Fun pictures and a bit of an update

We went to one of the Ranger's last games of the season!

We got there late, on purpose because I knew Libby probably wouldn't make the whole game. And I think we timed it perfectly! She really enjoyed it and was getting restless just near the end. They had a fireworks show and it was a really good one! Libby just sort of stoically watched it but she was interested. I'm sure she'll get more into it by next July 4th. We had fun with her and I'm glad we went.

Our girl still loves to eat!



Especially bananas! I know, I should've put a bib on her but she was probably already messy so I didn't want to have to wash a bib too! She loves to feed herself so I try to let her with some things.
We still don't have a highchair and I really want to get one but I just haven't gone to enough garage sales and/or resale shops to find one I like and want. We also don't have a dining set right now and I'd like to get that too. We might just get a chair that straps onto a normal chair but I'm not sure. I might be afraid that she would squirm out of it or something. Right now the bumpo seat works pretty well but I can't leave her in it unless it's on the floor. I really want to get a highchair though so I think we will pretty soon. I just don't want to spend $60 on a new one that I don't particularly like!

Libby loves her bathtub!



Almost every bath she props her food up on the side of the tub and just chills out chewing on her toys. She loves her ducky tub and her toys, especially the little sheep. Every time she has a bath she finds the sheep and chews on it and plays with it almost the whole time! Too funny!

I thought this outfit was cute so I tried to do a little photoshoot on the couch.





These were all taken right after another so you can tell how squirmy she is and how hard it is to get pictures these days! So cute though. :)

Pretty girl all ready for church this morning!




Photoshoot with mama and daddie before church. Too bad Maddie couldn't take one of all of us. :(



Riding her wooden horsie!


We were going to save the horse for her birthday but oh well! :) She really loves it and can ride it pretty well now. She even hangs on with her legs and rocks back and forth on it!

I'm amazed every day how much she's changing and growing! She looks so old to me in some of these pictures! Her face is so slender she doesn't even look like a chubby cheeked baby. :( But the new stages are a lot of fun! Last week she really started to up her babbling and I'm ready to say that she can say a few words! At the grocery store on Monday I got her a bouncy ball and I told her a few times it was a ball and ever since then she's been saying 'ball, ball, ball'! Over and over! And I asked her, "where is dad?" and she pointed to Tim and said "dad" very clearly. So of course, so typical, her first word is not mom. :( Oh well! She still wants me when she's hurting or hungry. :)

Libby now has started doing something I have only dreamed about. She will throw Maddie's toys for her!! This is huge for me! Anyone who has ever owned a Border Collie will understand. :) Of course it goes about 6 inches and Libby then looks and me anticipated my applause and just grins and grins when I cheer her on. So we're still a little ways off from them entertaining each other, but it's a huge breakthrough!

She is sooo close to walking!! The other day I looked up and she was standing in the middle of the floor! She looked at me like, oh shoot, now what do I do, and fell forward. :) Thankfully she wasn't hurt (it takes a lot to make her cry). She mostly sticks to walking around the furniture or with her push toy but I can tell she's thinking about walking! Surely by 10 months she'll be walking but who really knows! I know of babies who are soo close to walking for a few months before they actually take the plunge.

All in all, she is such a delight and so much fun to be with every day! I am so blessed and grateful that I am able to stay home with her every day! It is such a joy and I love it!

