tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14297335638100142772024-02-19T04:42:08.686-06:00Conceiving PiperJust a single gal who decided to become a single mom, this is my story...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934884752932265320noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429733563810014277.post-16232583699848214712016-03-04T16:06:00.001-06:002016-03-04T16:11:00.144-06:00It's Been A Minute...But Piper is Back!Wow! I cannot believe how long it has been since my last post! Life has gotten so busy with work and Piper, that time just flies by. A lot has happened since my last post, way too much to cover in great detail, so to get myself back in the groove, I will only offer the highlights. Be thankful for that because this could be a long read if I didn't curb my enthusiasm.<br />
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Let's start with school...<br />
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Piper started school in October. I chose to send her to a Montessori school so as not to stifle her ever growing uniqueness. Yes, she is still quite the individual and her personality grows in the most intriguing and delightful ways every single day. She began her Montessori education in the 18 months to 3-year-old room, mostly due to the fact she had never been to school before and they wanted her to have time to adjust to the routine. Fast forward to just a few months later...in January she was moved up to the 3 to 6-year-old room because of her vast vocabulary and highly advanced brain for her age. She doesn't turn 3 until April. At my first parent-teacher conference her teacher informed me that my little genius was ahead of most 4-5 year old kids in so many ways. Her milestone marks and socialization marks were off the charts. So yes, she is still one very smart cookie. Needless to say, she has a very proud mama! It was nice to hear that whatever I'm doing at home, to keep doing it because Piper is amazing and they can tell she gets lots of attention and love. I cannot think of a better compliment than that.<br />
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Oh my goodness, I completely forgot to mention the Pumpkin Patch! Piper's first week at preschool included a trip to the pumpkin patch for all the kiddos. She had an absolute blast playing in the corn pit, running through the hay maze, petting the baby animals, going on the hayride, and picking out her pumpkin, of course. <br />
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And how I love the Montessori style of teaching! Every single day I thank myself for choosing this route for Piper's education. If you don't know much about Montessori, I strongly suggest you look into it if you are concerned about where to send your child to school. No, it's not an inexpensive choice, but I'd make any sacrifice in the world to send Piper to a great school. Obviously I value education since I still work in academia. And no offense to anyone, but I think public schools are just awful. Sure there may be some great teachers out there and some really great schools as well, but they are so few and far between. Public schools are so regulated now that any great teacher is going to be stifled in their ability to educate the way they need and want to, and I don't think it's fair to teach to the lowest common denominator instead of challenging everyone to succeed. And kids who don't make the grades should not be pushed through the system, a system that obviously doesn't care about them...that just dumbs down our society and all higher education institutions as well! Yes, I like to buck the system as I cannot stand anyone controlling how my child learns based on a set standard that is supposed to be the same for everyone no matter how advanced they are or if they have a learning disability.<br />
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Montessori teaches to the child at the child's level. They advance when the child masters a skill and they don't push a child ahead before they are ready. Instead, they see every child as an individual with their own learning styles, needs, and speeds. They also teach life skills as well, not just the standardized subjects. Piper even has yoga every Friday and gets to wear slippers in the classroom for comfort and to reduce noise. Seriously, I'm convinced it's the best method for teaching and learning that I have ever run across, and I say that in complete seriousness. So please check out a Montessori school near you if you want a remarkable education tailored to your child's growth and development...and one that encourages individuality rather than discourages uniqueness. Little minds are full of wonderment and Montessori allows them to explore the world in the best possible way, the way that works best for the child at hand Okay, I'll get off my education soapbox and move forward...or back....how about clown college?</div>
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Let's backtrack all the way to Halloween!<br />
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What did your child go as this year? Especially if you have a girl. Was it a princess? A Disney something or other? Something girly and frilly? Well that's about par for the course with most young girls, but not my Piper! She once again demonstrated her very unique self and went, by her own choice, as a zombie witch. I kid you not! She is absolutely obsessed with zombies, we even have blue ones that live on our ceiling, at least I think they're still there. I'm not quite sure where the zombie obsession came from, but it hasn't waned since I last wrote. But that's not her only unique interest...<br />
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Now let's fast-forward to Christmastime. Here is her top 6 list of must haves:<br />
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1) Dinosaurs! I have never met a child who loves dinosaurs more than Piper. She even loves zombie dinosaurs. Once again, not sure where the craze stemmed from, but it keeps getting stronger. The #1 must have all the time is dinosaurs. I think I may have a future paleontologist on my hands. As a matter of fact, we have a dinosaur egg hatching at home as I write. Should only take 5-8 more days! And she just doesn't simply like dinosaurs, she knows all about them. her teachers were shocked by her knowledge base of these magnificent creatures. She prefers scientific books about them, not fictional children's books...and Dinosaur Train...it's a household name!</div>
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2) Race cars and Tonka trucks! Yes, she likes the "boy" toys. I love that she doesn't stick to gender defined toys. She's all over the place. But she loves her Hotwheels and her Tonka trucks. It took one car and one commercial on TV and she was hooked! Santa made sure she made out like a bandit when it came to these items.</div>
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3) Dragons...who doesn't love dragons? As a matter of fact, she just went shopping with me for her cousin's 2nd birthday, and of course she had to also get a toy. What did she choose without doubt or a question has barely let go since? A two-headed dragon! Yep, that's my girl!</div>
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4) Fighting warriors...good thing I found some awesome ones that came with dinosaurs! She got the Imaginext T-Rex and it came with what look like Aztec styled warriors with bone armor. There were also other dinosaurs in the collection that were battle-armored dinos with matching warriors. Yep, I managed to combine two loves into one awesome-opossum-sauce gift! </div>
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5) Little Live Pets mice...but it's not what you think. She had actually requested a race track for her cars. Instead she received these little critters since they technically run around on a track and I thought they were way cutter than a car race track. In all, she received a changeable mice track system and 5 mice, two which each came with a "mouse house" that attaches to the tracks and has a wheel on one side for running. She treats these mice as if they are real, loves and kisses on them all the time, and makes mommy rearrange the track at random. I have to admit, they are pretty damn cute. Speaking of live pets...<br />
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6) Doc McStuffins doctor kit...I brought a stethoscope home from work and she started using it to check up on her toys. It was a natural progression from there to get an entire kit including syringe, blood pressure cuff, otoscope, etc. Yes, every toy gets checked regularly as well as the entire family and sometimes she tries to corner the kitters as well. Speaking of kitters, we got a new cat since last time I was on here. He's all grown up now, but I'll throw in a couple of his baby pics. Piper just loves her Bo Kitty. Now back to Christmas...</div>
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I asked her if she wanted dolls or girly stuff, I got a flat no and a pout...she makes sure I know when she does not like the "choice" provided. She's always saying she either likes or dislikes "that choice." She's very opinionated and knows exactly what she does and does not want/like, for the most part. Sometimes she's still a 2-year-old and says the opposite of what she wants just because on principle, everything is "no" until thought is put into the actual response.</div>
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Another sidebar here...speaking of her love of zombies as I mentioned earlier, a few weeks ago at school the teacher asked the students ideas for new games to play that were more calming and less rambunctious. Piper's response: let's play zombies! Yep, that's my girl!</div>
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Okay, back to Christmas, again. I will say that she does love some girly things. She received quite a few My Little Ponies and she loves them! It makes sense since I loved them as a little girl as well. She also received her first set of real wheels...a Frozen electric car she can drive herself. It's way cool! Now just to get her nerve up to actually drive it outdoors, and the weather to cooperate as well. I'm seriously hoping this month she will finally want to take it for a spin. Yes, I will inform you all when the day happens.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Soon she'll burn rubber in her Frozen car!</span></b></td></tr>
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Piper still loves to be naked... a lot! She has to have naked time every single day, and when she does, she goes totally spaztastic on me. I have never met a child so happy to be in the buff. I have so many side splitting videos of her naked while dancing and prancing around. Don't worry, these do not get shared via social media, they are simply to embarrass her on her wedding day or any other time we all need a good laugh. She finds them all hysterical, so at this point they have no effect on her but to make her want to take her clothes off some more. I'm just hoping at this point she doesn't try and join a nudist colony when she grows up!<br />
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It seems that every single day something changes about her. I can never put my finger on it, but I swear she changes so often it's mind boggling, but it's in little, subtle ways. It may be a new noise, a new expression, or a slight gleam in her eye, but it is always something. I love anticipating what will be next, but I also hate that she's growing up so quickly. She's a little sponge right now, so I attribute most of these changes to everyday learning an exploring the world around her. And now that she is socializing at school with kids her age, I'm sure a lot of these subtle changes are borrowed from other kids in her class. I love it!</div>
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I know there is so much more to add in order to catch everyone up on all things Piper since last June, but I think it's time to stop and get this puppy out the door. I could go on for another week and still not hit all the highlights. For now, I just need to get this posted and then start regular posts again. I've always said that I would eventually just do short little posts to keep up with our constantly shifting world, that way I wouldn't feel the pressure do always play catch-up when it's been a month and I haven't written a thing. This time, I think I'll stick to that plan or Piper won't have this digital memory book to look back on and read about her life as it unfolds, and that was always the purpose for this blog. It was always about recording her life for her to have when she got older...man how I would love to have such a thing about my childhood!</div>
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So that's it. I'm going to stop here and go dig up some pics and videos to insert (which by now you have already seen because I write before I insert pics and by the time you get to reading this sentence you will have seen all the not-yet posted pics that will be posted by the time you read this...follow that train of thought?). I promise to start back posting regularly again. It makes me happy to do so and that's a good thing.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934884752932265320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429733563810014277.post-18722292563953215252015-06-05T15:24:00.005-05:002015-06-05T15:25:24.353-05:00Piper's Second Birthday and Dallas AdventureYep, I'm finally getting around to writing about Piper's birthday trip to Dallas this past April. I'm excited to finally be getting to it since my time is so limited now. Why can't there be an extra hour each day where I could just sit down uninterrupted and write? I used to write on slow days at work, that never occurs now that I've changed jobs. And the writing on the weekends during nap time? Well guess who stopped napping again? Yep, my little angel has decided that naps are once again not for her. Of all the traits I wish she hadn't inherited, not sleeping is at the top of the list. At least she's easier to get to bed at night now, right? Well that can be a crap-shoot, too. I'm hoping when she starts school in September that her body clock will reset itself and those naps on the weekend, or any day for that matter, will once again blissfully return. I shouldn't be surprised though, she was never a napper and I think we simply got into a lucky streak for about a month or so. Oh well, still wouldn't trade her in for anything!<br />
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Anyways, let me get back to the telling of this adventure. First off, there is a very specific reason I chose not to throw her a big birthday party this year and take her on an adventure instead. Through my work, I met a wonderful woman who lives in England whom I began speaking with via the Internet and emails when we started working with her community. We became Facebook friends along the way, and we spoke of having kids and how awesome they are amongst a myriad of other things while getting to know one another. I'm not 100% sure how we ventured into the topic of birthdays, but one day she told me a story about how they did birthdays in her family. Every year she would ask her daughter if she wanted presents or a memory. If her daughter chose a memory, then an adventure awaited her. I found this an endearing way to celebrate a birthday, so I adopted it this year.<br />
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Being an only child, Piper has way too much stuff as it is. So this year, I decided to take her on an adventure to make memories instead of having friends and relatives over for a party where she would just collect more "stuff." Since Piper was just turning 2, I decided not to go too overboard and keep it close to home, so Dallas was my first thought. It's a drive-able distance, especially important for the young potty trained child. There are lots of options for outings, and plus I love the place. It's just a great, quick getaway location. As an added bonus, one of Piper's half siblings lives in the area and they were going to get to meet for the first time! I know that may sound strange to some, but Piper knows she has a number of half siblings. Us mommies who used the same sperm donor are all members of a very private social network where we keep in touch and watch our little half siblings grow. So far, Piper is the oldest to join the group, but only by a couple of weeks. Parker, her half brother she met in Dallas, is the one who is two weeks younger and they are so much alike it's ridiculous! They could definitely pass for twins. Right now there are 11 children in the group including Piper. Due to privacy, I won't say more about the group, but it's amazing how we have all come together to share our lives and our children's lives. It's even more amazing that all the children have the same eyes, no matter what the mommies look like! We are an unconventional bunch, but I couldn't ask for a better extended family for Piper. So yes, I was really excited for Piper to finally meet one of her half siblings in person and for me to meet one of the mommies from the group, too!<br />
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The trip consisted of a three night hotel stay, an outing to the <a href="http://www.dwazoo.com/" target="_blank">Dallas World Aquarium</a> one day, and an outing to <a href="http://www.dallasarboretum.org/named-gardens-features/the-rory-meyers-childrens-adventure-garden" target="_blank">The Rory Meyers Children's Adventure Garden</a> at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens the following day, where we met up with Parker and his mommy. We also went out to eat for her birthday, but she definitely had more fun everywhere else but the fancy dinner...she just couldn't find anything she liked to eat, imagine that! By the way, I should mention that I did not venture this alone. My parents came along, too. Piper is a handful, so I definitely wanted to have them there to not only share in the fun, but also to help me keep up with my little ball of energy! Like the ocean, you cannot turn your back on Piper!<br />
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Since a picture says a thousand words, I'm going to share with you all the best pics from the trip that capture our adventure in all its glorified fun and silliness. Besides pics form the outings, there will be pics (and videos) from the hotel stay, too. I swear this girl loves a hotel room...they definitely bring out her silly side. From recycling herself (you'll see) to watching the traffic go by to making us sing happy birthday 100 times to calling the Hogs...the hotel stay was just as much fun as all other parts of the trip. So, without further adieu, I present to you Piper's 2nd birthday adventure!!!<br />
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<b>First stop, the hotel</b>: (taken throughout the entire trip)<br />
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And she likes to watch cars as they go by! These next set of pics are of her on the balcony off our room. We were supposed to have a downtown view, but they screwed it up. It worked out because Piper was fascinated with all the traffic. She even watched it out the windows inside the room. What can I say, she lives with woods backing up to her house, so traffic is really quite novel at this point.<br />
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This next round of pics and videos are from Piper's birthday surprise. We didn't have a fancy cake or anything, just a simple chocolate fudge sundae brownie from room service. The hotel was even nice enough to provide candles and matches, thank goodness. Funny thing is that Piper insisted we sing Happy Birthday to her what felt like 1000 times so she could re-blow out her candles. Funnier is the fact she wouldn't eat her brownie or the ice cream. She didn't have much of an appetite the entire trip, but not eating her sweets definitely came as a surprise. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">It just looks like she's going to eat it!</span></b></td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">And the second video of her blowing out candles!</span></b></div>
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The rest of the hotel pics are just silly ones. Some are semi-nudie pics taken while Piper ran around naked after taking a bath. the others are quite random. There are also two videos that you must watch!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">I just love her face in this pic!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Apples instead of cake, so weird!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Too cute!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">She did eat a cookie in the nude, lol!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><b>telling a very elaborate story!</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">Piper calling the Hogs! Woo Pig Sooie!</span></b></div>
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I'll go ahead and throw a couple pics I took while out for her birthday dinner. She was tired and not in the best of moods, so I only got a few pics and none of her darling dress in full view, boo!<br />
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Okay, enough of the hotel pics...moving right along! Next stop, <b>Dallas World Aquarium</b>. Unfortunately I do not have a lot of pics from the aquarium. It was a bit crowded for picture taking, but we did manage to get a few.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Notice the penguin in the pic..."Dallas" is her new fav lovey!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Looking forlorn but actually having a blast!</span></b></td></tr>
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I feel I should elaborate on the penguin at this point, as he has become quite the special lovey to Piper. While walking through the aquarium you have to walk through the gift shop to get to another section (genius marketing!) Of course I told Piper she could pick something out. Well, she didn't look around much at all but instead took one look at "Dallas," snatched him up, and took him right to the cash register! He hasn't left her side since. Wherever she goes, Dallas is right there holding her hand or being cuddled. And yes, he does sleep in the bed with us, too. <br />
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Like I said, I didn't snap many pics at the aquarium. But hold on to your hats because I did take a ton of pics at the children's garden where Piper got to meet Parker. They are in some pics together, but they weren't easy to keep in the same spot. Parker ran one way and Piper would run the other. They were so much alike, both with more energy than you can imagine, but both with agendas heading in opposite directions. Cannot wait to get another opportunity to hang out with both Parker and his mom. Now on to the pics!<br />
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Up next, the real fun part of the vegetable area, the small playground with the big slide! I should mention that this was Piper's first time on a big slide, and she loved it, of course. And she also took turns with Parker, not bad for a child who isn't used to sharing anything!<br />
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The next area of the gardens we headed to was the toddler play area. Here there was a smaller slide, sand pit, riding toys, things to climb on, a small maze, and a great water play area with turtle eggs you could crawl inside right next to it. Yep, here come some more adorable pics!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">She loved the giant mushrooms!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Piper was mad the garden patrol wouldn't let her sit on the ant.<br />I was to when other kids were sitting all over it later.</span></b></td></tr>
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Now for the mini slide...she had as much fun on this one as she did the big green slide!<br />
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Next we took the elevator down the inside of the giant tree and went under the waterfall. It was a nice resting spot for a second.<br />
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And now on to my favorite pics...Piper and me in the tornado simulator! Take a good look and see if you can find anything but pure joy and silliness! Yes, Dallas joined in the fun.<br />
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At the end of the day we stopped to eat at a little cafe on the premises. It didn't take long before Piper passed out in her stroller with Dallas in her lap. By this time Parker had done the same and he and his mommy had left. It was a shame we didn't get to spend more time together, but it was definitely worth the little bit of time we did have. This last picture of Piper pretty much sums up the end of our trip. We left for home the following morning, exhausted from all the adventurous fun we had and our heads full of memories to think and dream about. I cannot wait to see where next year takes us. I do know that when she turns 4 we're heading to Disney World! I've already started saving for that trip. But next year is still undecided. Any suggestions?<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934884752932265320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429733563810014277.post-20591525344056327552015-05-04T16:21:00.001-05:002015-05-04T16:21:13.113-05:00Indoor Fun on a Rainy EasterI was terribly afraid that for Piper's second Easter, I would end up with no blog-worthy material. I knew the forecast called for rain, and I was worried that her pretty Easter dress would go to waste and her egg hunt would produce no usable pictures, as it would have to be indoors...not easy to sneakily hide eggs when everyone is cooped up inside together. Luckily, I was wrong. As a matter of fact, I ended up with some adorable photos and a few way-too-cute videos to my absolute delight!<br />
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So no more delay, let's get this Easter party started...I have a major 2nd birthday post to get crackin' on!<br />
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First off, I should have taken some pics of the actual eggs we dyed. I have yet to let Piper join in the egg-dyeing fun, she a little too rambunctious still and I just know egg dye would end up EVERYWHERE, but she did watch the process and after they ere dry I let her decorate them with stickers. This year we dyed two dozen eggs and had another 30 plastic fillable eggs. Yes folks, that's 42 eggs for one child! I'll happily admit that I sometimes overdo things, but the family motto is "it's not done till it's overdone!" In other words, I'm just sticking with tradition and "you don't monkey with tradition"! If you know the movie that quote came from, please take a stab at it in the comments section, you may just win a fabulous prize! <br />
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I'll give one word of advice when it comes to dyeing eggs...do not do it the night before Easter Sunday! It took forever and it was tedious. In the end however, our eggs turned out so much better than last year. This year I stuck with PAAS brand and didn't try anything fancy like shiny eggs or swirled/tye-dyed eggs. This year it was just dip in water or vinegar and wait. The most extravagant items contained in the egg kits were stickers, some glitter that did not stick as per the instructions (such a waste because they were pretty up until the time the glitter rubbed right off, thankfully discovered early on), some rubber bands to make banded designs, and some beads and sequins you could glue on...those I liked and the glue was provided. It took a little time to dry, but still worked out much better than the craptastic kits I chose last year that caused the eggs dye never to dry or just missed the mark on the advertised outcome...by a very long shot!<br />
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Anyways, after all the eggs were complete, I finally got Piper to bed. After that, it was basket filling time! I used her same Easter basket I handcrafted last year because it is just so dang pretty.<br />
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I'm not a huge fan of too many sweets in the basket, so I chose a lot of toys and other such items to go with the smaller amount of candy. As you can see from the pic below, there was quite a loot in the basket! And that pic doesn't show everything!<br />
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List of items in this years basket:<br />
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<u>Candy items (some in basket and some in hidden plastic eggs)</u>: Smarties of various flavors and styles, chocolate footballs (that's what we call them here, the mini chocolate eggs in foil wrappers), carrot shaped back of Reese's Pieces, several sheets of candy dots, a Peep's marshmallow sucker, a lamb PEZ dispenser, a few mini chocolate bunnies, a large chocolate bunny with M & M's in it, and finally my personal favorite...an 8-piece assorted color collection of rock candy! (Admittedly, those are going to end up being all mine, although I do let her have some once in awhile).<br />
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<u>Toys and such (some in basket and some in hidden plastic eggs)</u>: Four colored plastic bangle bracelets, a plastic Easter themed charm bracelet, a mini pink bunny, a medium sized wind-up hopping bunny, a large wind-up hopping baby chick, some cool little animals that are hard to describe (you will see them in the video of her opening her basket- set of four), two fun headbands (one Easter themed and the other with funky hair floppy things on it), a mini water gun, a light-up wand that changes colors and blinks, a tye-dyed whistle, 3 colorful bottles of bubbles (3 more hidden away for later), one large stuffed pink rabbit, miniature bunnies with parachutes attached (so dang cute and fun!), little fuzzy baby chicks (my mom said these were her favorire growing up, had no idea when I purchased them), and an Elsa doll (because every little girl is obsessed with Frozen).<br />
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I think that covers everything, but it's possible I left something off the list...hard to remember everything this far out. Regardless, she loved her basket and all the goodies hidden in the plastic eggs. And now for the video of her unwrapping her basket followed by one of her hunting eggs...too cute, so get ready!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">She's very good at finding eggs! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">Easter Bunny will have to step up his game next year!</span></b></div>
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As you can see from the video, Piper is quite adept at hunting eggs down. I'm really going to have to step up my game next year. It wasn't easy hiding the eggs, that's for sure. I basically had to have Nana give her a bath so I could play Easter Bunny. When she got out of the tub, before we had time to dress her up, she had already found an egg and was seriously wanting to hunt naked! Finally we managed to get her into her bedroom, where no eggs were hidden, and get her into her Easter dress. I was not about to let the fact that it was raining outside ruin her getting to wear that dress, I love it! Anyhoo, here are some more shots of her getting her hunt on. And yes, most of these are of her back...hard to get a pic from the front when she's on the move!<br />
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As previously mentioned,I had 42 eggs hidden. Guess how long it took her to find them? I believe we were under the 20 minute mark, for sure. Once they were all found, it was time to sit down and check out the goodies inside the plastic eggs. Finally some pics of her face!<br />
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Next, we moved to a more desirable location to try and get some cuter pics and watch her devour candy dots...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Her new "cheese" face!</span></b></td></tr>
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And after all the fun, even little pretty princesses have to go potty before continuing to play...but she didn't stop with the candy, notice the PEZ dispenser in hand...this is why I limit the candy!<br />
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In the end, despite the rainy day and having to make do with indoor fun, we all had a blast and Easter went off without a hitch. I'm hoping to get her back in that dress for some outdoor pics sometime soon. It really is too pretty to waste on just indoor photos. And of all the photos I took that day, this last one is my favorite. I think she just looks like a little doll in it. It's not easy getting Piper to sit still for a picture anymore, so when I capture one that looks good without a hint of blur from a constantly moving body in motion whilst using my cell phone instead of the fancy cam, I'm a happy camper!</div>
