SHOTS AND BRUISED GUMS

So the last 2 days have not been so good for my sweet Little Bug. Yesterday, after a very nice family day, Piper was playing with the dogs water (which is usually put up for this very reason) and she slipped and fell. I'm not sure if she hit her mouth on the actual dog bowl or the ground or both. What I am sure of is that her entire mouth was bleeding. Yikes! After careful examination ( and I do mean careful because she was not letting me very close to it to see ), I found a cut inner lip, small cut on the bottom gum right near her new bottom teeth and a VERY large purple and VERY bloody upper gum. I immediately panicked (not letting Piper see of course) and called the on call Nurse at the Pediatricians office. She assured me it was just bruised and to give her a popscicle (which I had none of) I did however have frozen bananas (don't ask me why, because I don't recall freezing the bananas,but I did ) so she ate those. I checked for chips, and loose teeth which she had neither of.

Today, the upper gums look even worse and it looks like her tooth is rotting out of her head. We went to the Dr. today for some shots so I had him check it out. He said what the nurse said, just bruising and it should be good in a few days. Evidently the gums are protecting her tooth which is not out yet so the Doc was not to worried, he said she probably mostly hit her gums and not the actual tooth. Yay! but it still looks pretty bad to me.
Piper got her 1 year shots today and was a very brave girl! Even the nurse commented on how she didn't even cry. She did cry for about 2 seconds on the last shot but was quickly calmed when I showed her my wallet and let her take out her Daddies credit card (this makes me happy and calm too) We than went home and slept for 2 hours than played and when I left for work she only had a slight fever. All seemes good (I however am freaking out from the paperwork they gave me to read about the side affects!!!!!! Sometimes less information is better )


We have pictures to post from Pipers Birthday party this weekend! I will be getting to that this week.

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY LITTLE GIRL!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY PIPER! One year ago today at 5:33am Piper Brielle Baskett was born, 5.8 llbs and 17inches long. She is everything we dreamed and prayed for and everything we didn't even think to dream and pray for. She is always happy, such a good sharer, very silly, a good peek-a-boo player, a very fast runner, an all around great baby. She brings joy to our days like nothing can. We can't believe a year has gone by since we first looked at her sweet little face in the hospital. We hope the rest of our years are as easy as this one and hope that they don't go by nearly as fast. We cherish every day she runs to hug us and falls asleep in our arms because before we know it she will be all grown.

We love you so much Piper. Happy 1st Birthday Baby girl!

Random Photos

hmmm what's wrong with this picture? this is what I found this morning in my zip lock drawer

a random tupperware lid and what else?????? a cleverly hidden shoe

Yelling at my Mom because she wants me to get out of the cabinet.

Someone noseing around the cabinets, thinking she is going unnocticed!

sitting with our special friend Zoey (a little blurry for some reason)

Cute girl! This was right before we started yelling at our Mom again.

The girls in their argyle shirts

taking the laundry Mommy just folded and throwing it all around the house

(please notice the wash cloth at my feet)

If I snatch this phone I can run away with it and call my Nana!

Searching the yard for my friend Zoey

Beautiful girl with extra fluffy hair just waking up from a long nights sleep

More beautiful fluffy hair

SPOOKY UTTERINGS

So the other day I could hear whispering coming from my cutie LPB (little Piper bug). It was very adorable but a little spooky to hear this faint whispering coming from her little lips. What was she saying you ask? "Tickle tickle tickle" At first I thought I was hearing things . So I asked her Daddy and he said he thought he heard her saying that the other day but wasn't sure. Apparently her Mimi says that to her every time she watches her right before she tickles her. She also has been trying to get her to say Mimi which would seem easier to say than Tickle. My LPB however chose the more difficult of the two words an now runs around saying "tickle, tickle tickle" all the time; when you pick her up to snuggle, when you change her diaper, when you give her a bath. All you hear is a very faint whisper and than the tickle. As I said it is adorable but at the same time she reminds me of Chucky and I can't help but feel spooked. I also thought she whispered "lets call" when I asked her if we should call her Nana in Las Vegas but that might be wishful thinking on my part.

