Thank you

Libby has been saying "thank you" alot. She was on a roll, saying it 10-15 times when I decided to record it. Ha! I think it's after the 5th time I say it, she eeks a very tiny "tank ku" out....and is not repeating it. She moves right on to bobbing her head. The funny thing is, when I replayed the video for her, and she heard the recorded Mommy asking her to say it....she started up again. Go figure.

such a sweet girl!

sometimes, my baby can be such a lover! if you catch her in the right frame of mind--she'll hug, or she'll love on her "babies", or attempt to blow a kiss. Here are some of those kisses on video.

january 2011....in pictures....

many more to come!

Birthday!!

My sweet baby girl turned 1 on the last day of 2010! Where has the time gone. We had some of our friends and family over for her party. I guess there were about 14 or so babies, and 25 adults?? It was chaos! I feel like it was a wedding and I didn't get to talk to anyone much, or eat any of the food. Oh well! I actually had to wake Libby for the party, and I think she was a little overwhelmed! I'll just put a collection of pictures on here. I'll have to give a huge shout out of thanks to Erin, Doty, and Sha. They were my unofficial party photographers and I've gotten so many awesome pictures from them. My mom did some too while Scott was handling the video. I haven't checked out his work yet--one of these days I'll get a free second. (some of these pics are also on my sisters blog---so if you want a double dose of Libby, go check them out!)

This was probably the one year that I'll really go "all out" since it's so monumental. Next year, it may just be her closest baby friends so Mommy can enjoy the party. ha! I'm not a huge fan of themes, but for Year 1-I felt like I had to do something special. My first birthday was Raggedy Anne and Andy, and my sorority mascot was also Raggedy Anne so it was a no-brainer. (Alpha Sigma Alpha in case you are wondering. We actually have 2 mascots, Raggedy Anne and ladybugs). I ended up having to make most of the stuff myself since it was hard to find. I bough party hats and noisemakers since it was a new years party too!

I do want to thank all of Libby's friends who celebrated with her. You made this day very special. Thank you for loving this little girl and being a part of her life, too. It was so nice to be surrounded by such wonderful family and friends.

Santa came down our chimney!

Thank you SANTA!! What every girl wants!! A PONY!!

Mmmm!! Smells good in there! Scott and Granddad cooking us breakfast!

Honey and Libby got to play with the pony and potsy in the meantime! (they must have planned to 'match' in their snowy clothes!)

"WHOA Mommy! You're telling me the beard-y guy from the mall was in our house??!! And you're okay with this??!!" Good thing I have my stuffed dog to protect me since you guys let just anyone in....

Christmas was sooo much fun this year with 3 little girls to entertain us. I always enjoy the holidays with my family, but the sincerity of children is great. It's not really greed of wanting new toys---but excitement of seeing and learning! just the boxes and paper everywhere are thrilling! the tree, lights! so much fun. Santa came to Libby's house Christmas morning and we ate a big breakfast made by Scott and Granddad. I had to work the 2 days prior, so I needed a day to recover. Of course, we had snow so it was soo nice to be home and cozy!

A little backtracking.....

The holidays were such a blur around here I never told our Griswald trip to Nashville....or posted our Santa/Christmas pictures. I guess I'll start with one thing at a time......WE had QUITE a trip. I've never been a fan of car trips. In fact, I'm not one for them at all. I prefer to mosey onto a plane and arrive at my destination quick! This experience did NOT help change my opinion about being in the car. Here were the obstacles to our trip:

Keep in mind....this just started out as a 3 hour tour.....

-Snow, snow, and more snow (this started AFTER we left Memphis)

-an accident occured on I-40 near Franklin around 3:30, 4 o'clock. We left Memphis about this same time. When we got near there (remember the snow??) around 6 the traffic was at a standstill. We actually put the car in park...... FOR 6 HOURS!!!!!! Nightmare! We got to our hotel at 2 am. That is 9 hours on the road. I was PANICKED!! I was feeling trapped, hungry, in need of a potty break. Ugh....I shudder to think about that again. Fortunately, I had plenty of food/milk for Libby and she slept for all but the last hour.

-Opryland "couldn't find" the crib that 1. I had CALLED to reserve with our room, 2. Scott had called to have set up about 30 minutes earlier and we were assured would be ready!

-McDonalds was CASH ONLY (Scott went to get a late night dinner while Libby and I waited for a crib, or a suitable 'alternative'). Since we were Debit and Credit card users, he SLID back to the hotel and I ordered a $35 room service pizza. At about 4??? we finally fell asleep!!

they found a baby jail for Tuttie!

-AFTER 2 hours of sleep---Baby girl was ready for her day! ha!

-Our tickets to ICE were "lost". I had the confirmation on my email, but the lady said we should've been given everything (including paper tickets) at check-in. Uh....right. Her co-worker took pity on us, and let us "go on in" which is good, because I probably would've just left at this point. The little black cloud over our head would have followed us of course. What luck?!