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Well, that about wraps up this blog post. Glad I finally managed to get all my pics in one place! It took me longer than I really wanted, but goodness knows we've had so much going on in our family that I'm just happy to be getting this posted before next Easter. What can you expect next? The 2nd birthday post, yay!!! I took Piper to Dallas for a weekend adventure instead of throwing a party and we had a blast! I've got a lot of ground to cover for that one, so it's time to get a-moving and a-shaking on it. While you patiently wait, take a few moments and throw some votes our way, or share us with a friend...we always love new followers!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934884752932265320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429733563810014277.post-43087324615021953542015-03-27T14:07:00.001-05:002015-03-27T14:08:53.826-05:00Welcome Spring, I Completely Missed Winter!Well, the title of this post is completely true. I did not miss Winter. Not a single cold, dreary wonderful day of it. I did, however, miss out on writing. Needless to say, life has been busy and as Ferris Bueller once said, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it." That's been my motto this Winter. I've taken the time to sit back and enjoy my daughter in all her rambunctiousness, and while this may have set me months back on my blogging, it did not set me a moment back on watching her learn and grow. For that I have no regrets. So now that Spring is upon us, I decided it's high time I catch all of you up on what's gone down in Piper's world the past few months. Some of this will be painless and quick, aka pictures and videos. Mainly because I cannot recall every single detail of everything that's happened in the past three or so months. And you wouldn't want me to anyway. I'm already long-winded enough! As I draw closer to the present, more words will appear, although there will still be plenty of pictures, you know me! So on that note, let's get this party started with December.<br />
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December 2014-<br />
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Once again it was a fantastic Christmas. Piper wracked up across the board. Snowbelle, our Elf on the Shelf, made her second appearance and Santa spoiled Piper rotten for being such a little darling.<br />
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Piper also became obsessed with snowmen, no thanks to Frozen, Olivia, and the Hallmark store!<br />
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Christmas Eve she got to dress up and play princess, although I didn't get that many pics of her. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Enjoying the festivities from Papa's lap.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">A little blurry but she's just so dang adorable!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Love that profile, too!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Such an intense face...wonder what she was thinking at the point...</span></b></td></tr>
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And on Christmas morning, well she just got downright confused, lol! I swear I didn't think she would ever turn around and see all of her Xmas loot! <br />
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I just love how she completely has no idea what to do once she discovers the room full of surprises just for her. I think she was definitely in shock for a few moments. <br />
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I thought initially that the Toy Story gang would end up being her most cherished presents, as she is obsessed with all things Toy Story.<br />
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She even has an extreme crush on Buzz Lightyear. She hugs and kisses all her "dolls," but it took her weeks before she would stop being bashful and coy with Buzz. But back to what I was saying...as the months have passed, she has gotten so into her kitchen it's astounding.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Love this kitchen, and so does Piper!<br />(Kitchen by <a href="http://www.step2.com/p/Grand-Walk-In-Kitchen-with-Extra-Play-Food?gclid=CNTe_L65xsQCFY-HaQod_ZkAoQ" target="_blank">Step 2</a>)</span></b></td></tr>
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She makes a mean coffee with bacon and spaghetti sauce mixed in...or whatever weird food item she decides to put into the coffee pot. By the way, the kitchen I got her, excuse me I mean Santa got her, is totally awesome! It makes noises, is obviously a walk-in, comes with pots, pans, food (including 5 spice bottles and salt and pepper shakers), dishes of all sorts, coffee pot, and telephone, too. Oh, and there is an extra stool for guests to sit on while you serve them that oh-so-yummy bacon coffee! The burner makes different noises depending on if you put a pot or skillet on it, the microwave makes sounds, and the phone makes all the noises a phone is supposed to make. As a matter of fact, Piper has taken her phone talking to a whole new level. She now has very in-depth conversations. She says hello, asks questions, stops to hear answers, and I can tell she has also been bombarded with telemarketers at times given her attitude. I even heard her say with a nice sarcastic eye-rolling tone, now don't take offense to this, "Jesus Christ!" and hang up with a sigh of exasperation. I wonder where she picked that up from? I'm pleading the 5th!<br />
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She also got from Santa a great new easel, lots of Olivia loot, and tons of reusable sticker books and paint with water books. She is definitely a little artist and has an extreme fascination with stickers and all things Olivia, so Santa did good! On top of that, she got an adorable monster bowling set, a slew of puzzles, some string beads, a retro Candyland game and fishing game, and a retro Fischer-Price record player. I loved mine as a kid, and I see some toys never get old. Finally, she got musical instruments galore! She loves percussion instruments, so to add to her drum sets now she has maracas, a tambourine, cymbals, some clacky thingy, a triangle, and one of those wooden stick things you bang with another wooden stick...yeah, I've got my instrument terminology down!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Here she is cooking up a storm!</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;"><b>A little blurry, but here she is admiring her loot!</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-small;">Finally, the easel which is a chalk board on one side and magnetic on the other (oh, I forgot to add the magnetic letters <br />and magnetic princess stuff to the list). It can also hold paper. Also pictured are some more sticker books and the paint books.</span></b></td></tr>
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And now some random shots...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">She loves this game!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">And she was good at it right from the start!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">See the milk and cookies on the fireplace?</span></b></td></tr>
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Yeah, she may have gotten a little spoiled again this Christmas. I won't even go into what all she got from relatives and her stocking stuffers. Well, one thing I do wan to mention is the reindeer bell Santa left in her stocking. It was just like the one from the Polar Express movie. She watched that movie about a hundred times before Christmas, so it was quite the special gift. Even came with a ticket for the train!<br />
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Let me wrap up December with a few cute pics of Piper admiring the Christmas tree. Her favorite ornaments got lots of hugs and kisses throughout the season. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">She really enjoyed the tree this year!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Admiring her favorite bird ornament...one of the first decorations we put up.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Kissing the bird ornament...it was really sweet how much love she showed this bird.</span></b></td></tr>
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Okay, let's move onto the new year. I'll admit that I am going back and forth from my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SingleModernMom" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page to follow along with everything that's happened over the past few months. I post on there all the time, so I definitely recommend joining us there since when I don't have to blog, I do have time to post on FB.<br />
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January 2015-<br />
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Let's just start with a video that will make you exhausted! Piper is a highly energetic munchkin, and as you will see from this video, she never walks, she only runs. I'm not even sure if she knows how to walk...<br />
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She is also a dancing fool! She dances to all kinds of music and even likes to dance on tables...better watch out for that maneuver!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">I'm hoping this does not reflect future career choices, lol!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">Of course she has to shake it to Olivia, too!</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><b>And now The Hot Dog Dance from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">What else can I say about January? I guess I'll just share my favorite pics from that month, now that the videos have been posted. January was a busy month, but Piper continued to get more adorable each passing day!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Piper started to really take notice of her shadow...she is still fascinated by it!</span></b> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">She discovered that everything is more fun when naked, including fishing!</span></b> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">She continued along the path towards cutting new teeth...ouch!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">She learned how to ham it up for the camera!</span></b> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">She finally grew enough hair to put hair barrettes and pigtails in!</span></b> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Her arms got longer and therefore nothing has been safe since!</span></b> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">She rediscovered her rocker and learned how to mount and dismount without much help, yay!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">She got a new giraffe towel and after bath cuddles got that much better!</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Moving on...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">February 2015!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">I'm enjoying the video/picture path down memory lane, so let's keep on it!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Piper turned 22 months in February!</span></b> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">She has the best bedhead of any child I have ever encountered...more to come on this later!</span></b> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">She started learning how to blow on bottles to create "music"</span></b> </td></tr>
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We took a day excursion down to the Delta Cultural Center in Helena, Arkansas. Piper loved the room that told about slavery in the South, and it's never too early to learn important history lessons. This room had a giant screen where shadows of slave men, women, and children would walk across, stop, and then their story would appear in writing above them. She was entranced by this wall and listened to all I read to her, absorbing all she could. She also like the music playing which was old slaves songs sung in the fields. And to top it all off, there were hands-on instruments to play with that would have been handmade back in those days by the slaves. All in all, she loved the museum and I think she'll enjoy going back again when she gets a bit older. </div>
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These next several pics are a mixture from two different snow days. The third and fourth ones are from the first snow we had. The others are from the biggest snowfall we had where Piper finally got to build her Olaf from Frozen. It was a very wet, heavy snow, so he's not that big nor beautiful, but he still gave worm hugs! I will let the pictures speak for themselves, no captions needed.</div>
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Finally, even though this is a little out of order, Piper made her first Valentine card for her "uncle" David. She did a great job painting, and then decorating with special objects such as hearts, butterflies, and flowers. I helped with the trim and placing the glue where she told me to, but the rest was her creation. </div>
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That same evening Piper invented a new game she calls "Hide Ghost." She is obsessed with ghosts thanks to one of her favorite Olivia episodes. The rules of the game is that she picks someone to be the "ghost" and makes them stand behind the curtains and act like a ghost making ghostly sounds while she runs and pretends to be scared. This game is still one of her favorites! </div>
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Just a few more videos and we are going to be caught up to March, yay! This first video cracks me up. Piper was playing with the top of the cat scratcher, and for the life of me I cannot begin to decipher what she is saying. Feel free to take a crack at it in the comments section! I should give away a prize for the best answer!</div>
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This particular video was shot while her cousins were visiting. Piper likes to sometimes talk in a real deep voice that has been dubbed "Evil Piper." Another reason I adore her. The girl has got charisma!</div>
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Finally, this last video is Piper playing with one of her newest obsessions, balloons! She loves to roll around on them, bounce on them, throw them, etc. One of these days she's going to pop one and that'll probably be the end of balloon time fun!</div>
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Oh, I almost forgot the other balloon video! This one I just love for the Elvis hip role she added to her repertoire of dance moves. Watch for it, it's hysterical!</div>
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Okay, moving right along! We are now finally caught up to the current month, yay!!! You do not know how happy this makes me. So without further adieu, I give you the month of March!</div>
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Remember when I said keep an eye out for more bedhead, well here you go! Best bedhead ever!</div>
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This next series of pics were taken all in the same day, I think. The first two show off how much longer her pigtails have gotten and that she still loves her kitchen, thank goodness! </div>
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What do you do after you cook? You eat! For some reason I just love these two pics. And now that I think about it, I think they were taken on a different day, but who cares because she looks adorable in them. Plus, look at them soup eating skills!</div>
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Now back to the day she was in her kitchen. These overalls, by the way, were the ones from Thanksgiving. I wasn't able to get too many good pics of them, but now you can kind of see how cute they are. The back of them looks like the back of a turkey, with all the feathers and such. So glad she got to wear them again.</div>
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In these next pics Piper is learning how to plant potatoes with her Papa. She had such a blast digging in the dirt and putting the potatoes in the holes. I so wish I had been a true witness to the event, but I was at work. So happy my mom captured such a wonderful event for me!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;"><b>She learns so much from her Papa. <br />So glad we all share our lives together in one happy household.</b></span></td></tr>
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The next four pics are kind of random. First, Piper decided to decorate my head with her reusable stickers. I think she did a fabulous job! The following two are from the night she decided pants were no fun. These are the only pics publishable, lol! And the final pic is of one of the towers she's been building. She has gotten seriously into architecture as of recent and her skills with the smaller blocks of various shapes and sizes astounds me. By age three the average child should be able to build a tower of 1" x 1" square blocks. She is way above and beyond that....and this is one of her small towers. She is very meticulous, too. She really studies angles and what can be balanced on what. I'm truly amazed at her building skills at this point in life.</div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Finally, we get down to this week. We've had our first bout of real Spring weather and have been enjoying playing outdoors. We are lucky to live with nothing but woods behind the house and a creek that runs along the side. Piper has been thoroughly enjoying the Spring weather and we have been thoroughly enjoying her delight in discovering the natural world around her!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">In these pics she is down by the creek, throwing things in to watch them float downstream. I see paper boat races in our near future!</span></div>
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So now that I have finally caught everyone up on the events of the past few months, it's now time to catch you all up where Piper is at regarding her development. First off, she's still super smart, almost frighteningly so. I've already touched on her building skills, but her language skills are really off the charts. She knows her ABC's and can recognize most letters by sight, something that I've read is closer to a 4-year-old level. She can also count to twenty, we are now working on counting to thirty. By the way, she can count to 20 in Spanish, too...and all on her own without any help. She knows all her colors and shapes, including stars, hearts, diamonds, and ovals. Once again, this is usually on the level of a 4-year-old, so of course I'm amazed with how much she already knows. <br />
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As for her basic conversation skills, she is now communicating in complete sentences. Not just two to three word phrases, but entire sentences. She has her pronouns down, is getting her tenses correct as of recently, and man can she talk your ears off! She is also very adept at giving orders, lol. But she can follow instructions, too. She doesn't always want to, but she can and does most of the time when she is not being stubborn. She can even tell you elaborate stories with amazing animation and expressions, and mostly they start with "once upon a time," classic! She is currently obsessed with ghosts, snakes, things lurking in the woods, but not in a frightened way. This probably stems from some of her favorite TV shows such as Peter Rabbit and Olivia. She also enjoys Peppa Pig, Team Umi Zumi, Doc McStuffins, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and the Octonauts...those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head. That brings me to another point...<br />
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She memorizes everything! She has a great knack for learning songs and knows all of the songs from her favorite shows. Her other favorite songs are Wheels on the Bus, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, I'm a Little Teapot, Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me, and a myriad of other classic children's songs. She loves to sing and will sing her own tunes at times. I believe she has picked this up from me as I have always dubbed myself the Weird Al Yankovic of moms because I am constantly making up songs about whatever it is we are doing. Sometimes these songs are made up tunes and other times I use already familiar songs and just change the words. I've been doing this with her since before she was born, so I think it definitely must have rubbed off on her. And she has such a beautiful voice. She can already carry a tune and if there are motions that go with the song, she's got those down, too.<br />
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Speaking of motions, she also, as you have seen from some of the video clips (and I have tons more than are posted here) loves to dance. As a matter of fact, we already have dance routines we've been working on together. My once ballerina self has already begun teaching her turns, shoulder sits, and dips of all sorts. She loves combining all the movements and performing...just like her mama! Other movement related things she likes is being spun in circles, riding on mommy like I'm a horse, sitting on my shoulders and flipping of onto the bed or other soft landing area, running at top speeds...this she has many styles of doing such as the one where she bends forward with her arms stretched out behind her and pretends she is flying. She has also mastered how to do a forward roll all by herself now. She been practicing those with help for some time now, but just this past week she just up and started doing them by herself. She's very athletic, and I like that a lot. Right now she is trying to master the fine art of jumping with both feet off the ground. It's hit or miss with that one still, but it's more hits than misses now.<br />
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Okay, I need to wrap this up even though I feel like I have so much more to say...guess I could write another post, right? I should note that she is officially in panties full time now, no more pull-ups unless it's bedtime. And the last three nights she has been dry upon waking, woohoo! Also, I am enrolling her in a Montessori school for next school year so she can start socializing with children her own age. Expect to see a lot about that once it gets underway. I think their teaching methods are right up Piper's free-spirited alley. The school I'm sending her to has Yoga, a fantastic chef who does around the world themed lunches every week, and she will be learning Spanish and sign language, too. It's a small school and I cannot wait to see how she does. I know the teachers will fall instantly in love with her, because who can resist her precious little self?<br />
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Last thing, I promise. I have a birthday vacation to Dallas all planned out for her in a couple of weeks. We are going to the aquarium, maybe a Renaissance fair if the weather is nice, and possibly the Perot museum if the weather does not cooperate. I cannot wait to take her on her first big out of town adventure. She's going to love it! Don't worry, I plan on taking lots of pictures and posting sooner than three months out! <br />
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As for now, I will let you all get back to planning your weekends. I once again apologize for the massive gap between posts, but expect more frequent posts in the future. Just had to get my work life to cooperate for a change and now that I'm writing again, I remember why I started this blog to begin with. Everyone enjoy their weekends and I'll be back soon!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934884752932265320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429733563810014277.post-546547148748765072014-12-29T16:15:00.000-06:002014-12-29T16:15:03.254-06:00Fall Festivities and Liquefying Bones. 'Tis The Season!This year's annual Fall festivities took a turn in a much more difficult direction than I truly expected. Mind you, before I even explain what that means, keep in mind that in no way does that first sentence imply that a good time was not had by all. However, I will say that cavorting about with an infant in tow was way easier last year. Trying to keep up with not only a toddler's new found freedom in that they can run at full speed at all times, but also a toddler's unpredictable temperament from second to second; that you cannot in any way, shape, or form know what's going to occur from one moment to the next, well let's just say patience needs to become one of my virtues, and very quickly! Seriously, It's easier to predict the weather than a toddler, and we all know how lousy and off kilter weather predictions tend to be, well at least up until the point that the actual weather starts happening...like predicting it's going to rain the moment the first raindrop hits your head. By that time the weather is quite obvious, just like a liquefying toddler is unpredictable until the exact moment their body becomes devoid of all bones and turns into a mass the equivalent of poorly set Jell-O. This my friends, is how the festivities of this season differ from last years.<br />
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First Fall festivity: The Pumpkin Patch. <br />
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Last year Piper was a mere 5-months-old and squealed with delight at everything they had to offer...petting zoo, pig races, hayrides, the pumpkin patch itself. She was new to crawling so basically was stroller bound the entire time, unless being held on my lap. She was all around the best behaved, happiest baby at the patch that day. Well let me tell you, things took a total 180 this year! This year she tried running away at any given moment of freedom, liquefied the moment she was not allowed her way, and broke down into tears after every "activity." These activities included the hay ride, the pig races, swinging in the car swing, and the cattle-car train ride. It's not that she wasn't in pure delight while these events took place, she just wanted them to last forever. And not getting her way made her melt down with tears, pleading for more. We rode the train ride twice because of this. And during the pig races, whilst waiting for them to begin, I had to several times get up and carry her to the back of the seating area to calm her down. <br />
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Pics from the actual patch:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Wait, this is my fav pic!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Best cousins ever!</span></b></td></tr>
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We were sitting up front on the benches before the races began, and Piper wanted to get down and just go wherever she pleased. That would have been fine if that meant staying within arms length of me in such a large crowd and not bugging other patrons, but this was not the case. Every time I tried to get her to stay near me she completely collapsed onto the ground, once again in liquid form, and wailed like I was abusing her mercilessly. Let me tell you, as a new and first time mother. there is nothing more embarrassing than thinking people are judging your parenting skills. I'm sure they weren't, as most of them had children of various ages and surely had gone through this stage themselves at one point, but it still doesn't make it feel any better. I was totally paranoid that all eyes were on me! Luckily, I took these fits in stride, manged to peel Piper off the ground and remove her from the immediate situation by taking her out behind the crowds until she settled down. In the end, the only way she behaved was by sitting on my hip. <br />
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Pics from the train ride:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Although I still got some grump face shots!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">I loved the ride, too!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Just like the lighting on this pic!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Haven loved the ride!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">I swear she is having fun!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Our second trip around!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Mom and Larkin loved it, too!</span></b></td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">I decided to film the ride, enjoy!</span></b></div>
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In the end, it really was a great day and I owe my nieces for coming along and helping out. I don't think my mom and I were quite prepared to handle Piper on our own this year. Thank goodness for small favors!<br />
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Pics of us being silly at the patch:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Everyone make a duck face!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Make a pig nose!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Everyone be goofy!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Now play dead!</span></b></td></tr>
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Second Fall festivity: Halloween. <br />
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This year Piper went as her favorite cartoon pig, Olivia. The costume was adorable, we went early enough to get in some daylight trick-or-treating, but yet I only managed to get two shots of her due to basic non-cooperation and once again her liquefying whenever she didn't get her way. Basic problem with the costume, there was a headband with ears to wear. I managed to snap a quick pic the day the costume arrived. I wanted to try on her ears while she was busy pottying and of all things, watching Olivia. I figured it would be the prefect opportunity. Well, as you can see from the pic, Piper thought otherwise...grump face! <br />
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On Halloween itself, it was very cold and she had to wear her ears with a red hat underneath. We also added some red bows to the tips and ribbon to tie the ears under her neck so they were less easily thrown to the curb. Even so, I still managed to only get one very blurry pic after her initial liquefying in the street while trying to get her to stand still for a photo. In this pic, one of my brothers is holding her as we took off on our adventure.<br />
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Soon after, it was dark and no more shots were to be had. She had a great time trick-or treating and was so polite. She told everyone "thank you" and "good-bye" as we left their houses. Her politeness even garnered her additional candy at a couple of houses. By the time we finished up, she was worn out and needed to get home for dinner, so I managed no after treating pics this year...really is a shame as she was so cute in that costume! <br />
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On another Halloween note, Piper did get to enjoy her first pumpkin carving. By enjoy I mean she was totally grossed out! <br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">It's sideways but it's cute!</span></b></div>
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And we ended up with the most jacked-up jack-o-lantern you've ever seen...looks like he did too much meth!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Our Jacked-up Jack-o-lantern!</span></b></td></tr>
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Third Fall festivity: Thanksgiving. <br />
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I will be the first to admit that Thanksgiving is all a blur in my head. I meant to write and publish this post a long time ago, but life has been nuts! But as far as I can remember, Piper would hardly eat a bite of anything, had a few liquefying moments, wouldn't leave her pigtails in, and I stayed pretty stressed most of the day. It was probably a lack of relaxation due to all the cooking and cleaning and preparing for house guests, but toddlers will be toddlers no matter how tired a parent might be, they just don't comprehend our need to just chill sometimes. Plus, it's always noisy as hell at all of our holiday events, and this Thanksgiving was no exception. I will say that she did remarkably well out shopping for all the groceries. It took us about four hours to complete the shopping trip and she had no accidents and was in a good mood the entire time. Speaking of accidents, I almost forgot to mention this was during the time of <a href="http://www.singlemodernmom.com/2014/12/potty-boot-camp-success.html" target="_blank">potty boot camp</a>, which you can read about in my previous post. I was off work a total of nine days, including weekends during Thanksgiving, Hence why I chose to host potty boot camp during this time.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Piper pushing her ball around the kitchen during Thanksgiving!</span></b></div>
