Moving and Grooving!

Finn took her first steps on the very same day as her 10 month birthday. These steps were lucky feet firmly planted on the ground. Up and down she went. Days passed, no steps. Well things have changed.
She's figured out how to get up without support and take off. She's here, there, and everywhere now. We've also determined that "Child Proofing" a house is a misnomer, as the child tries to get into, tangle herself up in, and explore the unknown.
On a side note: A business opportunity up for the taking-baby helmets. Baby Helmets, for the active baby with a risk-taking personality. The baby head sure takes a knocking!

Family Fun

We had some family fun last week. New York came to Maine, and lots of fun was had. Visits to Range Pond, Bradbury Mountain, and Mackworth Island. Fun wasn't had by all: a couple of Maine's finest ocean bugs (lobsters) bit the dust--and were covered in butter!

Walk On

This one's self-explanatory. WOW! or wow. Depending on how you see the milestone.

Mainely Maine

Finn took full advantage of all the wonders Maine has to offer. She started her trip by heading to the coast, to lovely North Haven. Then, she headed north on Rte. 1, seeing some coastal towns like Camden and Rockport and wound up in Bangor at her grandparents' house. A short stay there -with some tractoring in between- led her to hit Millinock, home to -of course- Mt. Katahdin and the Pelletier Logging Company. Pelletier has a show based on its logging operations on the Discovery Channel. They travel up and down the Golden Road, which we did too to get to our morning coffee, from Maine and their operations up to Canada.
At Mt. Katahdin, we hiked various trails that were on or near the Appalachian Trail. We didn't see any moose but did scout some geese, a fox, and some massive dung-perhaps from a moose or a bear. She also ate at the restaurant opened by the Pelletier family that will be featured on the third season of the show, which starts filming in the fall.
Oh, how can we forget?! The camp we stayed at suffered serious damage within hours of our arrival: the gas grill set aflame and lost all its plastic accessories. And two Newfoundlands came to visit -from I don't know where- and knocked down and destroyed a hand railing. I seriously considered telling the owner we knocked it down by simply holding it (there was lots of rot) because that tale makes sense. But I told him what happened: truth stranger than fiction.
Next we hit Bangor again and saw Paul Bunyan -pretty big fella. She wrapped up her trip to see Katie Coleman in wonderful Bucksport and had brunch in Ellsworth, a really fun town with great breakfast!
Lots of swimming took place and Finn got her first ever boat ride.

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Finn had the pleasure to see some of nature's most wildest creatures in action. Take for example this spider here. This spider, although it appears to be alive, is actually the living dead. This is what a twice killed spider looks like, when it arrives straight out of hell after being put to death by an angry mob.
This spider is evil. This spider should not be alive. However it is. Here it is. Don't close your eyes, it sees you. A million times.