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Check out my lastest family life update here <a href="https://bandmefamily.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">https://bandmefamily.wordpress.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979790152645286576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260610301922920171.post-666185857922799092015-01-11T19:00:00.001-07:002015-01-11T19:14:48.336-07:00Dum-mo!!!Growing up my family had certain words we would use for objects. Not made up words but words we would call things. "Woobie" was our blanket. We had a word for poop and so on. Since Piper has been born we, or I should say I, have been trying to get her to call things a fun nickname but unfortunately they haven't stuck. Her vocabulary has really been in full swing lately and she has come up with some doozies all on her own. <div>"Papa" grandpa</div><div>"Gags" grandma</div><div>"Inkey" blanket</div><div>And our new favorite </div><div>"Dum-mo" Dumbo</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-287ZdR4CgjY/VLMtp1tybpI/AAAAAAAAE7U/Z5MqCkr1vkg/s640/blogger-image-2011276929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-287ZdR4CgjY/VLMtp1tybpI/AAAAAAAAE7U/Z5MqCkr1vkg/s640/blogger-image-2011276929.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979790152645286576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260610301922920171.post-61869183496383407232015-01-02T09:43:00.002-07:002015-01-02T09:43:45.612-07:00New Year<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome to 2015! I am so excited to see what this year brings. B and I went out to eat on NYE and we were talking about our favorite years since we've known each other. It's so hard to choose we had so much fun when we were "younger" and since we've had Piper it's just been so much fun. She's really developing her personality and she keeps us laughing. This year is the first year I've written down a list of what I want to accomplish this year. I've been reading some business books and all of them recommend to write down what you want to achieve. I feel like it's more real writing down goals rather than just talking about what you want to do. So wish me luck that I can get at least one of my goals done! </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979790152645286576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260610301922920171.post-53285604099025911902014-12-14T13:53:00.001-07:002014-12-14T13:53:04.970-07:00Daddy's little helper<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Piper has been so fun lately. Nineteen months has been a dream, in between the tantrums and throwing chewed up food onto the floor. <div>But seriously she has becoming helpful arounds here. She loves to help mommy and daddy with the chores. Every night after work Piper helps dad take out the dogs and then gives them their treats and food. 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We've just been busy working, playing with Piper and we were able to take a couple trips. <div>In September our daycare was closed for a week so we took a quick trip to visit a friend in Chicago. It was so fun! I've never been and B just loved that he was able to get back there even though he doesn't remember much from living there. </div><div>We had a great fall and Pipers first Halloween that she was able to go door to door. She loved it and was so tired and could barely hang onto her bucket by the end of the night but still didn't want us to help her carry it. It was so cute and I can't wait for next year. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-K3BHSdvNmPY/VIZynoafD3I/AAAAAAAAE58/jE6kaCKnImk/s640/blogger-image-710773242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-K3BHSdvNmPY/VIZynoafD3I/AAAAAAAAE58/jE6kaCKnImk/s640/blogger-image-710773242.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>We finally got some family photos done this year. They turned out beautifully and I can't believe how well the photographer got Piper to smile. It was so much fun. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Y0rGCXsDKcg/VIZyqyCQG2I/AAAAAAAAE6E/OGc8-sPy9zw/s640/blogger-image--1011948964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Y0rGCXsDKcg/VIZyqyCQG2I/AAAAAAAAE6E/OGc8-sPy9zw/s640/blogger-image--1011948964.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>For thanksgiving we stayed here but the weekend before we went back to Fargo ND to see my family. It was great to all be together again and see all the nephews. We also were lucky in the fact that it was "warm" when we were back there. It was in the thirties. The week after we left it was single digits so I would say we lucked out. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-EEuCDygynFo/VIZykdCpfjI/AAAAAAAAE50/MvJzgudRdHo/s640/blogger-image--1544219454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-EEuCDygynFo/VIZykdCpfjI/AAAAAAAAE50/MvJzgudRdHo/s640/blogger-image--1544219454.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>I'm getting excited for Christmas and can't wait for it to snow. It's not looking a whole lot like Christmas here right now. But it is nice to get out and play without having to bundle up. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Be0Jcrw5__M/VIZygZHlcxI/AAAAAAAAE5s/jRWsqMcXN5w/s640/blogger-image-351865072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Be0Jcrw5__M/VIZygZHlcxI/AAAAAAAAE5s/jRWsqMcXN5w/s640/blogger-image-351865072.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Ok so that's a quick update. If anyone has any great advise on how to handle toddler tantrums please let us know!! </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979790152645286576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260610301922920171.post-35282509521383162522014-05-05T21:14:00.001-06:002014-05-05T21:14:36.585-06:0012 Months!