8ish Months --updated--

Remember the days when I would blog about each and every little thing Libby did? Those were the pre-mobile days! Before I could just put Lib in one place and I know she would stay there until I moved her. Not so much any more!! She is into everything, yes, everything including the dog's food, dad's computer and tools, the fireplace, my computer, etc... In fact, one of her favorite pastimes is climbing up the stairs as quickly as possible, or if we have the gate in place, she tries to climb up the gate! I'm so glad that she is crawling and climbing now as it's a lot more fun, it's just a lot more work as well!
So what is the Libster up to these days...
• Crawling all over the place
• Walking with the aid of furniture or our fingers (not standing unassisted yet)
• Eats a lot! This girl can pack it away! She typically nurses first thing in the morning, then eats some fruit and scrambled eggs, has a mid-morning snack (nurses), then lunch, then mid-afternoon snack, then dinner (usually what we eat) and then nurses again before bed. I do not know how she stays so slender! Guess it's all that crawling. :)
• Her personality is developing more every day. She is not shy at all and is pretty adventurous. Whenever we're in the water she dunks her face under, has no problem floating in her float, and even crawls all over the sand at the lake!
• Has not developed any or much separation anxiety as of yet. She is doing better and better about being in the gym daycare and doesn't even fuss when I leave her in the church nursery.
• Loves her daddy! I think she's past the stage where she primarily wants me and will dive at Tim when he comes home.
• Waves hello and goodbye although it's pretty funny. She doesn't wave her wrist or scrunch up her fingers like most children. She sticks out her arm with her palm up and just leaves it there. Pretty funny.
• She is starting to mimic the sounds that we make. She can say "uh-oh" along with a wide assortment of other sounds. (she doesn't know what uh-oh means yet).
• She is learning what "no" means and is getting pretty good at dropping things that I tell her "no" or "don't touch".
• Libby has recently started dancing to music! It's so funny! If something comes on with a beat she stops and starts bouncing to the music. So fun. :)
• Our little one is still pretty little. :) She wears sz. 3-6 mo. clothes and a few 6-9 mo. but those are pretty big on her. Along with the occasional 0-3 mo. but you know how weird the sizing is! She is still wearing sz. 2 diapers but should be in 3's. The only reason she's in 2's is someone gave my mom a ton of diapers so I've been squeezing her into the 2's when I want to use a 'sposie. We're getting back into cloth now that we finally have a W/D!
• Sometimes she's not incredibly outgoing like yesterday at the grocery store a worker started talking to her and all of a sudden Libby let loose with the loudest yell I have ever heard come from her! It was very unexpected but funny for me! I felt kind of bad for the lady. I guess Libby was just petrified of her!
• I'm going to go meet with a pediatrician this morning to see if she's a good fit for us. We want someone who is pretty hands-off, flexible about vaccinations, but will not rush and take time to visit with us during appointments. We'll see how it goes! :)
• I also noticed yesterday that when Libby wanted to climb the stairs but saw that the gate was in the way she would cry and cry. Something else to work on. :)
• Libby also loves to play peek-a-boo. She thinks it's hilarious and will hide around a corner and then stick her head out at me. And this morning she started tipping her head waaay back and then will fling it forward and laugh.

It's hard to get good pictures of Libby now that she moves so much but here are a few that I've managed to snap of her recently. :)

Growth picture! Snapped super fast before she squirmed off the blanket. :)


Two of her favorite toys: her scepter and a farm toy. The farm toy has these little characters that pop up if you punch a button or spin a wheel and she does NOT like them standing up! She pushes all of them down if they are popped up. The scepter (as Tim and I call it) is from a push toy that came unscrewed from the toy so she just carries that around as her little prop.


One of her favorite activities: eating!



Hope you enjoy these! More to come soon, I promise!

So sad and yet so wonderful

A dear friend of my in-laws went to be with the Lord yesterday. She was about my age, a young wife of a sweet husband. Her life was more powerful than many people who live to be 100. She fought cancer for two years and chronicled some of her journey on a blog. If you have a few minutes, and a huge box of Kleenex please take the time to read some of it. Your life will be touched and blessed more than you can imagine. Her and her husband's faith is an amazing testimony.
There is a facebook group for people who's lives will never be the same because of Lana and it is so true. Hers was truly a life full of meaning and purpose.
I don't have any more words but I encourage you to read through some of her entries. She will always be remembered and will always be an amazing encouragement to me.


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