Joyous Return

After an unanticipated delay of two days Rick returned this morning from his business trip to LA . He made the most of it his trip by staying in swanky digs (including my parent's house), doing some shopping, eating well, and visiting with friends and family. Rick came home bearing many gifts for his "two favoritest sweeties." Piper got a big grin on her face when she saw Rick but the smile quickly turned to tears for some reason. She had to be calmed down a bit by Mom and then she warmed right back up to Daddy. We're all very happy to have Rick home.

Reunited and it feels so good...sing along with me.

Daddy and daughter together again

At the Park and Building Forts

Piper loves the swings and cried when we left.

Swing, swing, swing


We had a fun time in the fort although Piper was constantly attempting to tear it down.

Easter Sunday

I think Piper likes what the Easter Bunny brought her.

Yea!

That's a contented little one.

Baa, baa. She giggles whenever she sees this little lamb. Should we start calling Piper Mary?

Look at my funny sock puppets.

Look at me!

Piper went to sleep last night at 11:00. When got home around 8:30 from a baptism and she went right to bed. However Piper had other plans. I spent the next two and a half hours trying to get her to sleep. Thankfully she slept in this morning until 9:45; I got a good rest too.

Today we went to the mall. Piper was getting a little fussy because she was hungry. She wouldn't drink her bottle so I gave her a bit of a wholewheat apple muffin I made. She's had them before and loves them. Then to my surprise after eating a bite, she made the sign for "more." I've been using a few Sign Language signs with her, mostly at mealtimes. I say "more," "eat," "drink," and "all done." It took me a little to realize that she was signing "more." It looks just like when she claps but instead of having her hands open, she keeps her fists closed.

Piper is giving me a look like she thinks that her mom is a li'l crazy.


Watch out! Piper's flashing gang signs. I think she's part of the Pampers Posse.



Piper doesn't have many things to crawl on furniture-wise so she used the stroller as a prop to help her stand up.



I think that Piper looks like me here when I was a baby.


"I wanna eat the wheel. Please..."

Today's update

Piper can scamper around but she's almost fully crawling on her hands and knees. She can pull up pretty well and will take steps holding your hands.

That's not a frisbee Piper!

Playing in the kitchen with mom

That's an awfully big balloon.

She's milk drunk.

All smiles

Piper was very smiley this evening. Too much in fact, she felt like playing until 10:00 even though I had woken her up at 6:15 from her nap. I'll have to work on breaking that habit since this is the second night she's done this.

She wanted to climb over all of her toys.

What a crazy girl!

Piper loves her bears!

At the park

Piper had a ball at the park yesterday.

What a proper lady with her ankles crossed.

Grass doesn't taste too good, Piper discovered.

Piper thought that some guy at the park was particularly funny for some reason.