Daddy's Birthday

So we had a pretty uneventful weekend. We rested on Saturday morning and played ALOT in the afternoon and than we went for a nice little walk. Sunday was a little more exciting (not really but at least we got out of the house on a beautiful day) We went to Ft Worth to pick up our 10 month photos Yay! They turned out great!!! Than we went to visit our friends Ben and Barbara Bailey where Piper did MORE playing and went into the backyard to look at their beautiful flowers (Piper loves to look at everyone's flowers). She just loves to visit the Bailey's. After that we drove back to Stephenville where we went out for dinner for Daddy's birthday and than we were back home for a quick bath and than bedtime so that Mommy and Daddy could go out for Birthday drinks. This morning Little Miss Piper sang Happy Birthday to her Daddy (not really but she did so some whispering with he loves and than she did some shreiking with sounds like Mommy when she sings)


I have some pictures to post and will most likely do it tomorrow.

Poor Girl

So I have to be the worst Mom ever!!!!!!! Our day started out wonderful, Little Bug was all smiles and laughter this morning when I got her out of her crib. She sat in bed and snuggled with me and than we moved into the living room for breakfast. This is where the day turned from great to terrible all in an instant. I put Little Bug in her high chair to make her breakfast (like I do everyday ). This morning however I ran into our bedroom to turn on the internet, I swear I was only gone a very very short while. I heard a loud thud, which I took to mean she had pushed her tray to the floor, which is not uncommon. This happens almost daily. Than I heard a faint cry. I went into the kitchen and my poor sweet baby was not in her highchair but laying face first on the kitchen floor!!!! Oh my god! I ran to her and picked her up, checked her all over and found a very large red welt on the side of her head. Strange thing is she was hardly crying, weird because she bumps her head all the time now that she is walking and she cries like the dickens! I was, needless to say , very worried. She seemed dazed. So I snatched her up and took her straight to the ER where they did a CT scan and checked her all out. She was a little trooper despite missing her nap time AND breakfast. No cries at the ER except to protest the CT scan where I had to hold her totally still (not an easy task). Her very nice Daddy went home and got her a bottle and something to nibble on (if you notice I purposely avoided the word snack as it is my least favorite word in the English dictionary). We were home by 11 and she was napping by 11:30. I was not napping, I was a sobbing mess. My poor sweet Little Bug all crumpled on the floor just came rushing back to me and I could not control myself. Thank goodness for the calmness that is my Husband. A million things could have happened. We are so thankful it was not worse. Little B was back to her normal self after her nap (really she was herself in the ER).

Note to self NEVER EVER leave LB unattended in high chair again.

HAPPY 11 MONTH BIRTHDAY SWEET GIRL!

Happy 11 month birthday to my sweet baby girl!

Right now these are some of my favorite things :

Snuggling with my Daddy

Gazing longingly out the window. Sometimes I bang on it and yell at the neighbors or the dog.

Sitting on my Papa Billy's lap
Checking on my flowers

Looking like a movie star while I push around my lion and yell at my Mommy

Sitting in the kitchen

Snuggling with my favorite Blankie. I hope it never gets lost!

I also have 2 teeth coming in (better late than never), I can walk ( I just started this and already I am all over the house!) , yell at the dog, wave hello and goodbye an sometimes I actually say hello. I love to read my books, especially "Tails". I love to organize the Tupperware drawer for my Mom and I also count the pots and pans and make sure they all have lids ( I do this about 30 times a day). I love to play peek-a-boo and since going to lunch with my friend Sophie, her Mom taught me that I can hide behind just about anything and play peek-a-boo! I had only been using my blankie. With this new knowledge I am such a good hider, I fool my parents all the time. I love going to the park and sliding and swinging. I also love to go for walks with my Mommy ( she pushes me while I sit and lounge) . Having Minions is so nice!

We can't wait for your birthday party next month Little Piper Bug. You are such a big girl, who would have thought you would have grown so fast.