(this one is one of my favorites. she just looks like such a little mother!
uh oh, she's trying to burp the baby and she's getting another call!)
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Monday, December 04, 2006
Libby Update: 21 months
Tomorrow Libby will be 21 months, and she seems so big! Even since I last posted, Libby has changed and grown so much. Libby impresses us each day with her vocabulary, her physical abilities, and her developed thought processes.
Lately, and especially since interacting with her incredible friend Josie, Libby has been speaking in phrases, and creating her own unique word combos. She has added to her vocabulary the likes of hot tea, hot bubbles, hot air balloon (hot hot balooyah), applesauce, high five, a very realistic snore sound, nut poosh (milk please), and her latest phrases of nigh-nigh bear, nigh nigh wuvva (lovie), nigh nigh addison, etc. She has picked up on her mama's "hmmmm", and is mimicing more and more words and sounds as she hears them through the day. Maybe most fun is hearing her tone and inflection change as she says various things, she has so much expression and emotion. Even her common response of "yeah" changes drastically from a weepy yeah to confirm that she did get an owie, to an excited yeah or affirmative yeah, straight to "yes" when she's trying to change mama's mind from no. (No, Libby, we're not going to have any cookies now. "yes?")
Physically, Libby continues to impress. She's now almost 34 inches tall and around 30 pounds. She is so incredibly strong. She can climb onto nearly anything, and pulls the weight of her body up, as wells as controlling herself as she lowers down. (you know those excercises where you put your hands on a chair and lower yourself to the ground and back up again to strengthen your triceps, well, we've seen it done) She loves to trot around the house, and never seems to run out of energy. And, as of yesterday, she is climbing out of her crib. Most impressive about this feat, however, is not simply the fact that she got out of her crib, but that she did so silently, with mama and daddy just down the hall listening for her. Though we didn't get the pleasure of watching her climb out (daddy was tempted to ask her to do it again so we could see, but we resisted) we are confident that she did so in a controlled way, carefully lowering/shimmying herself down the outside of the crib because when she landed, she didn't make any sort of a thud. She seems to have her daddy's incredible strength, yet more grace. Which excites daddy tremendously. Mention the words Libby and athlete in a sentence and his face lights up. (Don't take this the wrong way, Libby is still a clumsy toddler. Her fork and cup get bumped to the floor routinely, but see her fall down or pull herself up and she's under great control.)
Additionally, Libby has begun to dress herself. She can pull her pants and socks on, just needing some help getting the back of her pants over her diaper, and can put her shirt over her head and get her arms in. She even surprised mama yesterday - when I got out of the shower Libby was standing in the bathroom wearing one of my camisoles and my glasses. She managed to get the shirt out of my dresser, put it on perfectly (not even backwards!), then finish the presentation with my glasses!
Finally, Libby is a great problem-solver. Daddy and mama disagree- who does Libby get this from? We both want to claim her in this regard, but there is no denying she thinks far ahead, develops plans and executes them. This plays itself out in various ways. Libby retreives and places her stool right where she needs it to turn off lights, help mama in the kitchen, wash her hands, and accomplish anything that seems out of reach. Recently, she was anxious to eat dinner, and seeing mama prepare her plate at the kitchen counter, Libby went downstairs to get her stool, brought it up (with help from mama, who then put the stool in another room, not realizing Libby had a purpose for it), brought it into the kitchen, and climbed up to get to her plate, then take it to the table for eating. This whole series took about 5 minutes, but she wasn't distracted from her plan or purpose, but kept at it despite mama and daddy's interventions (unintentional, of course). She also makes sure everyone buckles their seatbelts in the van, keeps tabs on whether mama's wearing regular or sunglasses and requests a change at the appropriate time, makes sure mama doesn't leave the house without my purse, and much more. Finally, she is engaging in more and more imaginitive play, pretending to cook, pretending to feed dolls and animals, tucking them in, giving them bottles, rocking and singing to them, reading them books, etc. It's so fun and incredible to see her entertain herself with her toys, playing and interacting with toys not as mama does, but as mama interacts with Libby.