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To tell you all the truth, I really just want to get this post finished and start on the Christmas post. Fall is past us and I'm tired of this one hanging over my head. I think it best just to post the pictures and get in over with without too many more words. The lowdown is that I'm now dealing with a lot of pressure at my job, a toddler with a mind of her own who is too smart for her age, (she's in the terrible 2's phase right now and is only 20 months), I've recently started dating again, and my writing time has been cut to a minimum. I hate that for my fans and for myself in the terms of keeping this blog as a memory album for Piper later on in life to look back upon. If I don't get this thing finished, I might just give up and that is something that would break my heart. So, I'm just going to cut myself some slack and just post the damned thing already! Forgive me for my lack of enthusiasm, but I think the pictures are quite enjoyable...that is when I could get an actual non-blurry pic of my constantly moving child. <br />
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I will end this post with a brief update of where Piper is now in life. She runs, dances, and tries to jump all the time. She had some setbacks recently on her pottying, so I dropped the issue for a couple of days during Christmas, and now she is back on track. She is prettier than ever but with the worst bedhead you've ever seen in the morning. She still liquefies when not getting her way, but will eventually give up...or I will (shameful, I know). She is a typical toddler and "no" is her favorite word. She says "no" for everything, even when she means "yes," especially when she's in a bad mood. You will get to hear more about all of this in the next post about Christmas, but just wanted to get that out there now to give you an idea of the holy terror I am at times dealing with. I so hope this early terrible twos means and early terrific threes! Crossing my fingers daily and patiently waiting on a miracle!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">This is what happens when she doesn't want to sit in her high chair!<br />Then she complains that she's stuck!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">This is what happens when she steals lipstick out of mommy's purse!</span></b></td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Yes, she like to table dance! I hope this doesn't</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Yes, that was a joke!</span></b></div>
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I'm going to go ahead and wrap this puppy up and send it out into the Nets for all to enjoy. Sorry it took so long to get out there, but better late than never, right? I've got a few more pics on the fancy cam from the Pumpkin Patch and maybe a couple from Thanksgiving as well. As soon as I have those retrieved, I will add them to the post, so don't forget to stop back by and take another look here in a day or two. But for now, I'm going with what I have before this post sits in the draft section of my blog for yet another month. So much more has happened since all of this and I need to get caught up to the present before next year begins...I have set my goal! Let's hope I can actually accomplish it. For now, enjoy and don't forget to vote and swing by my other social media sites!</div>
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And for those who actually scroll to the bottom, here's one last video of Piper trying to "fly" down the street! She is always running and has many different styles. My personal favorite is the arms behind her like she is flying run...love my little munchkin!<br />
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As many of you probably already know, Piper has been using the potty since she was 11 months old. Lucky for me she took right to it the very first time she sat on it, and that may be because she picked it out herself. Even though she uses the potty daily and consistently, she still has not been quite ready to make the transition from diapers to big girl panties. I tried several times over the past several months to do so, but every time I'd put her in panties she would immediately wet herself, even though she could keep a diaper dry all day most of the time. Mostly, I think this was due to lack of communication skills and no real understanding on her part of the difference between panties and diapers, besides maybe the material they were made of. In the past month or so, however, her conversational skills have grown by leaps and bounds. She can actually carry on a full conversation now. While it may not be up to Shakespearean prose quite yet, it's still a conversation with meaningful dialogue and very expressive speech with immense understanding. Once she reached this point, and we were able to discuss things on a deeper level with her understanding all that I was saying, and vice-versa, I knew she was finally ready to make that oh-so-exciting transition to panties once and for all.<br />
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Since I took an extra three days of vacation around the Thanksgiving holiday here at work, which means I had nine days total to accomplish my goal, I decided to host a potty training boot camp for her to help with this trnasition. I knew Piper was going to need her mommy during this time and that it would take a lot of work, but guess what? It did work!<br />
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I started off by sitting her down and discussing what exactly the potty boot camp was all about, then we went and she picked out some new panties at the store, and she immediately took to wearing them with no accidents. I also began giving her two stickers on her potty board for every potty she took while keeping her panties dry. By the second day, she was insulted when I tried to put diapers on her for naps and bedtime. So to overcome that little bump, as I was not about to let her sleep in panties just yet, I told her the pull-ups that had been sitting around forever were her special nighttime/naptime panties. I don't believe in the use of pull-ups as a potty training method. They absorb too much, don't let the child feel the wetness, and in my experience back when I taught preschool, they always seemed to immensely slow down the training process. I actually did try them with Piper at one point, to see if I was by chance wrong about my ideas on them, but she actually wet them more than diapers...hence why I had old pull-ups lying around not being used. Piper completely understood this idea and she immediately stopped fighting about wearing more protective panties for sleeping, yay for quick mom thinking!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Notice the outfit...shirt, leg warmers, socks, and panties!</span></b></td></tr>
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Since she started boot camp, we've had only seven accidents, one of which was due to too much tickling and rough-housing with one of her cousins, so I don't count that one. The others occurred when trying to put regular clothes over her panties. Right now we are still in the warm shirt, leg warmers, panties, and socks mode. For some reason, Piper is more aware of her need to pee and staying dry when there are no other clothes covering her panties up. I'm not exactly sure why, but we're sticking to this method for a bit longer. I will say that while out Thanksgiving grocery shopping, which was on the third day of boot camp, that although I put her in a diaper to be on the safe side, she was dry when we took a mid-shopping potty break and dry when we got home...we were out for over four hours! I was amazed that she had no accidents during this time, but she's always been pretty good about keeping her diaper dry most of the time.<br />
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I guess at this point I should mention poop. Piper took to pooping in the potty at ll months, too. She has since only had a handful of poop accidents that were her fault, and a few others that were due to not reading her signals correctly. I'm proud to say that she has had no poop accidents in her panties at all!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Seems panties give her the freedom to play in her curtains!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">And of course I had to get an "artistic" shot!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">She really does love "hiding" in the sheers <br />and looking out her big picture window!</span></b></td></tr>
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So you may be wondering about my methods during this process. The #1 thing was setting a 30-minute timer to remind me to take her to the potty on a regular basis (I've since expanded the length of this timer to 40-45 minutes depending on time of day and her intake of liquids). Plus, she could hear the timer go off and know it was potty time. Also, during potty breaks, she got to watch Olivia, her favorite TV show ever. It's about all she wants to watch, which is fine by me. Thank goodness for DVRs! Plus, the extra incentive of additional stickers on her potty board helped a ton. She had been getting potty stickers, first on her actual potty and now on potty boards, since the first time she used the potty. They are a great bribery treat, and I'm not against bribery. Every once in awhile I'll also allow her to have a piece of candy, such as a Dum-Dum sucker or a couple of pieces out of a Smarties package, but the stickers work best and are way more healthy for her, obviously. She loves being able to pick out which stickers to put on her board, and she is quite meticulous about which ones she wants and where she wants to put them. At times she has drawn this task out to 20 minutes or so while contemplating the perfect position for each sticker. She's very much into grouping things right now, and now also does not like to overlap stickers. It's a funny thing to watch her thought process during sticker placement time. She knows exactly what she's doing and I so wish I could read her mind and know what she's thinking, because sticker choosing and placing is some serious business with a definite artistic quality about it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Piper picking out stickers for her potty board on Thanksgiving...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">She stayed dry the entire day in her new outfit!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Proper placement is oh so important!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">So is picking out the proper sticker!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Remember the potty from earlier? It ran out of room for more stickers.<br />Now she has one full potty board and another one getting there very quickly!</span></b></td></tr>
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Since I have returned to work, I am proud to announce Piper has continued to keep her panties dry for her Nana and Papa during the day. I was so afraid she would protest me returning to work and backslide, but she's been awesome! She WANTS to wear panties now, and that is the greatest feeling of accomplishment you could possibly imagine from my end...and I'm sure from her end as well.. In the end, I didn't meet my 17-month goal of fully potty trained into panties, but I'll take 19 months any day. I'm so glad Piper is not in a preschool and has full-time care with my parents during the day. I know no preschool would bother taking a 19-month-old to the potty nor take the time to keep a consistent schedule at this beginning stage, so here's to being at home where she can accomplish goals that typically take other children longer to achieve. I'm very lucky that way, we all are.<br />
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And as an added bonus to her getting stickers, I almost forgot to mention this although you probably noticed the bed in the pics, I turned her crib into a toddler bed to celebrate her new big-girl self. She is so excited about her big girl bed that she actually took a nap in it, something she would never do in her crib. An extra bonus for me is that it makes her room look bigger and even prettier than before. When she first climbed into it she kept saying "I happy." Nothing makes a mama more proud than seeing her little ones facing glowing with glee. And now maybe I'll finally get some use out of that $2500 crib that's just been sitting there with the cats using it as a very expensive kitty bed! Don't judge me on that price tag, I know it's excessive but I waited a long time for Piper and knew I would never have another child, so she was and still is well worth every penny spent on her nursery. And now she finally loves it like I do!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">I just love the in-the-middle crawl space!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">And she sleeps! That's a tiny miracle right there!</span></b></td></tr>
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Well, once again that about wraps things up for the time being. I do have another post that I'm working on that expands from Halloween on through Thanksgiving, but it's been a slow process on that one. It was so much easier to get writing accomplished when Piper was non-mobile and my workload was a lot less. But hey, I do what I can when I can and sometimes it's more and sometimes it's less. I'm sure all you mothers out there know exactly what I mean!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934884752932265320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429733563810014277.post-83480399456983257582014-10-17T12:46:00.001-05:002014-10-17T12:46:52.027-05:00Piper's First Road Trip and Flea Market AdventureI meant to get this post written right after our return from the road trip we took weekend before last, but I didn't...bu I am now. Truth be told, besides my usual business, I've been trying to catch my mom up on watching The Walking Dead so I can begin the new season already! Just 9 more episodes to go and she'll be all up to date. Although I have already seen all previous episodes, she insists we watch them together and refuses to watch them alone, like I did, in bed, on the laptop, after the wee-one had gone to bed. No, she's not a scarred of the zombies, she just likes the company and the conversations that go along with watching the show together. In other words, she likes to continually ask me what's going to happen next since I've seen it all before. And she continually gets shot down because she has to wait just like I did to see what happens next! But yeah, besides taking up a lot of my free time, that really has nothing to do with the trip we took the other weekend or this post, hehehehehe. So, on to the point...<br />
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My dad got a wild hair up his bum and decided we should take a little overnight road trip to go flea-marketing. Flea-marketing is something we have always enjoyed, and add a bonus overnight stay and who can resist, right? So, we packed up our gear, headed out early Saturday, well early for us that is, and hit the road for some fun. We actually didn't travel all that far from home, just a few hours at best, but part of the adventure was letting Piper enjoy staying in a hotel room, her second time only for such a treat. While this time we weren't in a five star joint, it was still fun to watch her light up with the prospect of being somewhere completely new. And surprisingly, she also handled the driving pretty well.<br />
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We have yet to take on her on any long trips for fear she would act like a wholly terror in the car. You just never know what a toddler is capable of while on the road until you try, so this was also a test to see if she would enjoy the car ride, scenery, eating out, and behave in an acceptable fashion as to not make us want to leave her at the nearest truck stop. Needless to say, she was a little angel the whole time! <br />
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She never complained during the whole trip, even when eating out she acted relatively respectable. We've had a few issues lately where we've tried eating out at times when she was just too worn down, and we ended up having to get our food to go. I am not one of those parents that will just sit there and let my child throw a fir or cry while others are trying to enjoy their dining experience. It's my responsibility to remove the tired toddler from the restaurant and just suck it up. It's par for the course when you have a little one and you can never predicted when a smile can turn into a very loud complaint, which usually stems from exhaustion, teething, bad timing, etc. <br />
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The first place we dined is a Southern staple, Western Sizzlin'. Now, when you are out in small-towns in the South, your dining choices become very limited to mostly fast food and maybe a chain or two mixed in with some mom and pop places, if they are still open. We figured this choice in restaurant was a safe bet. Lots of food choices for her (salad bar, all the other food bars, desert bar) and she could eat free. Piper loved having all those choices, but surprisingly her favorites came from the salad bar. Actually, that's not that much of a surprise since she loves raw veggies. Cucumbers, pickles, tomatoes, cottage cheese, various fruits...those were her go-to items. She tried other things, but those things always make her happy. I tried to get her to eat a frog leg, but that she wasn't quiet ready for just yet. I'm glad she stuck with the more healthy selections that she's used to eating, good girl!<br />
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After eating, we went to the hotel room for the night as the flea markets in the area close at 5 and we didn't have time to shop until the next day. Piper loved staying in the hotel room. She especially enjoyed being rolled back and forth across the floor and spun in circle in the desk chair. This was like her own little amusement park ride. She also did very well using the big potty, yay! We ran off an forgot her potty chair, but luckily I keep a padded one that fits on big potties for public restroom use in her diaper bag. She used it like a pro all weekend and actually took her first poop in the big potty, a feat that I am very proud of! <br />
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After a fun night playing in the hotel room and cuddling in a remarkably soft bed, it was time to set out on our shopping adventure. But first, breakfast! Since we hadn't run across one of these in forever, we ate at the local Huddle House. Once again, Piper was on her best behavior, for the most part, as it was her first time in a booster seat instead of a high chair and she was very curious about all objects on the table. I tried to get her to eat some french toast with strawberries on them, but she only picked at these and opted for her usual eggs instead. <br />
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After breakfast, we hit our first flea market. We decided it would be best to keep Piper in her stroller as flea markets can have a lot of breakable items laying around, along with a lot of sharp and dangerous tools, but she didn't mind being cooped up. She enjoyed all the sights and people watching, and people admiring her, too. This first market is where we found her a few children's books, one of which was from my childhood and I could not remember the name, only the exotic artwork of strange birds. I had actually been ransacking my brain for over a year or so trying to find or remember the title to this book. Low and behold I pulled it right out of a massive collection of books in one booth. It's in horrible condition, but for $1 I purchased it anyway and can now search for a better copy online since I have the title and author. It was kismet, for sure!<br />
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We also found Piper an awesome purple Hobby Horse, which she adores! And for myself, I have this desire to discover odd and/or old board games. As luck would have it, I found one title Awkward Family Photos board game. Oh yeah! It was still in it's plastic wrapping and I cannot wait to play it with my nieces next time they stay over.<br />
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We all managed to find something at this market, but soon it was time to leave and head to the next one. We had spent so much time in the first one that we almost didn't stop at a second because Piper fell asleep in the car cuddled up with her new horse. <br />
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Luckily, she awoke just as we came across one on our way home that looked rather interesting. I am SO glad we stopped at this one. Number one reason, they had vintage clothes! I bought a wonderful, velvet vintage Cloche hat ($25) and perfect condition Guess winter coat ($30) along with a very nice long, black skirt that will go perfect with my sweaters this winter ($6). My mom also found a few items she liked in the clothing department, as we are both addicted to vintage and/or retro clothes at a bargain. <br />
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Besides the clothes, I also found Piper an adorable hand-painted wooden and wicker kids chair. She loves her new chair and drags it around the house. She also likes to sit backwards in it and topple over backwards on purpose. She definitely knows how to amuse herself. I'm thinking we got something else, but for the life of me I cannot remember what, which means it probably was not mine or Piper's. But all in all, I was very happy we decided to stop at this shop as it was a hidden gem!<br />
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After this final shop, we headed home to rest before beginning the new week. Piper was a doll and behaved the entire ride home. I consider the trip a success story of her ability to handle longer road trips. I so want to take her to the aquarium in Dallas, so that will most likely be where our next adventure is heading.<br />
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And as for now, I'm wrapping up this adventure so that I may be ready to write about the next one occurring tomorrow...the Pumpkin Patch! It's the same one we visited last year, which you can read about in my post <a href="http://www.singlemodernmom.com/2013/10/pumpkins-pig-races-and-hayridesoh-my.html" target="_blank">Pumpkins, Pig Races, and Hayrides...Oh My!</a> It was a great adventure last year, but this year Piper can walk! I imagine she will be running wild and I'll be snapping pics. We're taking her cousins Larkin and Haven with us. In addition, my friend is going to be there with her family and little boy who is about a year older than Piper. I imagine they are going to have so much fun together as Piper very rarely gets to play with kids her own age. So definitely stay tuned for that post, as it should be a awesome!<br />
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And if you stuck with everything, here are a couple more pics of Piper with her new Hobby Horse taken at home!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934884752932265320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429733563810014277.post-57043052221595604012014-10-03T15:56:00.001-05:002014-10-03T15:56:13.966-05:00Dirt is Good for the SoulPiper has officially burst into full toddlerhood! How do I know this? She has discovered the wonders of dirt! I mentioned her discovery of dirt in a previous post not too long ago (<a href="http://www.singlemodernmom.com/2014/09/the-perfect-day.html" target="_blank">The Perfect Day</a>), but I was unable to take any pics of her new discovery. Well, it's probably best because she has upped her dirt game since then!<br />
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Whenever the weather is nice, we all like to sit out back on the deck and have family time. Besides just sitting around, this time also includes wandering around the yard, picking tomatoes and whatever other veggies are growing this season. This year it's just accidental tomatoes...thank you bird poop! My dad is the usual veggie grower, but this year he had total knee replacement surgery and was down during planting season. But the birds were kind to us and pooped some tomato seeds in another area outside the usual garden and voila, surprise tomatoes! Besides picking tomatoes, we also have a couple of fig trees that the birds and raccoon's have not yet demolished completely this year, so we have those to pick, too. But really, all of that is beside the point, let's talk about dirt!<br />
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Since the usual vegetable garden is nothing but soft, dry soil this year, Piper discovered that it's a wonderful place to sit and play. She throws dirt in the air, puts it on her head, pretends (so far it's just pretending) to eat it, puts it in mama's hair, and generally just bathes in it from head to toe. I really cannot wait to discover what she can do with mud. If she thinks dry topsoil is fun, she's going to love muddy puddles! In case you didn't catch it, that's a reference to Peppa Pig, one of her favorite shows. Everyone likes jumping up and down in muddy puddles. Don't ya know?<br />
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I was lucky enough this time around to get some pics of Piper playing in the dirt. I also remembered to take a video of what she left behind in the bathtub afterwards. There was so much dirt in her hair she looked like a brunette. I also had to pull out the extendable shower head. Thank goodness for mobile ones with a long reach, because the dirt was not coming out of her hair by simply pouring water over it via a cup. We had to bring out the big sprayer, which she thoroughly enjoyed as it was her first time under the shower nozzle. It took quite a few rounds of high-powered rinsing to begin seeing her blonde locks again. She was truly filthy as humanly possible!<br />
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So, without further adieu, I give you Piper in dirt!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Discovering the various items embedded within the dirt...<br />This year we had Doodle-bugs in the dirt!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">She did this over and over again...<br />oftentimes right over the top of her head, too.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Slamming the dirt down with force is equally enjoyable!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Checking to see if anyone is looking...</span></b></td></tr>
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I'll wrap things up with the dirty-tub video. I really am astonished at how absolutely filthy she was! Dist even fell out of inside her socks and her diaper. She loves bath time, so she lucked out having a second bath before her dinner.<br />
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Well, I knew this wasn't going to be a long blog, and I was right. I've decided to try writing some shorter blogs between the longer ones so that I maybe that will help me balance my blogging, family life, and very hectic work life. This moment was too precious not to write about, and I look forward to Piper's next new fantastical discovery!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934884752932265320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429733563810014277.post-6230336324766861472014-09-26T16:06:00.004-05:002014-09-26T16:06:19.741-05:00Toddler Milestones 16-24 monthsPiper just had her 17-month birthday yesterday, amazing right? Time is just flying by, and as you have probably noticed I have still not found a way to integrate work time, Piper time, and blogging so that it all flows evenly. First on my list of importance is Piper (where all my nights and weekends go), then work (where all my day goes), than the blog (where any free time I can muster on a slow day or those lucky days when Piper actually takes a nap on the weekends go). Oh, and there is "me" time, too. Sometimes I just prefer when I get that fleeting moment where I am free of all necessary obligations, well at those times I often do something for me, such as watch a movie, read a book, play a computer game (not a serious gamer but I like adventure and hidden object games, they relax me), or get caught up on my stories, aka TV shows via my secret Internet sites. But all of this is besides the point of this post. I'm just so slow on posting these days that I feel the need to explain my blog silence every time I finally get to write. I know, it just wastes the precious moments when I could be getting to the damned point, I know! So, without further blabbering like a nutcase, I'll get to the nitty-gritty. <br />
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Okay, I have to interrupt myself here...it is now the 26th, her birthday was on the 10th, that's how long it has taken me to get this dang thing put together. Another reason why you will find out here in a bit I decided to cut this blog short and divide it into 2 segments, but you'll read about that later. For now, let's jump back in time to the 11th for awhile...after 18 months we will be back to today again, lol!<br />
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This post has a purpose, that is to take a look at toddler milestones and reflect where Piper is at this stage in her development. Yes, part of this is braggarting (a new word, add it to my personal dictionary!). She's well ahead of most milestones for her age, and some way beyond her age. Part of this is also meant to be informative. Many parents I know constantly wonder where there child is compared to the "norms" of development. Now who decides these "norms" I couldn't tell you. I'm presuming they're based on medical/psychological/biological/social science research. As you may know, I'm a researcher by trade so therefore it's a constant in my life to want to find out more. I'm always on the lookout for new source materials. For this post, I'm using a great chart I found on a website that I thought represented the best compilation of information I found across sites. Geez, I'm beginning to write like I'm at work again...let it go Ashley! Anyways, I'm going to examine toddler milestones as they pertain to Piper's development from 16-36 months of age. Feel free to examine your own children, too, but remember it's not a race to see who has the smartest baby...we all know that we all do, cause as parents we see our children as the best around. So therefore they are all ahead of the game! But in all seriousness, we all really know that Piper is a smart little wacky child that marches to her own drum and is far ahead of the milestones she's supposed to be at right now. And I am really using this to mark her development for future reference when she's flunking her first class in school and can show her how smart she was once and nag her that she's not living up to her potential...it's going to happen, it happens to every parent at some point, right? And as she is a bit of a wild child trouble maker right now, I can definitely envision principle office visits in her future...they do run in the family! <br />
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So, now that that is all out of the way, let's get started. First off, 16-month milestones... <br />
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As you can see from the header, each age has three developmental milestone levels- Mastered (most kids can do), Emerging (50% of kids can do), and Advanced (a few kids can do). This header will apply to every age level I post, so keep it in mind as we go along.<br />
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And since I began writing this, and it;s taken so long to complete, I've actually changed my methods and style as of this moment...and believe there is a lot of writing below this sentence so I'm hoping most of it won't change too much. Anyways, I decided to make the visuals a bit more readable to at least myself and color code the milestones. Here's how it works:<br />
