Wednesday, July 21, 2010
First steps!
I had a feeling it would be soon, but not only a couple of hours after I posted ... Piper took her first steps today! We were at a play date with our friends Scotty and Eliza, and Piper stood up, took three steps, and then plopped down. Then she took a couple more steps in our kitchen when I was making dinner. So exciting!!! Bring on the walking!
1-year visit stats!
Yesterday Piper had her one year well visit so we have her latest stats! Yes, she has grown a ton ...
Height: 31 inches - 92 percentile
Weight: 24 pounds, 3.5 ounces - 90 percentile
Head circumference - 18 inches - 60 percentile
I thought she had actually slimmed down a bunch with all of the stretching out that she has done, but the numbers don't lie. She's still a very well-proportioned big lady :-)
She also has a new trick! I think she felt like she had to step it up a bit because her cousins came to visit last week, and Ravel took her first steps while she was here. Piper, feeling behind her younger cousin, decided that it was about time that she started standing up in the middle of the room (without pulling up on anything). I wish I could put into words the pride that's in the smile on her face when she stands up like a big girl, but I don't think I can. It is hilarious and makes me proud all at once!
Next step will likely be steps, and likely soon. Yesterday, she shifted her weight to one foot and picked up the other, but then promptly sat down hard on her fanny. I think we're about the enter the stage when she's covered with bruises all the time from her learning bumps, so if you see us and are concerned, I swear we don't beat our child.
Back to the cousins visit! It was great, and so much fun to see how they've all grown. Like the last visit, we were reminded that it's nearly impossible to get a picture of the three of them smiling. In fact, we were completely unsuccessful, but they are all sitting on the same step and you can see their faces so that's as good as we're going to get this trip. Maybe next time!
Even cuter though was Piper showing Ravel love before our photo shoot, with a big kiss and a hug for her cousin ...
We swam in the pool a bunch, went boating and worked around three different nap schedules. Here are a couple more pics of the kids on the boat.
I swear there were smiles, although I seem to have missed all of them!
Last quick update for this post ... Piper seems to have become a napper! She still takes her one snooze a day, but it has begun to stretch out to where it's consistently more than an hour. It's amazing what I can get done in that time, and also amazing how much better her afternoon is after a good snooze. I LOVE it.
Okay one more update, which Reid reminded me of after my last post. One of the cutest things she does right now is play the "Hello" game with Reid. She says, "Hi Dad" or "Hi Daddy"; he answers, "Hi Piper". And it goes back and forth many many many times. I know it's a highlight of his day - and seeing the smiles on both of their faces is certainly a highlight of mine.
Height: 31 inches - 92 percentile
Weight: 24 pounds, 3.5 ounces - 90 percentile
Head circumference - 18 inches - 60 percentile
I thought she had actually slimmed down a bunch with all of the stretching out that she has done, but the numbers don't lie. She's still a very well-proportioned big lady :-)
She also has a new trick! I think she felt like she had to step it up a bit because her cousins came to visit last week, and Ravel took her first steps while she was here. Piper, feeling behind her younger cousin, decided that it was about time that she started standing up in the middle of the room (without pulling up on anything). I wish I could put into words the pride that's in the smile on her face when she stands up like a big girl, but I don't think I can. It is hilarious and makes me proud all at once!
Next step will likely be steps, and likely soon. Yesterday, she shifted her weight to one foot and picked up the other, but then promptly sat down hard on her fanny. I think we're about the enter the stage when she's covered with bruises all the time from her learning bumps, so if you see us and are concerned, I swear we don't beat our child.Back to the cousins visit! It was great, and so much fun to see how they've all grown. Like the last visit, we were reminded that it's nearly impossible to get a picture of the three of them smiling. In fact, we were completely unsuccessful, but they are all sitting on the same step and you can see their faces so that's as good as we're going to get this trip. Maybe next time!
Even cuter though was Piper showing Ravel love before our photo shoot, with a big kiss and a hug for her cousin ...
We swam in the pool a bunch, went boating and worked around three different nap schedules. Here are a couple more pics of the kids on the boat.
I swear there were smiles, although I seem to have missed all of them!Last quick update for this post ... Piper seems to have become a napper! She still takes her one snooze a day, but it has begun to stretch out to where it's consistently more than an hour. It's amazing what I can get done in that time, and also amazing how much better her afternoon is after a good snooze. I LOVE it.
Okay one more update, which Reid reminded me of after my last post. One of the cutest things she does right now is play the "Hello" game with Reid. She says, "Hi Dad" or "Hi Daddy"; he answers, "Hi Piper". And it goes back and forth many many many times. I know it's a highlight of his day - and seeing the smiles on both of their faces is certainly a highlight of mine.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Piper turns ONE!!
Technically Piper turned one yesterday, but it was such a terrible day that I simply couldn't post. Luckily, her birthday party on Sunday was a lot of fun :-) Although that didn't start off very well either ...
Rewind to Sunday, 4th of July, and the day of Piper's big party. Piper awoke at 5:45 with a fever of 102.1. Her first real fever and quite a time for it! After a dose of ibuprofen, I called the pediatrician's emergency line and was relieved to find out that the doc on call was Piper's regular pediatrician. I spoke with her, and she said that as long as Piper's fever came down, we could party on. Luckily, the fever came down and the show went on. Here she is at about 7:30 ... getting amped up for the afternoon with her Elvis face.
