Lucy reads, reads and then reads some more. Afternoons are filled with her bringing books to us, asking us to read them to her. She can spend an hour pulling books out of her bookshelf and flipping through them by herself. She reads to herself (and laughs) in the car. It's no secret that Eric and I are both readers ourselves, but this here is more than I would ever have thought possible. Let's hope she keeps it up.
Her bookshelf in the beginnings of a reading marathon. She ends up sitting on a pretty big pile of books by the end.
Lucy and Daddy sharing a book before bedtime.
Lucy reading in her swing. Yes, this is the baby swing she would NOT use as an infant (though I tried regularly). Now that she's well past the weight limit but able to climb in and out herself, she loves it.
Lucy sharing a book with Aunt Grace. Everyone's a sucker when you're a cute one-year-old!
Some of her other reading pleasures are the newspaper ...
... and sudoku. As long as it has pages, she's in.
Oh yeah, can I mention she just learned to work the remote too? Note, however, while she watches TV she's still got a book to read during the commercials. That's my girl!
Lucy and I took Shorty to the Bangor city forest, a treat for everyone. Shorty has a ball in the woods (though firmly attached to her leash) and Lucy loves watching Shorty run, especially with her new red coat. 
I know the winter reality of December is coming soon, but it's hard to believe it now.
It's no longer enough to just have a gate at the bottom of the stairs at Grandma's house. Lucy figured out she could squeeze through the two bars on the bottom step, therefore bypassing that pesky gate to make a run at the stairs. Note the new addition of the bungee cords.
Happy Halloween 2009! This was Lucy's 2nd Halloween (but the first of which I have subjected her to a costume) and she dressed up as a clown. This is the same costume I wore on Halloween when I was 1, 30 years later. Grandma kept the costume in great shape, and even sewed a few new pom poms on for us.
Lucy also had a chance to play with her cousin Lennon at Mammy's work. We just happened to show up at the same time. Lennon was a lion but his costume was way too hot so he was only dressed in his Halloween thermals. The only unfortunate part of visiting? Mammy only had one ball to play with.
We were only half kidding.
Her bookshelf in the beginnings of a reading marathon. She ends up sitting on a pretty big pile of books by the end.
Lucy and Daddy sharing a book before bedtime.
Lucy reading in her swing. Yes, this is the baby swing she would NOT use as an infant (though I tried regularly). Now that she's well past the weight limit but able to climb in and out herself, she loves it.
Lucy sharing a book with Aunt Grace. Everyone's a sucker when you're a cute one-year-old!
Some of her other reading pleasures are the newspaper ...
... and sudoku. As long as it has pages, she's in.
Oh yeah, can I mention she just learned to work the remote too? Note, however, while she watches TV she's still got a book to read during the commercials. That's my girl!
