preschool last week. She really enjoyed her time in the “Monkey Room” and made some good friends. She’ll be going back to the same school next year. She has spent the past two days combing her hair constantly with a comb she won at Chuck E. Cheese. She also has an odd habit of narrating her life in the third person. For example, when Trapper set her plate down in front of her last night, she said, “At last, it was time for Hannah’s dinner.” Not sure what that’s about.
Lucy is her same crazy self these days – and she’s excited that her birthday is coming this week. Or as she calls it, “BerDAY!” when she’ll be “TWO!” (said while holding up one finger). She is talking more and more each day – although I’m usually the only one who understands what she is saying. We’re hoping for some nice weather so we can go to the beach for a birthday celebration.
June is getting CHUBBY which is so fun to see. She’s been smiling at us more and more, and watches us from her perch in the bouncer on the counter. This is the only place we can put her without Lucy endangering her eyesight with “pokes”. She continues to be a good baby, which we are so thankful for.
Today we celebrate our awesome Daddy who does silly dances and takes us to the park while sneaking us donuts and smoothies. He works super hard, but plays hard too. Which is something Mom hopes we learn from him.
We also wish Happy Father’s Day to Grandpa McNulty and Gramps in Alaska! Hope it’s a fun one!
We put the finishing touches on the nursery this morning. While we had pretty much everything we needed, we still had to find it all, clean it all, and put it all together. Plus, we had never really decorated this room since we found out we were pregnant not long after we moved here. I made the paper mobile and wall decorations – a project I had been meaning to do for a long time.
We were all ready to have Hannah’s birthday on Saturday, but she was sick! We’re still unsure what the problem was exactly- may have just been nerves and excitement- but since Lucy had had the stomach bug last week, we cancelled the party. We were able to reschedule today and she had a great time. She was very excited to wear her “rose dress”, have princess balloons, and chocolate cake. All three requests were filled. We’re so lucky to have a nice group of friends and neighbors here in Boston to help us celebrate these moments.
