Libby's First Haircut

Libby got her first haircut earlier this month. After much ragging about her "mullet", I decided it was time to trim the scraggly edges. It's still pretty long, enough to put in pigtails, which is so cute but I don't have any recent pics of it. Here are some pictures of her first haircut!

She did great and was very excited to see what was going on. Matt did a good job keeping her attention forward.
Curious about what these things were that Mommy was using. Don't worry, they were snatched out of her hands before they were even off the chair! :)


The damage.

My first UT game and Great Grandparents 60th Anniversary

I've got a lot to catch up on! We've been very busy the last couple of weeks. Lots going on! Although I have to admit, even when we're not busy elsewhere, there's always grocery shopping, coupon clipping, meal planning, house cleaning, etc., etc. to work on. I'll try to post my pics in groups of two events each to save me some time and to split it up.

We had a bunch of people over for the first University of Tennessee game (which was great!) It was fun, especially becuase there were a bunch of kiddos there! Libby was routing for the Vols... Go Big Orange!! and was toting her little cheer leading outfit from Grammy.

She made such a funny face in this first pic, I couldn't help but post it!

Go VOLS!!

Riding on Daddy's shoulder
Giving Lucy kisses, or trying to slow her down. :)

Lucy and Libby had a race. Libby crawls on her knees, Lucy scootches on her tummy, but I must say, she is VERY fast!

Looking cute in orange

Some of the kiddos in a group shot. From left to right (Braden, Gavin (bottom left),Libby, Reese, Canon and Sadie)

All the kids (London and Phoebe, Gavin, Braden, Libby, Reese, Canon and Sadie)

Earlier this month (or maybe end of last month) we went up to Matt's parent's house to celebrate Matt's grandparents' 60th wedding anniversary (way to go! Congrats!) As much as I love outdoor and nature shots, you know I couldn't pass this up... flowers just after the rain!

Beautiful yellow rose bud

I'm not sure what kind of flower these are, maybe Impatients?

The cake.

The young couple. :)

Great Mamma and Libby, I love this shot!

While we were there, the neighboring cows got in the yard, notice Gunner trying to chase them off. They didn't listen so he came back to get help.

A little human intervention and they were gone, with Gunny at their heels.

That's it for now. I'll post more later, or tomorrow.

Another tooth! and Labor Day

Well, I'm very sad to say that Libby is now getting her first top tooth. :( I'm so sad for her to lose her gummy smile! The bottom teeth weren't so bad as she usually smiles so you can see the top gums, but this is a very sad day for me as I don't want to lose my baby! I just discovered the tooth as we were celebrating Ashley's birthday (I'll post picutres from that in another post) on Sunday. It's already made it's way through her gums! And I didn't even know it!

Oh well, she's still a cutie! Here are some pictures of a fun day on the lake on Labor Day. Our frineds, Ryan and Allyson, were gracious to invite us out with them on their boat. It turned out to be a beautiful day dispite the forecast.

Libby having a great time!

Matt and Libby going for a little swim. The lifejacket actually works!

Libby had her first tubing experience! Josh with his little girl Lucy on the right and Matt and Libby on the left.

She had a good time. :)

I'll post some more pictures (they're getting backed up) from my new camera, but these were just a few from our older camera that I brought out on the boat that were easy to upload.

Crawling, For Real!

It is such a beautiful morning in East TN! If you live around here and haven't been outside yet, I would highly recomend you go outside and feel the wonderful cool air! I love it, fall is on the way!

Libby is learning so fast!! In just a matter of days she goes from just learning something to practically mastering it! I wouldn't say she's mastered this yet, but she improves every day. She can crawl off her belly so far now! Here are a couple of video clips of just this morning.

She just learned this last night. A new sound, the letter "M" for momma!

More videos

Here are the videos (I hope) that I couldn't post the other day.



This one is of Libby on our kitchen floor. She discovered that she could turn herself around with her feet and loves to do it! I was feeding her in Ashley's kitchen and she would come around for a bite with her mouth wide open, then turn around while eating it. I love it!

Here is the other video of Libby playing with Rose.

8 Months old!

Boy, time flies! A week gone in the blink of an eye. I vowed to keep up with this blog at least once a week and I seem to be just getting by with the bare minimum. And we have so much to catch up on! Libby is 8 months old today! To the best of my knowledge (our digital scale and measuring on the wall) she is 18 pounds and 27 inches tall (50th percentile in both). Libby learns so fast, and even in the span of one week she learns so many new things! Where do I even start? Well, she has 2 teeth now. I just about gave up trying to get a picture of them after trying multiple times! Finally the persistence paid off and I got one! She now has her two bottom teeth, although they are not very big yet (thank goodness!). I'm not ready yet to give up her cute little toothless smile!
Sorry about the messy face, I had to do it during breakfast so she would open her mouth. :)

She moves around pretty good now and is just starting to get into stuff. I was working in the kitchen the other day and when I turned around, she had started pulling all the drinks off our drink cart. Disclaimer: We don't usually have this much soda in the house, there was just as sale at Kroger so we stocked up.

It was beautiful last Sunday so I took the oppotunity to get some shots of Libby.

The sun makes her hair look so golden!

