Friday, June 27, 2008

Piper's Secret Revealed!




That's right! We're expecting our second little monkey! I'm 7 weeks along and our due date has been set as February 8. I've been doing well. I've gotten sick once so far (knock on wood), but unfortunately have been feeling sick pretty frequently. I've also been extrememly exhausted, and I was the same way with Piper.

This morning was all my bloodwork. Our next appointment is on July 9th, which is when we will have our first ultrasound. This time we will be finding out the gender (not till 20 weeks though), so that we know if we'll need to buy new clothing or not and we can be better prepared than last time.

So that you're not confused, until we know, we will be calling the baby, "Baby C." The explaination for this, is that no matter the gender, the baby's name will start with a C. If it is a boy, his name will be Casey Alexander (which would have been Piper's name if she were a boy). If it is a girl, her name will be Charlee Anne.

Piper is excited. If you ask her where the baby is she'll come over and point at my belly. Every morning she comes into our room and when she climbs in bed she'll come over and pull up my shirt so she can see my belly. Then she'll wave at my belly and say "Hi baby." Then she kisses my belly and says "hug" as she lays across my stomach. She also says she wants a sister. Although, I don't think she really understands that part of it. She does understand that there's a baby in there though.

Well that's it for now, we'll keep you posted on everything!

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Poppy and Aunt Judy come up for a visit

Poppy (Grandpa Kirsch) and Aunt Judi came up for the weekend from Fort Lauderdale. It rained most of their visit, but we made the most of it. We went to Animal Kingdom so Aunt Judi could ride Expedition Everest and then it started raining. To escape the rain, we went to the Florida Mall. Then on Sunday, we went to Epcot all day. It rained on and off, but we got on a lot of rides and had a great time. Mommy had to wrk most of the time, so we only got to spend a little time with her too.
We went to Journey into Imagination and the nice Kodak lady gave us this picture and told us to make funny faces.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Father's Day

On Sunday Daddy woke up to a basket of goodies on the table. He got a golf range basket filled with practice balls, floater balls, a survival kit, tees and an extra special golf towel that has a picture of Piper on it. After a very yummy breakfast, we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Smith's for the day. We relaxed, went swimming and had a great dinner!

Balancing on Grandpa's hands!
A quick smile with Daddy
Floating all by myself!
Daddy's teaching me how to kick

Friday, June 13, 2008

Mommy's Helper

This morning after Piper and I dropped Daddy off at work, we went grocery shopping. Piper was very good the whole time, she just sat and ate her Cheerios. When we got up to the register she turned around in her seat and helped put things up on the belt. Then when we got home she carried a couple bags inside. I told her to take off her shoes and go play, but she just wouldn't. She insisted on helping. She handed me all the cold things as I put them in the fridge or freezer. And then she stayed in the kitchen and handed me things over the gate as I put them into the pantry/closet. She was such a big help!
Gotta get the sauce!
Don't worry it's plastic and I'm using 2 hands!
Don't forget the bagels!

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Welcome Haley!

Congrats to Uncle Jeff and Aunt Susan! Jeff and Susan had their baby, Haley Brooke on Tuesday, June 10th @ 10:35pm. She weighs 7lbs 12oz and is 19 3/4 in long. We visited the new family at the hospital last night and all are doing great. Here's a photo that I "stole" from Jeff's myspace page.

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Our Trip to NY

For anyone that may not know, last week Piper, my Mom and I took a trip to Syracuse. One of my best friends, Erica was getting married. I was in her wedding as a bridesmaid and Piper was her flowergirl! We also managed to find some time to visit with family. It was a very busy week and we were on the go constantly. Here are some of the best pictures from the trip!

Hanging out!
I wanna be like Mommy!
Teaching Piper the Chicken Dance!
Nona, Piper and Nono
Walking down the aisle
The whole wedding party
"MaMa," Piper and Mommy
Piper and Mommy
Mr. and Mrs. Brent Danega and their little flowergirl
3 generations
Another 3 generations

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Professional Photos

On Saturday the 10th we had some family pictures taken and also some of Piper by herself. Here they are. To view them click the link and the type Kristie Kirsch as the customer name... when the next screen comes up click "view images" it's the first link on the far left side.

https://www.thesmilestation.com/home.asp?AC=LTT81301037012TAR

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Piper's 2nd Birthday

Yesterday we were out all day so I didn't get a chance to post these. Piper had a lot of fun on her second birthday. Mommy and Daddy woke her up first thing in the morning. She got to open some presents before we brought Daddy to work. Then Mommy and Piper spent the entire day at home playing with new toys and relaxing. After we picked up Daddy at work we all went to Toys R Us to spend some giftcards and money that Piper received at her party. She picked out a Little People airplane, a Little People Racin' Car Garage and a Sesame Street Medical Kit. And there was still some money left for next time too! When we got home Grandma and Grandpa Smith came over with one more present from them (an Elmo search and find book). We sang Happy Birthday and Piper got to blow out her candles.




Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Big Girl Bed

Yesterday we spent much of the day at Ikea looking for the perfect big girl bed for Piper. Her crib converts to a toddler bed and then a full size, but after a lot of debate we decided this was the best option for right now. This one expands to a middle size and then a twin as she grows. We also stopped at Sears to pick out some new bedding for her too. When we got home we put it together and here's pictures of Piper testing it out. So when bed time came, Mommy was at work, but Daddy said that she climbed in bed and went right to sleep at bedtime and he never heard a peep from her. She took a nice long nap in it today too and seems to love it!