Libby has recently become very interested in acting like a big girl. She climbs up into any chair or on the couch to read. She's been able to play alone for a little while too. It's nice that she can entertain herself for a bit. She's also been talking non-stop for at least a week. She just names everything around her and sometimes will rattle off a bunch of words that we may or may not understand fully. We'll be sitting in the living room watching TV and we'll hear: shoe, kitty, Earl, Bubba, fish, horse, cow, moo, baa, sheep, chair,.... It's very cute. Sometimes she gets a little more persistent that we notice and will continue with the same word until we say, "Yes, Libby, that is a shoe."

TLA

Christmas 2007

Libby had a wonderful Christmas this year. She got so many presents that we don't know where to put them. She still doesn't really understand the whole concept of Christmas and is even afraid of Santa Claus but she still enjoyed herself.


I really liked this picture because as you will see below there is a similar picture of me around Libby's age sitting on the very same steps.


When my mom took the picture of Libby and I on the steps the other day this was not the picture of me that I had in mind. I can think of another picture in which I am walking down the stairs instead of sitting but this was the only one I could find at my house. Mom and Dad must have the other one. I was about a year old in this picture - a little younger than Libby.


Libby wooed us with her musical talent. She loved the attention at the piano.


Here is Libby on her new rocking horse or "see" as she calls it. She loves it.


Playing with a new puzzle.


Libby loves this teapot and is such a girly-girl. It came with a ring and bracelets that she likes to put on and admire while drinking her pretend tea.


I think this was her favorite Christmas present. She won't let anyone else play with her new baby or push the stroller. I think she made 1000 laps around my parents house with the baby and stroller before we left.


I had a sit and spin like this and LOVED it. Libby is still figuring out how to use it but is very interested in the idea.

TLA

Merry Christmas

Libby made this at day care. The body is her foot and the wings are her hands.

I big

We took away Libby's pacifiers this week. She no longer has them at any time of day or night. I was feeling very guilty about the whole thing because her little eyes light up whenever she sees them but we knew the next time we would have a lot of time off of work to sacrifice our sleep would not be until June. So this Christmas is the time to take care of the paci situation.

Thursday night we told her that she's a big girl and big girls don't use pacis. She looked around a little bit for one but then said, "I big." She slept through the night without any problems and again the next night without problems. So far so good. She had her teddy bear and that seems to be enough for her. I think she just understands that she's getting too big for a pacifier. It makes me feel less guilty that she's doing okay without one.

TLA

BOON!

Libby LOVES balloons or as she calls them "boon". We went out to eat at Applebee's the other night and some kids behind us had balloons. Libby was so focused on the balloons that she wouldn't eat. She kept pointing to them and screaming "boon" at the top of her lungs. We finally asked the server to bring her a balloon of her own and she was the happiest child EVER. She carried it around the rest of that night and the next day. I would like to apologize in advance for the "Blair Witch" effect of the video.

This is so funny

Here is my family as dancing elves.

Brand New Blog Reader

We have a new blog reader who is very dedicated. She informed me this morning that she read our ENTIRE blog last night. Welcome to Ms. Kim Godbey as a "We Work For Libby" reader. I think she may end up being as dedicated as many of you.

TLA

Animal Sounds

Libby has mastered many of her animal sounds. I got some on video. Please excuse the bit of banana hanging from her chin. :)



Here is a translation of some of her sounds.

moo = moo
k k = oink oink
ow = meow
woo woo woo = woof woof woof
agh = growl

And you might have noticed that she also thinks Daddy and Mommy growl too. We play a little game with that. She says that all the people she knows growl and then will laugh and giggle. She thinks it's really funny to play "Scary ____".

TLA