-We saw very little of ICE because we flew right through it. Not ideal for a baby I don't suppose. I had her tucked "kangaroo style" in my Jolly Green Giant Sized Jacket, but she just wasn't having it. I guess if I had wet pants in a 9 degree room....I might whine and fuss a tiny bit too. She didn't cry though....smart girl. No sense in freezing your lashes to your cheeks.

-No photo vouchers! ha! I'm glad I got them after all though...this was a memorable trip! ha ha....(it's better to laugh than to cry right?) I think at this point, I just went to the concierge for principle. If it could go wrong--it did. For instance, our hotel room smelled like smoke (insert me gagging and choking here) when the shower was running. How much sense does that make??!! NONE! ha!

-Topping it all off, Scott felt he needed a little TLC and took a trip to the emergency room. After cruising through ICE, his heart was racing, and skipping a few beats (I've been known to make a few hearts flutter---but apparently this was off the charts!). I checked his pulse in our room, and it seemed jumpy to me, but I don't examine patients "hands-on" everyday. Scott's Dad, was MUCH better at making this call! It was great he was there. He said it seemed irregular, and he would know! They hopped in the car and off they went.

This left the only the girls for dinner. We waited til the boys got back to open gifts. (Scott got a clean bill of health for the night, a prescription to see his MD when we returned for the cause of his arrythmia, and the REAL bill....we got that in the mail as a reminder of our trip just this past week! ) Libby did really well to have skipped a nap and stayed up past her bedtime. She's so routine, and likes to be in her familiar places---so I was proud of her. We didn't have any MAJOR mishaps for the rest of the night (that I remember....if so, I've blocked them out!)

On the way home, it was pretty un-eventful (ahhhh....what a welcome sigh of relief.)


We were 2 minutes from our house and Scott almost HITS a dog in the street. It's a shih-tzu with a collar, and leash?? No tag. Oh....and it had a corduroy coat on too. Who puts their dog in clothes but no tag??? sheesh. We got it in the car ("woof woof" Libby says) and drove around to see if someone was frantically looking for an animal. Our vet is just a minute further down the street so we just went there. I'm pretty sure they were confused to see me walk in with this stranger and not one of my white fuzzy guys. (Sadly, we are at VIP/frequent shopper/Gold member.....etc. at the vet. When your dog has cancer/allergies/uti issues OR you have 2 almost near death incidences, you start to pay their bills for them. If both of those apply....you know why my bank account looks the way it does. In fact, I'm pretty sure they may have rolled out a red carpet when the door opened??) I digress..... The dog had no microchip (it's 2011?? come on! I bet Bob Barker would've updated to "have your pet microchipped and neutered" just to stay with the times) but he did have a rabies tag. The receptionist and I were able to contact his vet, and then his owner. Add, dog hero to the Baird family list. Yes, Prince the well dressed,(and very dapper) dog is safely at home.

I know he was glad to be home, and so were we.

Happy Birthday to ME??!!!

My sweet girl had her 1 year check up yesterday (because she was born on the change of the year we had to post-pone it a little thanks to insurance! Oh the joys of being a New Years girl!)

This was her actual Birthday! Mommy woke her up singing! (I know..I know...poor girl!) When I do get to cuddle with Libby before bed, I used to could sing to her and she'd fall RIGHT asleep. Now, she prefers to pop her pacifier out of her mouth (it's become more of a toy than anything) and stick it in mine. I know I can't carry a tune worth a darn...but I certainly didn't expect my 1 year old to "pacify" me and quiet my singing!! ha ha!!

I'll post Christmas and party pictures soon, but in the meantime--here are Libby's 1 year (and 2 week) statistics and fun facts!

-weight: 20 pounds 10 ounces (47 percentile)

-length: 30 inches (50 percentile)

-sleeps from 6pm to 6:30am/7am (Mommy loves you for this!)

-takes 2 naps a day

-wears 12 month clothing (although the pants tend to be too long??)

-wears size 2 shoes still (how are you walking on those tiny feet!?)

-you are walking everywhere!

-words:mama, dada, nana, bye bye, hi, uh-oh,baby, woof-woof, shoe, ba-ba

-wave, pat-a-cake, peek-a-boo, chase are some favorite games

-LOVE to dance! anytime you hear music you are moving

-still love to pat everything, and point

-LOVE your "babies" (stuffed animals you sleep with)

-you burrow into the corner of your bumper to sleep, booty in the air

-you "motorboat" and rub your eyes when tired

-you aren't a fan of long your carseat right now

-you have flown 8 times so far and are an AWESOME plane traveler, let's keep that up!!

-you are a very picky eater. you'll always eat yogurt, grapes, or bread!

-you'd give up all food for a liquid diet of milk

-you prefer to drink from Mommy's cup (and do pretty well)

-you have 8 tiny little teeth