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It feels almost like April Fools day because it's so insane that Piper Jean is already 11 months old. It's been a whirlwind few months with teething, colds, changing her habits and not to mention that her little personality is coming out! It's going to be scary when she starts talking. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wow 10 months already. This last month flew my. Literally. I feel like we just did her 9 month photo shoot and here we are putting that 10 month sticker on the top of her head and playing around in the laundry basket. </span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979790152645286576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260610301922920171.post-36142651250073828412014-02-15T18:04:00.001-07:002014-02-16T11:40:43.741-07:00My Valentine....<span id="goog_514823926"></span><span id="goog_514823927"></span><br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zekNX6X7C5Y/UwEGBJEa08I/AAAAAAAACPk/qGH88n6M1rg/s640/blogger-image-1990786541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zekNX6X7C5Y/UwEGBJEa08I/AAAAAAAACPk/qGH88n6M1rg/s640/blogger-image-1990786541.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-H2nnkyd6QnU/UwEGF91t4mI/AAAAAAAACPs/Hduy8eOKM04/s640/blogger-image--877942704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-H2nnkyd6QnU/UwEGF91t4mI/AAAAAAAACPs/Hduy8eOKM04/s640/blogger-image--877942704.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fNFsr182n-Q/UwEGKRWh5ZI/AAAAAAAACP0/7gCyPcwoqIg/s640/blogger-image-354287289.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fNFsr182n-Q/UwEGKRWh5ZI/AAAAAAAACP0/7gCyPcwoqIg/s640/blogger-image-354287289.jpg"></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979790152645286576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260610301922920171.post-19235398316974379002014-02-09T19:33:00.000-07:002014-02-09T19:33:03.481-07:009 Months<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's crazy to think 9 months have gone by since Miss Piper Jean was born. I mean the 9 months when I was pregnant seems to crawl by but now they fly. Maybe it's all the entertainment we get from this bundle of energy when she is awake!</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">standing! All the time, she stands and squats down to grab stuff and even monkey crawls to get to where she wants to go. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">taken a few steps! And by a few I mean one step here and there. She just lunged herself onto me tonight. I feel like she's going to take after mommy in the jumping sports;)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">goo goo-ing and ma ma-ing. I think she even said HI earlier. Probably just reaching there. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eating... a lot! She's basically eating what ever B and I do. She definitely takes after dad.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">always on the go! She just never stops. Ever. And so interested in everything. It's fun, and a little exhausting. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">liking being changed..at all! It takes an army (B and me) to get her dressed in the am. I usually start sweating from chasing her around. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">liking baths again. She just goes back and forth on this one. Any tips???</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">liking socking. Every morning I put them on her and before she's at daycare they are off. We think she just takes after daddy and has hot feet. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">afraid of anything. She's not picky with eating or climbing up the stairs or trying to take a header off the couch. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So that's Piper in a nutshell. Nine months flew by and we are so looking forward to the 1 year mark! I can't wait to start hearing her talk and watching her run around (cause everyone who knows Piper she will not be walking, it'll be a run from the first day.)</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979790152645286576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260610301922920171.post-62376087466137891792014-01-28T12:36:00.000-07:002014-01-28T12:36:05.931-07:00has anyone seen this yet?<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was browsing through Facebook and saw a link to this article</span><a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/amy-glass/2014/01/i-look-down-on-young-women-with-husbands-and-kids-and-im-not-sorry/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">..."I Look Down On Young Women With Husbands and Kids and I'm Not Sorry".</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I'm sorry I read it. How disgusting people have gotten. First off to think we even need to spew this garbage out there. Who cares your thoughts on stay at home moms and families and to even BEGIN to think "a stay at home mom is really on equal footing with a woman who works and take care of herself." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my opinion, and that's all it is, I think that stay at home moms may have it harder than myself who goes to work. I know I am missing out on some milestones Miss P is going through but having a child and a job helps me achieve what I want out of life. (but I mean I would LOVE more time with Miss P)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All I can say is THANK YOU to my day care. With out you I would be pulling my hair out daily trying to get it all done. Knowing when I am at work and I am sending by beautiful baby to the angel that we call daycare. I know there is a God because he made those people who watch our children, help us raise them and teach them how to be other amazing people. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And please read this </span><a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/anonymous/2014/01/i-feel-sorry-for-amy-glass-and-im-not-ashamed/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">response</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> article Anonymous wrote. