Okay, so no pictures with this post, but Denise and I have been talking about daycare and what we observe every day when we drop off and pick Libby up. We find it kind of funny, so we thought we would share.
In the morning, Denise drops Libby off at daycare. The last couple of weeks, when she sits Libby down on the floor to play, one of the other girls in the room, Alexa, always comes over to her and they start "gabbing" away. This morning when Denise dropped her off, she sat her down and Alexa came over and started talking with Libby. Well, Libby coughed some and Denise patted her on the back. Alexa walked behind Libby and started patting her on the back just like Denise had. Alexa also likes to rub Libby's hair according to the daycare personnel. Looks like Libby has her first friend!
In the afternoon, I get to pick Libby up. It is the complete opposite with Isabelle and Libby. Every day when I walk in and get Libby, Isabelle and Libby will just stare at each other. I have never heard either one of them babble to each other, let alone smile! They just stare. Looks like Libby has her first enemy.
Denise said something to the daycare staff the other day and they had noticed both of these situations also! Libby also likes to laugh at the kids that throw temper tantrums. The other day one of the boys in the room just had a fit and was laying on the floor kicking and screaming. The staff was trying to get him to calm down when all of a sudden they burst out laughing. Here, Libby was sitting off to the side, just letting a great big belly laugh out. The more she laughed, the more the boy kicked and screamed. The more Libby laughed, the more the daycare staff laughed, and the more upset the little boy got. I guess it is not the first time she has done that as they have said she will laugh at kids that are crying.
Not a whole lot else going on here. Our hockey travels are over until October now. Bemidji is still playing as they won their conference tournament and now will play in the NCAA Tournament. They drew Notre Dame in their first game and will play in Grand Rapids, MI. Lucky for me, the game will be on Saturday night on ESPN Classic at 6:30. It will be a very tough game for them as Notre Dame is ranked number 2 in the nation right now, but in a one game playoff, anything can happen. If they win, they play Sunday, if they loose, they are done.
Both our jobs are still going very well. Denise just got done with a weekend upgrade that switched a portion of the Unicel customers over to Verizon. She had to work Saturday night from midnight to Sunday at 6:30am to complete the task, but it is done and Unicel is no more (for the most part). But as I have stated in earlier posts, her job looks pretty secure.
Our snow is, whoops, WAS just about gone. We had a pretty good blizzard a couple of weeks ago dropping 8-10 inches of snow with 40 mile per hour winds. That made the drift behind our house push 100 inches in height. Right now, after three days of rain, that drift is about down to 12 inches tops. It was also about the only snow left in our yard. But now today, we have gotten about an inch, maybe two. As far as flooding goes, we are pretty high and dry here. Our cul-de-sac had a nice pond for about three days, but that is now gone. Otherwise, most of the flooding is at least an hour from here.
That is about all from here. We will try and have some pictures for you next time!
Troy, Denise and Libby
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Six Months Old
I know, I know, it is a day early. But tomorrow, March 2, Elizabeth Rose will be six months old. It is hard to believe as it has flown by fast. Everyone that sees Libby for the first time in a couple of weeks talks about how much she has changed. I guess we don't see it as we are around her daily. But then we go and look at her past pictures and we see it! She is getting bigger, so much so that we had to get new car seats for the vehicles and install them today as she has outgrown the ones we have now. It will be interesting tomorrow to see just how big she really is as she has her six month checkup. We will also have to put up with shots............
Things here have been busy. We sat down last week and realized we needed to take this weekend just to have to ourselves. We have been on the run or doing something every weekend since the beginning of February and this was going to be the only weekend we would have free until April. So, we spent four hours at Walmart on Saturday getting Libby's six month / Easter picture taken. The photo center was running behind and that pushed us back about a half hour. They then told us to go do our shopping and then stop back to pick out photos. Well, when we stopped back, there was a family in front of us and they took what seemed like forever. Libby was a trooper through all of this, doing very well, probably better than mom and dad.
As for our hockey trips, we only have two left. The Beavers will conclude their regular season next weekend in Bemidji, and then the following weekend they will host the Conference Tournament. It seems like just yesterday the season was starting and now it is almost over. Okay, at least for Troy it seems that way!
Our jobs continue to go well. Denise survived her week in Texas for training with Verizon. More importantly, daddy and Libby survived the week without mommy being around. Verizon has announced that they will keep the building in Alexandria open, just who all will be staffed there is yet to be determined. But, with the company training Denise the way they are, her job looks more and more secure every day. The Alexandria community did take a big hit as they handed out pink slips to the call center staff and some others, about 65-70 individuals.
My job continues to get busier and busier as more and more people hit the unemployment lines. Working for a company that deals with government assistance for medical, perscription and dental care, our jobs get busier and busier as people get laid off. Add to that the fact everyday I learn a little more about the "system", it means that there is more I can do. It is a fast paced job and the days just fly by. I will admit I work on a great team, so that has really helped the learning curve.
