sooo big!

More Mac & Cheese Please! Libby may only have 2 teeth, but it isn't slowing down her food sampling. She is trying (and spitting out a lot!) of new foods these days! So far, she likes mac and cheese pretty good. Mommy goes really light on the cheese though! ha.


What was such a blessing.....is now such a curse. Libby and Wrigley have figured out there own little fun game with the dog door. She has yet to think about going "through" the door...I'm sure that day is coming.

Bet you can't get me......Come chase me around the coffee table! I LOVE this game!

WHEW! Tired girl! Can't sit still for long though....

Here is my BEE!! Mommy only turns it "ON" when I get really cranky! I LOVE it more than you can imagine. It sings and wiggles. It sings about me "BEE-ing it's little baby"

Clap your hands! Celebrate! I'm 11 months old! woohhoo!

It's been NUTS around here (that's the norm folks!)

Sadly.....Libby has attended 2 visitations, and her first funeral this month. (As a side note-Libby must have known how important it was to behave during the service as I have never in my life seen a baby so well behaved. It made this Mommy VERY proud that she didn't make a SINGLE peep for 40 minutes! Not ONE baby noise! Several people commented what an angel she was! I was very thankful- as I wanted to attend and had to take her along!)

Libby also had her first BIG illness and trip to the ER this month. YUCK. We're much better now! More later on all that!

This is a fun night playing with a stuffed bunny of Mommy's! Libby LOVES stuffed animals. I'm not a huge fan of them, so it only makes sense that she would be nuts over them. She has just a few that she LOVES. She loves a stuffed bunny from Sugar, and a bee from Honey and Granddad. The bee is the ULTIMATE when she's upset! She stuffs an animal under her when she sleeps and i remembered a flattened rabbit that I had from when i was a baby. Apparently, I had done the same thing and smushed to poor guy. I dug him out of the attic, threw him in the wash---and what to do you know-----he fluffed right back up! Suprised the darn thing didn't fall right apart! Libby wasn't overly impressed with him.....




Mommy!!! This rabbit is so OLD he needs CPR to bring him back to LIFE!! Maybe we can save him!!???

Nahhhnn....He's a goner....

Happy Veteran's Day!

MY FAVORITE VETERAN!!!

We just wanted to say Thank you to All our Veterans!

Did you know that it originally began as Armistice Day?

Did you know that President Woodrow Wilson is responsible for your special day??

And did you also know that the holiday is often celebrated by eating ravioli!?? (this is my kinda day!) This is because President Wilson invited 2,000 troops to the White House for dinner since he thought they'd be hankerin' for a home cooked meal! They were served......you guessed it....Ravioli!

The day is observed through local ceremonies, parades, and the closing of most schools, federal offices and post offices. (Bills can be delivered another day! But, fear not--your local pharmacist is on duty to take care of you!!)

We do appreciate all that you do. Your service to our country deserves more than just a day!

10 months!

Libby is such a big girl! Where has the time gone! Whew! She's cruising (crawling is only fun in the bathtub!), jabbering (mama, dada, nana, hi, baba, bye are still our favorite intelligible words-there is an assortment of chinese she speaks the rest of the time), eating big girl foods (we love mac and cheese, gerber spaghetti-o, baby yogurt, bread, sweet corn kernels, whole wheat waffles, cheerios, tortilla pieces, etc!), feeding and loving on the dogs, exploring everything, loving on her blue baby doll and her bunny, and playing with her baby friends.

Libby thinks she is so funny. Loves to clap, dance to music, still getting the hang of patty cake, squeals over wrigley, wants her rockey horse, plays peek a boo, sleeps with a blanket/loves to cuddle/burrow in the bumper and corners. Still loves to scrunch her nose and snort. Still is very skeptical of strangers and clings to Mommy-it takes some warming up to get this little one in your lap! Puts on a show given the opportunity, and likes to make sure she always has an audience. Giving up her pacifier on her own. Helps take her clothes off, helps put her shirts on. She LOVES her shiny red shoes. The first time I put one on--her face LIT UP!! Drinks from a sippy cup, but still takes a bottle 3 times a day. Still an AWESOME plane traveler! She has flown 6 times now and never had a problem! This past time she was awake for one flight and just had a fun time playing-no tears!! THANKFUL! (Like her Mommy, she hates to be in the car for long though. I think we'll avoid roadtrips and fly when we start traveling with her!) She has taken notice of Sesame street. Sleeping great overnight. 2 tiny teeth still. Full of life and the center of our life and hearts! Growing up much too quickly!

No Tricks, All Treats!

Thank you Honey for my pretty dress! You keep me so fashionable! How do you like my little pumpkin bow! Ms. Joan sent it to me! She is so sweet to think of me!
Wait?! What do you mean I can't EAT the candy??!! Saving it for potty-training? This is crazy talk! No SUGAR for the BABY!!???