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1) Circled in <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>red</b></span> = Piper has been doing this for 6 months or longer<br />
2) Circled in <span style="color: purple;">purple</span> = Piper has been doing these things for 4-6 months<br />
3) Circled in <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">blue</span></b> = Piper has begun doing these things within the last 2-4 months<br />
4) Circled in <span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>pink</b></span> = emerging skills within the last 1-2 months<br />
5) Circled in <b><span style="color: #38761d;">green</span></b> = these will have special notes-- some have never been skills she's adopted, and some are not answerable because the opportunity has not arisen to test them (that last one will explain itself when I get to an example)<br />
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So, now let's have some fun!<br />
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At 16 months, Piper had all of the first column beat for several months before 16-months. She's been turning pages of books for at least 6 months now if not longer; although she's generally well behaved, she does know how to throw a tantrum, especially when it comes to eating something she's forgotten she finds delicious until you get the first bite into her mouth, although that particular style of tantrum is more recent, I'd say around 3-4 months now; and she's been attached to Pig since last October, which would have put her at 6-months of age. She's attached to all of her stuffed toys, but Pig is #1, forever!<br />
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As for column two- yeah, she's been experimenting with climbing for a couple of months. First it was climbing off of things, such as the bed, sofa, chairs, etc., then it moved to climbing onto things...same general objects apply there. She also at around 16-months started using objects to climb higher, such as standing on her potty chair and such. Since I began writing this her climbing skills have gotten ridiculous. I was a climber, so it's only natural that she follows in my footsteps. Hell, my parents found me on top of the refrigerator when I was just a little older than Piper is now, so there ya go!<br />
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She received her first set of blocks at Christmas, but has just in the past couple of months really started stacking them. But once she started, she was a pro. So far her record stack was 13 blocks high! That's above a 3-year-old level for stacking. Mind you these were 1" x 1" wooden blocks, not big massive blocks. She has now begun experimenting with her multi-shaped block set and is getting into architectural design...as much as a 17-month old can, that is.<br />
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As for the using objects in the correct manner, well she must be a genius here, too. She new the correct way to use a telephone at 8-months-old, she got several various toy ones for Christmas last year, although she was using other objects as phones before then, so imagine her thrill when she finally got some "real" ones! She knew instantly how to use the pacifier that came with her Daisy doll at Christmas, and there are numerous other examples I could go on about but I think this blog is going to be long enough as it is!<br />
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And for the advanced skills column-- she's not really into getting undressed by herself yet, but then again she's usually in a dress with buttons that she couldn't possibly manipulate since they're behind her back. I'm now adding a new sentence here, because since I began writing this she has now started taking her shirts and/or onesies off by herself as ling as she has her arms out of the holes. And she takes her pants off while sitting on the potty. For some odd reason it's impossible to use the potty whilst wearing pants! I guess I should have read ahead as I already covered her temper tantrums about food, so that covers that. And as for that sleep thing, Piper has never taken two daytime naps, much less getting her taking one a regular basis. I'd say her inability to nap during the day probably directly correlates to her being more advanced on some things. After all, she is awake and on the move more hours of the day, which allows for more exploration of her world.<br />
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Okay, now onto 17-18 months!<br />
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<b>Mastered skills 17 months-</b><br />
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1) <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Uses a handful of words regularly</b></span>- let's just say Piper had over 40-50 words by her 9-month check-up. She now has a vocabulary that includes up to 4-word sentences at times and hundreds of words.<br />
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2) <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Enjoys pretend games</b></span>- Piper has been pretend playing since sometime around her 8th month. She was using her fake cell phone and other phones correctly at Christmas, she pretend fed us and her dolls, and she was making up her own games, such as "Piper Says" that she used to play during meal times since as far back as I can remember!<br />
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3) <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Likes riding toys</b></span>- well, she has been enjoying her rocking butterfly since around 8-months old. Now she can mount and dismount without anyone's help. As for other riding toys, she likes to push them while running at full speed, riding is just to slow for her. And wouldn't you know that since I started writing this she has started sort of riding her rolling pony around. She still prefers to push it, but she could roll around on it if she wanted to do so.</div>
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<b>Emerging skills 17 months</b>-<br />
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1)<span style="color: purple;"> <b>Responds to directions</b></span>- she has been doing this for several months now, can follow multiple directions at once, and is now giving directions as well---she's a little turd that way!<br />
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2) <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Feeds doll</b></span>- see <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>#2 Mastered skills 17 months</b></span>- yeah, since she was 8-months!<br />
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3) <span style="color: purple;"><b>Talks more clearly</b></span>- with her non-stop communication, I'd say most definitely, although I'm not 100% sure how this is measured. so I'm just measuring her speaking skills against herself. I do find it amusing that she does have her own language besides her regular spoken English. It's plain enough, has a vast vocabulary, we just need a translator from another galaxy to help us grasp the entirety of its syntax. Weirdly enough, it also gets more clear and more finely tuned as she gets older. She's a funny little thing.<br />
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<b>Advanced skills 17 months-</b><br />
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1)<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b> Dances to music</b></span>- Piper has been doing this since she could stand and that's been quite awhile ago now considering she started walking at 11-months. Before she could stand she would dance while sitting. I was a professional ballet dancer in my younger years, so it's fitting that she's so into movement and music.<br />
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2) <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Sorts toys by color, shape, and size</b></span>- she's been doing this for a few months now. She doesn't do a lot of it, but I've witnessed her separate out her blocks and lids (the ones with animals on them from the Gerber baby foods) before.<br />
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3)<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <b>Kicks ball forward</b></span>- she's started doing this right around the time she turned 15-months. I think the first time was definitely an accident, but she picked up on the skill very quickly. I actually was supposed to circle this one in blue but did it wrong and didn't feel like going back to change it, so please forgive the color coding mistake in the chart...at least I color-coded it correctly here :)<br />
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<b>Mastered skills 18 months</b>-<br />
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1) <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Will "read" board books</b></span>- Piper, for the past few months, has been picking out her own books and sitting down with them for some quality alone time. So yeah, she's got that one nailed.<br />
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2) <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Can pedal when put on a trike</span>-</b> I have no idea about this one as she does not own one or have access to one...maybe Santa will surprise her with one this year!<br />
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3) <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Scribbles well</b></span>- this girl has been coloring with crayons since around 5 or 6 months. She got her first finger paints at 8-months and now uses all mediums including water colors and sidewalk chalk. Finger paints are still her favorite, though, but she does sometimes incorporate a paint brush while using them. She's a fine artist.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Who can forget this masterpiece done back in May?<br />That means Piper was only 13-months old when she painted it...awesome!</span></b></td></tr>
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<b>Emerging skills 18 months- </b><br />
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1) <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Strings words together/phrases</span></b>- she began putting two-word sentences together a couple months ago. Now she has moved to sometimes 3-4 word phrases. They aren't as prevalent yet, but they continue to expand daily.<br />
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2)<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> Brushes teeth with help</span></b>- since I started brushing her teeth at the first emerging tooth back in October, she grasps the tooth-brushing concept and very much likes to help. I'd say she started helping at 15 months, maybe a bot sooner.<br />
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3) <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Builds a tower of 4 cubes</span></b>- Well, as you may have seen from pics on FB, she's was up to 13 blocks at 15 months...and she did this while taking a poop in the potty...how's that for skills? She is now beginning to experiment with design elements and various shapes for stacking. Architecturally speaking, she is way, way advanced! Like on the level of a 3-year-old! Seriously, wait till the 36 month stuff. Hahaha, I just reread the stacks 3 "bricks" under the 16-month skills sets. Bricks? I'm assuming that refers to those big rectangular paper box style ones we had back when I taught preschool. Yeah, she skipped over those and went right to the smaller blocks. And yes, I'm beginning to repeat myself because I'm still amazed at her stacking ability!<br />
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<b>Advanced skills 18 months-</b><br />
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1) <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Throws ball overhand</span></b>- this is another skill she picked up back when she was around 12 months old. We've been playing catch since she started using the potty at 11-months, and this skill emerged soon after. She is now pretty deadly with her throw, especially since her aim is a wild card and she prefers wooden balls over the plastic ones at times!<br />
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2) <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Takes toys apart and puts them back together</b></span>- she's been working her puzzles for a few months now, but mostly she likes to destroy them more than put them together. She does have some larger sized Lego-style square blocks, and those she's pretty adapt at putting together and taking apart again. Note, these are not the ones she stacked the 13-block tower with, that would be cheating!<br />
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3) <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Shows signs of toilet-training readiness</span></b>- I think everyone knows by now that she's been using the potty since she was 11-months!<br />
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<b>Now onto 19 months...</b><br />
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1) <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Can use a spoon and a fork</span></b>- Even though Piper has been working at this skill for quite some time, she has just recently mastered it within the last month. She can now actually keep the food on the spoon and/or fork and put it in her mouth without any help whatsoever. She still sometimes prefers to eat with her hands, but who doesn't, right?<br />
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2) <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Can run</b></span> - Piper started running the moment she started walking, at 11 months. I'm serious folks, this girl runs all the time! She's like Forest Gump when it comes to running!<br />
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3)<span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;"> Can throw a ball underarm - </span>Piper began throwing underarm around the time she began using the potty, so sometime between 11 and 12 months old. I was torn between the red or purple circle on this one.<br />
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<b>Emerging skills 19 months-</b><br />
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1) <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Half of speech may be understandable</b></span>- Once again, this one was a hard one to judge. Piper has always been very good with her pronunciation of words, but in the last 4 months she has really stepped up her game and bigger and longer words are becoming more prevalent and clear. She actually likes to over exaggerate a lot of her words, which is just too damned adorable!<br />
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2) <span style="color: purple;"><b>Recognizes when something is wrong (calling a dog a cat) </b></span>- First off, I didn't make the chart so don't grammar Nazi me on the misspelling, lol. Secondly, one of Piper's favorite words for quite some time now is "no." So, she's been letting us know when something is incorrect for what feels like forever now!<br />
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<b>Advanced skills 19 months-</b><br />
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1) <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Can was and dry hands and brush teeth with help</span></b>- I've been brushing Piper's teeth since she cut the first one at 5-months-old. In the past couple of months she has become a very good little helper, and sometimes quite the demanding little helper when it comes to brushing her own teeth. As a matter of fact, she is beginning to want to do the job all by herself now, but mama's not having that! As for her hands, she loves playing in the soap and water, and can now rub them together without any help at all, but I still help her for the most part.<br />
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2) <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Can point to a picture of a cat or dog when you say the word</span></b>- I'm actually shocked this is an advanced thing for a 19-month old since Piper has been pointing at named objects/things/animals in books for so long now, and not just cats and dogs, either. I couldn't even begin to count the number of things she can name on her own much less recognize them and point to them in a book.<br />
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3) <b><span style="color: #e06666;">May know when she needs to urinate</span></b>- Some of you may be shocked that I'm listing this as an emerging skill since she has been pottying since she was 11 months. But, that knowing when to tell us that she needs to go has just come about in the last month or so. It's not completely consistent, hence why she is not 100% fully potty trained yet, but every day she gets a little bit better at the pre-warnings. And she knows when she needs to poop, too!<br />
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<b>Onto 20-21 months!</b><br />
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Okay, I think now may be a good place to re-show the color coding to avoid too much scrolling:<br />
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1) Circled in <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>red</b></span> = Piper has been doing this for 6 months or longer<br />
2) Circled in <span style="color: purple;"><b>purple</b></span> = Piper has been doing these things for 4-6 months<br />
3) Circled in <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">blue</span></b> = Piper has begun doing these things within the last 2-4 months<br />
4) Circled in <span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>pink</b></span> = emerging skills within the last 1-2 months<br />
5) Circled in <b><span style="color: #38761d;">green</span></b> = these will have special notes-- some have never been skills she's adopted, and some are not answerable because the opportunity has not arisen to test them (that last one will explain itself when I get to an example), and some she doesn't posses yet.<br />
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Also, I'm going to skip over any items that are repetitive from now on. If I've already explained where Piper is at on a skill from it being listed in a previous month, I'm not wasting time repeating myself...I'm sure you will all appreciate it in the end.<br />
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<b>Mastered skills 20 months</b>-<br />
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1)<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> See 17 months</span></b><br />
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2) <b><span style="color: #e06666;">Can take off own clothes with help</span></b>- I kind of spoke to this at 16-months, but this one is phrased a bit differently. Piper is really beginning to help a lot more with taking her own clothes off. It's still an emerging skill, but it advances daily.<br />
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3) <b><span style="color: purple;">Will throw away old objects such as rubbish, in imitation</span></b>- Piper just doesn't pretend to do this, she also does it on request with real trash. She very much like to help with the cleaning sometimes. As a matter of fact, if she finds what she thinks is "rubbish" on the floor, say a string or wad of cat hair, she will bring it to you for you to throw away, too.<br />
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<b>Emerging skills 20 months </b>-<br />
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1) <b><span style="color: #e06666;">Learns words at a rate of ten or more a day</span></b>- Piper is definitely on the fast track of vocabulary building. Everyday when I come home from work she has new words. And as far as her understanding of language, well she probably learns way more than 10 words a day and has been doing so for quite a few months now.<br />
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2) <b><span style="color: #e06666;">Can walk up (but probably not down) stairs</span></b>- I am presuming here they mean with help, as I am too nervous of a mom to let her go bounding around stairs all by herself. I'm listing this as emerging in the past couple of months because she does walk up (and down) stairs with assistance...I hold her hand cause I don't want her to fall. The going down just began, but the going up has been around a bit longer.<br />
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3) <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Searches for hidden objects</span></b>- Once again, how is this an emerging skill at 20 months? Piper has been searching for objects since before she could walk, maybe even crawl. We used to play find the Cheerio under the lid game at dinner time...put a Cheerio (or other treat) under one of three baby food jar lids, shuffle them around, and have her find where it is. She was actually eerily good at always guessing correctly. Maybe I should take her to Vegas?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Hunting for Easter Eggs!- just turned 12 months!</span></b></td></tr>
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<b>Advanced skills 20 months</b>-<br />
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1) <b><span style="color: #e06666;">May start exploring genitals</span></b>- Yes, I will admit it, Piper has discovered her hoo-hoo! She doesn't overly explore, but she's keenly aware that it's there. Yay, my daughter has is way advanced when it come to genital exploration...makes a mama proud! Yes, that was extreme sarcasm!<br />
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2) <b><span style="color: #e06666;">Draws straighter lines</span></b> - Piper loves to color and she has begun to draw straight lines along with her crazy other methods of coloring.<br />
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3)<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Names several body parts</span></b>- Piper could name over 10 body parts at 10 months! I think she can pretty much name them all now...including her hoo-hoo!<br />
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<b>Mastered skills 21 months- </b><br />
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1) <b><span style="color: #e06666;">See #2, emerging skills 20 months</span></b><br />
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2) <span style="color: purple;"><b>See #3, mastered skills 20 months</b></span><br />
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3) <b style="color: #e06666;">Can set simple goals (e.g., deciding to put toys in a certain place)- </b>I'm not sure if this is an emerging skill of hers or if it's been around longer. She has always had certain buckets or boxes for certain toys, and she has pretty much been deciding where to hide her toys for months now...she has lots of hidey-holes around the house. I think now she's becoming more sophisticated in her placement of toys, so that's why I'm keeping this highlighted in pink.<br />
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<b>Emerging skills 21 months</b>-<br />
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1) See<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> #1,</span></b> <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>18 months advanced</b></span> and <b><span style="color: purple;">#3,</span></b> <span style="color: purple;"><b>19 months mastered</b></span><br />
2) See <b><span style="color: purple;">#3</span></b>,<span style="color: purple;"> <b>17 months advanced</b></span><br />
3) See <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>#2</b></span>, <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-weight: bold;">16 months emerging </span>and<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <b>#3, 18 months emerging</b></span><br />
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<b>Advanced skills 21 months</b>-<br />
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1) <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Can name a cat or dog when you show a picture</span></b>- Piper can name more than just a cat or a dog when shown a picture! She's been naming objects from pictures for over 6 months now. In books, on blocks, on walls, on cards, wherever pictures may be!<br />
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2) See <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>#1</b></span>, <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Emerging skills 18 months</b></span><br />
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3) <b><span style="color: #e06666;">Can walk down stairs</span></b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">-</span> When I began writing this and color-coded the chart, this was a skill I hadn't let Piper try yet. Now is should be in pink as she is now walking down stairs while holding someones hand.<br />
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<b>Next up - 22 months!</b><br />
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1) <b><span style="color: purple;">Not going over this one again!</span></b></div>
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2) <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Follows two-step requests</span></b>- Piper is now up to three step requests, but who's counting, right? </div>
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3)<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Imitates others' behavior</span></b>- I'd say she's been doing this since around 4-5 months of age, a very long time now. However, she now can imitate much more elaborate behavior and sequences of behavior.</div>
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1) <b><span style="color: purple;">Can do simple puzzles </span></b>- I think I've already gone over this one, but Piper has been playing with puzzles for a few months now. She prefers to take them apart, but she also knows how to out them together when she wants.</div>
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2) See <span style="color: #e06666; font-weight: bold;">#2, advanced skills 20 months- </span>Not sure why it is blue in the chart above, because her drawing straight lines is an emerging skill as mentioned previously. Just an oops, I'm not going back to fix it either, bwahahahahahaha!</div>
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3) See <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">#3, advanced skills 20 months.</span> </b></div>
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1) <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Can put on clothing</span></b>- She's not into this yet, although she does help when I dress her.</div>
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2) <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Might be ready for a big bed </b></span>- Since she has been sleeping in mine since she outgrew the co-sleeper, and now she can get out of bed just fine by herself (been doing so for a couple months now)...and probably in if it was lower to the ground, I'd say she's definitely ready for a big bed. But, she's not getting one yet as she wouldn't stay in it anyway, she'd just be right back in my big bed.</div>
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3) <b><span style="color: purple;">Understands opposites</span></b> - I'd say she's been grasping opposites for about 4 months or so now. Up-down, hot-cold, yes-no, in-out, front-back, etc...she loves The Yo-Yo and Peanut Show on Baby TV. It's all about opposites.</div>
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<b>And now...23 months! </b>I'm getting exhausted writing all this...I've just decided to end this segment at 24 months and publish the 25-36 months in the next post. Who knew this would take so long?</div>
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<b>Mastered skills 23 months</b>-<br />
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1) <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>13 bricks at 15 months, that's all I'm saying</b></span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">!</span></b><br />
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2)<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> See #1, advanced skills 21 months</span></b>.<br />
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3) <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">See #1, mastered skills 17 months</span></b>.<br />
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<b>Emerging skills 23 months</b>-<br />
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1) See <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>#1</b></span>, <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Emerging skills 18 months</b></span><br />
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2) <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Can sing simple tunes</span></b> - Piper loves to sing! She has been sort of singing for months now, but over the past few she's begun adding the correct words in. you should hear her sing the opening to Olivia the cartoon!<br />
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3) <span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;">Takes more of an interest in playing with other children- </span>Piper doesn't have really anyone her own age to play with, but she love playing with her older cousins (6-16 years age range) and has for at least 6-months now if not longer.<br />
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<b>Advanced skills 23 months</b>-<br />
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1) See <b><span style="color: #e06666;">#3, advanced skills 21 months</span></b><br />
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2) <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Talks about self (likes, dislikes)</span></b>- In the last few months Piper has gotten quite an opinion and will let you know when she likes and dislikes things. She has also begun using the word "me" when talking about herself instead of calling herself Piper. <br />
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3) <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Asks "Why?"</span></b>- Not sure why I didn't circle this one, bit it should be circled in green as she had not yet started doing this, thank goodness!<br />
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<b>Okay, we're down to the last month for this post...month 24!</b><br />
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And here is the color chart one more time, just in case you need it!<br />
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1) Circled in <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>red</b></span> = Piper has been doing this for 6 months or longer<br />
2) Circled in <span style="color: purple;"><b>purple</b></span> = Piper has been doing these things for 4-6 months<br />
3) Circled in <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">blue</span></b> = Piper has begun doing these things within the last 2-4 months<br />
4) Circled in <span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>pink</b></span> = emerging skills within the last 1-2 months<br />
5) Circled in<span style="color: #38761d;"> <b>green</b></span> = these will have special notes-- some have never been skills she's adopted, and some are not answerable because the opportunity has not arisen to test them (that last one will explain itself when I get to an example), and some she doesn't posses yet.<br />
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1) <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">This question is just embarrassing!</span></b></div>
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2) See<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> #1, Emerging skills 19 months</span></b>.</div>
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3) See <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>#1</b></span>, <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Emerging skills 18 months</b></span></div>
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1) See<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b> #2, advanced skills 23 months.</b></span></div>
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2) <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Can arrange things in categories</span></b>- This is a difficult question to answer. I've seen Piper sort things into colors and shapes, things like that, so I'm marking this in blue for the length of time she's been doing that. However, I haven't yet tried asking her to put all the animals who can fly in one pile, and those with four legs in another...things like that, you know. So, in a ways, this is both a skill she's had for awhile but it is also one she is constantly showing more sophistication with. I'm going to go home and see just what she can do tonight!</div>
