15 Month Check-up

Yesterday was Piper's 15 month check-up. Daddy took her this time. He said she was pretty good for the most part. He said she seemed to remember where they were from last time and she freked out a few times. She now weighs 17lbs 4oz and is 27 3/4 in tall. That's about 2lbs and 2ins growth since last appointment. She onlt got 2 shots and next time might not need any at all. She's doing very well walking on her own and she's starting to learn how to stand up on her ownn without holding on to anything. She's growing so quickly! Last week I peeked in on her in her crib when I got home from work and she just looked so big to me. She was all sprawled out and taking up so much space. Our little baby isn't a baby anymore! She's a toddler now!

Walking!

Here's some pictures from last night of Piper standing on her own, a video of her walking and a picture of Piper and Daddy playing peek-a-boo around the corner of the couch!

First Steps!

Yesterday Piper was practicing standing on her own all day long! She was doing real well, up to 30-40 seconds on her own. She's been practicing that for quite some time, but yesterday that was all she wanted to do. Standing was better than any toy I could have given her. Well, when Daddy got home, we decided to show him how good Piper was doing. And she took a step towards him. Which has happened before; one step and then plop onto her butt. But this time she took another and another. About 4 steps in all until she had made it all the way to Daddy! We were so surprised and so proud of her! We'll try to get some video or pictures of it tonight.

Visiting Emile!

Yesterday Mommy was very good friends with Emile... the big fat rat from the new Disney movie Ratatouille. So Daddy and Piper decided to visit Emile and Remy. Piper liked the rats and smiled when they sniffed her looking for food and kissed her head!

Encore!

Encore! is a choir and orchestra for Disney cast members. This year was the 5th anniversary of the show and included a 75 piece orchestra and 160 in the choir. Ryan has participated in every show (except last year's because of Piper being born so close to the auditions). It's something Ryan has really enjoyed doing. It is an incredible show and so entertaining!

A Bike Ride!

Ryan has been wanting a bike for a while. The deal was he could get a bike as soon as he sold his all-in-one gym that's just been taking up space and collecting dust behind a door. So about a month ago he sold the gym and looked at some bikes, but didn't get one. 2 weeks ago I surprised Ryan with the bike. I was at Target and saw one I thought he would like and it happened to be on sale! A couple days later we went out looking for a seat so Piper could ride with him. We ended up buying a trailer for the back, since it was more practical. We got Piper a pretty pink helmet. Of course, the helmet is too big! We got the smallest we could find (ages 1+) but Piper isn't the same size as your average one year old so it's big on her. We added padding but it didn't help much. The way the seat is inside the trailer, when she has the helmet on it's hard for her to turn her head, so Daddy will have to ride on his own for a while until we get something figured out!

Bath Time Fun!

Grandpa Smith taught Piper how to splash in the pool. Now she thinks that she's supposed to splash in the bath too. The floor was soaked after this bath!

Piper's First Boo Boo

This past Friday Daddy had rehearsal, so Mommy and Piper went over to Grandma and Grandpa Smith's for dinner. Piper was crawling around on the kitchen floor and went over to the kitchen chair to try to stand up. As she was trying to stand her feet slipped and she fell into the bottom wrung of the chair. She was fine, just one little mark beneath her eye. She cried for a little bit more because she was scared than because it hurt.

Popsicles and the 4th of July!

Yesterday Piper got to try eating her first popsicle on her own. At first she didn't understand that she was supposed to hold the stick and she just held onto the actaul popsicle, so she kept screaming cause it was too cold for her little hands. So we wrapped the wrapper around the stick to make it easier for her to hold. She really liked it, but got sick of it about 1/2 way through.

As our tradition goes, we spent the evening at Epcot. Aunt Susan and Uncle Jeff joined us. Piper was very cranky by the time the fireworks were starting cause it was way past her bedtime. She just kept her head on my shoulder and watched out of the corner of her eye. The first few scared her a bit and she began to cry, but she calmed right down as she saw the pretty lights.

Teeth!!!

Piper's first tooth is finally sort of visible in pictures. It is really hard to see, but if you click on the picture it will enlarge it and you can see better (not really the most flattering picture of Piper either). And yesterday her second tooth came in. When she got up yesterday morning she was really crabby, but there was no tooth yet. She kept on being moody right up until her morning nap. After her nap the tooth was there!