Quite the traveler

Libby and I have been quite the travelers this past week. We spent the weekend with the Boes' in Little Rock and the week with the Haynes' in Galveston. Libby did AWESOME on the flights. Sleeping through them all. My only struggle was changing a dirty diaper about 5 minutes into the first flight. Did you know that those tiny bathrooms actually have changing tables? They are essentially the same thing as the tray tables at your seat...the only difference is you are crammed in a smelly closest size restroom with a stinky baby who would prefer to not be there. Anyways, I can't complain about the flights! We had lots of other Mommies traveling alone with kiddos that wanted to sit with us. Libby made new friends on each flight. Going down, we sat with an adorable 2 year old boy and coming home we sat with another 5 month old baby named Hannah. The beauty of 2 babies on a row means you can't have 3 adults (due to only having 4 oxygen masks on a row). So, we may have been the baby row..but we had room to spread out! Both girls slept but were fascinated with one another when awake. There was lots of drooly grinning at each other. I'll post pictures from Ashley's baby shower and our fun with the Haynes' girls as soon as I get them all emailed to me!

WHEW!!
All this traveling can wear a girl out! I need to just put my feet up!

MMM...MMMM....good!

For some reason, these pictures loaded in backward order! oh well. Libby has been sampling her way through Gerber food. So far, the girl isn't a fruit fan! We are really digging the orange/yellow veggies though. Squash is pretty tasty and carrots are DELICIOUS!!

Here is the clean baby...we eat right before a bath since it's usually pretty messy!




Mommy is running bath water....and I'm fascinated!!

THIS GIRL must be part rabbit....we devoured carrots!!

happy mpther"s day!!!

i had wonderful 1st mother's day!! libby (with a little help) sent roses, gigis cupcakes and a spa gift card. does she know me or what? We got to see MY MOMMY on her day too! i have to say, i LOVE being a mommy, but it is the hardest job i've ever done!! whew!!

show me some animals....

Libby and I went to the zoo today with our friends from FTM (our first time mom group). I took this when we first got there. By the time we left, she was snoozin in her stroller. It was a nice day with an occasional breeze...but I'm just not one for hot weather. I'm dreading the upcoming summer since I know it's gonna be so sweltering. Poor Libby has super fair skin just like me (as a little bitty baby it looked more olive-y. It's definitely lightened now and I recognize the 'porcelain' color like my own. That's the positive spin I put on being this white. One of these days PALE will be the new tan though! ha.) I call myself the "sunscreen queen" because I obsess over reapplying it. NOTHING is worse than a sunburn. Of course Libby is only 4 months old so I tried to just keep her pretty shaded since it's not recommended to use sunscreen until 6 months. I did put some on her pudgy little legs though because my paranoia got the best of me. I can't imagine dealing with a sunburned baby!

Anyways....we had a good time. Lots of children there! It was good to see all our baby friends and their mommies.

After we left we went to Honey's school and visited some of her sweet friends, too. They always make over Libby and are so sweet to her. I'm gonna put these ladies to work who keep offering to watch her though!

Granddad stopped by the house for a few minutes too! So we got to see everyone today! Libby took a snooze in his arms after trying to take a bottle with her stuffy nose. She really struggles with bottles and pacifiers when she's congested and it's so pitiful to watch!! I'm so ready for her to be Happy and Well!! I think Libby would have slept in Granddad's lap the rest of the evening if we'd let her. She was pretty comfortable there!

Tomorrow we are having more pictures made! Exciting! All our tummy time practice will be put to the test!!