Utah

Libby and I went to Utah Oct 6-11th so we could go to my best friend Carrie's wedding, meet my newest nephew and see lots of family! We had a lot of fun and I apologize for the length of this post! We got there Wednesday (Libby did awesome on the flight) and stayed at my brother Dan's house. Libby had a lot of fun playing with her cousins Sam, Josh, & Eliza. Now that she is mobile, she really likes playing with other kids. All of the cousins adored over her too, which she loves.
Thursday we spent most of the day at BYU with Penny. We got to see her dorm room, eat at the Canon, explore various buildings on campus and get caught in some crazy rain storms. Diane joined us in the evening and we watched Penny's volleyball game, (which she won, bytheway). Libby got very into the game and was waving her fists and squealing, it was quite funny. Afterward Ryan joined us for dinner at the Canon. Liberty was very curious of Ryan.

Friday was spent in Midway. We got to meet Isaac! (I just realized I don't have any pictures of him, I'll have to steal some from my mom later). He made Libby look so big and grown up. It was hard to believe she used to be that small. I miss the days where she would fall asleep in my arms and snuggle. We got a tour of the fish hatchery that my brother Chad works at, went swimming with Chad and Cody at the condo (Libby and Cody got along really well, Libby seemed to enjoy watching him and crawling after him) and later that night we had a birthday party for Chad with family. Lots of fun and delicious cake.
Saturday was a long and fun day. We left really early to drive down to Manti and pick Jessica up on the way. There was an obnoxious amount of road work on the way that made us a little later than expected. When we got there we couldn't find parking and then were led astray by signs telling us how to get to the entrance of the temple. When we finally got down there, I couldn't find Janae, who was going to watch Libby during the sealing. I had pretty much given up, but then I found her, pretty much threw Libby down and rushed inside the temple to change. It was a beautiful wedding and it was so happy to be with my 3 best friends in the temple. (I really wished Richard was there though).

After the wedding and pictures, Julie & Janae rode with us up to Sandy where the reception was held. They had a ring ceremony beforehand which was pretty cool (more like the traditional wedding you see in movies, made me wish I had one). The bishop gave a really good talk. We had milk and brownies at the reception which was cool b/c I always want milk not punch. The reception was outside, so we had to go inside for awhile b/c it was a bit chilly and Libby was a little antsy on my lap. I think this is a funny picture of her playing. (and check out the tooth!). Again Libby had fun with all the kids there. During the dancing, she got so excited and was dancing and squealing and clapping her hands. So cute. She was such a trooper all day. we didn't get home till 11 pm. Luckily she slept in the car.

Sunday Isaac was blessed. Chad did a wonderful job. After church we had nice lunch at his house with everyone.
Monday we returned home! Richard picked us up from the airport where we went to dinner at Red Robin. It was delicious of course! We found out Liberty likes lemons (a lot) and got to take her picture with a mini statue of Liberty!

Lost the baby weight

So, I just feel like bragging right now. I weigh 10 lbs less then I did before I got pregnant with Liberty. What is my secret to success? .....I have no idea because it certainly is not dieting or exercise. (unless chasing Libby counts as exercise) No wonder my pants are always falling down though.

7 months and crawling

Libby turned 7 months old yesterday. Above you can see her funny monkey face. it's really funny and cute. She also learned to crawl last week. (which is pretty early for those who haven't been around babies recently). We also noticed her gums looking rather swollen yesterday and sure enough, this morning we could see the bud of a tooth starting to poke through. She doesn't seem to mind though. (probably b/c Richard let her suck on an otter pop).

Here is a picture of her in these ridiculously cute boots my friend Joni is letting her borrow. They are a bit big, but there are so cute I had to put them on her. She did a little jig in them, which was funny. I'm not sure why, it is underlined and blue above, but I'm too lazy to fix it....

Liberty loves green beans

Liberty prefers green beans over applesauce. What a silly girl. She actually prefers green beans to any other food we've given her besides otter pops. (She's had carrots, peas, rice cereal, oatmeal and applesauce). I tried to put in a funny video of her eating peas, but it won't upload. I've tried like 4 times. :(

On Thursday we went to music makers which is a mom club put on by some awesome ladies in my ward for all the little ones. We were excited to see Carrissa and her girls there too. Libby loved every minute of it. We were late so we missed most of the story time, but we got to do finger plays, sing fun songs with actions and play a kazoo. Libby was dancing and jumping and trying to play with all the other babies and kids (and sucking like mad on that kazoo). I think we will try to go more often. (not sure if it will happen every week once we move though). I am going to miss our ward.

