Piper

 

 My sweet Piper

 Proud big sister

1 year old

 

Piper:

- is 27 lbs and about 33 inches...smaller than P was at this age but about average. 

- is talkative which is funny since she didn't talk until about 5 months ago. But now she says everything, all the time. The doctor was super impressed with her talking especially when Piper pointed out she was wearing a futterfly shirt (or butterfly). Piper had to have a lead test done today, they literally take a vial of blood out of her finger. She watched, whined a little bit, but for the most part just watched the nurse and never cried! My tough girl!

- says she-shu (thank you) mama....ALL the time! She is the most polite 2 year old EVER.

- will come running (as she does for everything) when she has hurt something b/c she wants you to kiss it! Momma, kiss. Kiss, momma.........but she hates bandaids!

- does awesome at her ABC's and 123's. We are impressed since she really only started learning them in the last 2 months. They are working on the days of the week and the first letters of their names in daycare too.

- has to have 2 pacifers at bedtime now. Somehow we have regressed, from one to two?! She likes to have one in her mouth and hold the other one in her hand.

- still LOVES animals.

- doesn't cry at dropoff in the mornings. The girls at GN love Piper, she must really entertain them and I love getting the notes that says 'Piper forgot her listening ears today!' Love it! And of course comes RUNNING to me when I pick her up....trips over everything, pushes kids out of the way just to get to me and give me a hug!

- will copy every.single.thing Presley does, which means we expect Presley to act good, for this reason.

- will get scared at random things. The vaccum, the pounding of a hammer, a goldfish in a fishtank swimming towards her, bandaids.....weird things.

- is nowhere near potty training, which is fine with me. Just seems like a pain in the ass, so until she is ready I'm not pushing it at all.

- eats pretty good! There isn't much she will refuse, but does have days where she won't eat anything b/c all she wants is blueberry greek yogurt (which she LOVES, but she usually ends up smearing it all over everything!).

- has nicknames of Piperoni, Piperoo, Pipes, Monster

 

There is nothing in this world that melts my heart more than this sweet thing.  She is funny, friendly, spunky, smart, adorable, goofy, demanding and amazing. It is awesome to watch her grow every day and I can't wait to see what she has in store for us in the years to come!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl! We love you!