Life With Libby: January 2011

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Happy Half Birthday Libby!

Libby is 6 months old! It seems like every month is more and more fun with her. She's so playful right now and into everything! She is a champ at sitting up and doesn't wobble at all, although she is not ok with sitting still and playing anymore- she's wanting to crawl so badly and is almost there! At six months, she's eating solid food a few times a day- mostly cereal, apples and sweet potatoes- yummy! She has learned to sit up by herself from laying down- we discovered this this past weekend when we found her sitting up in her crib after her nap- immediately lowered her crib! She's sleeping pretty well now- still up once a night. She loves her little walker car and is so fast scooting herself around in it. At her 6 month check up, her stats were:
Height- 26 inches (75%)
Weight- 15 pounds (45%)
Head- still small (25%)
Hair Length- 150% :)

Yummmmmmy! She makes the cutest noise when she's eating- I think she's saying "ummmm"!

Nap time with Daddy!

She got herself into the pantry and found the fun plastic cups!

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

The Snow of 2011 hit Sunday night and gave us something beautiful to wake up to on Monday morning (not to mention an extra day off work). Charlotte completely shut down of course and Libby's school was cancelled for 3 days (and counting). We played all day on Monday and enjoyed our time off together hanging out by the fire, drinking hot chocolate and making s'mores. We took Libby out in the snow for about 10 minutes and she was happy as a little penguin!

Buff enjoyed the snow too!

Libby's first snow angel- she didn't know what to do, she was frozen laying on the ground giggling.

She just sat here like she was stuck to the ground- she didn't mind it at all!

Monday, January 3, 2011

Champagne and Baby Monitors!

WOW how things change. We spent a wonderful night with Chris and Rikki Miller and their beautiful girls, Caden (2) and Berkley (6 mo). We let the girls play a little and had them all in bed by 9. Then we ate dinner and tried to keep our eyes open. If Josh had let me, I would have been in bed at 9, but I'm so glad to have spent the time ringing in 2011 with such dear friends.

3 baby monitors and 4 glasses of Champagne- I'm glad we've learned to create some balance in our lives..

So cute together- they were trying to hold each other's hand.

Um.... what are we supposed to do now?

Big Sis Caden joined the little ones for a picture!

Libby's First Christmas!

What a wonderful first Christmas we had with Libby! She was sick and so were her parents, but we still enjoyed sharing the day with her and her family. The Texas crew wasn't able to make it, but she did get to spend the holiday with both sets of grandparents and her Aunt Laura and Uncle Clay. It was also the first white Christmas in something like 45 years in Charlotte- I think Libby was the lucky charm :).

Libby really enjoyed spending all day Christmas Eve with her parents and grandparents cooking and getting the house all ready for Christmas Eve dinner. We were joined at dinner by Eric and Amy Norris who weren't able to make it home to New Hampshire in the snow storm. Clay's friend Zach Boylston also joined us- what a lovely night with yummy food!