Monday, November 21, 2011

A Little Girl

I think I'm (almost, actually never) ready to acknowledge that Libby is no longer a baby. It took be about 6 months when I stopped calling her a newborn, and now at 16 months, I think its time for me to say she is a toddler. Afterall, she has been walking for 6 months now and "toddling" was ages ago!

She likes to read books on her own and climb up in her chair to read them. She even likes to turn on her music and dance.

She LOVES doggies! She knows Buffet (buba) and Gracie (gacie) by name and is so excited to see them and play with them. Gracie is especially wonderful with her and lets her climb all over her, tug at her ears give her hugs and kisses.


Libby loves to hide now and is really good at it! She'll run away and be totally quiet until we find her and giggles so excitedly- that's how I finally got this smiling picture- I had to surprise her while she was hiding!


Libby has been sleeping with a crib tent for a few months now- she's such a climber and started her attempts around 10 months, so we didn't want to take any chances.


If she takes a good nap, she wakes up and plays in her crib now - how adorable when she first wakes up!


Libby in her toddler class- they sit down at this table and have breakfast together every morning. She's not sad at all when I leave she just waves and says "bye". This day, Libby was late, so her friends decided to help feed her since she had missed group breakfast.


A sweet kiss from Margo!




This was picture day and exactly the face she made in all of her school pictures - nice!

Buzzzzz....

Libby was our precious little bumble bee for Halloween! We worked on learning "buzz" for weeks before. She had a great time - we took her trick-or-treating the Sunday before at Cici and Chief's house and to a few of their neighbors - she definitely got the hang of it was a pro by the time Halloween rolled around. We took her to the "trunk-or-treat" at her school, where parents gave candy out at their cars. She was into the candy, but really into running around and all of the doggies that were there.






















Thursday, November 3, 2011

Libby's First Tailgate!

We went to Blacksburg for Homecoming and Libby got to see her grandparents and Aunt Laura and go to her first tailgate! She loved watching the parade - she danced with the band and clapped with the cheerleaders. I took her home for a nap during the game- I think Lane stadium is a bit much for this wild girl! Mom and Dad also got a night out with Jill, Kristen, Brian, and Uncle Allen and Aunt Callie! I thought I could handle a Rail like in college, but I was wrong - the rail won and Josh has vowed we are too old for TOTS - boo!





Libby loved playing on the pool table with Doc!


Kodak Moment!


The guys at TOTS!


Callie and Allen enjoying the game!


Jill, Kristen, me and Callie - first quarter of the game- oops!




Libby's Daddy bought her a VT football!


She was very intrigued by the beer :)



She preferred this seat to her own!


Trying out her tailgate chair.


Ready to tailgate...


Libby's first parade- an enormous success!


GO HOKIES!!!!

Monday, October 31, 2011

21 Pounds!!!!!!!!!

That's it- I'm just excited that she gained weight. Libby must have had a growth spurt and at almost 16 months, has hit 21 pounds! Go Libby!!!!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

15 Months!

A little late on this one, but Libby is 15 Months! Months 12-14 were monopolized by her 4 molars intruding- which she did not handle very well, but at 15 months, we're back to fun fun Libby and a happy girl! She now has so many teeth that I think she's ready for her first petit fillet - do they serve a 2 oz.?

15 Month Stats:
19 lbs. 10 oz- 10%
31 inches- 50%
451/2 cm head - 50%

REALLY - not yet 20 pounds? So Libby is technically still supposed to be sitting backwards in the car - at 15 months? She's a peanut!

At 15 Months:
- Libby is talking a lot! She says: ball, bubba, momma, dada, bow, poo, mil (milk), wawa (water), no, all done, more, all gone, up, airplane, baby, book, night-night, bye-bye, hi. She is also getting better at saying names of her family and friends.
- She loves animal toys and pictures and we are always working on animal noises. She can say: woof, meow, oink, moo, quack, baaa, roar, ssss for a snake, hahaha for a hyena, waddle waddle for a penguin, makes a kissy face for a fish, scratches like a monkey and blows her arm up like an elephant trunk. Love it!
- She knows lots of body parts - toes, nose, eyes, belly button. She even scrubs her own belly in the bath and she really likes to wash her hands.
- She eats all kinds of foods, but her favorites are: all berries, bananas, scrambled eggs, edamame, mac and cheese (only the Stouffers kind), hot dogs, cheese, yogurt and of course... mini muffins.
- When she's tired, she's tired. No more rocking or extended story time, she just wants to get in her crib.
- Still hates being in the car seat and stroller- no being contained for this girl!
- She thinks its so funny when: we sneeze and imitates it, she likes to play like Buffet is chasing her and laughs hysterically, she likes to chase us around the house and cut us off at the pass.



She likes to climb on everything!

Libby had our friend Ella come over to play and watch the VT game! Ella is a year older than Libby and such a sweet girl. Libby had a little sharing problem that night- makes me worry a bit, but she got better by the end of the night! Ella was such a big girl compared to Libby - I can't believe how much they change in a year.


Libby got a new toy- a cozi cube! She's getting the hang of moving her feet to move her along, but isn't quite loving it yet. She wants to get inside, but then gets frustrated when her feet get stuck underneath the car!


I think this is where the 10th percentile comes from - just like her Daddy, she's conserving weight in those little legs :)



Libby's babysitter Sarah took this picture and got Libby to say cheese! We have a hard time getting her to even look at the camera!

Monday, October 10, 2011

Pumpkin Patch!

We had a fantastic time with Stacie, Brett and Everley and Ashley, Jay and Mara at Hunter Farm this weekend! We picked out pumpkins, went on a hay ride and went to their petting zoo. It was so much fun, I think we're going again this coming weekend! Quite a different experience than last year, when all we did was prop the girls up between pumpkins for a picture. This year, they were climbing on pumpkins, making animal noises at the petting zoo and running around the farm. So much fun!



All the girls with their girls :)


We couldn't get them all to look at once, but this is the closest! Everley, Libby and Mara.


Playing on the tractor...


Looking at the animals with Dada- we saw goats, pigs, sheet, horses, cows and ducks!


Enjoying the hay ride!


Libby did so well sitting on the hay during the ride.


Momma- lets go get our pumpkin!


Hi Everley, give me a kiss!


Where to start...


Let's go in here!



Monday, October 3, 2011

Hissy Fit...

Its definitely started :( We just let her lay on the floor until she was finished this morning. I'm hoping this isn't an everyday thing!


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