Matt took her for a ride in her wagon back to the garage. Rose went along with them.

Libby loves Rose! She especially likes to watch her.

When the wagon isn't moving, she gets adventurous and tries to stand up. She accomplished it below.

Another golden-hair picture in the sunlight.

Playing with sticks in the woods. She did try to eat it, too.

Cute face. :)

The guys kind of did a "guys night" playing poker the other day, so Sarah, Ashley, Debra Andrews and I all hung out (oh, and Lucy and Libby too). Look at these beautiful eyelashes on Lucy!

Lucy and Libby hanging out on the blanket (not for long, Lucy takes off!)

Libby got her first small injury. Scraped toes. :( She doesn't even notice it. :) She got it the way most kids got scraped up toes (at least in our family). Going for a ride in her "crazy coupe". See pictures below. My Mom found this at a garage sale and I think it was a great find!

Injured toes (glistening with some Neosporin).
She loves going fast!

Watch out! Here she comes! Thanks Granny Hedger for getting this for her! She looks forward to it whenever she goes over there! And thanks, Uncle Sam for pushing her around!

As to why I haven't been keeping up on posting, I've been couponing (a new word? :). Kroger has been having a big sale, so I've been planning and clipping and organizing and searching to find the best deals. (Cereal for $0.15-0.25, Hamburger Helper for 0.15, baby food for pennies, lots of stuff for practically free, how could I pass it up?) Now our pantry is stocked (tons of ceral, Hamburger Helper, brownies, muffin mixes, snack bars, etc!) and we're ready for Football Time in Tennessee and Care group!

Speaking of care group, Matt and I just finished a class in our church called Equip. We will be starting a care group some time next month or in October. Scott and Ashley went through the class with us and will also be starting a group. We are very excited about this opportunity and pray that God uses us to accomplish His purposes.

I love my life and being a stay at home Mom! I wouldn't trade it for anything and I appreciate the ability to do it. My days are currently filled (besides couponing, grocery shopping and meal planning/preparation) with caring for Libby, trying to play with her more and read more books to her, the never-ending saga of keeping Libby's current size clothes in her drawers (putting away last month's size clothes, pulling out next month's size clothes), washing Libby's clothes (and ours when I get a chance :), keeping the house clean (it's amazing how fast it gets dirty and a mess, with baby toys in every room), keeping Libby clean (she could probably use a bath every day!), taking pictures, getting some work hours in, and blogging (in my spare time -and that's why it's only been hapening once a week :). Matt works hard at work all day so I can stay home and try to keep up with all this stuff. Then he gets home and tries to get a little Libby time in before dinner, resting for a bit, then off to bed so he can wake up and do it all again the next day. We love the weekends! I love being able to hang out with Matt all day!!! So does Libby. Our evenings look like this: We try to run with our friends Holly and Adam on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Every other Friday night is care group. And we try to squeeze a date night in when we can. (I love date night!) So that's kind of our life right now.

Now for some videos!

Other things that Libby has learned. She can now clap (not sure if I posted that yet). And she loves to clap and dance to music! She can also wave and loves to wave to people as they're walking out the door. She also likes to yell "good-bye"(at least I think that's what she's saying). Here are a couple of videos of her clapping (she was kind of grumpy -teething and nap time- so she wasn't cooperating very well).

She is so close to crawling now! She can get up on her hands and knees and was having trouble moving her hands, but now she can do it! Today she made it 6-8 paces before flopping down on her stomach. Her method is now up on hand and knees, move knees, move hands, flop on to stomach and start over. But after today, I think the more I put her on her stomach, the faster she'll learn and I wouldn't doubt it if she was crawling off her belly by next week. I think she likes having the choice of where she want to go. I put Cheerios on the ground for her to follow and she decided to come to me. Then later I put toys on the ground and she dcecided to go play with Rose. Rose has been so patient and tollerant with her! And, bonus, she doesnt' lick her to death! Here's a couple of videos of her crawling (one with pants and one without). The pants make it hard on the laminate floors, but protect her knees on the carpet. And then another video of her playing with Rose.

I'll have to post the other videos tommorrow. So long for now!

Climbing in bed, more flowers pics and animal visitors

I set Libby down in her crib yesterday so I could sort her laundry and she decided to try to pull herself up on the side of the crib. A great feat that I didn't know she could do yet. She did actually do it! Started on her butt...

Pulled herself to her knees...

Got a good grip...

And pulled herself up! She's so proud of herself. :) She learns new things every day! She can actually clap now and loves to clap and dance to music! I tried to get a quick video of her clapping, but she wasn't in a good mood so it didn't turn out so well. I'll see if I have more success today.

I've been having fun experimenting with my camera! (When I find the time.) And I've worn out our happy little flowers. I need some new material to practice on. :) I was hoping to go to the park today to get some good pics, but it's pooring down rain and looks like it might do that all day. Oh well, rainy days are good, too.

I love this pic!

Some different perspectives on them (from the back).

We had some more visitors in our yard. Here is one of the many rabbits that frequently make their way around our yard.

Our wild turkeys are also back (only 2 of them that I've seen), but I haven't gotten a good picture of them yet. Here is a pretty yellow butterfly that visited our flowers.

That's it for now!