These feet are made for WALKING!

Our Libby is walking! ALL over the place! It is now a part of our lives, she doesn't crawl anymore. Life as we knew it is O.V.E.R. She took her first few steps and then within 48 hours she was like, "wait a minute, this is really cool" so here she goes! It is so funny to see it. She gets so excited and then starts to run a little bit, hands in the air and not watching where she's going. All of this combined has led to lots of mommy & daddy worrying but she's managing great. She is rarely falling while walking now, it's only when she runs and puts up her hands that she may run into the occasional wall or couch. She is becoming such a little lady, too.I mean, seriously. She has managed to turn one and then all of a sudden, it’s almost as if she’s saying, “Pardon me, but I’m a big girl now, thanks so much for the past year, but I think I’ve got it from here” – her independent streak is really apparent now. I love it but at the same time, she’s not a baby anymore! She is really into coloring on blank paper. Don’t worry, I saved her first “picture” and it is on the fridge, dated and all. She loves to eat the crayons. Also, she knows when I say “no” – she totally knows what it means. She’ll put one in her mouth, I say no and she takes it out. But then she does it all over again and again and again. Then, repeat. She is getting it though; not to mention once she finally stops putting it in her mouth and I continue to say no, she gives up, then walks over, picks up her baby doll, and stuffs the crayon in baby’s mouth. Then she pats the baby on the head and hugs her, then kisses her. HOW am I supposed to say anything about that? It makes me cry it is so sweet!!

We are still loving the pool. I had to take this picture the other day when she & I went swimming. She just looks SO big in it – sitting on the concrete, eating her puffs with her little swim shoes on. So pool time, now we have to sit in the baby pool with all the other little people. She walks around in circles and just looks at any other big girls that are in there. She loves other children who are just a little bigger than her!


Last night we went to the park and she made two new friends – she even sat on one side of the see-saw with a little 15 month old and they really started pumping their legs up and down. It was adorable! Swinging is still a fun activity that she loves at the park.





Life is good. No, life is great. I thank God daily for His blessings and for giving me such a sweet, sweet wonderful husband and baby girl!




This was taken a few weeks ago with my phone so it's very fuzzy, but I love it. They are taking a nap together! We love Saturday naps!!

She's ONE!

This was us walking on her ONE year birthday - we had balloons on her stroller for an entire week. I'm such a dork.

Crawling in the woodchips at the park!


Digging in the dirt, and the flowers. Oops.

Our little (BIG) girl has turned one. I can hardly believe it – honestly. This year has gone by incredibly fast and has been more than I ever dreamed it would be. Both Matt & I are stunned at how quickly our first year went by with our little monkey. It has been the BEST year ever and we are so very very blessed.

Libby is a mess these days. Full personality and such a sweet, sweet countenance. Some new things Libby does:

-says bye bye while waving with those teeny tiny hands
-points to the sky if you ask her where the sky is
-throws balls, but forgets to always let go so most of the time the ball goes behind her head but she “gets” the idea of what she should be doing
-walks around with her push toys nonstop
-plays in dirt, eats dirt, puts dirt in her hair, tries to put dirt in my mouth, eats dirt. Repeat.
-would rather crawl on the driveway than in the grass that we (Matt) diligently keeps beautiful for her.
-swings and laughs the whole time
-waves hello to people. Random strangers, us, anyone close enough to “speak” to, they’ll get a wave from Libby
-loves the pool. We splish splash and go to the pool at least three times a week. She is a huge fan of the water! Swimming lessons soon.
-opens any and all doors. Anywhere. And wants to see what’s inside the cabinets.
-pats me on the back as if to say “Hey Mom, you’re pretty cool”
-eats a little bit of everything. Seriously – she is a big eater. It’s more difficult to feed her because she wants big people foods – she’s over pureed, that’s for BABIES! Feeds herself, that’s the only way to really eat after all.
-gives you five on command.
-her words include: Mama (MaaaMaaaa), Daddy (Daadaaaadaa), Soccer ball (SaaaCa, SaaaCa), Five (fiiiive in a whispered voice), Bye-Bye (BaaayeeBaaayee)
-seriously gets so excited when she sees the soccer ball. Squeals with excitement and jumps up and down. Next Mia Hamm on our hands??
-this is my favorite thing-I guess I always say things like: "where is it" or "where is your hat?" and hold my hands up as if to ask "where?" and she apparently has picked this up. So the other day I asked, "where is your bow?" and she held her hands exactly as I do, and just looked up at me and shrugged. I almost CRIED it was the sweetest thing!

Us at the pier on SSI - she was doing the "where is it?" with me.

I know I’m forgetting some Libby doings and Libby-isms, but you get the idea. Our baby has changed and grown so much in just one year. It’s truly amazing!

We had two birthday parties for her – one in Atlanta and one on SSI. Both were fun and full of lovely family and friends who all came to celebrate Libby’s birthday. Thank you to all for helping make her birthday ONE to remember. We love you all.