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3) <b style="color: #e06666;">Not this one again!- </b>remember she just started doing this before I could finish writing this, so it should no longer be green but pink.</div>
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1)<span style="color: #e06666; font-weight: bold;"> Begins to understand abstract concepts such as sooner or later- </span>Yep, she just this month really started grasping onto this idea. It all started with after you go potty, then you'll get booba...things like that :)</div>
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2) <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Becomes attuned to gender differences</span></b>- I had this in green as I did not know if she really grasped the concept of boys and girls being different. If you ask her if a picture in a book is a boy or girl. or do the same with her cousins and aunts and uncles, she can tell you which are which. But does that really means she grasps the entire concept? This could be pink, but it's such a difficult question to answer.</div>
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3) <b><span style="color: purple;">Learns to jump</span></b>- Piper has been jumping in the bed since before she could walk, but she has yet to start jumping while standing on the ground. She is trying to learn how to do that trick at this moment in time. So, depending on the definition here, it's either an soon to be emerging skill or one she's been doing for at least 6 months.</div>
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I cannot believe it, I'm finally finished with this post! I'm not even going to go back and re-read for spelling and grammar mistakes. I will later, but just now now. Right now I just want to get this one out of my hair for awhile. It was going to go to 36 months, but it's so long I'm dividing it into two segments. The next one will be months 25-36, so stay tuned for that one. In the meantime, take a few moments and go vote via the links below and then check out my other social sites, too! </div>
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It all began with a perfect Fall morning, the weather cool but not cold, the sun shining but not beating down and trying to melt your being from the heat. Just the perfect combination of sun, lower temps, and a slight breeze...which is good when you have long hair...not too windy, and not still and stuffy. Oh, and since I live in the South, very low humidity, double bonus!<br />
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For a change of recent pace, Piper and I both slept in until 10:30. She's been turning into a morning person, ugh, but this day she didn't wake up at the butt-crack of dawn. She cuddled up with me and snoozed the morning away.<br />
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Upon awaking, she did't immediately sneak out of bed and start terrorizing the room...or pore my glass of bedside ice water directly on my face. Yeah, that happened a few days ago! Instead, she gave me the usual sleeping beauty kiss good morning, which lets me know she's ready to get up. She then slid out of bed and played rescue the lovies from the obvious lava floor that was the carpet, or whatever was going on inside that imaginative brain of hers. Once she finally decided that game was over, we moved into her nursery to play, which hardly ever happens. We giggled, worked puzzles, looked at all her baby shoes that we've been trying to pack away and/or give away, and had a general damn good time. Nana even joined in the fun. It was an impossible good time to miss.<br />
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Next, it was time for a very late breakfast. Piper had her first taste of honey, which I poured over her mini pancakes instead of the usual syrup. She loved the honey! And she also had sliced pears on the side. After breakfast/brunch, it was time for a good potty and a wee bit of Olivia on the TV while Nana and myself got dressed for an outdoor adventure with Piper. Once we were ready, I dressed Piper in her new grey jeans and a new shirt and tennis shoes, then we headed outside for a walk around the wooded yard, down the street to see the neighbors goats, and then she got into her stroller and we continued to walk until she fell asleep.<br />
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Once back at home, of course she did not take her nap, too much fun was to be had! After I had a quick bite to eat and fed Piper her lunch, she then had a bit of booba before deciding to go play with Papa in her playroom while Nana and I watched the last episode of Outlander, again. After that was over, the whole family got back dressed in our outdoor adventure clothes and went exploring the yard.<br />
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First we picked tomatoes, then we wandered around looking for beetles and watching doodlebugs squirm about in their holes trying to get at the fallen inside ants. Piper ran all around the yard, picking flowers, playing with seed pods and nuts, looking at the Mulberries, and examining her first Muscadines. I even got to brush a giant spider off her hoodie, thank goodness before she saw it!<br />
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Besides the running wild in the yard, exploring wooded trails around the house, etc., Piper learned all about playing in the dirt for the very first time. She dug at it, threw it, probably ate some while I wasn't looking, and generally got covered head to toe in it. There was even dirt in her diaper, which is also where I found the Muscadine which I had left inside her hoodie hood. Yes, it was truly her first real day of Fall and toddlerhood all rolled up into one wonderful package.<br />
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She was so worn out that she passed out while having booba on the back deck while the rest of us had our drinks and chit-chatted. I finally decided to try and put her to bed around 8, but you know that didn't fly! So, I changed her into her pjs, fed her some delicious homemade chicken stew and sliced pears, and then I let her watch Squeak on Baby TV while she pottied before heading off to bed to read a few books. We have finished Charlotte's Web and now are reading Bridge to Terabithia as our "novel" to go along with out age-appropriate books. She eventually fell asleep with her head on my shoulder and her arm draped across my chest. <br />
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It was a big day full of adventure, learning, laughter, and family fun. I'm glad I opted out of grabbing the camera even though it meant sacrificing pics of the day. But it was worth it to live in the moment and share the adventure without trying to stop for pictures and what not. I love the Fall, so I'm sure there will be plenty of photo ops to come in the near future now that the weather is cooling off enough to enjoy outdoor time. I will say that even though I have no recorded images of the day, I will most definitely cherish it forever. I wish everyday could be that awesome!<br />
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Okay, I know my fans cannot stand to not see Piper pics, at least in my head you all can't, so I've decided to include some pics from the past few weeks that have been on FB. <br />
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Also, I'll throw in one free video, lol. It's long but oh so worth the watch! Piper is much like the kitties in that she can be totally enamored and fooled by the laser light...watch and enjoy! And try not to pee yourself while laughing!<br />
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Well, so you all know, this post is not the one I've been working on for the past several weeks. It should hopefully be finished soon, it's just a lot more intricate and takes a lot more free time to write, which is limited right now. But I couldn't miss out telling the story of our perfect day, so I decided to get it out there before it was too late. Oh, I almost forgot, Piper also has a piggy bank she's been putting her change into. She takes money very seriously as you will see from this video...one I did happen to shoot during lunch on our perfect day.</div>
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So, it finally happened. After 16 months of waiting, Piper finally got sick for the very first time. Sure, there was that time she ran a slight fever after one of her rounds of vaccinations, but that's not sick, that's just a typical reaction. Friday August 8th , however, Piper actually came down with something. I say something because I really don't know what caused her illness as I didn't rush her to the docs, it was over the weekend anyways. She did feel like crap, though, and ran spiking high fevers, refused to eat hardly anything for four days, and took in a lot less fluids than usual. Thank goodness I'm still nursing her or we might have ended up with a nasty case of dehydration on top of everything else. Since it was her first "real" ick, I've determined that I should document it, of course, so here goes...Piper's first ick from beginning to end!<br />
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It all began on the 8th and it took her till mid-week the following week to really get back to her normal self. But that Friday she began running high fevers, upwards of 102-103 degrees at times, and just was feeling absolutely awful. She wouldn't eat anything, she would barely drink anything, all she wanted to do was cry, whine, cuddle, and sleep...although the latter was restless and pretty much unproductive. She didn't have any cold symptoms, no coughing, runny nose, sore throat. Well, she coughed sometimes when choking on her own spit from crying, and her nose ran from that as well, but nothing indicated a summer cold. She was a bit more clumsy than usual, and had been for a couple of weeks, so I thought maybe it was an ear infection because she did pull at her ears here and there. The ear pulling wasn't regular, however, so that made me question that, too. She also seemed to act, once in awhile, like she had a headache, holding her head and whimpering. But who wouldn't have a headache when running a fever and feeling like crap?<br />
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That weekend was absolute hell for all of us. Saturday night her fever spiked to over 104 degrees and I ended up having to give her an emergency lukewarm bath in the middle of the night to try and bring it down. Don't get me wrong, I know young kids can handle extremely high temperatures, even 106 degrees won't kill them, although if it had ever gone that high I'd have gone to the ER, for sure! So I didn't freak out about her high temps that much. I was more concerned for her comfort than anything else. I detest fevers, they make you feel so damn awful, and I didn't want my poor baby feeling that way. Thankfully Tylenol and Advil (the generic kinds) worked to bring them down, but they never really dropped below 102 all weekend. More often than not she was closer to 103. <br />
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The not eating or drinking much was the most worrisome part. I know how easy it is for a toddler to become dehydrated, but she was taking in quite a bit of nutrition from me, as she definitely upped her nursing amounts. I'm not sure if it was due to hunger and thirst or just for comfort, but mommy's magic boobies were a sanity saver throughout the whole weekend. And since she wasn't vomiting nor faced with diarrhea, thank goodness for that, my milk was enough to keep her from potentially dangerous dehydration levels. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">This is her once she noticed I was taking her pic <br />and trying her best not to look sick!</span></b></td></tr>
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By that Sunday afternoon, I had determined that if she wasn't better by Monday morning I was going to take her into the docs office. Being the nice mom that I am, I had a little chat with her about this matter. Well, that seemed to do the trick. She woke up Monday morning with a fever just around 101 degrees, a very acceptable temp for a 16-month old. By the way, it was her 16-month birthday that Sunday, such a horrible way to spend it! Instead of heading immediately into work, I let her wake on her own, took her temp, fed her the first breakfast she'd eaten in days, and watched to see if her temp would spike again without meds. Luckily, they did not. By noon I was at work, and she continued improving all week long.<br />
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She did have a spotted red rash that started on her face and moved down to her torso by Monday evening, and my mom had me worried it was the measles (her vaccinations for those were not scheduled until this past Tuesday, the 19th). So I called the medical exchange, explained her symptoms, and they said it was most likely a viral rash, which has apparently been rampant around this area recently. Since there is nothing you can do for a virus but wait it out, I relaxed and didn't worry about it as she was playing and in good spirits, especially in comparison to her weekend mood. By Tuesday the rash was cleared up, so that was good. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Saddest sick eyes ever!</span></b></td></tr>
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Oh, I need to backtrack. I forgot to mention that that Sunday night she fell out of the bed around 4:30am. It scared the living daylights out of both of us, but no bodily injuries occurred. I guess she woke up and got turned around, as she is usually all up in my business, and simply crawled off the far side of the bed. Mostly it just scared her, and thank goodness that was the extent of that incident.<br />
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She is cutting three molars right now. She has one upper halfway in, another upper with one spike poking through, and then one of her lower ones it so on the brink of busting through you can feel all the cusps under the gum line. I'm under the impression that most of everything she went through was due to these evil damn teeth! It's just cruel to have to cut three big ole teeth all at once! And she cuts teeth extremely slow, just like I did as a baby. It'll probably take another month before they all fully break through her gums. And then she'll start the process of cutting more. I look forward to when all her baby teeth are already in, cause this cutting teeth thing just sucks. Along with her other meds, I kept her dosed with Hyland's Teething Tablets because they are hands-down the best teething tablets on the market. They have been saving my sanity and helping relieve some of Piper's teething pain since she was three-months old. <br />
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I'm happy to report that Piper is back to her usual antics. She's been very lively, as imaginative and playful as always, and even though her appetite isn't quite back to normal, she is eating regularly again. Honestly, i think she's just going through a picky eating phase right now. That and her tummy probably shrunk up a bit while she was sick, so she just can't fit as much in right now. I;m just relieved she is all better and we never had to go to the "sick" baby waiting area at the docs office. I'm so thankful she's been so healthy and remains that way. This was a very mild case of the icks, so I think I'm a lucky mom to have a child with a top-notch immune system.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">And here she is putting on a brave face, again!</span></b></td></tr>
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So, that abut sums up the entire crappy scenario. Piper just had her 15-month check-up yesterday. Yeah, it's a month late but I had to wait for my insurance to change over at my new job. No biggie. But I'm not going to get into all that right now, because I'm working on another post that will focus on her current stats, both mentally and physically, and will compare them to the norms for her age to show where she's right on target and where she's knocking the ball out of the park. I think it will be a fun little side-by-side comparison of expected milestones vs. reality. <br />
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I once again would like to apologize to my fans for the lack of posts recently. It's amazing how time flies when you're working hard during the day and playing hard at night. I dedicate my evenings to Piper, she always comes first, and the blog unfortunately gets put on the back-burner at times when life has me running at full tilt. I'm going to try and do better, but I won't promise anything. Right now my goal is at least two posts a month from now on, more if I can and less if I can't. But that's my goal, cause I do want to keep documenting Piper's life, and this is one of the best ways I know how. <br />
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I'll leave you all for now and start getting on the other post I promised. I'm so going to try and get more photos in next post, but right now Piper just doesn't stand still...at all! So unless i have the fancy cam handy, most of my pics from the cell are coming out blurry. Luckily when she was sick, she sat still for a moment and let me capture her moping moments for this post. <br />
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Has it really been over a month since my last post? It's scary that the answer to that question is yes. Where has this last month gone? It seems just yesterday it was Easter, then I got this new job, which I love, but it requires more work and brain power than I have had the pleasure of being faced with in a very, very long time. I mentioned before that by the time I get home from work all I want to do is cuddle up with Piper, have a glass of wine, and simply relax. Bevel it or not, writing this blog takes brain power as well. So after a long day of exhausting my synapses, I simply cannot bring myself to torture them any further with more thinking. I really only get the time to write during the week after Piper goes to bed, which is normally around 10ish or so, depending on whether she's had an afternoon nap or not.<br />
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Yes, Piper is still not an easy sleeper when it comes to nap time. My parents have been reduced to having to drive her around to get her to pass out as she fights sleep with every ounce of her being. We used to stroll her around the block, but it's way too hot and humid in the deep South summer around noontime for her to get comfy enough to sleep in the stroller. And I know, she's supposed to be able to self-soothe by now, but the girl is a sleep fighter all the way! As naturally energetic as she is, you'd think she'd simply just fall over mid-day, overcome with exhaustion from all her running around and general rowdiness. But oh no, this is Piper we're talking about! She's like a little Energizer bunny that just keeps going and going and going. Sometimes, even a ride around in the car doesn't work getting her to sleep. At other times, she may pass out for 3-4 hours, but usually her naps, if she takes one, are much shorter than that. But I digress...<br />
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My solution to my lack of writing time was to first purchase a new laptop, one with back lit keys so that I could type in the dark in bed. As you all probably know, Piper still sleeps in my bed, and although it's sometimes a hassle when she's wound up and fighting sleep, I'd still have it no other way for the time being...it's just my personal single-parenting style. The downfall of this, beside sometimes being much too worn down to even think about writing, is the fact that on those nights when Piper is wound up, I don't exactly get a chance to pull out the laptop until after 11pm, then I'm really too tired to even try writing through my exhaustion. So my solution hasn't been perfect, but it's worth a shot.<br />
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My second solution is to take a five minute break every once in awhile and write a paragraph. I don't usually have much time for breaks during the week, but I'm beginning to try...that's exactly what I am doing this very moment. The downfall of this method is that my writing may become disjointed as thought flows are interrupted and a single post could take over a week to complete depending on my time management skills. But in the end, it's better than not publishing at all, right?<br />
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So, now that I've got all my hiatus explanations explained, let's get to the point of all this...updating all of you on everything Piper!<br />
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Of course, a lot has changed over the last month. Anyone with young children knows how quickly they develop. It usually happens in spurts, and it happens rapidly when it occurs. Right now Piper is another rapid development stage. First off, her vocabulary is just astounding! Not just saying, repeating, and understanding words and language (she even uses foreign words and sign language at times...she loves Baby Einstein!), she is also recognizing her letters more and more each day. We have this toy I like to call the letter abacus. It has rows of rotating squares with alphabet letters on one side and picture of an object that begins with the letter on the other. She started off by simply repeating the letters as we went through them, same as she did with the pictures, although a lot of the objects she already knew. Then she started with the remembering/recognition process. There were a few ways she did this.<br />
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1) When we would go through the letters in order and she was supposed to repeat, she would start to not say the exact same letter back, but say the next letter in line instead;<br />
2) Her next stage was recognizing letters that were pointed to. I'd point to letters, she'd name them...and not in alphabetic order, either. Of course she doesn't always get them right, but I'd say she's got at least half of the alphabet recognizable now, maybe even more than that.<br />
3) Finally, I've begun testing her knowledge of letters by asking her to point out whichever one I call out. She does pretty well with this method, too.<br />
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With all three of these methods for learning her letters continually implemented, especially during potty time, she's pretty far ahead of the game when it comes to knowing her alphabet.<br />
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Okay, now let's move on to numbers! Her favorite number by far is the number 2. Don't ask me why, it just always has been. You ask her her age, she says two, you ask her to say one, she shakes her head and says two. When we count to ten, this is the way it goes. I say one, she says two. I say two, she says two. I say three, she says two. I say four, she says five. It goes this way with her going back to two until we get to eight, she always says eight. So, 2, 5 & 8 are her go-to digits. Now don't get me wrong, she knows her numbers as she has counted to 10 before with no mistakes, and she also recognizes the numbers when pointed to. However, I think the whole saying two all the time has become a little game as it makes her giggle. It's like she knows she has us beat when she wants to do things her way...imagine that!<br />
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Okay, now it's colors time, woohoo!!! I'm happy to announce that my little chickadee loves her colors. As you've seen from past posts, painting and using markers is one of her favorite pass times. She likes crayons a little too, but she much prefers the bright messiness of the markers and paints. Her art enthusiasm has pushed her along with her color learning skills. She recognizes most of the basic colors and can be very opinionated about with which ones she wants to create her masterpieces. The other day she went into a goth phase and black was her insisted color of choice. I need to take a pic of that piece and post it, it's pretty dang awesome. Every time she colors she asks for specific colors when she wants them. I think blue may be her favorite right now, or it's the easiest for her to say, but she does use it and say it a lot. I'm still holding out that she'll be a purple fan like her mother, though.</div>
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As I've mentioned before, she loves Baby Einstein and Baby First TV. I can contest that although some "experts" say any TV before age 2 rots the brain, between the two of these shows/videos she has learned quite a bit through observing, absorbing, and repeating. It's really the only two things I let her watch. Sometimes she's allowed a Nick Jr. show or two, but not that often as they mostly don't grab her attention like more educational TV shows and/or videos. What can I say, she loves to learn!<br />
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Next topic, language skills. Her language skills are off the charts. She understands everything and has no problem following directions. I'd say she's up to following three-part directions right now, but mostly I stick with two-part directions, such as take this book and show it to Nana...things of that nature. Her vocabulary grows every single day. I swear she's learning new words faster than I thought possible, and she tends to like big words, aka, words with at least three syllables. Recently she'e learned helicopter, flamingo, hippopotamus, umbrella, and other multi-syllabic words. It's funny, too, that she often likes to whisper the words she likes best, no matter how short or long. I think it has something to do with how important they are to her in life. Papa is one of her favorite whispered words. These whispered words are somehow sacred in nature, and it's intersecting to see which words she chooses as sacred. <br />
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Okay, moving on...now it's time to talk about her building skills. Back on June 6th she began stacking blocks. Sure she had accidentally put one on top of another in the past, but nothing was ever really deliberate. But that day, she all of a sudden decided to start building instead of knocking down. The highest "tower" I've seen her build was five blocks high. I know it doesn't sound like much to us grown-ups, but that's a pretty good feat for a babe her age. She also likes to try and stack various objects. Like she will try and stack parts of her dinner items or books o random toys. She's playing with balance for sure and <span style="background-color: white;">definitely learning what makes things topple versus what makes things stay upright. </span><br />
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Another thing she has been doing is testing out what objects can fit into other objects. For instance, when she couldn't find any of her plastic balls that go with one of her toys (the girl hides things under all the furniture so this not a rare occurrence that she can't find toy parts), she figured out that her smaller plastic Easter eggs were the perfect replacement in her ball-shooting elephant toy. She is constantly stuffing objects into holes, under furniture, etc. She's even discovered how to work the foot pedal on the Diaper Genie and has several times put toys inside. I found a yellow ball in there one afternoon, hence another reason the elephant now shoots Easter eggs, and Nana found all the pieces to her colorful fish peg puzzle. The orange fish is still MIA,, but it wasn't in with the diapers, believe me when I say it was no fun having to double check for that. At least I didn't have to wade through any poopie diapers, but long-standing pee-pee diapers can be just as smelly! Good news, found the orange fish today, yay! Nothing is worse than working a puzzle with the one piece missing.<br />
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So, it's been another day since my last paragraph, so this may be disjointed, but now let me get to her singing and dancing talents. First off, the singing, which is a relatively new occurrence, like within the last week. Sure she'd sort of try to make some sort of hum-a-long with songs before, but now she has begun singing twinkle, twinkle little star and will randomly start singing the ABC song. She also still loves mocking Beethoven's 5th symphony that she learned from Baby Einstein. She really gets into this piece, loudly an with swaying her head from side to side or being very forceful with her dun-dun-dun-duns'. As for her dancing skills, thye just keep improving and becoming more and more entertaining each and every day.<br />
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Since she likes a good beat, she's very much a hip-hop fan, but she also likes to softly sway and twirl along to classical music. She has begun performing to hands, shoulders, knees and toes, and she randomly likes to do this little stomping dance. The stomping dance can build up to a major practically marching style of movement at times. She's quite the music and movement enthusiast, always has been just like her mother, but now as she's becoming more sure of herself and steady on her feet, she's beginning to get bolder and more poetic in her dancing physicality. It's like the music and movement burns within her soul, and I know exactly how that feels, it sort of runs in the family.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">so hope I can soon catch her stop move!</span></b></div>
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Speaking of burning musicality within the soul, she has also not lightened up any on the drumming. We recently went to my cousin's wedding. Piper was dressed to the nines and had a ribbons on a wooden dowel that they had for guests upon the newlyweds exiting the reception. Piper got one early on and proceeded to the dance floor, twirling, swaying, doing her grove thing in all the many ways she knows how. She definitely stole the spotlight for a bit. But it was her rhythm that got the hired bands attention. During one of their breaks, the drummer came over and told me that he could definitely tell she was going to be a drummer one day. I thought it amazing he would pick up on the fact that she adored the drums, remember she has three sets already at home, and then he proceeded to offer to let her try his kit out. Not many people would be so gracious to a 15-month-old little princess, but he was oh so delighted with her. She loved getting to sit behind and actual drum kit with real drumsticks in hand, it was truly a wonderful thing he did for her. She even managed to get that rock-n-roll sneer for her pics behind the kit. I must find out from my cousin the name of that band and send that guy a thank you note for making my daughter's night that much more special. It was already pretty spectacular for her...pretty dress, fancy wedding reception with an awesome dance floor, people admiring her left and right, a night in a suite at the swankiest hotel in town, room service for breakfast, bubble bath in a massive tub....the drum kit incident was just icing on the cake!<br />
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Alrighty, I think I'm going to start wrapping up this post. I've got a lot more ground to cover before I've fully caught this log up, but this post could go on for several more weeks if I chose to let it do so. I don't want to overload my readers with too much information at one time, that's for sure. Plus, I need to have time to now go back and insert pics and video so I can finally get the puppy published on my blog. That's actually going to take a bit more time than normal since I'm working from my new laptop and most of my pics and videos are either on my old laptop, still on my phone, on the fancy cam, or on Facebook and not yet downloaded. I've got some serious work ahead of me, sheesh! Piper is napping right now, but probably not for much longer. Hopefully she'll sleep really good tonight and whatever I don't accomplish right now I can finish up this evening or a least during nap time tomorrow.<br />
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As for what to expect in future posts...I must cover 4th of July, her new fancy potty (you'll get it when you see it), her 15th month check-up is coming up so all the stats from that, and goodness knows what will come up between now and then! For now, I'll leave alone and finally get back on track with all her fans. Seriously sorry for the long hiatus, but what's a girl to do? I'm happy to be back writing, but I'm even happier that I my career is back on track, I'm using my education, I'm making a future for Piper and myself, and I no longer have that one thing in my life that had the ability to make me unhappy....a very crappy job where no one respected anyone else. My old job was my one Debbie Downer, and now I've fixed that. Now life really can't get any better! Well, now at least I'm happy with all aspects of my life, and that feels amazing! Piper can sense the change, too, as I don't bring work depression home with me anymore. It's good to come home happy, not stress over the weekends about the upcoming shitty week ahead, and finally feel happy all the time....except when I'm PMSing, hahahahahaha! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Look at those curls she's getting!</span></b></td></tr>
