Piper - 4 years old

Our baby is turning 4 years old! Really? Because most days she acts like she is 20 years old. Oh my second child, you have given us a run for our money! After wishing our 2nd child would be more outgoing, you have definitely fulfilled that position. You are smart and SO funny!  You have no concept that other people might be watching, unless you get hurt, then you get embarrassed. Your smile, oh my, that smile will get you anything you want! You bring smiles to the faces of others who are near you with your free-spirit and expressions.

You are stubborn, especially when you are tired which seems quite often these days since you have decided that you don't need to take naps in your new preschool room. You walk around Generation Next like you own the place, you say hi to all your old teachers and it seems all the teachers and students seem to know you too!

You occasionally tell me you want to be a baby b/c you want your pacifier (which you haven't had since November of last year). You do still wear a diaper to bed, but honestly we haven't done much to try to get you out of the nighttime diaper either.....maybe now that you are 4 we will give it a go?

You call things the wrong names and it is so cute.....Starburst you call Star Wars. Whiskers you call scouts?! The remote control you call the cartoon or commercial. I love the innocence!

You.....
- can pose for a picture like a pro! You learned from your sister!
- will always give your Uncle Scott a hug.
- know all your upper and lower case letters and can write your full name. You are doing SO good at sounding out what letters different words start with and love writing.
- can count to 39. You know your months and days of the week.
- wear a size 4T/5T but mainly you get ALL your sisters hand me downs! You wear a size 9 shoe.
- love coloring and take your time and stay in the lines almost as good as your sister!
- will admit when you are tired at night time and rarely (almost never) take a nap on the weekends.
- are bossy! Or we'll just say that you like to be a leader!
- are sensative. You tell us when your feelings get hurt. You get nervous when we are mad and/or are yelling.
- like playing on the ipad, mostly Youtube videos of people playing with playdoh?!. You don't like any cartoons but like already like real movies (Mrs. Doubtfire, Peewee's Big Adventure, Chipmunks, Alexander and the horrible....day, Annie).
- love sleep as much as me, daddy and Presley do. Since it has been dark in the morning, you insist that we should just all go back to bed! We agree 100%.

Happy, happy birthday my sweet, funny, smart, sassy, amazing, beautiful baby girl! We love you more than you can ever know!!


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3 years

4 years old! The smile...oh my GOODNESS, THE SMILE!!!!

She wanted chips and salsa for dinner...my child for sure!
We got home and she opened her presents from us!

 

A piggie emoji pillow which she fell asleep on tonight and Pop the Pig game, which she was a little afraid to play b/c she thought it would scare her! :)

 

 

I wish this picture was better but they were posing, where do they get this stuff!! Love it!