This Halloween was much more eventful than last year...Libby loved all the festivities and tolerated her costume pretty well too. We did not do any trick-or-treating, but we had lots of fun. On Friday we got to wear our costume to little gym and on Saturday we had a little Halloween get together on our street. Libby loved having all of the trick-or-treaters come to the door and she would get upset when they would leave. We also go to celebrate a victory for the Bulldawgs!

Halloween 2008

Yee Haw - Happy Halloween ya'll!

This is the attempted group picture at our little gym class, a monkey, duck, lion and cow girl...

Enjoying a "whole" piece of pizza - holding the whole piece of food is our new thing.

pizza, pizza!

Cowboy Runyan and Cowgirl Libby Lu

In action with Daddy - look at that high-steppin'

Loving a Halloween hayride

This is my absolute favorite thing at little gym - swinging from the bars.

Happy Fall!

Life has been good around here these days. This past weekend was very busy but a lot of fun.

We went to Little Gym so Jeremy could see all of the fun Libby gets to have on Friday morning. We also went to the pumpkin patch, the donut shop and to the zoo. We also watched football, the dawgs aren't doing so hot and I must say it is pretty painful to watch, but we cheer on the other SEC teams while we wait for our dawgs to improve...Here's to positive thinking!

Libby is starting to walk. While it is not her preferred mode of transportation, it is a fun trick she uses to impress us from time to time. It is very cute. See her progress in the video at the bottom.

Lulu posing with our temporary pet turkey...

Enjoying a donut hole at Gibson's

I look up to see my baby that has become a big girl...where did 15 months go?

Diane, Me, Mom, Jane & Jill on our girls retreat in Gatlinburg.

Me, Mom & Jane

Walking, talking & being maternal...

This is a video of our most recent mobility...Nurturing is definitely instinct for females.

Libby loves this stroller and baby doll that NaNa gave her for her birthday, this is the only baby doll that gets to ride in the stroller all others are tossed out.

She loves to walk - but only with the stroller. See the footage below.

Our week in review ~

We welcomed Jeremy home Sunday night after he spent a week in Colorado. We missed him so much but he had a great time...a much needed trip away from the every day routine here in Memphis.
I stayed busy here with Libby. I tackled a little home improvement project while Jeremy was gone. It took much more time than I anticipated but I am very happy with the way it turned out. Basically every time Libby went to sleep, I was painting, priming or wallpapering...resulting in a new look for our pantry/laundry room but a very tired Elizabeth.
Libby missed her Daddy and we are so thankful he is home safe and sound but so glad he had such a great trip!

Part of the ropes course they went on

The cliff Jeremy repelled from - I'll pass...

Mike & Jeremy

View from 12,000 feet

Call me crazy, but I don't think duck hunting will ever be the same after this.

Libby in the tent we built - her favorite thing about it was that it could be destroyed -

she did that, twice...

Her new thing is hiding underneath things.

Conversing with my buddy...

Guess what we are going to be for Halloween?

Yee - Haw

The hat is complements of Runyan's birthday party - at the petting zoo.

Libby loved it!

Pantry - Before

Pantry - After

I must say, putting away groceries is a lot more pleasant these days.

Little of this, little of that...

We are getting excited for Fall and Football around here - Go Dawgs!

Jeremy is like a kid at Christmas. Not to mention, duck hunting is just around the corner.

I am just happy the weather has been so great, Fall is my favorite time of year.

I have been brainstorming our Halloween costume but nothing has come to me yet.

Libby has been very busy. She has pretty much dropped her second nap, the transition has been easier on her than it has on me. The good thing is her nap that she does take is longer, so that helps me out. We are not walking yet...crawling is much much faster.

We have started to do Little Gym which she LOVES! I love it too, it is so fun to watch her play. She is definitely the life of the party. She loves to be the center of attention and is very outgoing. When we walk into any public venue she waves to everyone.

She loves Hagan - she has learned how to play fetch with him and thinks it is hilarious. He can really make her laugh. Here are a few pics to enjoy.

I love the great outdoors

Sleeping Beauty

This is how I exit every room - turn to wave to let them know I will not be in their presence and then make a mad dash for something I shouldn't be playing with.

Naked time is fun. (or as we say it "nekkid")

Going in for the kill - hitting is our new thing - look at Hagan wincing - poor guy.

This was after a long day, she was pulling her hair down - I looked back to see that I was riding with a diva from 1982

Daddy is a celebrity around here - especially when mowing the lawn...

Every weekend the grass needs to be mowed, and so out the door Jeremy goes to tackle the yard work...It has definitely become "the" event of the weekend for Libby.
We sit and watch and wave to him...not just a normal wave that EVERY person we encounter normally gets, but a huge full arm frantic Howdy-do type of wave. And she does this every time he passes by. This is also the only opportunity I have to cut her fingernails because she is mesmerized by our hero on the snapper. Normally a manicure is out of the question unless she is extremly side-tracked.

Her other new obsessions are doors & light switches - She loves to shut Hagan out of the room and then open the door and laugh at him, and turn the lights on and off.
We are still not walking and I am fine with that...still crawling and eating interesting things we find. This is such a fun age and she is so much fun to play with the down side is she has learned how to throw fits...

The other day she went in her room and shut the door on me...I am already having visions of the teenage years...Lord help me.

Going to the Chapel...

This past weekend was a great one. We went up to Lousiville, Kentucky to Callie & Russell's wedding. It was so fun to see family & friends and to get to spend time with Callie's family too.

Libby didn't make all of the festivities - but she still had a great time! I have so many pictures so I had to make a slide show of this event. Hopefully I can post it without any trouble...Enjoy