Well, the pictures below reflect a fun month of November. We had a great Thanksgiving, we have so much to be thankful for! We were able to celebrate with both Grandmas and Grandpas, as well as aunts and uncles and our best friends Jaime and Josie, who visited just after the holiday. Libby and Josie had so much fun together, as did the mamas. The two of them interacted with one another more than I had anticipated. Josie would say something like, "peek-a-boo dibby!" and Libby would peek and giggle at her. They really enjoyed one another, and I had such a hard time explaining to Libby that "Jose" had gone back to Virginia. Libby continues to ask about "Jose" when she sees something that reminds her of their time together, such as their matching cups, apples, josie's empty seat in the van, mittens, libby's/josie's booster seat, airplanes, the pack n' play, and i'm sure other things i'm now forgetting. The point being, Libby remembers and asks about Josie regularly.
So, enjoy looking through the pictures, and look forward to more coming. We are so thankful to soon to be the owners of a new camera, compliments of early Christmas money. We are excited to be back in business with a functioning flashing camera, and even video! So be prepared to see Libby in a whole new light!
Lately, and especially since interacting with her incredible friend Josie, Libby has been speaking in phrases, and creating her own unique word combos. She has added to her vocabulary the likes of hot tea, hot bubbles, hot air balloon (hot hot balooyah), applesauce, high five, a very realistic snore sound, nut poosh (milk please), and her latest phrases of nigh-nigh bear, nigh nigh wuvva (lovie), nigh nigh addison, etc. She has picked up on her mama's "hmmmm", and is mimicing more and more words and sounds as she hears them through the day. Maybe most fun is hearing her tone and inflection change as she says various things, she has so much expression and emotion. Even her common response of "yeah" changes drastically from a weepy yeah to confirm that she did get an owie, to an excited yeah or affirmative yeah, straight to "yes" when she's trying to change mama's mind from no. (No, Libby, we're not going to have any cookies now. "yes?")
Physically, Libby continues to impress. She's now almost 34 inches tall and around 30 pounds. She is so incredibly strong. She can climb onto nearly anything, and pulls the weight of her body up, as wells as controlling herself as she lowers down. (you know those excercises where you put your hands on a chair and lower yourself to the ground and back up again to strengthen your triceps, well, we've seen it done) She loves to trot around the house, and never seems to run out of energy. And, as of yesterday, she is climbing out of her crib. Most impressive about this feat, however, is not simply the fact that she got out of her crib, but that she did so silently, with mama and daddy just down the hall listening for her. Though we didn't get the pleasure of watching her climb out (daddy was tempted to ask her to do it again so we could see, but we resisted) we are confident that she did so in a controlled way, carefully lowering/shimmying herself down the outside of the crib because when she landed, she didn't make any sort of a thud. She seems to have her daddy's incredible strength, yet more grace. Which excites daddy tremendously. Mention the words Libby and athlete in a sentence and his face lights up. (Don't take this the wrong way, Libby is still a clumsy toddler. Her fork and cup get bumped to the floor routinely, but see her fall down or pull herself up and she's under great control.)
Additionally, Libby has begun to dress herself. She can pull her pants and socks on, just needing some help getting the back of her pants over her diaper, and can put her shirt over her head and get her arms in. She even surprised mama yesterday - when I got out of the shower Libby was standing in the bathroom wearing one of my camisoles and my glasses. She managed to get the shirt out of my dresser, put it on perfectly (not even backwards!), then finish the presentation with my glasses!
Finally, Libby is a great problem-solver. Daddy and mama disagree- who does Libby get this from? We both want to claim her in this regard, but there is no denying she thinks far ahead, develops plans and executes them. This plays itself out in various ways. Libby retreives and places her stool right where she needs it to turn off lights, help mama in the kitchen, wash her hands, and accomplish anything that seems out of reach. Recently, she was anxious to eat dinner, and seeing mama prepare her plate at the kitchen counter, Libby went downstairs to get her stool, brought it up (with help from mama, who then put the stool in another room, not realizing Libby had a purpose for it), brought it into the kitchen, and climbed up to get to her plate, then take it to the table for eating. This whole series took about 5 minutes, but she wasn't distracted from her plan or purpose, but kept at it despite mama and daddy's interventions (unintentional, of course). She also makes sure everyone buckles their seatbelts in the van, keeps tabs on whether mama's wearing regular or sunglasses and requests a change at the appropriate time, makes sure mama doesn't leave the house without my purse, and much more. Finally, she is engaging in more and more imaginitive play, pretending to cook, pretending to feed dolls and animals, tucking them in, giving them bottles, rocking and singing to them, reading them books, etc. It's so fun and incredible to see her entertain herself with her toys, playing and interacting with toys not as mama does, but as mama interacts with Libby.
