Piper- 5 months old

Our little sweetheart is 5 months old today! She is sitting on her own now (started around Christmas Eve). She loves to play with her toys, especially in her exersaucer. She is teething, but no pearly white has popped through yet. She is a snuggly little girl and prefers to be held that not (what baby doesnt?) She has tried bananas and LOVES them. We'll start other foods soon. She smiles all the time and laughs out loud, mostly at Cecily and her antics.

Sitting on her own!

Happy Thanksgiving

Here is the annual Turkey picture. Not an easy feat getting this picture taken balancing Cecily's cooperativeness and ability to hold Piper atop the piano with the soft lighting of the living room, the incessant banging away on the piano by Sinjin and Joe, and my need to get back into the kitchen to finish our feast (which was fabulous of course).

Perfect Turkey



Coordinating the photo



Photos By Cecily

Cecily got a camera for her 4th birthday and has loved taking pictures. Here are some of the pictures she has been taking. Note, they are often blurry and not the best quality but offer a glimpse into Cecily's world as she views it.



Halloween



Pumpkin cookies for school



Carving pumpkins with Carley

Piper and Sequoia

Sleepy Baby

Trick or Treat







Cinderella and her pumpkins

PV Visit

Posing with the pumpkin Grandpa grew

Mommy and Piper

Grandma and Piper

Charlie and Piper

Cecily's 4th birthday

Unicorn cake
I ordered the cake plain from Safeway and then decorated it myself

We celebrated Cecily's 4th birthday with a fairytale themed party at the Discovery Museum. They had crafts, facepainting, and playtime at the museum. It was a beautiful day and the Blue Angels soared overhead (as her bday always coincides with the airshow-brings me back to when I was in the hospital having her and the nurses kept going over to the window to watch the planes)

Cecily loves being 4 (albeit wary of any of the added responsibilities that comes with the age, i.e. "Now that you are 4, you need to pick up your toys, eat your vegetables, etc.).

She is still loving preschool-she is in the afternoon class this year and has adapted quite well to dropping her naps. The social aspect of school is in full swing, and she is very aware of who she likes to play with, what roll she plays in the group, etc. She likes to play with the boys as well!

We followed up the kids birthday with a family dinner at our house, lots of cooking, but so fun to entertain, I'd like to do that more often!

Cecily and Lucy (a friend from her class last year, they still adore each other)



Cecily and Sam (her fave boy in her class)



Pumpkin Patch

Two Months Old