busy, busy, busy....

On July 9 and 10 my Aunt Jackie (not to be confused with Libby's Aunt Jacque), my cousin Alisa, and her 4 girls were in Omaha for a visit to the zoo. My Aunt lives near Kansas City and Alisa and girls all live in Washington state. Wednesday was a hot day and with Libby's recent ear infection I didn't think she would want to spend all day outside. When they were all done at the zoo, we meet them at their hotel for dinner and swimming. Our friend Ruth (who lives in Council Bluffs) and her 2 girls came along too. It was fun eating out with all 11 of us girls. Libby ate and ate and had a good time swimming. On Thursday- Alisa, Jackie and all the girls-this time including my cousin Tracy-came to visit my apartment. We hung out for a little while and then went out for lunch. It was awesome to see them all again and will hopefully get to see again soon.

On Friday- Libby and I visited a sprayground in Omaha. It wasn't as good as the one in Michigan. She was more interested in the slides and the play area than the water but it was entertaining for a brief period of time. Saturday-Mike played in a tournament so we spent a few hours at the ballpark. Libby, Jacque and I also made a visit to Uncle Rod and Aunt Callie's for a swim. It was a little chilly that day so the swim didn't last very long.

Today-Libby, Austin and I went to a really neat pool. It has a shallow end with a couple of spray areas and a little kiddy slide. Libby could walk around and play on the slide by herself (with supervision). The pool gradually got deeper and also had a deep end with a diving board and a slide for "big kids". Libby is going to be disappointed when we go to the pool at the cabins and she can't play in the water on her own like this pool and the sprayground.

Libby is 18 months old!!

On July 8th Libby had an appointment for her 18 month check up. We are still going to Dr. Amir in Sioux City for check ups. I guess I should try to find a doctor in Omaha in case of emergency but I would love to keep going to Dr. Amir whenever possible.

When I started typing this I looked back in my blog to see what Libby's stats were at her 15 month check up. Well, the girl hasn't grown at all! She is the same size as she was 3 months ago. Actually this time she measured 2 inches shorter at 30 1/2" which puts her in the 35th percentile. Last time they measured her laying on the scale, this time they did it standing. Libby weighs 1 oz. less this appointment at 22 lbs. 12 oz which is the 25th percentile. I swore she weighed more than that and she was more on the average size. Her head was in the 40th percentile but I have always know that she has a peanut head.

While at this check up it was discovered that Libby had a double ear infection. She didn't act cranky but had been pulling on her ears occasionally but Dr. Amir said the infection was only a couple of days old. When we got back from MI she had a fever for a day, she had been drooling a lot and had a runny nose so I just thought all of those things were because she is getting her molars in. I asked Dr. Amir to give Libby a shot of antibiotics to clear up her ear infection because two out of three times I tried to give her Tylenol/Advil for her fever, she threw it up. I knew the shot was going to be painful for her but not as painful as trying to shove medication in her mouth for 10 days and worrying about how much she actually swallowed. Since Libby has gotten the shot she has been eating and eating and her runny nose has cleared up.

Dr. Amir was impressed by Libby's verbal skills. She didn't actually say very much at her appointment but I told him how she can speak a few sentences and has started putting words together. I am sure she gets her verbal skills from her dad and Aunt Jacque.

4th of July weekend

On the 4th of July we packed up and went to Sioux City for the weekend. On Friday night we went to the Explorer's game. Libby liked clapping and cheering when everyone else did. She was in love with the mascot "Slider". She kept crying and saying "Puppy, Puppy, Puppy". Libby did great staying up for the fireworks. She LOVED them too. The loud noise didn't scare her at all. She just watched and said "WOW". We have since seen fireworks on TV and she will stare and say "WOW".

On Saturday we went out to Brad and Teri's for their annual pool party. Libby LOVES swimming. She has no fear of the water. She would jump in by herself if we let her. We didn't make it until the fireworks that night because Libby was tired and kept wanting to get in the pool with her clothes on. Austin gave us a little fireworks show at Mimi and Papa's after it got dark. He only tried to light the neighborhood on fire once, which was pretty funny and scary at the same time.

On Sunday Mike and I made a visit to our old house. It was cool to see the family but sort of sad to see it again. After everyone went back to Omaha on Sunday (Libby and I stayed until Tuesday), we went over to my sister's to visit with Taylor and Caleb. Libby played with the kids, had a couple of snacks and went swimming. We left when it started raining and the tornadoes came. My visit would not have been complete without the tornado sirens going off.

random stuff

I have been working with Libby on potty training. I know she is a little young but I would LOVE to have her potty trained before we move to our new house. I won't be disappointed too much if it doesn't happen but I have to give it a try-at least at home. The past couple of days I have been taking her clothes off and letting her sit on her potty chair in the living room while we read or watch TV. Yesterday said "potty" and pointed to her chair. I sat her on the potty and she pooped!!! I got really excited, showed it to her and let her flush it down the toilet. While I was calling daddy to tell him the news and getting a diaper to put on, she peed on the floor. I guess we have a ways to go. I can't except too much because she is still pretty young.

Nick and JJ finally got their blog up and running. The link to view some photos of Jordyn Jae is listed at the very bottom of my blog. It is the top link.

Our house is coming along great. We can see some of the piping that will be under the house and the sump pump. They have also poured the concrete for our garage floor. It has been about a week since I have gotten up close to see the changes. This weekend I plan on taking a few pictures and will post a report.

Summer Vacation

I apologize for not posting for so long. It has been pretty busy around here. On June 20th, my sister and I loaded up the 3 kids in her van and drove 13 hours to my dad and Cande's. We drove overnight thinking the kids would sleep. Not the case, Libby and Caleb barely slept. Needless to say the drive was an adventure. We got to there around 7am. Libby and I went to bed and slept until around 10:30am. We got ready and out the door to get a few family pictures taken. Unfortunately, my kid was the least cooperative. Some of the pictures turned out good even though Libby had a pacifier in her mouth and we were still tired from the trip. We went up North on Monday night. Libby did not want anything to do with the beach. She hated the sand and the lake water. She liked it when I walked in the water but refused to get down. The picture above is taken in a quick second that she let me put her down with shoes on. I hope she likes it when she gets older. Libby loved running around the big house and acted like she owned the place most of the time. On Thursday we took the kids to a sprayground. Libby LOVED it!! I thought I was going to have to hold her the whole time. She got down right away and ran around with all the other kids. She let the buckets dump on her and let the sprinklers spray her in the face, she didn't care. We went swimming at Aunt Judy and Uncle Rob's a few times too, which Libby also enjoyed. Otherwise, we just ate, shopped and hung out at the house. The drive home wasn't quite as adventurous because the kids slept most of the way. Libby and I had such a good time we are planning on flying back for another visit in August.