Well, the pictures below reflect a fun month of November. We had a great Thanksgiving, we have so much to be thankful for! We were able to celebrate with both Grandmas and Grandpas, as well as aunts and uncles and our best friends Jaime and Josie, who visited just after the holiday. Libby and Josie had so much fun together, as did the mamas. The two of them interacted with one another more than I had anticipated. Josie would say something like, "peek-a-boo dibby!" and Libby would peek and giggle at her. They really enjoyed one another, and I had such a hard time explaining to Libby that "Jose" had gone back to Virginia. Libby continues to ask about "Jose" when she sees something that reminds her of their time together, such as their matching cups, apples, josie's empty seat in the van, mittens, libby's/josie's booster seat, airplanes, the pack n' play, and i'm sure other things i'm now forgetting. The point being, Libby remembers and asks about Josie regularly.
So, enjoy looking through the pictures, and look forward to more coming. We are so thankful to soon to be the owners of a new camera, compliments of early Christmas money. We are excited to be back in business with a functioning flashing camera, and even video! So be prepared to see Libby in a whole new light!
Zoobily Zoo!
We spent a chilly Monday morning at the zoo, where the girls enjoyed seeing the gorillas, the tigers, lions, and polar bears.
Do you have to leave?
the girls have fun playing around in the leaves, while Libby's daddy rakes and rakes and rakes!
good friends, good times
Maybe it was latent memories, but the girls wanted to play in Libby's crib. Point of interest, Libby has never asked to play in her crib, and hasn't played in her crib since those fine days in April when the mamas put the little busybodies in Libby's crib to contain them for photo purposes. But, here they are, entertaining themselves and one another, making more memories. The next entry is a flashback, I loved the similarities (especially the current and past photo of the girls pulling on/leaning over the side of the crib) but they've changed so much!
Flashback April 2006
my old favorites from playtime photoshoots in the crib... how much has changed, and how much has remained the same! look how sweet they are.
the little ones take after their mamas, they enjoy shopping and have great taste. josie liked the sweaters enough to take most of them to her mama (though she wasn't interested in trying one on) and in the background libby looks over the jeans, though she soon grew bored of them and hid in the center of the clothing rack until josie removed enough sweaters that libby could peek out at the mama's and say, "hi!"
sliding at the children's museum
driving the tractor
the girls are dreaming of a day they can get together to play regularly,like in the good old days..
or
libby's mama is juggling carrots and potatoes while josie's mama snaps pictures
Happy Thanksgiving!
We had family with us throughout Thanksgiving weekend. Grandma and Granddad came with Izzy, and Aunt Brett and Uncle Mason brought Brett's new wheels as well as Mater and Macey. Of course, mama's camera didn't capture many pictures (we're so busy having fun and shopping I didn't take many) and those I took didn't always turn out. So, if Grandma Shelley or Aunt Brett, or Uncle Mason send me their pics, I'll post them on the blog. One good one I have though, is below. Both girls want Izzy to come outside to play.
Thanks Aunt Wendy!
Here is Libby with her new haircut, all dressed up Sunday afternoon. She's sporting her new outfit from Aunt Wendy (and looking quite cute in it) and helping herself to some snacks while mama puts groceries away. Libby is quite the can-do girl, she got herself a bowl and moved the stool over to the counter so she could pour herself some chips. Her capabilities have created temptations that are just too difficult for her to resist, so mama was forced to reorganize the kitchen and put canned goods in Libby's reach and crackers in the locking cabinets.
Calling in the Pros
One sad day not so long ago (sad for mama) Libby got her hair cut (Libby says, "cut cut cut!" and snips her hair with her scissor fingers). Though it was Libby's 3rd or 4th trim, it was her first time at the salon, and Donna, whom you see pictured, trimmed a lot more hair than mama ever would have! Libby is now sporting a bob with bangs. Mama misses the no-bangs look, but it's nice to not have Libby walking around holding her hair in her little hand saying, "eyes! eyes!"
mmmmm, Chocolate Pudding
A couple of weeks ago, mama indulged Libby in some (sugar free) chocolate pudding. Libby found it to be a very tasty treat, and afterward wanted to wash her hands (she was quite surprised and amused to see her face in the mirror). Libby loves to wash her hands in the bathroom sink, and feels like quite a big girl on her stool, using soap and rubbing rubbing rubbing her little hands clean.
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