I will say that Piper wasn't in a great mood all day, but she put her best foot forward for coming down with a nasty virus. There were few smiles, and she didn't do nearly as much damage to the cake as I thought she was going to, but there were also no tears so no complaints from this end. Overall, it was great to see family and friends and celebrate such a huge milestone in Piper's life! Here are some cake pics ...
Actually Piper's favorite part of the day (I think it's her favorite part of every day), preceded cake - pool time! Here she is with her cousin Ellen, stealing Ellen's beer. We had to remind her that she was ONE, not 21 ... and then she also loved being a big girl on her own float. So cute!
And let me tell you, I am so thankful for our pool! It has been hotter then hot and disgustingly humid all week and our pool time is the highlight of both our days. Especially yesterday when Piper was totally out of sorts. She started off yesterday at 3:30 am coughing and crying. The only place she would sleep was on me, so from then until almost 7, she would sleep for a bit at a time, in between coughs, while I lay in our guest bed with her, trying to will myself to sleep. I wasn't super successful, which made the rest of the day for both of us a challenge! We went to the doctor's first thing in the morning and she was diagnosed with croup, which is apparently going around right now. The rest of the day she was in a terrible mood (as was I) and had her worst day of behavior ever. She bit me many many many times throughout the day ... basically threw tantrums all day since she only wanted things that she couldn't play with (my sunglasses, etc). Man it was a tough day and I was so depressed at the end as I felt like I spent her entire first birthday either trying to soothe her (unsuccessfully) or disciplining her. Not what I had envisioned, but another time when I am reminded that you just have to be flexible in life, especially with kids! She was exhausted and went to bed at 6. Reid and I went to bed at 7:30, both with sore throats and feeling terrible. Quite a day indeed, but today was better (for Piper and I, not for Reid though - boo) and hopefully tomorrow will be even better! I'm excited for her to kick this virus so we can see our friends again and have some fun.
Looking back over the year, so much has changed, in such crazy ways. And even though yesterday was tough, she is incredible. There have been many challenges, especially the sleepless nights for the first few months, but I would do them all over again many times over to have the amazing and simply FUN daughter that we have. Every day she cracks me up. Either with a giggle, a mischievous smile, diving into the pool, or any of her other little quarks. I'm proud to have her as our daughter and am excited to see what this year brings. Happy birthday, Piper!! We love you :-)
Rewind to Sunday, 4th of July, and the day of Piper's big party. Piper awoke at 5:45 with a fever of 102.1. Her first real fever and quite a time for it! After a dose of ibuprofen, I called the pediatrician's emergency line and was relieved to find out that the doc on call was Piper's regular pediatrician. I spoke with her, and she said that as long as Piper's fever came down, we could party on. Luckily, the fever came down and the show went on. Here she is at about 7:30 ... getting amped up for the afternoon with her Elvis face.
I will say that Piper wasn't in a great mood all day, but she put her best foot forward for coming down with a nasty virus. There were few smiles, and she didn't do nearly as much damage to the cake as I thought she was going to, but there were also no tears so no complaints from this end. Overall, it was great to see family and friends and celebrate such a huge milestone in Piper's life! Here are some cake pics ...
Actually Piper's favorite part of the day (I think it's her favorite part of every day), preceded cake - pool time! Here she is with her cousin Ellen, stealing Ellen's beer. We had to remind her that she was ONE, not 21 ... and then she also loved being a big girl on her own float. So cute!
And let me tell you, I am so thankful for our pool! It has been hotter then hot and disgustingly humid all week and our pool time is the highlight of both our days. Especially yesterday when Piper was totally out of sorts. She started off yesterday at 3:30 am coughing and crying. The only place she would sleep was on me, so from then until almost 7, she would sleep for a bit at a time, in between coughs, while I lay in our guest bed with her, trying to will myself to sleep. I wasn't super successful, which made the rest of the day for both of us a challenge! We went to the doctor's first thing in the morning and she was diagnosed with croup, which is apparently going around right now. The rest of the day she was in a terrible mood (as was I) and had her worst day of behavior ever. She bit me many many many times throughout the day ... basically threw tantrums all day since she only wanted things that she couldn't play with (my sunglasses, etc). Man it was a tough day and I was so depressed at the end as I felt like I spent her entire first birthday either trying to soothe her (unsuccessfully) or disciplining her. Not what I had envisioned, but another time when I am reminded that you just have to be flexible in life, especially with kids! She was exhausted and went to bed at 6. Reid and I went to bed at 7:30, both with sore throats and feeling terrible. Quite a day indeed, but today was better (for Piper and I, not for Reid though - boo) and hopefully tomorrow will be even better! I'm excited for her to kick this virus so we can see our friends again and have some fun.
Looking back over the year, so much has changed, in such crazy ways. And even though yesterday was tough, she is incredible. There have been many challenges, especially the sleepless nights for the first few months, but I would do them all over again many times over to have the amazing and simply FUN daughter that we have. Every day she cracks me up. Either with a giggle, a mischievous smile, diving into the pool, or any of her other little quarks. I'm proud to have her as our daughter and am excited to see what this year brings. Happy birthday, Piper!! We love you :-)
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