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So without further adieu, I bid you all farewell for the time being. I promise not to be a stranger anymore and post more often. It probably won't be every week, but I will do my best even if it's nothing more than shorter updates on Piper's development. Thank you all for understanding, being patient, and sticking around. You are all awesome and I thank you from the bottom of my heart!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Love the black & white version of this pic!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Such an old fashioned beauty!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Love the profile...and them cheeks!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">This I may have posted before, but who cares, right?</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Just love that dress!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">She really enjoys her butterfly rocker Santa brought her!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Yes, she does sleep sometimes :)</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">And looks like an angel when she does :)</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Such a flirtatious spirit!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">The girl does love the camera...I think the feeling is mutual, too!</span></b></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934884752932265320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429733563810014277.post-20732524185899558472014-06-13T17:45:00.002-05:002014-06-13T17:45:59.930-05:00Life Changes<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I know it's been a bit quiet around here, but there is a very good explanation for my brief writing hiatus. In the past several weeks, I have been making dramatic life changes. I resigned from my family's business and accepted a position with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). I am finally getting back into the swing of using my education and will now be a research assistant studying rare genetic disorders. I am very excited for this new chapter of my life to begin, which is this coming Monday, ahhhhhh!!! This change in directions has left little time for me to do much more than think and prepare. I have also been wrapped up in training new employees at my old job. So, as you can see, I haven't gone away, just had to focus on my immediate future for awhile. I am anxious to get back to my writing and catch everyone up with Piper's development over the past month. Boy has she exploded into a new world of running, language acquisition, and many other amazing changes that have left me astounded, proud, and extremely busy keeping up wit her ever changing self. <br />
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The next couple of weeks I imagine will be overwhelming as well as exciting. So, on that note, I may be silent for just a bit longer as I get settled into my new career. But don't worry, I will soon be back with much gusto and make up for lost time. In the meantime, I wanted to share some recent pics of my little darling for those who may be missing her sweet smile and rampant curiosity of all things in life. Hopefully this will tide you all over until I can get into a real post.<br />
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These first pictures are ones I found on my mom's phone...hoarder! I jest, since I love discovering pics of her that I didn't know existed, especially since they are just so damn darling! I believe these were all taken in late May. </div>
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This next set of pics I took just a few days ago on our neighborhood stroll. Down the dead-end road there is a house where they have chickens, horses, and some adorable goats. Piper loves to feed the animals, especially the cutie-patootie goats. Cannot wait till their babies are born!</div>
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These next pics are from her painting session just a couple of days ago. She was finger painting and using a couple of brushes to create masterpieces for her "uncle" David at my office. Since we will be seeing less of him, we decided he needed so Piper originals to tide him over until her next visit.<br />
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This last pic I took of her napping on me the other day. No, that is not wrinkles on her arm, just a mark from where her blanket was. Who wouldn't kill for those eyelashes?<br />
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Yeah, yeah, yeah! I know Easter was awhile back, but I got very busy with the All Things Baby Blog Hop and never quite got the time to write about Piper's first Easter. Which is a shame, cause a lot of adorable pics were taken that day. Plus, that's the day when Piper really got her new legs in full working order. Technically, she had begun walking around 7-8 steps at a time before stumbling back down on March 28th. It was Easter, however, with all her tromping through the yard hunting eggs, that seemed to solidify her place in official toddlerhood. (yes, another one of my made-up words)<br />
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Besides her finally getting her new legs working quite well, Easter was an absolute blast! I used to love hunting eggs as a child, and I obviously enjoy hiding them and letting Piper find them now. I have a little less enthusiasm for the dyeing process, however. Seriously, why do the pics on the boxes of dye look so pretty and all my eggs turn out color deformed, to say the least! I used three separate methods of dying; a) the usual dip and soak; b) the spinner contraption method that's supposed to marbleize the eggs with various colors, and c) hand-painted-on dye called "candy apple" eggs for their extreme glossy look. <br />
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Don't think I'm about to turn this into a review blog, because it would turn very ugly, very quick. But, above you will see the pics of the dyes I used. The plain dip and soak one with the spill-proof lids (yeah, that's a stretch), was the best. The other two dye packages, royally sucked! The candy apple ones would have been quite beautiful, and I loved the idea of hand painting the eggs with a brush, but the damned things never dried and were extremely sticky. Even days after Easter, while devouring the eggs, the paint still hadn't fully dried. Plus, if you tried mixing two colors together, for instance I tried making one with polka dots, the colors eventually ran a muck and resulted in extreme next-day ugliness! But oh well, lessons learned. Ugly eggs are still fun and tasty, and it did become a laughing matter and ongoing joke, so not all was lost.<br />
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Although the dying of the eggs was less than perfect, and it was kind of a bummer that Piper couldn't help out just yet, (next year she'll be old enough), I did have an absolute blast hand-making her Easter basket. I'm known in the family for my Easter basket making, and this year I was glad to be making one for my own daughter. <br />
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I started with a dark brown wicker basket I purchased at Hobby Lobby. I spray painted the basket white and then overcoated it with pink glitter spray paint. After it was dry, I added the various ribbons and fabrics, also purchased at Hobby Lobby. The inside and outside bottom I covered in a purple gingham fabric. I then wrapped the handle in baby pink and baby blue rosette ribbons. Around the outside I added two different styles of ribbon. At the base and very top was a shimmery yet clear ribbon with flowers on it and a cute hot pink trim. Around the middle I added a yellow lace ribbon. I must admit, it turned out absolutely adorable. I guarantee no one else on the planet had the same basket, and that is what I love about hand-making items. <br />
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I filled the basket with an assortment of baby-okay items such as PEEPs, a stuffed bunny and stuffed baby's first Easter duck, two wind-up hopping bunnies and chicks, a water squirter with a ducky on top, a light-up rubber ducky that is kind of indescribable, a light up wand, three long-stemmed various colored daisies, a set of bunny ears, a feather boa (still trying to get her to wear this), washable markers, marshmallow twist ropes, and an assortment of pastel and glitter plastic eggs filled with age-appropriate edibles like tufts of cotton candy, more PEEPs, pop rocks, and the most adorable Easter candy rings I've ever encounterd. I have to watch her with the rings, though, because she likes to drop them and then they collect icky on their sticky.<br />
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As she did with her Santa loot Christmas morning, Piper very deliberately went through each item in her Easter basket one by one. I don't think I've ever run across another child who takes such time with each individual item, like everything has a soul and needs to be loved equally. Okay, that may be stretching it a little bit, but she does take an inordinate amount of time experiencing new things, which in this case happened to be Easter basket goodies. Throughout the process were many oohs and awes and woahs (said stoner surfer style). Her "dad" is from California, so I guess it is possible she does have a stoner surfer gene in her somewhere, I just know she started woahing things on her own, it wasn't learnt from me. It cracks me up every time I hear her use this expression, though, and I do hope it stays in her word repertoire. Enough about all that, let's get to the pics!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">The first glitter egg...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">The first PEEP...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Seriously carries them everywhere now!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">She still trying to figure out the water squirter, <br />but it does also whistle when its empty</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Woah, eggs!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">T</span></b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;"><b>he not so loved feather boa! Give me time, </b><br /><b>soon she'll appreciate the Rocky Horrorness of it!</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Yes, I said Rocky Horror! <br />I grew up on a bootleg copy and used to go to the midnight showings. <br />She will be a Tim Curry fan if it kills me!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Another woah!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">The "baby's first Easter" ducky!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Testing the taste of the chicken shaped candy ring...does not taste like chicken!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Finally put on the bunny ears!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">And she looks adorable!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">What's in this egg? And where did the ears go?</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">It's a stuffed mini bunny! <br /> Now dubbed Bunny Foo-Foo which helps her go poo-poo...<br />story for another post :)</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Digging for hidden treasures!</span></b></td></tr>
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After Piper completed her Easter basket rummaging, we then ate some breakfast, she had some boob, took a nap, and then got dolled up to hunt Easter eggs. I absolutely love hunting Easter eggs, and Piper obviously takes after me. Since I am a first-time mom, I overdid the dying and we ended up with three dozen eggs for her to find. A bit much, but she was a trooper! I guess this may be the reason her new walking skills kicked into high gear, because they were hidden starting on the back deck and then all over the back and side yards. They may not have been the prettiest dyed eggs, but Piper didn't care as discovering them was delightful task that she thoroughly enjoyed.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Nana helping her along. <br />Note: I'm the only one who knows how to work the fancy cam, <br />so I had to give up my helping Piper duties to snap the pics. <br /> No way was I going to miss out on Easter pics!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">And a yellow one too, woohoo!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">She got the concept of putting them in the basket very quickly...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">See, going right to it...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">And dropping it in....</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Her mode of delivery was lacking, however, as brute<br />force was sometimes used resulting in a lot of cracked eggs!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">No honey, that's a gazing ball, but nice try!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Hiding in the grass...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">But not hiding well enough for this little munchkin!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Aw, isn't she just a darling in that dress?</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">I love the angel wings sleeves, just too precious!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Found another one!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">It's actually one of the pretty ones, too!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Until the brute force came along...CRACK!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">This one was in the side yard...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">It was a long walk, so Nana helped carry her back...nice ears!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">A blue one!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">And into the basket it goes!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Don't the eggs look stunning in the basket? <br />Love that all the colors meshed so well.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Apprfeciating her collection thus far.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">But still wanting more!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Trying to hide on the tarp!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Not exactly good camouflage when you're yellow!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">This was her favorite egg, yellow with green wispy stripes on it.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Trying to decided if it's worth it to let her favorite one go...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Decision made!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">This one was a hand-painted uber ugly tie-dyed one...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">It was beautiful to Piper!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Last one...finally!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">She was such a good little hunter!</span></b></td></tr>
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After all the hunting was completed, we decided to try and take some pretty pics with the fancy cam. First stop, one of the garden walls. Although the setting was pretty, the subject wasn't exactly in picture-posing mode, as has been the case for over a month now. She's way too curious and active to sit still for pictures. I was planning on having professional pictures taken last month, but now I'm thinking of waiting until the fall...maybe then she'll have more hair by then, too.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Nana getting her positioned...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Piper considering things...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Like not wearing the ears...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">But hugging them instead, hahahaha!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Look! Eggs!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Doi-doi? <br /> That's her question phrase. <br />Don't ask, it's her own made up baby word!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">No seriously, doi-doi?<br />(It can also mean give me that, too)</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">She's quite the curious and demanding little babe!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Look! Eggs!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">I has a flower!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Look! Eggs!</span></b></td></tr>
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So, after the failed attempt at posing on the garden wall, we moved to sitting in another one of the gardens. Let's just say she was no less distracted and curious about her surroundings than before. She is truly a nature lover, and all things plant-like grabbed her attention and just would not let go. I so love my little flower child!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">See, totally and immediately distracted! </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">By everything!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Wondering what the hell we're trying to get her to do...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Looking to Papa for answers...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Now the set-up is complete with basket and ears!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">And finally an accidentally adorable pic!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Joyful abandon!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">I has another flower, smell it!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Ooooh, a fern!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">And notice she's gotten her favorite egg back in hand...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">But puts it down once more flowers are in hand...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Maybe I can have both?</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Nope, I prefer the flower! Bye-bye egg!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">So pretty!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">They frame her face quite nicely :)</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Smell my flowers!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">What if I ask nicely and with a smile?</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">A bigger smile?</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">A gigantic smile?</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">How about a guffaw?</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Fine, I'll smell them myself!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Love this pic!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">They really do smell lovely!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">You smell them Papa!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">And you too, Nana!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">You won't regret it!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Do it, do it now!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">You smell them, too!</span></b></td></tr>
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After the photo session ended, we went back inside and relaxed for awhile, changed into something more comfy, then headed onto the back deck so Piper good dig into the Easter basket Papa made for her....which was full of chocolates!<br />
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As I was about to finish this post up, I ran across some more pictures on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SingleModernMom" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page that actually have me in them, proving I was there for Piper's first Easter. I'll wrap things up with these...they're random, but I adore them.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Contemplating her next move!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Where the hunt initially began!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Mama helping her get used to walking in her new sandals before hitting the yard.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Showing her find to mama :)</span></b></td></tr>
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I do adore Easter and cannot wait until next year when Piper can be more involved in the entire Easter process...such as egg dyeing. This year, as I said before, she was still just a little too young to sit still and participate. I cannot imagine how messy it would have gotten had she showed interest and then insisted on helping out, dodged a bullet there. Also, as she gets older, the egg hunting will become more and more elaborate. By the time were young kids, my dad had gotten to the point of hiding eggs so well that he had to leave treasure maps for us to find them. Some were even buried and had to be excavated! And you know not all eggs were found every year. I still remember finding eggs in late July at times, and let me tell you there is no smell that compares to egg that's been sitting in the hot Southern summer sun for months on end...WHEW! It'll be awhile yet before we get that advanced with our Easter hunting with Piper, but when she's old enough, she's in for a real challenge! <br />
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For Piper's first birthday celebration, I decided to create a slideshow set to a soundtrack that reflected upon all the memories created from her conception up until that birthday. It was for me, and family members, a sentimental tearjerker of the best kind. I did it overnight and on a whim, so it wasn't as good as it could have been. It also wasn't in a transferable-to-the-web format...super bummer, right? Since then, I decided to rework the "film" via a nifty little video converter I thought was well worth the $40 price tag, as I know I'll be getting major use out of it in the years to come. I also reworked the video by adding in pictures from Piper's first birthday party and adding an additional song by Plumb that just makes my heart weep with joy and overzealous sentimentality. Did I mention I was a sucker for all things nostalgic and sentimental? I've also decided to make this a tradition, that will hopefully be a part of every year of her life and every birthday celebration, at least until the day when she gets so embarrassed that I have to make them in solitude and only bring them out when she's not looking...you know those horrible teenage years, but she'll appreciate them later, I just know it. <br />
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For now, here is the first of what I hope to be many years of films to come that will celebrate her childhood from beginning to whenever I am no longer able to do so. It's a bit of a long watch, but I think you won't regret it if you've been following along this first year of her life. And if you happen to be on an iProduct and don't have Flash, just click the link below the video and watch directly from Youtube. Yeah, I always add those cause I also have iProducts, lol. So, without further adieu, I present to you Piper's first year in all of it wonders and joys...<br />
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Btw, I used WinX DVD Ripper Platinum for the conversion, just for those who may be curious.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934884752932265320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429733563810014277.post-70784505306591292242014-05-18T07:00:00.000-05:002014-05-18T07:00:06.287-05:00Smart Art for Your Burgeoning Mini Monet<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Piper Van Gogh, my little artist in the making!</span></b></td></tr>
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If you read the labels on tubes of finger paints, crayons, markers, etc. it usually reads for ages 3 and up. Well, that's a bunch of malarkey! I, for one, believe that it's never too soon to start letting your wee-one explore their creative side via coloring...with any media type. If they can hold a crayon, marker, or like to get their hands dirty (and what child does not like to get their hands dirty?), then your child is ready to channel their inner Van Gogh.<br />
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For Christmas this year, "Santa" brought Piper a 8-tube set of washable finger paints. As she was just under 8-months old, some may say this gift was Santa's little joke and wonder why he would be so brazenly daring to let such a young baby get anywhere near a set of paints, especially ones that are in and of themselves notoriously messy as all get out. For me, there is an easy explanation. Babies are smarter and more capable than some people allow them to be. They really are more advanced that a lot of people think, and giving them a chance to explore their artistic side is as much fun for the parents as it is for the child, at least I think so.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Start with little dabs of paint on the paper...</span></b></td></tr>
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I'll be honest here, I didn't immediately pull out the paints and let Piper go to town. It was a good month before I got up the nerve to let her get down and dirty. I first did extensive research on possible harm they could cause if ingested, and couldn't find anything of much importance. I'm sure if you let your little one eat an entire tube of paint in one sitting, then you may be asking for trouble, but a little in the mouth just to taste, much like the chewing on a crayon, well that's not going to hurt anyone. <br />
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Letting Piper finger paint at around 10-months was a trial and error endeavor. The first time around, I placed a few paint globs of various colors on a small disposable pie tin so that she could dip her fingers into the colors and then onto the paper. I quickly learned this was not the right method for such a young child. The painting concept she understood, the needing to go back and forth from pie-tin to paper...not so much. <br />
After this initial trial and error, I figured out a much better way to let her self-lead the painting sessions.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Make sure the paper is close to the edge of the work service for less mess!</span></b></td></tr>
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First off, I should mention that her finger paints came with a large made-for-finger-painting pad of blank white paper. If you're going to let a baby paint, you better offer up a lot of area for them to work their magic. Also, I found it a good idea to make sure this paper stays where you want it to via taping it to the work surface, which in our house is the kitchen table. Piper is an enthusiastic child, and unless I tape the edges of the paper down , it could end up just about anywhere. Only drawback to this is that once in awhile she will feel the urge to flip the paper over, and might accidentally tear the paper, but that is easily fixable with a bit more tape once her masterpiece is complete.<br />
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Secondly, it's a good idea to make sure even washable paints don't get onto to fabulous clothing. So, either going sans clothing except for a diaper, wearing an old onesie that's okay to dirty up, using an old adult t-shirt as a smock, or making sure at least a bib is being worn, is a must! I'm always nervous that "washable" doesn't necessarily apply to all fabrics, so this eases my mind when it comes to possibly forever soiling clothes I'd rather not have destroyed...or having to change clothes mid-day, cause less laundry is a good thing. <br />
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Next thing, don't do the pie-tin thing with a young child. It's pointless and requires you to be almost too hands-on when you really want them to be the facilitators of their own work. I discovered that placing little dabs of paint of different colors here and there on the paper, allows Piper do her own thing. She can easily get her hands right into the art rather than having to dip and paint. Now that she is old enough to decide her own colors, it's even more fun doing it this way. And believe me, for a one-year-old she is quite demanding about which colors she wants to work with. I do a little bit of leading, asking her would you like yellow, blue, orange, etc., and she replies yes or no, or points at the tubes and says purple or whatever other color she has in mind. As you can tell from the pictures, she likes to point to which colors she wants, a lot! I often have to interpret which ones she wants since she can't exactly read the tubes yet, but if I ask her the color name, such as "do you want the yellow?" she will nod and repeat "yellow" or shake her head no and let me keep going until I've come to the right tube for the job.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">As you will see, she does a lot of pointing and requesting!</span></b></td></tr>
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Once the dab of paint is on the paper, then she really gets down to serious business. When I took these pictures of this last finger painting adventure, she barely smiled once. The girl was seriously into her art! Her usually giggly self turned very austere, and I could just see those wheels of concentration and decision making turning rapidly behind her eyes. She was creating and creating is no laughing matter. She had a plan, and I was just there to get her what she needed when she needed it. Aw, my little Jackson Pollock!<br />
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Next word of advice to parents, don't be afraid of a little mess. Piper may get paint on her face, a little in her mouth (although not much as I don't think she's likes the taste all that much), on the table, and yes, even when protected, some on her clothes sometimes, but none of that matters. The washable paints come off remarkably easy and clean-up is a snap! The end product is definitely worth the mess that may come with it. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Can't you see the wheels turning?</span></b></td></tr>
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This last finger painting session, I taught her how to sign her artwork. Of course she can't write her name yet, she's not that far advanced, but a good hand print is a perfect signature for a young child. She loved watching me paint her entire hand and then showing her how to make a hand print on the paper. As a matter of fact, she liked it so much we did it a few times. And then when she was done painting and went to using markers on her second art piece of the day (also washable and non-toxic, btw), I found her trying to color her own hand with the markers and making hand prints. I ended up having to help her color her entire hand, but she picked up on the signing of her art amazingly fast. She's a smart little cookie, I'll give her that.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Finishing up, right before signature time!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">But the taste is not quite up to par!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">The final piece, with hand print signatures!</span></b></td></tr>
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Another good idea is to devise a good way of storing all your art supplies in one general location/container. Piper has a tendency to want to mix it up a bit, and I like giving her choices. My genius idea, I took one of the plastic containers that I received at my baby shower, it was from a gift set that included baby shampoos, lotions, q-tips, etc., and re-purposed it as art caddie. It's durable, has a handle, and perfectly fits all 8-tubes of paint, one box of 64 crayons, and her 8-pack of markers. I love having a single container that holds all her supplies that is easily carried and also keeps everything in a central location so I don't have to go searching around to find where I put all her art goodies. Of course, as she gets older I'll have to expand into more caddies, we haven't yet gotten into sidewalk chalk as I think they may look too appetizing still, but for now it's the perfect accessory for all her art needs. <br />
