DADA!

Little babbling babies are so adorable. And my little talker is just starting to make sense! Out of all of her monkey speak Piper said "Dada" last night. Jason and I have heard her say a great and many things (most of which were unintelligible to humans) but knew that SHE never knew what she was saying. Until last night. We were out to dinner with Jason's father-Ken, Ken's girlfriend-Kim, and Jason's niece-Cailyn when out of nowhere Piper turned to Jason and said "Dada". Then she paused a few seconds and said "dadada". Well you can't win them all, but I am counting that as her first word. I know that most of you moms might be cursing underneath your breath that the dad's of the world have won out again, but I was glad that she said Dada before Mama. I end up spending more time with Piper than Jason gets to because I work less, so I thought it was fair that he get her first word. I got to see her roll over for the first time alone, so I thought he should get something too. Plus I knew it would make his day for her to say Dada first, which it did. And aside from all of that he has been working on her for about a month, so I knew it was bound to happen soon, it is almost all she hears lately!! So here is to my husband... your training worked honey! This picture is from a couple of months ago, but it remains one of my favorites of the both of them. God bless the two most important people in my life... Piper and her Dada!

All I want for Christmas...

Well Christmas has come early this year! The day has come and little Piper has her two front teeth! Last Saturday Jason and I felt Piper's two bottom teeth poking through her gums. They were very sharp and very exciting. I am sure I will have some pictures of them soon, they are taking their sweet time to come all the way out, but she enjoys chewing on things none the less. We all got through these two teeth fairly unscathed, we will see if that changes with any subsequent teething.

Since I have not posted anything for about two weeks, there are a few other things that are new in Piper's life. She is "fluent" in rolling both directions and she does so quite often. She loves to steam roll all over the living room. She has also been trying to push herself up onto her hands and knees. I am sure she will be crawling in no time, and long before her parents are ready!! She has been doing well eating, and she does so about three times a day. She has really taken to water too, which is a relief to me because I was worried that she wasn't being hydrated enough. Other than that, things are pretty calm around here.... if you call having no time for yourself calm... we seem to manage!

Oh, and Piper loves going out in her stunner shades!

Hope that was all worth the wait. Until next time...

Many New Developments

In the last week there have been a few things that I have been meaning to blog about. It is amazing how quickly things happen with a baby. Piper is changing so quickly I think I could blog everyday and have something new to say! There were a few highlights that I wanted to talk about, and then I thought I would throw in some cute pictures at the end, mainly because I don't have the creativity to blog about every picture I want to post up here. :)

First off ... Piper can stand! Well not by herself, but she can stand while holding on to something. She hasn't pulled herself up just yet, but if I prop her up next to something she can hold herself up. It is really cute. We like to prop her up with the pillows on the sofa so that she can look out the window, she really likes to do that. She can stand briefly semi-alone, we just keep and arm near her in case she starts to fall. Which leads me into my next new development.

Piper had her first boo-boo! Well, I mean her first noticeable one that she cried about. She has scratched her face multiple times, but I swear she never notices. And then of course there was the time I let her fall of the sofa, she didn't like that, but I think I cried more about it than she did. But this was the first time she was upset and then had a bruise afterward. I don't think you can see the bruise very well in this picture, but I thought I would put it up anyway. Piper was standing on the counter and she bent over to play with something in front of her. She was sort of standing on all fours so I was letting her practice her balance. I was supporting her from falling backward, because she kept leaning that way, and then all of the sudden she pitched forward and smacked her head on the counter. I felt so bad, and then she started crying, no... not crying, SCREAMING. You would have thought I had just cut her arm off! I felt so bad because I was almost laughing at how hard she was crying. But she soon got over it and I am sure completely forgot about the whole incident. Sorry baby girl, but there is a first time for everything right?

So the rest of these pictures are just cute ones that I wanted to post up here, nothing spectacular. The first picture is of Piper and our neighbor Taylor, he is just over a year old. Hope that you enjoy these! :)