We forgot to tell Piper "Excuse Me" can be used in many contexts!

Piper and I were in Target on Monday night and were done shopping and heading out to the car. She was in the cart I was pushing and just as we started to walk outside I stopped suddenly, as one of the Target employees was coming with a long train of carts bringing them back inside the store. He startled me, so my reaction was to stop our cart, back up slightly and say, "Excuse me". Apparently we startled him too, his reaction was the same and after he stopped he motioned us to go ahead. So I started pushing the cart again, heading for the car, and as we walked off Piper looked at me and asked, "Mommy, toot?" I laughed all the way to the car!

Daddy's Shoes are Great for Dress-Up and Chug-A-Lug

Just a few random shots/observations from the past few days.

First, Daddy's shoes are fantastic for dress-up!


Second, when your eating your snack, if the spoon isn't delivering your snack fast enough, just turn the cup up and pour it right into your mouth!

31-Week Belly Shot!

So here he is at 31 weeks...growing like a weed and spending most of his time these days resting comfortably on my bladder! We haven't been good at taking pictures weekly or even at some lesser interval, so it felt like crossing the 30 week mark was noteworthy and worth capturing. So the countdown is beginning, or at least for us it is. Only weeks now until his arrival. We can't wait!

Success!!!!!!

Just a quick post, Piper had a great night last night in her big girl bed, no falls, or major catastrophies...so, SUCCESS!!!! And she was so proud this morning when I went in to get her up. I told her how proud I was she slept in her big girl bed all night and she shook her head yes with a big smile and said, "Big Derl".

Big Girl, Big Bed!

So our adventure for this weekend was to get Piper moved into a big girl bed. We opted to move her into a single bed first before we move her into her official big girl bed that's a double. We figured we'd take things one step at a time. So the task of taking down her crib and moving it to Little Man's room was started Saturday afternoon.



We then brought in her new bed (Ger's Grandma Sweet-Thing's old bed) and Daddy put it all together. Piper enjoyed playing on it and got really excited when we called it her big girl bed.





She was a little apprehensive going to bed at first, but after some reassurance she was off to sleep and looked so small in her new bed. About 4am this morning we awoke to a thud...yes, she fell out of her big girl bed the very first night!!!!

After some comforting from Mommy and Daddy...on the floor (we thought we'd keep things low to the ground for a bit), she asked to get back in her bed for another try. So with reinforcements in place, she laid back down and spent the rest of the night in her new bed.


So we're on our way...another milestone in the works for our Little Lady!


As I write this she's in her room for night number 2, which so far has gone off without a hitch (hee, hee)!! Let's hope it stays that way.

Dress-Up Diva

Our little lady has become quite the little fashion diva lately. She enjoys putting on anything she can find. Today, she discovered the maternity clothes that Aunt Maria brought for Mommy and picked out a "dess" that she wanted to wear. She spent much time trying to put it on herself, she has started to tell us "I do" for many of the things she used to ask for help with. But after awhile, she insisted "dess on", and we obliged and helped her into it. Once her dress was on, she was ready to pose for the camera!

30-Week Appointment

Time marches on...another two weeks have already passed and I had a doctor's appointment today. Not much to report, just that all looks good. The little man's heartbeat was in the high 130's/low 140's today. My belly measured right where it should be and I'm all set for another 2 weeks.