Late Fall

Helping Daddy rake leaves :)



Lucy's first time on the swings - she loved it!

Halloween Pictures

Getting ready to trick or treat - Kate had a lot of fun on Halloween this year, although I've decided she can't really be my child, since after about an hour, she said "I have enough candy now. Let's go home."

Trick or treating with Andrew


Lucy (AKA a chicken with a bib)






Halloween parade at Kate's school

And somehow it's almost Halloween...

I've been really bad about posting pictures here. To be honest, I have no idea how it is already mid-October. All I know for sure is that I currently drink about 5 cups of coffee a day and we are all alive and doing reasonably well :) These first couple pictures are from Labor Day, when we had a picnic lunch up at Pinecrest Park.


Here's Lucy crawling. She started scooting at about 4 months old and full-fledged crawling at 5 1/2 months old, which is quite a bit earlier than Kate crawled. I really need to start baby-proofing. For example, I caught her yesterday about to put her wet hand into the electric socket. She's also fond of pushing the buttons on the TV and DVD player and pushing the lever down on the heat and A/C register. Plus, she's quick. I think her speeding around the room looks particularly funny because she's still so small - still in size 1 diapers!

Poor Sadie can't get a break either...

Checking to see if I'm watching her...

In early October, we went to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware with some friends. The weather was gorgeous and Kate had so much fun walking on the beach and collecting seashells.

Some More Summer Pictures

Lucy's almost 5 months old now and moving around like crazy using a mixture of rolling and a crazy-looking army crawl. I'm afraid she's going to be crawling any day now..





Kate's preschool was closed for a week in August. Paul stayed home with her and they had a great time being "tourists" in DC - they went to the National Zoo, the National History Museum, swimming and to a splash playground in Germantown.





Kate and I went to get our nails done. She really enjoyed the spa day :)

And suddenly it's July...

I'm beginning to understand why people say they have no pictures of their second children. I'm now back at work and I consider a successful day one where everyone has been bathed and fed (even if being fed means being given dinosaur chicken nuggets.) :) But we're doing okay, and as Paul said "I figure things will get easier in about two years..."



Lucy blowing bubbles. She almost always has this wide-eyed "just drank 3 Red Bulls" look :)



Grandma Marsiglia came to visit for two weeks when Lucy was first born and then for two more weeks when I first went back to work. I think we all wish she could have stayed at our house forever!

Lucy Elizabeth

Lucy Elizabeth was born on Friday, April 2. She weighed 7 lbs, 1.5 ounces and was 21 inches long.







Proud big sister Kate the day Lucy came home (Easter Sunday)