For not posting in about six weeks, this post seems a little short. But, I will leave you with some pictures of Libby, since that is who everyone wants to see! We also picked up a video camera around Christmas time, so videos should be appearing on this site in the future (just have to edit them some!).
The first few pictures are of Libby "sitting" in the huge snow drift we have on the north side of the house. Back in January, it measured around 40 inches above the surface of the deck, or 70 inches total. We had a few days in the 40s and a day of rain in February, so it shrunk down to around 50 inches total. Well, this past Thursday, we had a storm that dropped around 10 inches with a little bit of wind. Now the drift measures 73 inches, so it grew again.
Anyway, enjoy the snow pictures.
Up next is Libby and Daddy lounging around on Saturday.
Honestly, Libby does like bath time even if that "look" doesn't look like it!
Libby laying around on the floor. She loves being on her back and is getting better at "tummy time". She has figured out how to hold her head up with her arms and how to hold her rear up with her legs, but hasn't put both of them together yet to start crawling. I think she sees the crawlers and walkers at daycare and wants to move like that. She is getting pretty good at sitting up and is pretty close to being able to hold herself steady without help.
Things here have been busy. We sat down last week and realized we needed to take this weekend just to have to ourselves. We have been on the run or doing something every weekend since the beginning of February and this was going to be the only weekend we would have free until April. So, we spent four hours at Walmart on Saturday getting Libby's six month / Easter picture taken. The photo center was running behind and that pushed us back about a half hour. They then told us to go do our shopping and then stop back to pick out photos. Well, when we stopped back, there was a family in front of us and they took what seemed like forever. Libby was a trooper through all of this, doing very well, probably better than mom and dad.
As for our hockey trips, we only have two left. The Beavers will conclude their regular season next weekend in Bemidji, and then the following weekend they will host the Conference Tournament. It seems like just yesterday the season was starting and now it is almost over. Okay, at least for Troy it seems that way!
Our jobs continue to go well. Denise survived her week in Texas for training with Verizon. More importantly, daddy and Libby survived the week without mommy being around. Verizon has announced that they will keep the building in Alexandria open, just who all will be staffed there is yet to be determined. But, with the company training Denise the way they are, her job looks more and more secure every day. The Alexandria community did take a big hit as they handed out pink slips to the call center staff and some others, about 65-70 individuals.
My job continues to get busier and busier as more and more people hit the unemployment lines. Working for a company that deals with government assistance for medical, perscription and dental care, our jobs get busier and busier as people get laid off. Add to that the fact everyday I learn a little more about the "system", it means that there is more I can do. It is a fast paced job and the days just fly by. I will admit I work on a great team, so that has really helped the learning curve.
For not posting in about six weeks, this post seems a little short. But, I will leave you with some pictures of Libby, since that is who everyone wants to see! We also picked up a video camera around Christmas time, so videos should be appearing on this site in the future (just have to edit them some!).
The first few pictures are of Libby "sitting" in the huge snow drift we have on the north side of the house. Back in January, it measured around 40 inches above the surface of the deck, or 70 inches total. We had a few days in the 40s and a day of rain in February, so it shrunk down to around 50 inches total. Well, this past Thursday, we had a storm that dropped around 10 inches with a little bit of wind. Now the drift measures 73 inches, so it grew again.
Anyway, enjoy the snow pictures.
Up next is Libby and Daddy lounging around on Saturday.
Honestly, Libby does like bath time even if that "look" doesn't look like it!
Libby laying around on the floor. She loves being on her back and is getting better at "tummy time". She has figured out how to hold her head up with her arms and how to hold her rear up with her legs, but hasn't put both of them together yet to start crawling. I think she sees the crawlers and walkers at daycare and wants to move like that. She is getting pretty good at sitting up and is pretty close to being able to hold herself steady without help.
Libby "looking" at the roses that Mommy got for Valantine's Day (the roses are a little droopy now, but they did look nice at one time!) She is really starting to get curious about things, scratching, touching and tasting as many things as she can. We have started to pay REAL close attention to what she is doing. She loves the newspaper and Target ad!
We have used this "Jump and Go" that we got from my sister Stacy quite a bit. Libby just loves it. It is portable, so it has worked great on hockey weekends in the hotel room and last weekend when we helped move my Grandma out of her apartment. We just hung it in a doorway somewhat out of the way and she was happy for hours.
We have used this "Jump and Go" that we got from my sister Stacy quite a bit. Libby just loves it. It is portable, so it has worked great on hockey weekends in the hotel room and last weekend when we helped move my Grandma out of her apartment. We just hung it in a doorway somewhat out of the way and she was happy for hours.
Well, that is about all from here for now. We hope everyone is doing well and we will try to keep this updated more frequently. Hopefully we can get videos figured out and we will have those up soon.
Troy, Denise and Libby
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