My costume doubles as camo! Bet you can't see me!!

I'm a little punkin! Mommy said next year that all 3 of us will CARVE a pumpkin! She said the inside feels icky! This year she just drew a friendly spider for me so it would last longer.

Happy Halloween!

Libby dressed up as the sweetest little giraffe!

We had Honey and Granddad to our house for dinner and they brought one of her favorite treats-MumMums! Daddy cooked a yummy dinner (it would have been a trick if Mommy had cooked!) and it was time to hit the hay! Granddad took care of our one tricker treater, and we had to turn off all the lights and take the dogs upstairs. Libby has such an early bedtime (6:30) and the dogs are such loud mouth security guards--all the people walking by really got them worked up. I stuck a bowl of candy on the front porch. Maybe in a year or two we can enjoy the holidays a little more!

She Bangs, She Bangs....

I saw the funniest thing today..... Clip on bangs. Gross.

As a disclaimer: I will be the first to admit I have had various bad hairstyles over the past 29 years---crimping, french braids, perms, but I think the one style that has NEVER EVER been flattering is bangs. (to anyone reading this that wears them, loves them, and pulls them off---more power to you! I just can't. I'm just not a fan. They look messy and I have never seen anyone ever "style" them in a way that makes me ever wanna deal with them again) I had bangs on and off through elementary school and high school but now, a nice side swoop is perfect! ha!

Now, the clip on bangs have me baffled! Seriously, who do you think you're fooling! It's like the hair scrunchies!? (do they still make those?) I may be wrong (this has happened before) but I can't imagine they blend real well with your hair, or that they feel good to wear? I guess they'll market anything these days! Go take a look!!

http://www.hairextensions.com/product.php?productid=16195&cat=41&page=1

This and That.....

How funny is this picture? I stole it from my sister (this makes up for all the clothes and such that of mine that she has collected over the years). Libby has had TERRIBLE stranger apprehension and seperation anxiety--she has even started being a little bashful when she is sleepy or not feeling well. Until she warms up that is. She has some exceptions to this--she loves Honey & Granddad as she spends a lot of time with them, and I get the feeling she runs the show when she's there??!! (Nobody puts THIS baby in a corner...she makes her presence known!) Libby hasn't seen "Sugar" since June but she went right to her and didn't cry once. I guess she knows who loves her! I was glad because I hate we have to go so long between visits. With our crazy work schedules here (Scott and I work opposite weekends and he works overnight!) and the distance between us--we sure do miss our Blonde Texans!

I read a quote "All Moms are working Moms" and once you have a 10 month old in your house, nothing else could be more true. We are ON THE MOVE!!! Libby went from backward crawling, to crawling all the sudden (but only for just a day or two), cruising. She has been pulling up for a while now, and she has put it in motion. I am not a fan. Those little legs wobble all over the place...and she is fearless! Libby is quick to turn loose of Mommy's hands but the minute her booty plops on the floor, she is tearful and wants Mommy to hold her--but just for a second. Ha!

We saw the fish, penguins, and seals at the Aquarium on vacation!

Oooooh Mommy! I see Nemo!!!

My Happy Halloween Hat! Libby was pretty un-phased by it. Mattie helped her put it back on when it fell off. Aren't they cute!?

Oh...Dear Lord....please let this tooth come in. The Rascal has been taking it's sweet time for the past 2 weeks. My Mommy says I'm not sleeping the same and she doesn't seemed thrilled to see me overnight.....At least I have this teething bunny.

I'm eating FOOD! I like my cheerios, and this blueberry muffin is pretty tasty. Most of the "healthy" stuff is just fun to squish in my fingers and feed to the dogs. Mommy says I need to get my act together so I don't miss out on Thanksgiving.

I had my 9 month pictures made with Miss Lisa and did SOOO good, we don't have those back yet though! Mommy and I had some Mommy & Me pictures made with her friend Miss Cassie and it was a lot of fun. I kept grinning really big at her cute little boy! Here's just one of the pictures.....

I can READ! Well, I try. I LOVE looking at (and chewing on) books. Mommy has her fingers crossed that I will develop a love of reading. She said we are gonna start having a regular "night-night" story time very soon and I'm so excited! I think she's waiting until I'm a little bigger and stop trying to rip the pages??

This was one of the first days when I started pulling up. I was so proud of myself. Mommy was proud, but I saw another look on her face....I think it was fear? She's been doing lot's of redecorating to celebrate! There are lots of plastic things in the wall outlets and she's moving the stools and coffee tables and all the pretty things that are on them. I guess life really does revolve around me here.