awesome

so i just wanted to post that a few seconds ago libby stood up without holding onto anything and started walking about 5 or 6 steps. that is the best she has done at walking so far, now she is taking a few more steps. i think by her birthday (friday) she will be a champ. here's a video of her walking.


It looks like she falls at the end, but becky catches her.

Also, check out the blog becky wrote earlier about all the words she can say. she said something else new today, but i can't remember what it was.

Words

Libby is becoming quite the talker. I thought I'd share some of the words she can say. Some are prompted and others she says all the time.

favorite words to say (unprompted): dada, mamma, baby, car, bear, wow, peek (peekaboo), Becky (she won't stop saying this today-elmo is now becky), gr cracker, elmo, ball, night night, moo, roar, uh-oh

prompted: kitty, duck, bath, Jesus, juice, Cole, tree, knock, eat, snow, dog, Jana (nana), Addie (she's said it twice, so I'm not sure if it counts), Laila (which sounds like blablah most of the time, but she really tries to say it)

things she signs: more, please, all done, wave, clap, kiss, "5", peekaboo, points to: head, belly, ear, and sometimes nose or mouth

If your name isn't on here yet, we're working on it. :) Jana got lucky and has a very easy name for babies to say. Libby seems to learn a new word almost everyday. She's very smart ;)

She is also almost walking. She'll let go of things voluntarily now and stand for a few seconds and will sometimes walk a couple steps if mommy is there to catch her. I'm so proud of her. She loves
to stand up and fall down in her crib or on our bed. If there's a soft landing she's very brave.
This is my current favorite picture of Libby. I had fun editing it on picnik.com. If you haven't done it before, it's pretty fun (basically free photoshop). Can't believe this little monkey turns 1 on Friday! Stay tuned for birthday pictures. We're gonna have a small party on Saturday (since Richard doesn't get home from work till 8:45pm on Friday).

Happy Valentine's day

How cute is Libby in her Valentine's outfit? Simply adorable. Hope you all enjoy this celebration of Love.

little miss mischief

Don't let Libby's sweet smile fool you. She is full of mischief. At church today she was full of it. Things she did that she shouldn't have: Stole things from people's purse's, touched a quite a few bums as she pulled herself up onto the backs of people's chairs, stole binkies and toys from other babies, dumped cheerios all over the floor, crawled as fast as she could all the way out of relief society....2x, threw a graham cracker at the people in front of us during the prayer, and grabbed 2 water cups from the tray and dumped them on Daddy as the sacrament was being passed. She also danced very adorably to the hymns much to the people behind us' enjoyment (and ours). She sure knows how to make people smile. She also points to Jesus every chance she gets, which makes me feel like maybe we're doing something right. We love her, but sometimes Sunday's can be exhausting. (It doesn't help that nap time falls right in the middle of church, so she gets a bit grumpy by the end.) I know most of these things are pretty normal for a baby, but Libby seems to be one of the busiest/noisiest kids in our ward. I just don't understand what it would be like to have a child that snuggles on your lap during church or even takes a nap.
We just got called to be ward librarians today, so hopefully Libby will have more fun and freedom crawling around the library. Hope you enjoy all the pics richard posted yesterday.

Liberty is cute.