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a great Tuesday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wow, January, 2014. Time flies when your chasing your in between infant/toddler all over the place. (by the way what age do you call your baby a toddler? IDK but I can say for sure I do not see Piper Jean as an infant anymore!) After all the holidays we just celebrated and all the firsts Piper just had it's fun to celebrate the eight month milestone with Ms. Piper. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She's starting to stand on her own. Still very timid but she pulls herself up on everything like crazy so now she just lets go and will stand for a bit (few seconds) before she reaches out for us. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shaking her head no. I don't think she knows what it means but she just thinks its funny to shake her head back and forth.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Crawling up the stairs. I think I should put this in the not fun column for me. I'm scared to death now to take my eye off of her for a second. But she is a dare devil what can I say. </span></li>
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<li>Pulling her socks off. I put them on and they are off with in the minute. Then they are in her mouth and wet and slobbery for the rest of the day. Lets just say I have about four pairs of socks in her diaper bag at any time.</li>
<li>She started to hate her bath! This sucks she used to love playing around it in now I can't sit her in the water before the tears start! So not fun. </li>
<li>Teething. It's still going on and no new teeth to show for it. Today was a rougher day for her and us but I finally saw one top tooth starting to poke it's way through. </li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ciao 2013, it's been real.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to say this past year has been my favorite by far. I found out so much about myself, what I can handle, how to stop and breath and best of all enjoy the little things. Here's to you and yours and another amazing year ahead of all of us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="goog_2139996300"></span><span id="goog_2139996301"></span>as you can see this beautiful and happy little lady is the main reason...</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979790152645286576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260610301922920171.post-17850303780658733382013-12-25T19:35:00.000-07:002013-12-25T19:36:23.158-07:00Christmas Christmas Time Is Here<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's hard to believe Christmas came and went already. Time flies when you are having fun...and chasing baby around all the time. We are so blessed to have Piper Jean in our lives, she is a doll and is always in such a good mood. So here's here first Christmas in pictures. We hope you all had an amazing day as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's crazy to think that it's already been seven months since the little "cookie" was born. I am just amazed at how fast our Piper Jean has grown. With her first Thanksgiving in the books and Christmas upon us, I just keep thinking how blessed we are to have her in our lives. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Putting everything in her mouth. I think her upper teeth may be working their way through so she is gnawing and drooling like crazy. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Toys that light up. Most of the toys we have for her are the baby toys. So we finally got a few light up and noise toys. It's so fun to watch her play. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eating. She's been eating solid food for a couple months now so we have been having fun mixing and matching her foods. She loves them. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her new minky blankey. Auntie Jenna shared her little pink blanket when we were home and ever since she always cuddles with it when she naps. It's so cute. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Baby Einstein videos. We don't watch them all the time but when she's fussy we'll pop one in and she calms down and just loves to listen and watch the video. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A half a year has past since this little angel came into our lives. I can't believe how fast it went. Not only that we have survived it but we are so looking forward to the next six months. She is growing up so fast, so interested in everything and it seems like she learns something new everyday.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have a crawler! Halloween was the day, she crawled away from me while getting her dressed. So exciting!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moving and shaking. She is crawling, still scoots, then pushes herself up to a side sitting position. She has yet to be able to fully sit up on her own, she uses her arm as a kickstand but she loves it. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She will NOT SIT STILL! I can't barely get through a book at night she wants to wiggle jiggle free from me. Not looking forward to flying alone with her later this month.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We got to celebrate my favorite holiday with Piper Jean for the first time today! It was so much fun! She was all smiles at our office trick or treating and was super happy and played all night with her Grandma Bridget. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This last month has been so much fun with Piper! She's so aware of everything going on, loves watching the pups, play time is so much fun and just getting more time to play with her at the end of the work day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She's starting to giggle. Not a lot which is hard for me to deal with but dang does that girl smile. She's all smiles, all day long. She's really become aware of the dogs and loves to smile at them and watch them run around. I can not wait for the day she laughs at them! Basically I am just waiting for a great belly laugh from my boogie. I was just telling B how her legs and cheeks look huge today. Such a change from just the other day. It's awesome to see her grow so much. </span></div>
