Quick story

Just about every Friday this semester, our staff team meets for lunch and Bible study. We've had a student babysit Liv for those 2 hours, and we've been so grateful for his willingness to do that. Dan does a great job with her but is (as any male college senior) hesitant to change any poopy diapers. So we're finishing up our meeting yesterday, and Aaron gets a text. He smiles and shows me. I, however, couldn't stop laughing. It said, "She had a monster poo. I almost threw up." Probably part of what's so funny about it is knowing Dan, but I couldn't stop laughing picturing him changing it because I'm sure he literally almost threw up.

The picture above is when we lived next to Dan in S. Carolina this summer. What a good sport :).

Last Times

Last Monday (Dec. 1st) was our first day weaning Liv off her bottle. We were only giving her a bottle at her naptimes and bedtime. So that day we just gave her her sippy cup for sleep times. She didn't ask for her bottle and has done great. And now for the last few weeks she only goes up and down the stairs holding our hands and tries to step like a big girl. She doesn't crawl up the stairs anymore. And I've just been thinking about the last time Liv does something. We don't always know when the last time is a last time. And while I treasure watching her grow and learn new things, I get a bit nostalgic thinking about how she's not really a baby anymore. Looking at the picture above, it's so easy to see how she's grown and lost some of that baby chubbyness. What a sweetheart. We are so blessed she'd our daughter. I'll ask Livie if she's momma's sweet pea, and she'll nod her head yes. It's awesome.

More Words

I forgot to add:

more - mo
water - wah-oh
towell - tow (as in rhymes with wow, not toe)

and new today...

milk - mook
grape - beep (that one cracks me up).

Liv's Words

At some point I thought the words were just going to start coming, and in the last few weeks they have. I continue to be amazed as she'll add a new word or point to something and say what it is. It's so much fun to watch. And, so I don't forget, I wanted to post the current list.

Uh-Oh - uh-ow
No - nooo
duck
dog - dug/duck
phone - foh
hello - he-oh
Hi (says this lots)
door - doh
Banana - B
cheese - cheesh (LOVES cheese)
Cheerios - chee-oh or choo
beans - B
Up
walk - alk
Dad - Dat, Dad, Dabby
Mom
nose - no
Shoes
Sock
cracker - cack
Cook
Here - he-oh

There may be more, but that's all I can remember at the moment. And then there's yesterday where clear as a bell she said the f-word. We don't use that language or watch that language. I think it was just her babbling, but it sure gets your attention!

Disney Pics

Finally here's some pictures of our Florida trip. We had a great time. We spent a full day at Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, and Epcot. I was able to meet a friend for lunch one day and mom and dad took Liv back to the Magic Kingdom for a couple hours. She did great during the week. By the end of the week she was a pro at taking naps in her stroller. She loved to take everything in and would point and say "Ooooh". Probably her favorite things were the couple parades we watched and the Finding Nemo show and Lion King show at Animal Kingdom. She was just captivated. I think Grandma and Grandpa had the most fun though :). They just loved showing Liv their favorite things and watching her reaction. We had a great time together.

Grandma's indulgence - Our Mini Minnie Mouse :)

I sat in the car ahead by myself to capture this great photo op.

Liv learned the word "walk" while we were gone because she loved to walk everywhere. She'd squirm and say, "alk, alk" to get down and stretch her legs.

She also loved the "help" push her stroller.

She was willing to hold still long enough for only 1 picture. Fortunately it turned out pretty good :).

At Christmas they turn the castle into an ice castle. It really was pretty.

We're at Animal Kingdom here.

There was always a long line to meet the characters, but while Dad and I went on a ride, mom waited for Liv to meet Chip and Dale. She was pretty uncertain close up, but she stood at a distance for awhile and kept looking at them and waving.

She loved her first bites of a Mickey Bar :).


We're at Epcot in front of France. The poster we're close to says Toulouse on it which is a city I was able to visit.