We're Gonna Make It After All...

Well, I think I figured out how to get Lucy through a 5 hour plane trip. The girl is ADDICTED to stickers. So, I'm going to buy a blank note pad and about 10 packages of stickers. I don't care what she sticks them on. With a pen to draw on them and lots of space to practice "sticking," I think we're on to something. She's playing with Tigger and Pooh stickers right now and my fussy toddler has been transformed into a very complacent and reasonable child. Now I just need to teach her that Maple does not eat stickers. Or crayons. Or trial size packets of Tide. Or George Orwell books.

Lucy & True Sportsmanship.

Lucy & I (Andrew) went to the Mt. Ridge HS track today. It's brand new, rubberized and astroturfed (sp?). They haven't paved the parking lot yet so we had to do a little "off roading" in the jogger to get there, but after you look at the adorable pictures below, you tell me if it was worth getting a little mud on the tires...

Lucy steps out on the rubber with her head held high for the first time that evening

Lucy stretching before the races begin

Lucy showing her "game face" to the photographers & crowd

She's not smiling folks, she's stretching really hard!Lucy runs around the corner of the track and collapses exhaustedly on her dad's knee

Next, there was the football! Er, maybe cheerleading eventually. Regardless, she was on the field squishing her cute little toes into the turf!

Let's go boys, I'm ready for the gridiron

Stretching those strong legs & eyeing up the competition across the field

Warming up in the 3-point (maybe 4-point) stance


I'm open! Throw it here! You know you cannot resist my beautiful sun-kissed red hair!Thanks coach. Great game.

I had SO much fun with her tonight. We're going to do that again soon. It was a MAJOR disconnect mid-week from my otherwise hectic day at the office. Maple is well by the way! Laura told me she's only posted like 1 picture & she feels guilty, but it's all good!!! She's just a cute puppy. We've all seen those before! Hope you all enjoyed the photos of tonight's track meet & football game as much as I enjoyed taking them & coaching!

A teeny, tiny brag.

Andrew and I got our credit scores a few days ago and they're both in the "excellent" range! This really thrills me, because after all of the house hunting and credit checks we now have behind us, I was really worried that they would take a hit.
Now I just have to get money to grow on trees and I'll be set!

Maple

Quick Update

• We got a puppy! She's 8 weeks old, her name is Maple and she's very cute. I will post pictures later. She's a Saint Bernard/Cattle Dog/Akita mix.
  
• Lucy is still teething and it's incredibly gross.
  
• I am feeling much better and I will survive.
  
• Our trip home was very nice. We had a date and saw The Dark Knight, we had lunch with Josh and M, Andrew saw Monster Trucks, I went to the Outlets and we celebrated Grandma's Bday!
  
• Lucy slept til 8am this morning and it was positively blissful. Not only that, but she went down for a nap at 9:45 and is still sleeping 2 hours later.
  
• I have a TON of pics to upload, but my Mac is still missing the power cord. Lucy and I are going to get out for a walk this afternoon and we'll swing by Brian's office to see if he can help us. Hopefully!