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<li style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She loves to try to grab everything. Our phones and Ipads are the numero uno of her grabs. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everything goes into her mouth. That's what is hard about a drooly baby and shedding dogs. It's gross. </span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05979790152645286576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260610301922920171.post-49586893836406000412013-09-09T20:56:00.003-06:002013-09-09T20:56:53.654-06:00Down Time<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally getting Piper on a little bit of a nighttime schedule has given me time to get some stuff done. No not just the dishes or laundry (I can squeeze that in while she's playing, multi tasking;) but the projects I sometimes indulge myself in. Cooking, painting, dreaming up something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This last week I was able to not only paint two frames, but put together a new bookcase, hang up some decor in Piper's room, start my photo collage down the hall stairs and finally get together my 2012 photo book. Yep I said 2012....got a little behind. Stuff happens. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since B and I got married I've been putting together a little photo book from Shutterfly with our year in photos. You know about Shutterfly right? It's that photo Web site that always sends those great discount codes in your inbox so you can order about 100 too many pictures of your newborn and other great gifts for family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used my photo book discount to get my last year collection of pics together. Here is a link to my album so you can check it out. </span></div>
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Photo Book Tip: Create an adventurous <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-books" style="color: #6666cc;">travel photo album</a> at Shutterfly.com.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ps. it needs to be known, I am not this creative. Shutterfly has a time saving option called the simple path, you pick the photos, add to book and botta bing botta boom there you have it. I always use that and then rearrange, delete and add photos from there. A lot more time saving for me and I like to feel it brings out my creative side. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where does the time go! Seriously four months seems so young yet I see how much Piper has grown and I can't believe it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With everything that's happened the last couple months time is going by so much quicker and so much more enjoyable. I have to say I think we may be getting the hang of this (not to be confused with me still not knowing what I'm doing!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Getting through all the nursing problems we had initially was the hardest by far. Correcting that and getting back to work were the best things I could have done. Working gives me the break I need to keep me occupied but I definitely need to keep busy. Piper absolutely loves daycare all the kids there love her so much and keep her so entertained it's amazing, I swear Piper has more friends than B and I! She's such an amazing little lady, adjusts so well to what we take her to do and it just makes the time we have with her so much more special. I love the time we have together after work when we play, read and just hang out. B is starting to help her sit up, he'll hold her waist and help her but she can sit alone for a quick second, then she leans so far forward it looks like it hurts her belly. She always tried to sit up whenever we sit her in anything at an incline, I always tell her to stop with the ab workout she looks amazing;)</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loves the bath time so much now that she can kick and kick and kick! She splashes mom all the time and sometime gets so wild she splashes her face all the time</span></li>
<li style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She's rolling. Won't stay on her belly for anything. Although we've noticed that she is not rolling back to her back very much anymore. </span></li>
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<li style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grabbing at the dogs. I heard a little whining going on last Saturday and I catch Piper grabbed up on Miss Izzies ear and held on for dear life. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ladies found her voice! Always yelling and talking and telling stories. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She's started to put herself to sleep more. It's nice to get on a little bit of a sleep schedule and that's she's self soothing a little bit. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Naps are better too! Don't take this sleeping stuff as a brag, it's not perfect by any means either, it's just nice that she's not fighting her her sleep as much. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still loves the nakedness. I let her roll around a little bit before jammy time. </span></li>
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<li style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still always wants attention and that goes back to her getting more vocal. Now she really yells when she wants us to pick her up.</span></li>
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