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.

Causing a little mischief

My sweet baby has a fascination with the dogs water bowl. She loves to splash around in it with her hands and also her feet now. The second I turn around it she heads straight for that pesky water bowl (which I have taken to putting up now, much to my dogs chagrin). She also seems to have grown a hatred for anyone telling her "no" . At the meer sound of a stern no from either her Daddy or myself and she gives you the saddest little face and than bursts into tears. Poor girl. Maybe it was that while she was practicing her walking she fell face first into the nightstand producing a very large purple bruise instantly.

Ahhh the turmoil of learning to walk.

On the up side she is doing great at her walking!!!! She takes the cutest most deliberate little steps. She's walking farther and staying up longer and walking a little faster. Adorable

Her Daddy trying to get her to stop splashing in the water

Blurry picture because she's on the move!


Contemplating coming to me

Nothing really new except my new love for Lilly Pulitzer

I worked last night and didn't get much sleep this morning/afternoon. I hardly got to see my little Piper.

I did find this cool website for St Patrick day cupcakes though while I was at work . http://www.alphamom.com/holiday/2009/03/st_patricks_day_cupcakes.php There is a link on here for Green Velvet cupcakes, looks kind of gross but might be good. Good for the holiday anyway.

And while I worked I was looking at my friend Mandy's blog and saw she has a giveaway for a super cute necklace. In this post it reference's Lilly Pulitzer. Hearing of Lilly Pulitzer ( and not quite knowing what/who she is) AND hearing that my friend Martha Stewart is doing a show on her I of course had to look it up. What did I find you ask? Only the cutest most colorful dresses EVER! Why have I not known of this before? Needless to say I had to request a catalog, I don't know why since most of the clothes are way out of my range. I do however think I can make some of these or something similar (maybe I can make my new friend Shelby show me how to sew properly) out of the very cute colorful fabric I keep seeing but don't know what to use it for. Now I have a use for it. Yiippppeeeeeeeeee. So if you see my in a colorful ensemble with a crooked hem or extra long sleeve you will know why. Don't mention it to me please just keep talking to me as if you don't notice.

Adorable dress from Lilly Pulitzer (my new favorite thing)

Adorable dress number 2

Most adorable of all. You all really should check out Lilly Pulitzer's super cute dresses

Finally getting with the 21st century!

So i figured I should probably get with the times and start my Little Bug a blog of her very own. I should have been doing this all along but...there is no time like the present right! I have so much to catch up on. Piper will be 11 months old already in 3 days, Oh my how time flies. Piper started crawling when your Nana and Papa were here from Vegas in December. Actually she crawled the first time Christmas Eve, her Daddy didn't want to tell me for fear I would burst into tears because I had missed it. I saw it the first time on Christmas day when she crawled right towards all of her presents that she had been itching to get at. Since than she has been a crawling machine!!!!! Late January/early February she started standing all alone and we thought for SURE she would walk soon. She's been taking tentative steps for the last couple of weeks, 2 steps here, 3 steps there but than just when we think she's going to take off she was sitting down. Well, I am happy to announce that today she Walked, Walked I tell you!!!! from the kitchen to the couch!!!! (our house is not that big so it's really only like 10 feet but still )YIPPPPEEEEE Than she walked again from the other side of the room to the dining room table and yet AGAIN when her Daddy got home. It's adorable I must say to watch her. She takes the slowest most deliberate steps and than looks at us to make sure we saw her. So cute! She has to be the cutest baby ever, I'm just sure of it!
Oh I forgot to mention she also has 2 teeth coming in!!! A little late I know, BUT she is trying to make up for lost time by having 2 come in at the same time.

I had to take this she was sleeping so cute with her little booty in the air
stopping for a quick pose

Looking like an angel right before tearing up my Pottery Barn magazine