Impromptu Morning Walk

Thursday morning was fabulous. No school for me, which meant a 4 day weekend! Thursday we woke up bright and early and I figured I should do some of those things I would do everyday if I was a stay at home mommy. Morning walk, it was! Piper loved every minute of it. The only thing that would have made it better was to have daddy there with us. Hopefully tomorrow he'll join us since he has the day off:)

Here are just a few pics of the many faces of our girl!

Cereal

Yummy, yummy, yummy I've got love in my tummy!
At Piper's last doctors appointment Dr. K gave us the go ahead to begin Piper on some rice or oatmeal cereal.  We ran up to Babies R Us, got some itty bitty spoons, bowls and oatmeal cereal.  The first night was rather entertaining.  Piper had no clue what to do with the spoon and got pretty annoyed that she had to work for her food, ha!  The second night, daddy gave it a go, we made the cereal a lil thicker and she LOVED it!  After a few weeks of cereal, mommy shall begin steaming and blending veggies and fruits for the chunky monkey:)

 Night #1...what the heck is this?

Night # 2- well since daddy says it's yummy, I guess I'll like it too;)

Swing!

This weekend Piper experienced her first "big girl" swing in Munds Park with Grama and Grampa Hornbeck. She absolutely LOVED every second of it!

4 Months

Four months has so quickly gone by.  No longer are the nights of getting up to do a midnight feeding or the feeling of pure exhaustion. Yeah, we're still tired but it's nothing like the first two weeks-thank goodness!  Some fun things about Miss Piper:

~weighs 14 lbs. 15 oz.

~25 inches long

~75th percentile for height and weight

~she officially rolls over-all the time

~cooing, laughing, and always making silly faces

~reaching out to grab things

~holds her own bottle

~officially in size 2 diapers

~no longer considered a newborn, she is an infant :(

~Piper loves her books and loves to read

~definitely knows her daily routine

~loves to sleep and is one happy baby after a happy nappy

~likes to play with your face (nose, mouth, eyes, hair) when holding her

~wants SOO badly to sit up on her own, but still topples a bit which totally ticks her off!

~we start her on cereal next week:)

~loves water bottles

~she officially knows who Haylee is and looks for her when you say Haylee's name

~still sleeps through the night (7-6)

~LOVES the Baby Bjorn and walking through Target trying to push the cart herself

~communicates with you to let you know when she wants/needs/does NOT want something

Hello world!  I'm 4 months old today and pretty darn cute!

 This face makes me laugh:)

Dr. K says the teething has begun

Some good pics of daddy and his girl at the doctors office...

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"love you daddy" "love you more"

Swimmy Time

Last weekend, Christy and Matthew invited Miss Piper and I over to go swimming. I was a bit hesitant at first since this would be Piper's first time, but I was so curious to see how she would do. The pictures crack me up, because she looks so serious! I think she was trying to figure out why this "bath tub" was so darn big! She just looked too stinkin' cute in her suit & hat!

that went by fast

Today marks the day!  One year ago today we found out my eggo was finally preggo!

I remember it like it was yesterday...

Peeing on that stupid stick that had come up negative so many times before.  I was so discouraged at this point and was hanging on to such little hope.  

Ding!  Time is up.  Time to check on that stick.  

Two lines.  Two lines.  TWO LINES!  

I had to take a double take and reread the box to make sure I wasn't seeing things and then my mouth just dropped.  

I walked over to the other bathroom where Jeremy was shaving waving the stick frantically while sobbing.  He had no idea what I was holding.  He had to grab my hand just to see what it was.  

We cried.  We held each other.  We laughed.  I squealed with delight. 

...It was like a dream...



**Oh, then I puked my brains out:)  Welcome to pregnancy!  hahahahahah!**

This weekend we had lots of fun since daddy had 4 days off in a row!  YiPPee!!!  The weekend consisted of running an extremely large amount of errands, relaxing and visiting with family.  It was a fabulous 3 day weekend!  I think all weekends should be 3 days long, just throwing it out there:)

 Piper finally got her Ruffle Butts outfit...ADORABLE!!

Best. Daddy. Ever.  He even comes with beer!;)

 Looky, looky at who was holding her own bottle!

 Playing peek-a-boo with "Uncle Brother" and Daddy

Rockin that Baby Bjorn like no one's business

Books

Piper has learned how to turn the pages in her books when she reads. This makes the teacher in me very happy! She loves her books and loves looking at all the pictures. We spent lots of time this weekend just hanging out with some faves!

Lovey You

Dear Piper,
Before I had you other moms would say how much they love their children.  They would say, "There's no other love like a mother's love" or "You've never known love until you've had a baby".  Yup, I pretty much brushed that off, smiled, and thought well duh I know I'm going to love my baby.


Well, I have to say it.  I love you more than you will ever understand.  Really.  There aren't even the right words to describe the way I love you.  No one will or can love you the way I do.   Not your friends, your brothers or sisters, other family member, or even your future husband and your own babies.  I love you so much, sometimes it actually hurts and will bring me to tears.  I couldn't imagine a world without you in it.  I can honestly say that I will do anything and everything in this life to make sure you always feel safe, happy and loved.


I love you my beautiful, giggly, wiggly worm, talkative, crying, smiling, chunky baby girl.


Lovey you, Mommy