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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Soccer Superstar






Hello all! I'm sorry I haven't posted any pictures lately - we have been so busy!
Libby is quickly approaching her ten month birthday. I cannot believe it! She's getting so big!
Updates on what she's doing: crawling everywhere. House is childproofed but still, she manages to get into every single thing that she can! Our indoor plants have become her digging area. And she's quick, too. Turn your head for a second and she's gone! She's standing at times for a few seconds without holding onto anything. She claps - waves bye bye and for several days now has been saying "bye bye" at the appropriate times so we know she knows what she's saying. It is adorable. She doesn't say it, she pretty much screams it, BYE BYE! All the while waving fanatically. :)
She LOVES the soccer ball. Every evening we play outside with the ball and she squeals and claps and crawls around chasing it. Matt, as you can imagine, loves this. :) It's so cute!
She can also feed herself finger foods and drink her water our of a sippy cup. Watch out world!
She is eating SO MUCH these days. I make her baby food and she is loving it!
Our Little Libby is not so little anymore, and every single day gets better and better! She is an absolute joy!

Monday, April 20, 2009

Weekend Trip to Charleston

The three of us headed to Charleston this weekend. We had an absolute blast. One of the top favorite weekends I have EVER had! The weather was amazing, our hotel was lovely and in the middle of everything, and to be with my two favorite people in the world, for two whole days was nothing short of perfect! We got in late(ish) Friday, around 7 PM, and Libby was ready to rock and roll after sleeping the entire car ride, minus about one hour. So we changed and loaded up the stroller and hit the streets. Charleston is one of our favorite cities so we were so excited to show Libby around. We walked and went to Market street, then found a great place to have dinner for the night. Got up Saturday morning and Daddy had to go do some stuff for work, so Libby and I began our day around 7:30 AM. We got up, I got a decaf tea(I still have not had any caffeine since finding out I was prego, so great to have kicked that habit), and we hit the streets. It was absolutely gorgeous!! She and I walked that morning, looked at the shops, then went to the hotel and had our breakfast. Oatmeal, bananas, and some water. I'm not kidding when I say that she stops traffic! Everyone stopped to see her, and she smiled and laughed and just giggled that precious little giggle. :) Then it was naptime from 9:30 until 11ish. She was zonked out and I laid beside her and read my book. So much fun. After the turkey woke up we went out for another stroll and found a fun place to have lunch. She ate all of her food and tasted most of mine too! After our mother/daughter lunch out, it was time to meet Daddy at the hotel. She literally shrieked with excitement! Then it was back to the streets and she napped a bit while Matt and I went to our favorite rooftop place and had a glass of wine while she was all comfy and cozy in her stroller. She is such an angel!

It's hard to explain, but something about Saturday will be forever in my memory bank of my baby girl. It was just the two of us, and I was such a proud Mommy. Being with her out of town, and spending the day with just her, ahh, something about it brings tears to my eyes still! It was just really special and such a fun bonding time. I am so thankful for her.

She did great in the car, there and back. We know her schedule so well now so it's easy to determine when it's good to be in the car and when we should let her play. Remarkably she didn't get off schedule much while we were gone.

Other Libby at Nine Months and Two Weeks News:
She's drinking water; she loves it. Out of her sippy cup and out of our cups. She loves to drink it if we put it in our straws and give her some through that. Hilarious how she opens her mouth waiting for it.
She crawls tooooo fast. And she's into everything, good and bad. Cannot be trusted alone in any rooms!

Monday, April 6, 2009

Decatur Easter Egg Hunt







What a great weekend we had! Libby and I went to the Decatur Easter Egg hunt on Saturday morning with some neighbors. We walked to the Square and had such a great time! It was fun to see so many children and families. I loved it! Being a Mom means I get to do so many fun things now, with my very own baby. :) It is incredible. Dad had to miss it this year, but we are really looking forward to this upcoming weekend, Easter and the Masters! The Easter Bunny will be coming on Saturday night - her basket is just adorable and her dress is so sweet! I love having a Sister who owns her own children's clothing store. Libs will be very well dressed for sure!! We are going to be going to a new church on Sunday morning. I'm really excited and praying that we will soon find a church home in Atlanta.

Here are some pics from Saturday morning. Happy Easter week, everyone.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Somebody got into the diaper bag...




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At the Park!

We headed to a local park this past weekend. As you can see, she loves to drive.





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Thursday, March 5, 2009

The Monkey!

As we are approaching Libby’s EIGHT month birthday (can you believe it?) I wanted to share a few little details about our sweet daughter. First of all, she’s crawling like crazy these days! She is quite mobile. Last night as I was cooking dinner (thank you for the recipe, Jenn, it was so good) she was sitting on the rug in the kitchen. She was just playing with her little drum toy and moving all around. I realized that yep, it’s time to childproof the house because her interest in opening the kitchen cabinets is growing. So, this weekend Matt & I will be busy with that. Hard to imagine that we could have a child that big! She also stands up by pulling herself up on couches, my leg and any other furniture she can. She loves to stand up on those little legs. And now she’s going from sitting to laying and from lying down to sitting, all over again. It is so fun to watch her. And she’s clapping her hands! She will clap them, look at us, and laugh and clap again!! She also loves to just look at her hands and move those tiny little fingers. AHHHH the joy of parenthood, it just gets better and better. Not a day goes by that we don’t thank God for her, and her health!!!

She really is growing up and developing into her own little person. She makes me laugh and when she laughs she does this little screech thing and wrinkles up her nose – then opens her mouth so big and smiles. She is always smiling, such a happy baby. Well, she smiles until I drop her off every morning, then she screams and cries as I'm walking out the door (SO painful for Maaa-Maaaa) but then I'm assured she stops within two minutes. She's just faking it to see if I'll change my mind and not go to work. She’s growing more hair, it’s blonde these days. Still no teeth, but I didn’t get my first tooth until I was over a year old I think, so I’m not surprised. She looks just like her Daddy but some man at the grocery store told me last night that she looks just like me, so I’ll take that! She is just becoming her own person with the most amazing personality. Thank You, Lord, for the greatest gift we could have been given –the opportunity to raise a child!
My Prayer for our Libby:
Ephesians 1:17: I pray for you constantly asking God…to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may grow in your knowledge of God.


We’ll take some pics this weekend to post for everyone!

Friday, February 20, 2009

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009