Dear Libby....

I love you so much, you are too adorable these days doing all sorts of fun new things...

Brushing your teeth

Such a long pony!

Watching cartoons in the morning with the doggies.

Eating your cheerios in your chair.

Drinking milk! That's right, no more bottles!

You eat yogurt before bed at night to fill up your belly :)

We decided Fridays are college gear day at school for you, so you alternate - Longhorns, Hokies and Wolf Pack!

You dance with Momma every night and you love this silly time!

Dressed up in my dress from when I was a little girl!

She's only worn this once, but too cute!

She eats Bananas - entire bananas. Of course they gross me out, but I'm working on my tolerance :)

VT Girls Weekend!

We have been talking about it for years, and this year finally got ourselves organized enough to have a girls weekend and reunion with some VT friends! We spent Labor Day weekend in Wrightsville beach in a precious house! We ate and drank and stayed on the beach until the sun went down- a fabulous weekend and the first of many to come!

The ladies! Beth, Barb, Jill, Callie, Lindsay, Kristen and Amie!

We sat on the beach each night until after the sun went down- what a treat!

Out on the town!

2 Mommies got a real break - sleeping in, not chasing babies on the beach and being a little irresponsible :)

This was supposed to be our pose for Lilly's blog - I'm guessing its not really what their PR team has in mind ;)

Re-creating of this group's picture from 8 years ago - not even sure I have a digital copy of the original!

.... but, here it is!

Treats from Lindsay- champagne, cupcakes and gifts from Lilly :)

Adorable house!

First Day of School!

Libby started in the Toddler class the week before Labor Day. She said goodbye to her baby room teachers and walked across the hall to the big girl class. She now has 11 kids in her class and she is the very youngest, as she will always be with her July birthday! She now takes one nap a day at school and sleeps on a MAT! I had a lot of scepticism about how that would go, but so far so good! She is also eating her meals at a little table with her friends and sitting in a chair. I get to see her sitting at the table every morning when I drop her off - its the cutest thing! Of course the other kids are all a little older and are more proficient with their spoons - Libby's bowl of oatmeal or grits usually ends up in her lap.

Mommy and Libby getting ready to leave for school.

Dada bought Libby new school shoes to start the year off right - pink Velcro New Balance!

Here's the official back-to-school picture! I see these happening in front of our door for years to come :)

Libby's On A Boat

I'm a little behind on the updates, so here goes! We celebrated Chief's birthday by taking the boat out on the lake. It was actually pretty chilly, so we couldn't get in the water, but we loved being on the water. It only took Libby a few minutes to get used to her life jacket and then she really enjoyed. She loved the wind in her hair and playing on the steering wheel. She loved seeing all the ducks and now says "quack quack" and claps her hand like a duck talking- adorable!

Taking in the views...

Look at me! Look at me!

I'm driving the boat!

Happy Birthday Chief!

Topsail Beach!

We had a wonderful trip to Topsail Beach last week! Thank goodness we didn't plan on going one week later, or we may not have made it in the wake of Hurricane Irene! My parents graciously moved their annual beach trip to Topsail instead of going to Hatteras to make the journey a little easier with Libby. She screamed almost the whole way there (with the pain of 3 molars), so we were thrilled that it wasn't a 7 hour trip.

Again, Libby LOVED the beach. She played her little heart out with her parents, grandparents, cousins Matthew and Sam, Aunts Leslie and Linda and Uncle Alex. A few highlights from the trip:

• Libby's cousins introduced her to marsh mellows - she loved them, but they were a sticky mess. I especially loved it when she would drop it, sand would stick and she would eat it again- gross!


• Libby gave lots of high-fives. She played in the ocean with her Dada and cousins and every time they jumped a big wave, she gave a round of high-fives


• Libby had a fantastic photo session with Doc (in red and navy swim suit below). She loved the attention and played into the paparazzi following her


• Libby got to sleep in the room with Bubbie and Doc and let Momma and Dada spend the night out with Mike and Leora, who happened to be there when we were


• Libby got to play with Ellie McAuliffe and share snack time/happy hour


• Libby did lots of singing and clapping - she showed off her dance moves when we played music for her during our mini dance party


• Libby showed us how she's learning to put things in buckets, stack toys and try to put lids on things- so proud!


• Josh and I got to relax on the beach thanks to lots of wonderful help, and Libby's family got to enjoy playing with her and enjoying lots of sweet moments.

Thanks Mom and Dad for a wonderful family vacation- already looking forward to next year!

Where did their clothes go? We learned that Ellie has actually learned to unzip her clothes- wow!

Mmmm... marsh mellow!

If you're happy and you know it clap your hands...

Dad, let's go over here...

High 5 to cousins Sam (12) and Matthew (15)

Popsicle time- felt good on her teeth, so she had 3 in a row :)

PJ time- look at that long hair!

Story time!

Bye-Bye beach, bye-bye Doc!