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I'm very proud that Piper has turned into such a little artist. I love watching her create and it is a wonderful way to stimulate her mind...and keep her busy when mommy needs a break or time to cook dinner, lol. It's also a great educational tool as it helps her learn her colors, expands her fine motor skills, and givers her an outlet of self-expression so important to her developing personality. If you haven't been brave enough yet to let your wee-one delve into the world of art, I say it's high time to douse those fears and go for the gusto. You'll be pleasantly surprised at what you'll both discover about your little artist in the making.<br />
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And now on to some working with markers pics....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Working on her fine motor skills!<br />(Taking top on and off)</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Trying new techniques!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">She's not sleeping, she's hugging her picture!</span></b></td></tr>
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And one final pic...the <a href="http://instagram.com/singlemodernmom" target="_blank">Instagram</a> version of her finger paint masterpiece. I hate that it crops it, but I love the framing effect!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">What is there not to love? Amazing work for a 13-month old!</span></b></td></tr>
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I hope you have all enjoyed this little adventure into Piper's creative side. She's an artistic child through and through. Whether it's singing, dancing, playing instruments, or painting, she simply just loves being creative. Of course, I encourage everything creative she does. I hope it leads to a lifetime of appreciation and participation in all things art related, no matter the media or style. It just proves, you're never too young to let your imagination run wild!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934884752932265320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429733563810014277.post-7299029627443979902014-05-12T07:00:00.000-05:002014-05-15T17:17:48.940-05:00Never Go Wrong With Fantastical Flowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Every special occasion calls for a celebration, that's a given. If that occasion calls for a gift, it's not always a cut and dry answer on which gift is best. That is, unless, your gift includes flowers. <br />
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Who doesn't love fresh cut flowers, right? I personally am a fanatic for them, although I've got a black thumb when it comes to growing my own. So, I've often relied on others to deliver that perfect bouquet to say congratulations or just to show a bit of kindness for no particular reason at all. <br />
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As we all know, Mother's Day just came and went yesterday, and this year I was given the opportunity to try out <a href="https://www.thebouqs.com/en/" target="_blank">The Bouqs Co</a>. free of charge, in exchange for my honest review. I am pleased to announce that I have nothing negative to say, for the flowers I received were beautiful and perfect. I had the choice of an array of bouquets to fit any occasion, or just to receive some for myself. Being the unselfish person I try to be, I decided that I should send flowers to my mom for Mother's Day. I chose a bouquet of gorgeous lavenderish-pink roses, a very unique color that you will see here in a moment, mixed with six just as beautiful Calla Lillies in a dark pink-ish hue. The colors are quite stunning together, to be quite honest, very pleasing all the way around.<br />
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Before I get into the flowers, let me start with the packaging. Being that I reside with my parents, this left it very easy for me to review the flowers upon their arrival. The box they arrived in was quite lovely. Nothing to flashy and nothing too boring. It had a quiet elegance that is more my style. Upon opening the box, I was pleased to see how well protected the flowers were from possible shipping hazards. Everything was wrapped up nice and comfy to guarantee the flowers arrived undamaged by a oftentimes hostile delivery process. I also liked where the sentiment card was placed, right inside the lid of the box, right in the middle, so there was no missing it, no hunting around, and this also left the message guaranteed to be seen before the actual flowers. This leads to anticipation as to what treasures lie within, and that's a good thing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Elegant yet not overdone.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Very well protected, and sentiment card right in the center, nice placement!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">I cut off the personal details, but here is what I wrote!<br />(What can I say, I love my mom!)</span></b></td></tr>
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After opening the box, I carefully removed the two sets of wrapped flowers. I appreciate that the flowers types were wrapped separately, as it keeps them fresher, better protected, and it makes it take a little longer to open the gift. Another plus in my mind, as it makes it seem like two gifts in one, yay!!!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Delicately wrapped, yet easy to open...bonus points!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Calla Lillies, so bright and lovely!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">The roses...they don't look like much here,<br />but after 24 hours in water, stunning!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Flower food included!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Easy to follow, boldly printed care directions...more bonus points!</span></b></td></tr>
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As you can see from the pictures, the flowers come with a package of flower food, and the instructions for care printed plainly and boldly right on the box. I often forget the part about cutting the stems under running water, and it's kind of an important step in getting the maximum life out of your flowers. Having that reminder right in front of me, well let's just say I was very grateful for it.<br />
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As per usual shipped, boxed flowers, it takes about 24 hours in water for them to fully start to appreciate their new home. The next few pictures will show their transformation over this time period. Before you judge, I'm not the best flower arrange, but I do my best. I do plan on rearranging these into a different vase within the next couple of days, but for now my current arrangement will have to do. So, let's get to the pics!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Here they are right after opening!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Such pretty colors, smell divine, but not yet fully hydrated.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Sage kitty likes them!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">24 hours later...see the difference?</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Aren't they gorgeous?</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">The pics really don't do them justice, especially since you cannot smell them...OMG!</span></b></td></tr>
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After the 24-hour re-hydration period, the roses began to bloom out and the difference was amazing. Every time I walk past them I notice them getting a little bit fuller and prettier. And the scent, it's to die for! These roses smell delicious, no joke. By the way, this Bouq was from the Volcano collection and was the smallest bouquet size available, the one I was offered to review for free. You can purchase larger bouquets depending on your budget. Also, there is another line of flowers from the California collection. Here's what The Bouqs says about their collections and flower freshness:<br />
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: proxima_novaregular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">"We cut on the day you order and deliver straight from the farm so you get the freshest bouq possible! This means delivery just 2-4 days after cut, vs 10-14 elsewhere. We deliver our Volcano stems from the equator,10,000 feet above sea level, which means one thing: sun. And more sun means more color. These Bouqs are fed by pure volcanic snow melt and mineral-rich, ph-balanced soil. And our California cut flowers come straight from eco-friendly farms on the coast! Bloomin' sweet surf!"</span> </span></b><br />
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The flowers are also eco-friendly, yet another BIG plus in my book!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">"We source from partners that respect and care for the environment and their employees.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">Our farms practice sustainable, eco-friendly farming, and we cut only what we sell - so we don't waste 1 out of every 3 stems like others.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">Our partners offer competitive, living wages and services like on-site child and healthcare, and adult education."</span></b></div>
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To boot, the also have a Concierge service which saves you money, reminds you of important dates and occasions, and has other options as well...</div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">"Concierge Service is completely optional and completely awesome. Save money (up to 25%) and simplify your life!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="bold" style="font-family: proxima_novabold;">NeverForget</span> will email you before a birthday or anniversary to remind you, and so you can confirm or change the order. But you'll never again forget an important date.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="bold" style="font-family: proxima_novabold;">JustBecause</span> will surprise her with a bouq on a random day of the week for no reason whatsoever. Just Because.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">Or perhaps you want fresh flowers weekly, bi-weekly or monthly? Sign up for <span class="bold" style="font-family: proxima_novabold;">Regular Blooms!</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">Concierge service makes your life easier. Manage them all in one place, and you'll be giving and getting love like a Summer of Love flower child. With as little risk. Yeeeeaaaaahh."</span></b></div>
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So how's that for service? I like the concept. It's a nice little option and a unique service I have yet to run across anywhere else. </div>
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Overall, I am very pleased with the flowers my mom received, and I would definitely recommend <a href="https://www.thebouqs.com/en/" target="_blank">The Bouqs</a> them to anyone needing a great flower delivery company. As with most flowers companies, they have a variety of occasional bouquets pre-formed, or you can let them design a special one for you. It really can be a hands-on experience if you so choose, or you can simply leave it up to the experts! Either way, you're going to receive gorgeous flowers and that's what really matters!</div>
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And now on to another great thing about <a href="https://www.thebouqs.com/en/" target="_blank">The Bouqs</a>...</div>
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They were very kind to offer a free bouquet from their Volcano collection as part of one of the prize packages for the All Things Baby Blog Hop and giveaway I am currently co-hosting. How nice is that? The blog hop focuses on everything surrounding baby's first year, including gift ideas for new mothers. I don't know about other mothers, but one thing I received and brought home from the hospital were flowers congratulating me on my new arrival. All the nurses loved the smell of my room, lol. So be it a gift to a new mom while still in the hospital, or a very lovely surprise for when she brings baby home, flowers are a great way to pamper her and show her you care. Plus, they look lovely in a nursery and do add a wonderful, calming scent that new parents and baby should enjoy. </div>
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<a href="https://www.thebouqs.com/en/" target="_blank">The Bouq Co</a>. has a entire section of bouquets dedicated to new additions to the family called <a href="https://www.thebouqs.com/en/64-catalogs/24-baby-bouqs/" target="_blank">Baby Bouqs</a>. Of course you can go with any arrangement, but I adore their specialized ones for new baby celebrations.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">I particularly like the <a href="https://www.thebouqs.com/en/volcano-collection/119-bundle-of-joy.html" target="_blank">Bundle of Joy</a> Baby Bouq!</span></b></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934884752932265320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429733563810014277.post-83165209540340808332014-05-11T07:00:00.000-05:002014-05-12T01:06:13.820-05:00Ten Things I Learned From Motherhood<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Say hello to Piper, my perfectly amazing creation!</span></b></td></tr>
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There are so many things I have learned about myself and life once I became a mom. I figured it was high time I give praise to some of these. So, here goes...<br />
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1) There is no other love in the world that compares to the love a mother feels for her child. No matter how much you think you love someone, even your significant other (if you have one) and your closest family members and dearest friends, none of those loves remotely touches a mother's love for her wee-one. At least that's how I feel. Then again, I never could find my Prince Charming and became a single mom by choice via IUI, so my experience with romantic love for another is not quite up to par with others out there in the world. Also, mother-child love is very different than other types of love, of which there are many. But I do honestly feel that I could not love anyone as much as I love Piper....ever!<br />
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2) There is no other journey comparable to the one a mother goes through during her pregnancy. I am a world traveler. I have seen things that have literally made me cry or gasp when gazing upon their beauty; from works of fine art, to man-made constructions, to the wondrous creations of Mother Nature. I have adventured far off the beaten path and even been brazenly daring at times. None of my travel experiences, however, remotely compares to the journey of my pregnancy. From the moment I laid upon the doctor's table to have my IUI performed, to the moment I saw my little girl just three weeks old in my womb, to the moment I pushed her into this world, the entire process of change, both mentally and physically, was astounding. Every day was new and exciting. Every day was a joy. I am rare in that my pregnancy was perfect throughout. It was one of the happiest nine months of my life. Although my body has still not fully recovered from it's fantastical journey, I wouldn't change a thing about the experience. If you have the chance and ability, put pregnancy on your bucket list, you won't regret it!<br />
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3) Children are the most bizarre and hysterical creatures on the planet! Watching a little human learn and grow is quite a unique experience all on its own. At times, it's the most humorous thing in the world. No two are alike, but they all can be down right laugh-your-ass-off funny. Piper keeps me in stitches and has been doing so from the moment she arrived. Whether she is ninja-nursing, running half-naked through the house holding balloons, or dancing and singing in her own special style, she never lets me down when I need a good chuckle.<br />
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4) My body is perfect the way it is. Before having a child, I had a horrible body image. It was probably due to all the years as a ballet dancer where I had to constantly worry about my weight that instigated this issue, but it was motherhood that cured it. I no longer look in the mirror and overly judge myself. I know I will never have my 22-year-old butt and stomach back, and I'm perfectly okay with that. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to let myself completely go or still not lose some of that post-baby weight, but now it's not a race to be perfect by bathing suit weather. I've earned my cheese, and with it a glass of wine instead of a workout if I so choose. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Who cares if my thighs are larger than they used to be,<br />This is what it's all about!</span></b></td></tr>
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5) Breasts are highly over sexualized! Yes, I know some people look at them as solely sexual objects, but come on, my baby eats from those, so stop glaring at them! I used to be smaller chested and along with my body issues I always worried they weren't big enough to be attractive to men. Well you know what, that's total bullshit! They're bigger now, but it wouldn't matter what size they are, because they are just breasts. They're amazing in all shapes and sizes because they can sustain life. And the only person whose opinion matters regarding them is Piper's. They're hers and hers alone. Believe me, she'll let you know that they're hers. Did I mention she's ninja-feeds? Seriously! Check out my post <a href="http://www.singlemodernmom.com/2014/01/my-little-weirdo-part-1-breastfeeding.html" target="_blank">My Little Weirdo Part 1, The Breastfeeding Diaries</a> if you want to know exactly what I mean by that. And one last thing on the topic, I feel for you women with larger breasts. When mine were ridiculously huge when my milk first came in, I had no idea what to do with them. All that cleavage just made me uncomfortable. I quit wishing for bigger boobs after that.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">And we're still going strong on this 13 months later!</span></b></td></tr>
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6) The world no longer revolves around me, the world revolves around Piper. Everything, I mean EVERYTHING, comes secondary to my daughter. Whether it's me getting to eat, going out with friends, sleeping, letting my road rage out, shopping, etc. None of this is important until Piper's needs are satisfied. I know not all moms will agree with this, some say it's important to take time for yourself and get away from being a mom once in awhile. I guess I just waited too long and with too much desire to have a child to think otherwise. She is my world and I will always put her first, no matter what anyone else says or thinks. I may lose some cool points with my homies for this, but I have enough to spare, lol.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Even this plate revolves around Piper!</span></b></td></tr>
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7) I now have a perfectly good excuse to act silly all the time. I've always been a bit of a goofball, but now I seriously let my goober flag fly! I don't care if it's at home or in the middle of some store, no place is off limits when it comes to having a silly-good time with my goofy little sidekick. Her laugh is infectious, so really it's better for all humanity to hear it. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!<br />
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8) Every event can be turned into a song and dance number. What is it about being a mom that makes it so easy to make up songs about poop? I have seriously made up songs about just about everything we do now. I sing about pottying, eating, sleeping, driving, shopping, walking, talking, strolling, a variety of bodily functions, and the list just keeps going. Sometimes I use already familiar songs and change the lyrics to fit the action. I'm like the Weird Al of mothering. I'm good at busting out some rhymes, too, so if there is ever a calling for mother rappers, I've got a record deal!<br />
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9) Alone bathroom time only happens when your child is either sleeping or completely distracted by something else. As a mom, you learn that no bathroom break is sacred unless you make a well thought out plan ahead of time. And if you've done something in the bathroom that goes into the toilet, I'm trying to be discreet here, you better show it off because curious minds want to know and see!<br />
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10) Being a mom is the greatest thing that will ever happen to me. Nothing can come close to topping motherhood. I feel sorry for men who cannot experience parenting like a mom does. No insult to the daddies out there, but it's just not the same. Piper is my magnum opus, and I will cherish her always for what she has brought to my life. I would even give my life for hers without a split seconds thought. I have never been happier, I finally understand true, unconditional love, and I definitely understand sacrifice without complaint. Life just doesn't get any better than this!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Yep, life doesn't get any better than seeing that smile on a daily basis!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;"><b>The birthday princess!<br />(before the feathers were removed)</b></span></td></tr>
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It's been a very busy past few weeks. Between March 31st until April 17th, we had five birthdays in the immediate family and one wedding to attend. Throw in Easter, and boy has it been hectic! Finally, however, I am getting the chance to sit down and post about Piper's big 1st birthday celebration. Well, in all actuality, it wasn't a huge event. We had it over at my brother's house and only immediate family members and her "uncle" David from work were on the guest list. We wanted to keep it small, as it is a taxing event for such a young babe (as well as for the mom), and I know it was the right choice. Plus, due to all the surrounding birthdays, we actually had to have the party on her actual birthday which landed on a Thursday this year. I took the day off work to get everything prepared, all her cousins were busted out of school early, and everyone cut their days short to make sure the party was held at a reasonable time. We began the party at 4 pm, which fit perfectly with Piper's nap and eating schedule. It was a fantastic day, so let me tell you all about it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Before getting ready in her party dress!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Hugging on Teddy, pre-party.</span></b></td></tr>
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Of course, you are all quite aware that I believe in taking lots of pictures of all major life events, and every other mundane life events, too. Well, Piper's birthday was no exception to the rule. I did relinquish the fancy cam for a bit to my niece Larkin during the gift unwrapping since my hands were just slightly busy helping Piper forage through all her goodies, but I took it over again during the cake smashing event! <br />
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I want to give a shout out to the wonderful <a href="http://www.thebluecakecompany.com/" target="_blank">Blue Cake Company</a> here locally. Not only did they make the perfect cake to match Piper's perfect birthday dress, they also offer a free 4" round smash cake, decorated the same as the regular cake, for any baby's first birthday. I didn't know this when I called to discuss my main cake with them, I just knew they had a great reputation for awesome cakes. I was going to add on a 2nd tier to the main cake to take off for Piper to have for her very own, but then they told me about the free smash cake. How awesome is that? And to decorate it to the nines, too? Let's just say I'll most likely be using them for all future birthday cake orders...or any other special event warranting a uniquely designed confection of delicious proportions! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">The regular cake, see how it matches her dress perfectly!</span></b></td></tr>
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The day started out as usual, we woke up, had some breakfast, and then the adventures set in. I had the delightful task of running around to the local Part\y City to grab some super awesome giant Mylar balloons and other decorations, then go grab the cake, take it all over to my brother's house to drop off and let my nieces go wild with the actual decorating, and then back home to grab the birthday girl, get her in her adorable polka-dot party dress, and then pack everything up and head to the party. We actually ended up being an hour late since Piper took such a long nap ahead of time and then had to eat her lunch before we arrived. Once we arrived, the fun started. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Gifts from us all packed up and ready to go!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">A couple of her big balloons and Papa drinking a celebratory beer :)</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Another one of her big balloons!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">A view of a few of the other decorations...and a beer, lol!</span></b></td></tr>
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It was a gorgeous, sunny, mid-70 degree day, everyone who was supposed to be there showed up, and everyone was in great spirits and happy to celebrate Piper's big day. After a little while of just hanging out and having family time, I then had everyone join together in the living room to watch a montage DVD I had put together chronicling Piper's first year from my initial positive pregnancy test through the last week before the party. I am currently re-working the montage in a different program, as I didn't have time to do all I wanted with it, and as soon as it is complete I will of course be posting it on the blog. It really is great and the songs chosen may make the sappy people in life, such as myself, tear up a bit. I let my parents watch it before the party, and my mom went through two tissues, as did I. What can I say? We're a sentimental clan and we don't hide our emotions from one another.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">My brother the party host, cousin Larkin, and the birthday princess!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Aunt Jana putting on Piper's party hat!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">She looked adorable even walking around on her knees!</span></b></td></tr>
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After the montage was over, Piper then unwrapped her gifts. My parents and I got her mainly clothes, as she had no Spring/Summer wardrobe. I also got her a great book set, a hula-hoop (for various activities before she can officially learn to hoop, and an adorable Old Woman Who Swallowed the Fly doll which Piper gets the biggest kick out of because all the characters from the rhyme are little stuffed animals and the old woman actually holds them in her belly. Easter morning she even fed the poor hungry lady a PEEP...she's a very caring child. I initially thought she might be frightened of the doll, but she loves it, thank goodness. As for her other gifts, she received one of those 3-step walker things made by V-tech, a V-tech puppy named Violet who can be plugged in via USB to the computer so you can download songs and other such things to it. It can talk to Piper, calling her by her name, and other such fun things that are programmed via the USB/website hook-up. Piper also got some really cure tank top and short sets from her cousins and a lovely pink unicorn, and sting ray lovey from the Cayman Islands which her oldest cousin brought back from her Sweet Sixteen cruise. I know she got some other things, but for the life of me cannot remember what all now. But I guess I don't really need to go over everything now, do I? <br />
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After the unwrapping of gifts, we moved onto the best part of the day, the cake smashing and eating! We moved the festivities outdoors for this event, and thank goodness we did because it got really messy! I've got plenty of pics to prove it, so here goes...but first the Happy Birthday song!<br />
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And for those of you who prefer video...here's how it actually went down...live!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">They call it a "smash" cake for a good reason!</span></b></div>
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As you can all very well tell, Piper thoroughly enjoyed her day, especially the cake part. Once we packed up and went home, the sugar rush hit. There is probably nothing funnier than a wee one all jacked up on massive quantities of sugary goodness, well at least we thought she was funny. And as always, I have the video to prove her uber wound-up self post-party, and once again another show of her earning of the moniker "Hyper" Piper.<br />
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All in all, her first birthday was a hit! I still cannot believe she is already a year old. Sometimes it seems like she has always been with me and I cannot remember life without her. Other times, it seems she was just born yesterday. All I know is that she still makes me happier every single day than I was the day before. As she grows and learns, I do the same right along with her. She is the light of my life and I am truly blessed beyond all measures to have such a delightful, wonderful, rambunctious, pugnacious, silly, happy, brilliant, beautiful little girl in my life. I love you, Piper!<br />
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And to end this post, here it is a day over two weeks since she turned a year old. Remarkably, her Mylar balloons are still holding up well and she thoroughly enjoys having them in the house, they are so colorful and fun. As a matter of fact, they are so awesome that she got up from pottying the other night, snuck over to the end table and grabbed two of them, and then began walking through the house half-naked with much pride in her new walking skills and having on no pants! Yes, of course I have a video of it! I actually have two videos of it, aren't you all lucky! ;P<br />
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And then my phone died so my mom took the following one, where Piper walked with balloons and for kisses!<br />
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I'll leave you all with one last shot, of Piper and myself before the party started. Rarely do I get to be in any pictures since I am usually the one taking them. Thank goodness my brother snapped this one, cause I love it!<br />
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Thank you all for dropping in to share in Piper's first birthday memories. She's growing so fast, so I hope this next year passes slowly, cause I know I'm going to miss her babyhood when it's gone.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934884752932265320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429733563810014277.post-86259250734690404352014-04-08T16:39:00.003-05:002014-04-08T23:59:57.244-05:00Eleven Months In the Blink of An Eye<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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It's hard to believe Piper has been with us for 11 months now! It's hard to believe I missed posting her 9-month stats because I've been completely scattered keeping up with a child who is way advanced for her 11-month-old self! It's even harder to believe that I had actually begun posting her 9-month stats, got sidetracked, started this post again at around 10-months, and am STILL now just getting to finish it and she's having her first birthday Thursday, sheesh! <br />
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But alas, I'm going to finally maybe gets this dang thing completed, I hope!....<br />
