We've had some exciting weeks around here! The last weekend in July, Grandma Meg, Grandpa Jeff and Great Grandma Lucy came to visit. They arrived on Friday and were nice enough to stay with Greta (she didn't notice, of course, because she slept through the whole thing...yay!), so that we could go out to dinner - Bar Lola did not disappoint! Saturday morning we reconvened to get ready for a day downtown. And something verrrry exciting happened...Greta crawled for the first time! Her first real, hands-n-knees crawl...and she just went along like nothing new was happening. "Pshaa, this? I could do this the whole time...I just didn't want to." She also amused everyone constantly with her non-stop clapping - literally everything she did resulted in her stopping, clapping, and staring you down until you clapped along with her. This girl loves to celebrate. And, of course, we all clap right along, so who's in charge here?
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| G and Grandpa Jeff relaxing. |
We had some lovely meals, as usual - brunch at Local 188, followed by dinner at The Porthole. Sunday we went to breakfast at The Good Table and took a drive through Cape Elizabeth...it was pretty rainy, so we didn't do much walking around, but did stop at Bug Light Park to admire the Portland Breakwater Light. We ended Sunday with dinner at Buck's Naked BBQ, which was delicious as expected (even though they ran out of ribs---what??!)
Last weekend, Grandma Jeanne and Grandpa Marty came to visit! Saturday we walked downtown and headed straight to The Little Tap House for brunch - it was really good - someone even enjoyed an omelet with a cheeseburger inside. It's important to note that Greta had the waiter, waitress and bartender clapping for her. We walked around for awhile and hung out at the little park over by the international ferry terminal, where Greta got to pull lots of grass out of the ground and attempt to eat it. From there, it was time for wine - we tried out the new wine bar downtown, MJ's. We headed back home and had a BBQ at the house for dinner.
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| Mmmm, grass... |
Sunday we went to Smiling Hill Farm to use our LivingSocial deal, which included tokens to feed the animals at the petting zoo. It was a gorgeous, sunny day, so it was a lot of fun to just walk around and check out the crazy animals they have there. Greta wasn't nearly as amused as we had hoped, but I think she had a good time. She especially enjoyed the John Deer-a-saurus, which is a crazy ride-on dinosaur made from old John Deere tractor parts. We can definitely see her loving this place when she is a little older. Especially the homemade ice cream, which we all tried...yum. We headed to the Lobster Shack at Two Lights afterward for lunch. As usual, the wait to order was quite long, but with the great weather and the amazing view, it wasn't so bad. And we lucked out with perfect timing because it started to pour shortly after we got back in the car. We headed home afterward where Greta tried her hand at assisted walking and pulling up on anything she could get her hands on, giggling at herself the whole time. She really is just so funny and has the best sense of humor (maybe we're biased.) After she went to bed, it cleared up just in time for another at-home BBQ. After dinner, Grandma and Grandpa stayed with Greta for us, so we could go grab a drink at Zapoteca :)
Well, needless to say, we had a blast with our visitors these last couple of weekends! We can't wait to see you all again next month for the big PAR-TAY!!
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| These motion pictures are hysterical. |
Since last weekend, Greta has continued to experiment with standing up next to anything and everything...she loves dancing and doing the fancy one-handed hold on. She's still getting the hang of sitting back down and will gingerly try to touch the floor while still holding onto whatever she was standing against and can't quite get there, so sometimes she gets a little frustrated, but she's getting better everyday. It's really amazing how quickly she has picked on all of this. We even broke down and got a gate for one doorway in the living room. Baby-proofing is in full swing! Here are just a few more random pictures because we just can't get enough (and admittedly did a terrible job of documenting our time with our visitors).
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| Daddy and G at the Sea Dogs game. |
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| You have a little something riiiight here... |
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| Who's back there? |