Liberty learned to sit herself up. It is quite impressive. She rolls to her tummy, pulls her knees up under her, pushes up with her hands and untucks her feet out and ta-da she is sitting. That is how I found her this morning. Sitting up in her crib sucking on her blanket. Silly girl. I imagine that is how she is now since she is supposed to be taking a nap and I can hear her blowing raspberries and jabbering away. (hey, at least she's not crying, right).

In other news, we rented our storage unit and will be moving our stuff in this week. Then we get to clean clean clean. Oh and in case you hadn't heard....Richard got into BYU-Idaho!!! They haven't given us his track, but it will probably be Winter/Spring. That is why we have a storage unit. We are moving in w/ family to save up some money until January when we will (hopefully) be going off to school! We are both very excited for this opportunity. (not too excited about the snow though, bleh).

6 Month Stats

Liberty's 6 month stats:
Weight: 14 lbs 5 oz (18th percentile)
Height: 26 1/2 inches (78th percentile)
Head: 16.25 inches (18th percentile)--last time she was 5th percentile, getting bigger, but still pretty small headed

New things Libby does: Take baths in the regular bath, which she thinks is awesome. Eat baby food. We'll have to put up a video of her eating peas. She thinks they are gross and has some funny reactions. Pick up Cheerios and eat them (although I'm not sure she really likes them that much). She has also started making this really funny face that Richard calls her duck face. If I capture it on camera, I am definitely posting it.

Summer Fun

We've been having a lot of fun on Richard's days off lately. Bellingham 2 weeks ago and Great Wolf Lodge last week. This week though is dentists and doctors...lame.
We had fun in Bellingham visiting my sister and her family. Libby and Laila are getting to more evenly matched now that Libby can sit up. Libby kept stealing Laila's toys. I'm pretty sure Libby is going to be the bossy/mischievous one out of those two. We went to a really pretty park on the water and had a picnic and drank delicious hot cocoa. (yes, hot cocoa...in the summer...in 80 degree weather). Richard and Zack had fun talking about police stuff and watching you tube videos and Sarah and I had fun talking coupons and crafts and watching the So you think you can dance finale. :) Richard and all the 10 yr old neighbor boys had a big water fight. Zack joined in for part of the time, but wimped out. lol. Richard couldn't pass up a good water fight. Us girls and babies watched safely from the porch.

Last week, we were planning on going to Ocean Shores and invited Penny and Mom. Kind of last minute, we all decided Great Wolf lodge would be at least as fun. Basically it is a cool hotel with a big indoor water park. Libby loves swimming so we thought everyone would have a good time and with it being a hotel we could just go upstairs at nap time, etc. It was awesome. Penny, Richard and I had fun going on the Tornado water slide, which was like a funnel. Pretty scary, but very fun. The kiddy pool area was nice. Libby could sit in the shallow part and splash.

Richard and Libs worn out from all the fun an me and Libs in the kiddy pool


Just finished going down the water slide & Richard and i getting soaked by 1000 gallons of water

Other happenings in our lives. Libby is 6 months old today! Which flew by so fast. She loves to jump in her johnny jump up, which is very funny. She laughs a lot too, which is the best (if you haven't already, check out the videos on youtube/facebook). She really is the cutest baby ever. Just started her on baby food, I have to fight her for the spoon, she is very grabby. We are also planning on moving out of our apartment and in with family at the end of September so we can save money for Richard's college. We are still waiting to hear from BYU-I, (the deadline to turn in applications isn't till Oct 1, but he's finished w/it already). Hopefully we'll be there in January. We are excited.

Libby peaking at me when I came to get her in the morning and Libby wearing dino outfit

My Etsy Shop

I sold 2 adorable baby tutus (top 2 images) last week on a website called Etsy. It's been pretty fun making little things to post on the site and I was super excited to have a sale. I really can't take that much credit though for the sales because I had Libby model them and well, as you can see she is the cutest baby on the planet and it's no wonder they sold. :) The pink and orange one is my favorite.

Here's a link to my shop (although not much on there, i need to take pics of new projects): www.etsy.com/shop/beckysbabyballerina