No new posts in over 2 months. What kind of mom am I? The same kind that thought she was going to keep up on a baby book, too, I suppose. Let's do some Piper catch-up.
September - Piper had 2 sets of grandparents visit. The first visit was with NaNa and PaPa Bell from Forest Grove, OR. They had lots of fun playing with you, especially since it has been a year since they had seen you. I took advantage of this weekend to go out of town. It was our first weekend apart and I am happy to say (I think) that neither of us missed the other. The second visit was with Grandma and Grandpa Freeding from Vancouver, WA. This Grandma loves to spoil you because you're so cute and she never had a little girl of her own to spoil - she had to wait for you. You started gabbing A LOT this month. You started saying please and thank you quite clearly when Grandma and Grandpa Freeding were here.
She somehow managed to do this to herself.October - One day when I tried to take Piper to the Bozeman Library for Books & Babies, we got there and found out it was cancelled. I told her as we pulled into the parking lot that we were at the library to sing songs and play with the kids (other than board books on the floor for the babies and being located at the library, books don't really have much to do with Books & Babies). She kicked her feet and grinned (probably an understatement) as she repeated "kids". We got all of the way into the building before I saw the room was full of adults (clearly not Books & Babies). I told Piper that I was sorry, but the kids weren't there that day and turned around and left the building. As we were walking back to the Jeep, Piper's lower lip pushed out and she started saying "go. kids." over and over in teh sweetest yet saddest little voice I have ever heard. It was hard not to cry myself. Needless to say, she was cranky up until aftenoon naptime. She made up for her crankiness by finally initiating a kiss on her mom's lips. I kissed her all the time on her forehead as a baby. Whenever I asked for a kiss from her, she would lean her forehead into me. A real kiss from my little girl was a big (and sweet) milestone.
Piper excelled at spinning circles. She started doing this whenever she saw me exercising. Now she just does it for fun.
I cut Piper's hair so that she now has bangs and no longer looks like a baby. Piper is officially a little girl.
Mike gave up trying to finish that book because Piper always wanted it.Piper missed out on Halloween this year because you woke up early that morning sick with the same bug I had had all that week. She didn't like having the black kitty costume on anyway when we tried it on and I didn't get any pictures because it was just the try-on. This was actually the second costume I had purchased for her. The first was a hound dog and I didn't try it on her because if anything, things run a little big on our little Pip-squeak. I try it on the Monday before Halloween and it's only about 3" too short. It was too late to go shopping that day. I had left buying one until the week before Halloween last year and the selection was horrible (fortunately she looks cute in anything). I ended up ordering the black kitty online with 2-day shipping for a total of $36. The costume had to be postmarked by the 31st for a return, but $17 of that $34 was for shipping and it was going to cost me another $5 to mail back not to mention I have a sick kid. Needless to say, we now have a brand-new and only tried on Hound Dog and Black Kitty costume (maybe I can eBay them next year).
November - This Piper's gabbiest month yet - both intelligible and unintelligible. She such a little parrot and can often repeat what you say. She can now say Sam's name very clearly, but Gypsy's name is a bit harder to pronounce.
Did I mention she loves to spin in circles now? She taught herself to do this watching me exercise. Now we have to steer her to the center of the room to prevent injuries. She's only suffered from a faint shiner from hitting the TV stand.
Piper got her first kiss from a boy on the 18th. A little boy at a playgroup thought he had hurt her so he tried to kiss her better. Aidan, a cute little 2-year old boy, had to try a few times before she let him. She kept turning her head with a really funny look on her face. He finally managed to get one in on the top of her head. Let's just hope this disinterest in boys last a LONG, LONG, time.
I think the mostly catches us up with the goings-on of Pip. I'm sure there is plenty I left out, but this is so much better than nothing.
4 comments:
Piper's mom is not a slacker! It's hard to find a minute to get posts up. You know, what with all teh facebook gossip we have to keep up on and all.
She is SO cute! I love the spinning. I remember doing that, too, and thinking how big I was. She looks just like you!
She is so adorable, Erin!! I remember when I cut Grace's bangs-it seriously changes them into little girls all of a sudden. I am jealous that Piper has enough hair to cut-Maggie's is getting longer in back but is still really short in front!
I also feel like a total slacker-I have about 2 years worth of pictures on my computer that I have never had printed. I just talked to someone who lost all their pictures on their hard drive when it crashed. I have been meaning to back them all up on discs but it just hasn't happened yet! I'll just have to have faith in my trusty Mac that it won't crash!!
ERIN, her personality is as cute as her face!!!
It was so fun to watch your clip of her, and to hear YOUR VOICE! It's crazy that I haven't heard your voice in how many years? Twelve at least? I TOTALLY recognized it in a second!!!
I'm a little jealous that you just have ONE. In fact, I bet you're the OPPOSITE of slacker-mom. You're there to catch every minute of her cuteness, and you don't have to deal with being distracted by other loud, demanding children in the brood. I think only-children are so lucky in that regard! My kids tell me all the time, "I want to spend time with you" and it is an endless source of guilt for me...
ANYWAY, Piper is UTTERLY ADORABLE & it was fun to catch up with your life. You and Mike procreate VERY WELL! Maybe you should reconsider your plans... :)
Thanks for all of the compliments on how cute little Pip is. She keeps us smiling and laughing.
Amy - How did Facebook become such a big time consumer? It wasn't that long ago that I would have said Facebook, Schmacebook. Proud to say I was only on their once yesterday.
Becky - My laptop crashed a month after Piper was born and I thought I had lost all of the first month pictures. I even had tech guys tell me nothing could be recovered. I am just glad I decided to take the dead laptop home instead of having them dispose of it for me. The old laptop booted up for me about a month later (I turned it on on a whim because I was giving it to my brother that likes to salvage computer parts). This was after buying a replacement laptop, of course. I am much better at backing things up now, especially since I can put things on DVD. CDs just don't have enough space anymore, especially with videos. I have LOTS of unprinted photos, too, but I have managed to get them organized by the month that they were taken in so at least they are easier to find.
Mary - I may have more time because I have only one child, but I have never been known to manage my time well. I just have too many things I want to do myself and like the dogs, Piper probably thinks my laptop is another pet because it gets so much attention. Pretty sure I could recognize your voice, too. You are just so animated.
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