Canton is really into making stuff lately! Here is his rocket, currently taking up the entire space between the living and dining areas 🙂

Canton woke at 7:15, had a sausage biscuit that took like 25 mins to finish, and we are out the door at 8:02. He saw the bus go by and got pretty scared that he would have to ride it, but once we assured him, he happily continued on the walk.

I wouldn’t say he was excited, more like indifferent. He happily presented Ms. Flanary a HUGE zucchini which got a lot of laughs from the adults in the room. After some hugs and goodbyes he found his seat which was set up with a cool Playdough activity and got to work. He said “I guess I’ll see you at 3, bye love you.” So that was that…

I guess here is the part I could get sappy, but, we are hopeful for a great year and feel so blessed for all the time we have had. I feel like part of me is missing as I sit here with Liberty, but it is another new normal and he has so much good in him to make it a great year.

Thanks to everyone for their support!

“I feel ok about it, like a 5/10, so I will do my thumb halfway.”

One week to go! He took a selfie to show off!

Also his corn started to come in!

Liberty has also learned what a PIG says. Here she is making her “oinking face”. I’ll try to get a video soon.

And just a cute one, being proud of her pig sound

Liberty sure has learned a lot in her 13 months!

Despite having just one tooth she is eating well, she enjoys EGGS (which she can also say), most fruits, yogurt, plain baked potatoes, and she wouldn’t be from the Holdaway side without loving green beans! Most of her protein comes from baby food still, but she’s getting there.

Speaking of getting there, this girl can fly around the house now! She is getting so fast! No longer does she toddle around, she all but runs!

She communicates well with pointing and grunting, she has added “eggs” to the list of words she can say (mama, dada, bruh-bruh, dog) and signs “water” and “please”, which helps a lot. She also moos and oinks, yay!

Interest wise, despite the princess push from Rhonda, she loves using Canton’s cars and trains, she LOVES animals, being outside, and seeing other babies. She gets so excited to see another baby in the store on on her diaper boxes. She’s a social girl!

She’s also a strong-willed girl. She has no problem standing up for herself or creatively using an object she can find to help her accomplish her goal. She often will pull pillows to stack and help her climb the couch or use her princess car to run into Canton when he’s getting in her face a little too much. Needless to say, she’s begun to visit the time out corner more than a few times! 🙂

She’s a character and we’re so lucky to have her!

Weight: 23 lbs

Length: 31 inches

Stand up for herself ;), sign water and please, she added eggs to her vocab, and showed off a few of the many body parts she knows!

Liberty had a big day of playing and saying her new word: eggs!

So tired, so fell asleep I her chair eating spaghetti. She was too messy to lay on her crib, so here she is on the floor before I begin trying to clean her without waking her 😉