Monday, February 28, 2011

12 months

At 12 months, Piper is:
  • crawling, cruising, climbing, pushing, pulling, but not walking.
  • saying "quack", "clock", "coo coo" (for the clock in the dining room), "ma" (for milk), and "dog" (I think!).
  • eating all table food and drinking whole milk from a cup.
  • only nursing once a day (in the morning). This will cease in a few days as I give my body time to adjust to a succession of dropped feedings.
  • sleeping from 7:30 PM to 7:30 AM.
  • napping twice a day for 1.5 to 2 hours each time.
  • making a mess of everything she can. We frequently refer to her as a tornado.
  • chewing her crib to pieces.
  • growing teeth. She now has five!
  • grinding her teeth (and making my skin crawl!).
  • actually snuggling a bit with us. I attribute this to ceasing nursing. She now needs to get her cuddles a different way.
  • having entire conversations on her pretend phone.
  • throwing EVERYTHING. We are currently working to learn the phrase "No throw!".
reading the paper with Daddy

She loves emptying this drawer in the kitchen.

I'm not sure who thought this was a good idea. Thank goodness for the shirt bib!


Sunday, February 27, 2011

Outside

We have had two days of wonderful weather (especially wonderful for February), and Piper and I have enjoyed relaxing on the porch in the afternoons. Here she is sitting in her own little adirondack chair. She's come to really like adult things that are just her size.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Birthday Party Pictures

We were so excited to share the joy of Piper's birthday with family and friends back home last weekend. My good friend Christan graciously photographed the whole party so Josh and I could simply enjoy every moment. Christan did a fabulous job, so this post is overloaded with pictures (and this isn't even a third of the ones she took!). By far, my favorite part of the evening was when Piper experienced the whole crowd singing "Happy Birthday" to her. She loved it and beamed from ear to ear!

















Monday, February 21, 2011

A year in pictures

I made this video to show at Piper's birthday party. Be sure to watch it "full screen" to see the entire picture.



Thursday, February 17, 2011

New 'do

This is what happens when you try to style your hair with chicken and dumplins, macaroni and cheese, and pears. Pretty sweet, if you ask me.