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So anyways, I've decided to cut to the chase on several things I originally had going in this post. Since I began it two months ago, some of those things are now irrelevant, have already been posted elsewhere, or I've decided they weren't that interesting anyway. I have become desperate to get this published, so I'm going to get right to things, sans haste! Too boot, major computer problems, a new position I've taken on at work, and a dad who I've been helping recover from a total knee replacement hasn't helped. What can I say? It's been a busy time all the way around! </div>
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As you may well know, a lot has gone on with Piper both mentally and physically over the past couple of months. If you read our Facebook page regularly, you should be pretty well aware of all the changes. But for those who are just blog browsers, here's the lowdown on how far she has come over this short little while.</div>
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First off, I never posted anywhere about her 9-month stats from her check-up at the docs. I think since she didn't have shots this go round, I just simply let it slip my mind. You'd think as much as I write about her, I'd be one of those moms who diligently takes the monthly pic of their baby with the however old month card on them somewhere. But alas, I'm not. Maybe it's because I post so much that I don't do this, she gets daily attention, so it just slips me by. Anyway, ramble ramble, here are her 9-month stats. </div>
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She was 19lbs 9ozs (58%), up just a little more than 2 lbs since her 6-month check-up. She was 28 1/4" long (68%), up a little shy of 2" since 6-months. Her head circumference was still small at 17" (22%), which was only 1/2" up from 6-months...still has her Nana's munchkin head!</div>
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Besides her basic measurements, which were perfectly in-line as to where I figured she'd be, it's her mental and physical state which were still way advanced at that point, and still are. She's been running about 6-8 months ahead of the game since her 4-month check-up, if not even more so now. </div>
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She had about a 30 word vocabulary at 9 months, and that has grown to somewhere around 60ish words. The doc was highly impressed with her language skills, and so am I, admittedly. Then again, she gets constant attention and everything we do has a play-by-play going down with it. We're a talkative family, so it only makes sense that she'd be talkative herself. Besides actual words, she babbles incessantly! Everything has meaning, however, she doesn't just talk to talk. She tells stories and explains things and gives orders and all kinds of fun things like that...yes, I said gives orders, lol. </div>
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She actually has invented a game she plays with us during times in her high chair that I have dubbed "Piper Says." This game involves her performing an action, and everyone else around has to mimic that action or get a stern look until they follow along. She has increasingly added actions to her repertoire, which include: clapping, raising one or both arms in the air, patting her head, pulling one or both ears, sticking out her tongue, slapping one hand on the opposite wrist, pounding on the table, grabbing her toes, placing her head on her hands in a sleepy-like pose, doing the "Indian" call (totally not a PC term), and geez I know there are some more but that's all I can think of right this moment. She also mixes up the order and speed at which she does these actions. It's a seriously impressive game for such a young babe to come up with all on her own. She has been playing it for well over a month now. As a matter of fact, her pretend play has continued advancing at an astounding rate. </div>
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She plays pretend games all of the time. She reads to herself, pretends to feed Pig and us pieces of food during snack and dinner times, she has lavish phone conversations on all her pretend phones, she sometimes pretends to eat stuff when she doesn't really have anything, she has a pretend cough she does to get attention, and she can mock poop-face now...I didn't say all her pretending was a good thing, she's a character for sure! And that is just a short list of her pretend time fun. She's always coming up with something new, and we are just lucky to be the observers of her expanding world of make believe. </div>
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She has become an avid musician and dancer over the past few months. She has 3 drum sets, all different, but she'll take a drumstick to anything to get a beat going. And boy does she like to dance!! Any type of music, anytime, and she gets to bouncing, twisting, squealing, swaying, singing, etc. Just the other night, well it was just the other night when I first wrote this part, we were watching ice dancing during the Olympics and one of the pairs danced a short time to Thriller by Michael Jackson. Well, let's just let the video speaks for itself! I know if you read my last post this video will look familiar, but it just has to be shown again!<br />
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She has also almost completely moved away from eating baby food. She's a bit of a foodie like her mom, so once she had "real" food, nothing as bland as baby food would quite do anymore. Her diet usually goes something like this:<br />
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<b>For breakfast:</b> always a scrambled egg, and then either mini pancakes, banana pieces or other fruit, sometimes yogurt, and other times oatmeal. <br />
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<b>For lunch: </b>This is where she usually has to have some baby food, as we are trying to use up all she has left. Besides that though, she often has at least one fresh veggie and/or fruit. She loves those little Gerber meat sticks and the graduate meals. We give her those a lot now, too.<br />
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<b>For Dinner: </b> This is where she gets variety. She now gets to try whatever the rest of the fam is having. Just the other night it was baked catfish and asparagus, which she loved both. So far, there hasn't been really anything she doesn't like. There have been some textures she has a hard time chewing and then swallowing, but even those are getting fewer and fewer since she now has eight teeth! And I think she's in the process of cutting a first molar, as the drooling and gnawing on things is back on the rise.<br />
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Just to give you an idea of where she is at food-wise, here's a list of the "real" foods she has tried so far.<br />
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<b>Veggies: </b>So far she has liked beets, carrots, butter beans, asparagus, corn, lima beans, stewed tomatoes (her favorite), potatoes (both regular and sweet), green beans, green peas, and spinach.<br />
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<b>Fruits:</b> She hasn't yet met a fruit she didn't like, but so far she's tried grapes, avocado, bananas, peaches, cherries, pears, pineapples, mango, papaya, various apple sauces, strawberries, and kiwi. <br />
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<b>Meats: </b> She hasn't ventured into the meats as much as other things, but so far she has tried fresh deli ham and roast beef, chicken in various forms, tuna, baked catfish, innards of a corn dog, meatloaf, those meat sticks I mentioned earlier, and I let her chew on a very tiny piece of bacon because bacon is the food of the gods! <br />
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<b>Other various food adventures: </b>Besides the usual staples, she has ventured into some mixed or other types of meals. These include mac and cheese, broccoli pie, small tastes of cheese dip, pancakes, the innards and icing of toaster strudels, cottage cheese, jell-o with fruit, mustard (that was tried only once, lol), pickles of various varieties, popsicles, ice cream, cake, cream cheese cherry pie, sip of tea, taste of beer, wine and champagne (just a taste off the tip of a finger because she begged and her curiosity knows no bounds), rice, chicken stew and everything in it including the onions and celery, and pot roast and all the fixins. Like I said, the girl is a foodie and she will try anything at least once!<br />
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I am sure I have left something off the list of her food adventures. Basically, I let her try everything her little heart desires just to widen her palate. I would never give her anything harmful, but I do let her explore at her own risk sometimes. By the way, she loves sauces, so she always gets to try these. So far, she has liked everything she had tried, and for that I am so grateful. I love to cook and experiment with new foods, so it's only natural that I want her palate to grow along with her mind and body. I want her to want to experience new foods, especially when we travel, for that is one of the top three things listed on my reasons for travel. It's amazing how the world can be experienced from food encounters. If you want to learn about a people and their culture, learn about their food and have a meal with the locals that is truly authentic and preferably home-cooked. Nothing brings people together like a good meal embedded with great conversation. <br />
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Okay, it has now been another week or so since I last stopped writing on this post. As a matter of fact, her birthday is in two days!!! In these past few weeks she has learned to walk, she is in full-blown potty-training mode (seriously!), she has mastered more words including some two-word phrases, learned to catch, roll, and throw a ball, and pretty much seems to be more on the level of a two-year-old than an almost one-year-old. She's been advancing so fast, I've had a hard time just keeping up with her. Since she is becoming such a little smarty, I've also enrolled her in ABCMouse.com. Although it says for ages 2+, I think she's pretty much ready for the learning program. Want to check them out, too? Check them out, the first month is free with no other obligations if it's not right for you and your child.<br />
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Since this post has been added to and subtracted from so many times and I'm about to turn around in a couple of days and do a whole year-in-review-post, I figured I'm going to just go ahead and stop this one here, throw in the pics and videos of recent, and finally put this one to bed. I really don't know why I just could never get caught back up on this one after beginning it, I'll just leave it as life got busy and hectic. So, I'm stopping here, keep on the lookout for the 1-year reflection and party pics, and I'll be back soon, lol! Have a good one my fans, and for my own sake and yours let's hope I don't ever get this stuck on a post ever again!!!<br />
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Yes, you read the title correctly, we are in full-blown potty training mode at our house. No, this was not a planned scenario, it just sort of happened...because Piper is a baby genius, of course, lol!<br />
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My mom potty trained me at 18 months over a weekend with the reward being ruffle panties. This story has always made me laugh, as I don't think I could handle ruffle on my bum anymore (how uncomfy!), but it did inspire me to want to potty train Piper at an early age. Additionally, I taught preschool throughout my undergrad career, mostly 3 and 4-year-olds, and nothing is worse than changing a poopy diaper of a kid who should be using the potty on a regular basis. To one-up my mom, I wanted to have Piper trained by 15 months, a very lofty goal, but one I was curious to try just to see if I could. My original idea was to buy her a potty for her first birthday and get her used to sitting on it, seeing it, but with no real expectations she would take to it right away. However, Piper has a mind of her own and this is the story of how things have gone down recently.<br />
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The weekend before last I had to run to Wally World to grab some groceries and baby supplies. While perusing up and down the baby aisles, we went down one that had a jumble of various boxed items, some of them being potty chairs of different makes and models. I was not planning on purchasing one that day, but Piper went ballistic for this one with a hippo face on it. It was nothing special, no fancy noises when the goods hit the bowl, but it did have a book holder and a couple of buttons, one for cheering and one for telling a potty story from the book included. I was a little shocked that Piper was so adamant about wanting it, so I figured I'd go ahead and buy the damn thing to satisfy her need of something else novel in her life. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">The Summer Infant Hippo chair that started it all!<br /><a href="http://www.target.com/p/summer-infant-hippo-training-potty/-/A-14679908?ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&AFID=Google_PLA_df&LNM=%7C14679908&CPNG=Baby&kpid=14679908&LID=PA&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=14679908&gclid=CPTZstSgs70CFbBj7AodvRIAkQ" target="_blank">(Find one here)</a></span></b></td></tr>
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That Sunday evening, I remembered it was in the car. I proceeded to retrieve it and get it all set up. Piper once again got spastic over it, you've seen her videos and know how she can get enthused, right? So right then and there I stripped her down and sat her on it. Within 10 minutes she was peeing! On the very first try! As a matter of fact, she pee'd in it three more times with no diaper wetting in between before bedtime that night. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Discussing the finer points of peeing with Piper!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">And singing potty songs, of course!</span></b></td></tr>
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I figured it was a fluke, but that decided to put her on the potty the moment she awoke the following morning. Low and behold, she pee'd instantly. Then she didn't want to get up, and sat there till she pee'd again a few minutes later. I guess she knew she hadn't yet emptied her bladder on the first go-round, as children her age don't typically understand the concept or know how to fully empty their bladders all at once like us adults do. Needless to say, I was ecstatic! That day I took the potty to work and she continued to use it throughout the day. I'm not saying she never wet her diaper or anything, but mostly she was using the potty and keeping her diaper relatively unsoiled. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Potty toys are also a great idea to keep her seated and interested!</span></b></td></tr>
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Since those first couple of days, she has continued with the potty training. At first she didn't poop for two days, which is totally unlike her, and I figured this was going to pose a problem. But by day three she figured it out and pooped in the potty, too! The following day she pooped in her diaper during nap time, and cried of embarrassment, I swear it. Guess what? She hasn't pooped in her diaper since! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">TMI! But have to brag on the the first pee-pee!</span></b></td></tr>
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At this point, she is still wetting her diaper only at certain predictable times. Of course at night when she sleeps, although she had a totally dry diaper one morning and her diapers for the most part are a lot drier overall in the morning. She also tends to let a little wee go during mealtimes, nap times, and if she is overstimulated with a lot of commotion, such as when her cousins come over to play. And sometimes we just simply miss the potty window, as once again I'll reiterate that kids her age cannot yet fully empty their bladder all at once. For the most part, though, she is staying dry. She pee's every time we put her on the potty, which is about every 20 minutes right now. It's a lot of work, but totally worth it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">She really likes the story book the chair came with!</span></b></td></tr>
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She completely understands the concept of what she is doing. She applauds, I reward her with a mini marshmallow (I believe in a good reward system), and she oftentimes holds her her pee for long periods of time, such as during her nursing sessions, so she doesn't soil her diaper. It's weird being in potty training mode with a child who cannot yet tell you when they need to go. She sometimes will crawl over to the potty when she feels the urge, other times she indicates she needs to go when asked, but mostly we are winging it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">And the two buttons praise and read the story out loud, too!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">And she can read along with the story as it is the same in the book!</span></b></td></tr>
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I put her on the potty as soon as she wakes up in the morning, every 20 or so minutes throughout the day, immediately before and after meals, including nursing sessions, and before bedtime, of course. She loves to sit on the potty, and knows when she still has some urge in her bladder after the first go-round. She will sometimes sit on it until she pee's twice, therefore getting used to emptying her bladder fully. And she definitely has the poop thing down pat. She hates the feel of poop in her diaper, and I have a feeling there will never be another poopy diaper to change in out household, yay!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Pottying makes her extremely happy!</span></b></td></tr>
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At this point, I have also purchased her some pull-ups, although I swore I would never use them. I feel they hinder potty training on older kids, not giving them a chance to feel wet and such. But at Piper's age, they're sometimes a bit easier because they last longer. With the diapers, the constant doing and undoing the sticky strips ruins more of them than wetting them at this point. So, having something we can pull up and down is saving on that end of things. When the weather turns warmer, I'm moving her into the thick training panties so she'll no longer have diapers at all. I figure once we move to this step, she will finalize her training and accidents will no longer be a part of her day. Of course she will still wear diapers or pull-ups to bed, I'm not expecting her to be able to go through the night without wetting herself for quite some time, but who knows, she may just surprise me again!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">This is the "I'm not done yet" face!</span></b></td></tr>
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I never expected for Piper to begin potty training so early, nor to initiate it herself. Everyday I keep waiting for her to decided it was just a passing phase, but everyday she still wants to continue on her potty journey. I know I always brag about her smarts, I think all parents should find things to brag about when it comes to their children, but self-initiated potty training...now come on, everyone has to admit that that's pretty damn smart of her! Funny thing though, she still isn't walking. She crawled way early, so I figured she'd do the same when it came to walking, but oh no, she's happy at being able to crawl at 100 miles per hour! She can stand for a good length of time on her own, and she had taken a few steps before, but she gets so excited she wants to hop and then the whole walking thing just falls apart. Plus, she has a bit of a pigeon toe thing going with her right foot. I'm going to buy her a nice set of walking high tops soon to see if we can correct that little issue. So see, she's not perfect in every way, she has a squirly right foot, hahahahaha! Oh well, I'd choose early potty training over early walking any day of the week, for sure!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">And sometimes it is serious work, lol!</span></b></td></tr>
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Well then, I think I've covered all the current potty training info for now. I'm sure she will die of embarrassment one day when she she's all these pics, but I won't worry about that today. We'll cross that road when we get to it! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Best time to potty is with games and singing...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Or while watching her Baby TV!</span></b></td></tr>
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Once again, my daughter has amazed me with her smarts and being ahead of the curve. I wish I could tell people my secret on this one, as I have been asked, but I really don't have one, it all just kind of happened. But don't you know I love being able to brag about it...I'm so shallow that way, hahahahhaha!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14934884752932265320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429733563810014277.post-29720933489191800792014-03-10T00:00:00.001-05:002014-05-05T15:45:29.394-05:00GooseWaddle Gift Set Giveaway and Review!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">You're going to want to win this giveaway, I promise!</span></b></td></tr>
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A few weeks ago I received an email from a wonderful company called <a href="http://www.goosewaddle.com/" target="_blank">GooseWaddle</a> wanting to know if I had any interest in writing a review blog and hosting a giveaway for their baby products (blankets and blankies and also a fabulous plush toy, which I will get to here it a bit). As you all may know, I have written review posts before, but never as a specific request from a company. Usually my reviews are written on whims about products I purchase and get excited about. I have seen other blogs which seem to strictly be product reviews blogs, where the writer receives items from businesses for the sole purpose of writing the review. I have always wondered how one got to be so lucky as to actually receive a product to "test" and review. So, admittedly, when I opened the email and saw the request, I got nine kinds of giddy that someone actually wanted my opinion and thought my little blog worthy of writing a review. I think it's a remarkable honor and I'm humbled in so many ways, just so you know. I was even more excited that they also wanted me to host a giveaway to go along with the review. Here's how it works...basically, I receive a product, use it, write a review, and set up a giveaway for the exact same product for one of my lucky readers to win....woohoo!!! I have done a giveaway via my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SingleModernMom" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page before, but never one that I hosted via my blog. I thought long and hard about how to best perform this task, and decided the best way to make it accessible to all is to actually add a page to the blog that is specially set up for the task at hand...and that is where you are now. So, without further ramblings, let me get to the whole point of this exciting adventure for Piper and me, our first official product review and blog-hosted giveaway, featuring the lovely items we received from <a href="http://www.goosewaddle.com/" target="_blank">GooseWaddle</a>! (Giveaway entry form located at end of post)<br />
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If you have read any of my previous product reviews, found under the <a href="http://www.singlemodernmom.com/search/label/To%20Buy%20or%20Not%20To%20Buy" target="_blank">To Buy Or Not To Buy</a> header on the blog homepage, you will know that I like to make my reviews personal and include lots of pictures. I think nothing sells or showcases a product like seeing it in action and/or in use. So, naturally, I wanted to make sure I got lots of pictures of Piper using her new items. After all, she is the critic of all things baby related, not me. If she likes a product, then I like a product. Good news, she loved the items <a href="http://www.goosewaddle.com/" target="_blank">GooseWaddle </a>sent her!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">One of Piper's and Waddles first encounters, while chilling on the large blanket!</span></b></td></tr>
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Before I get too far along, you may be wondering exactly what Piper received from <a href="http://www.goosewaddle.com/products/gift-set-lg/" target="_blank">GooseWaddle</a>. We received their gift set which included a full-sized baby blanket, a smaller "blankie" for easily toting around (I'll get to our uses of the blankie here in a bit), and an absolutely adorable plush goose whom we named Waddles. In all, the gift set retails at $105, which I think is totally reasonable based on the high quality of the items, but Piper got to try it all out for free, what a fabulous bonus! I do want to make it completely clear right here that receiving the items for free by no means swayed my opinion of them. My praises of a product cannot be bought. Had I disliked what we received, I would have most likely returned them unused, for I don't feel it would be fair to keep them and then write a negative review. I like positive things, negativity is not part of this blog, and I will diligently fight to keep it that way. I just think that is important for my readers to know, just so you all know exactly where I stand regarding requested reviews. And I sure wouldn't host a giveaway for a product I was not 100% behind, that would be wrong on so many levels! Anyways, let's get back to the fun!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">We received the pink blanket set, and it is awesome!<br />(Giveaway winner will receive the white set, wanted to keep it gender neutral)</span></b></td></tr>
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The gift set arrived very nicely packaged. The shipping box had the company's logo featured on the outside, and all items inside were delicately tied with a beautiful yellow ribbon, as you can see in the picture. Best thing about the yellow ribbon, Piper will be able to use it as a hair ribbon whenever she finally decides to grow some hair. I adore multi-use items, and ribbons are always one of those in some way, shape, or form. But honestly, even though the packaging was well thought out, the logo adorable, and the shipping box cute as could be, I know what people really want is to hear all about the actual products contained within. I could spend all day writing about the attention to detail and thought that was obviously put into the <a href="http://www.goosewaddle.com/about-us/" target="_blank">GooseWaddle</a> branding, but using the products is where all the fun is at! Here are some pics so you can see what I'm talking about regarding the packaging, it really is nicely done and obviously not a fly-by-night thrown together idea. Someone took a lot of time to put special touches on everything, and that I highly respect.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Love the little goose feet tags, such a great idea!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Another view of the packaging, minus Waddles. Very cute, right?</span></b></td></tr>
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Upon receiving our items, we of course immediately ripped into the package and immersed ourselves in all the goodies held within. The softness of the blankets was more than expected, and we rubbed our faces and hands along the fluffy main areas while yumming the satiny outside edges. Okay, here comes necessary story time...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Piper checking out the goodies!</span></b></td></tr>
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Both my older brothers, as babies and toddlers, had to have satin edges on all their yum blankets. My oldest brother was actually so particular about this that my mom had to break open blanket packages while shopping in stores so he could determine which blankets had exactly the right texture to fit his yumming needs. Yumming, by the way, is a term my family uses that refers to the monotonous rubbing motion one uses to put oneself to sleep. My brothers used the satin edges of their baby blankets, I used a variety of different things, and Piper has her own yum habits, too. She likes to rub Pig's ears (her #1 lovey), if she is nursing she uses the opposing breast and/or nip (not so comfortable at times), and she has now taken to using the satin edges and soft middle of her <a href="http://www.goosewaddle.com/" target="_blank">GooseWaddle</a> blankets, too. I'm very happy to report that the satin edges passed the yum test, even my oldest brother said so when he examined them at the office...that's some high praise right there!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Lovely logo, awesome satiny edges!</span></b></td></tr>
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Now, let me get back to the softness of the inner area of the blankets. Oh my goodness! I am in no way exaggerating when I say that their blankets are like fluffy little clouds to the touch. I think the best endorsements for this are the statements that came from my mom and grandmother. They both wished <a href="http://www.goosewaddle.com/" target="_blank">GooseWaddle</a> also made blankets in adult sizes so they could have their very own to wrap up in. Are you listening <a href="http://www.goosewaddle.com/" target="_blank">GooseWaddle</a>? We need adult sized versions! I swear if I had one I would be found curled up in it all the time. I constantly keep a cuddle blanket on the sofa, and none of the current ones even come close to competing with the softness of the <a href="http://www.goosewaddle.com/" target="_blank">GooseWaddle</a> ones! I love nursing Piper on the sofa so that I can wrap her up in the <a href="http://www.goosewaddle.com/" target="_blank">GooseWaddle</a> blanket and subsequently huddle underneath it with her. I'm serious folks, they're remarkably soft, I'm actually yumming the "blankie" (smaller sized one) right now as I write this. Yes, yumming it helps me concentrate and stay focused on the task at hand, and serves as a constant reminder that I do truly adore this blanket.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Totally cozy to the max!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">She adores this blanket!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Perfect blanket to wrap up in while swinging and watching her stories!</span></b></td></tr>
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Speaking of the "blankie" blanket, this is simply a smaller scale version of the full-sized baby blanket. Piper and I have found many uses for it. First off, we keep it in the bed with us at night so it absorbs my scent. That way, when she carries it with her on outings where the big blanket is just too much to handle, she has a yummy, mommy-smelling version to tote along. Also, Piper is moving into the wanting-a-pillow-to-sleep-with stage. I have yet to purchase her a baby pillow, but since she shares my bed at night, I let her use part of my Snoogle to rest her head on until she falls fully asleep. I lay the <a href="http://www.goosewaddle.com/products/baby-blankie/" target="_blank">GooseWaddle</a> blankie under her head and on the top portion of the Snoogle, that way she has a very soft place to rest her head, as the Snoogle doesn't have anything but the standard feeling pillow case on it. I like knowing Piper if comfortable when she sleeps, so it is definitely a bonus item that now I wouldn't want to live without. We also use it during pretend play. Her baby Daisy can use it as a blanket, Waddles also does the same, and I'm sure she's put Pig in the blanket at some point. It's also great for games of peek-a-boo. It's handy when traveling in the car, as she can yum and cuddle with it and use it as a head rest in her car seat. Believe me, the smaller "blankie" is wonderful and I'm positive we will continue to find new ways to use it as time passes. I see it as a future Barbie comforter, too. Barbie would kill to have it on her Dream House bed, I'm sure of that!<br />
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Now let's get to Waddles, the plush goose who is the <a href="http://www.goosewaddle.com/products/goosewaddle-plush-toy/" target="_blank">GooseWaddle</a> mascot. First off, Piper is a stuffed animal fanatic. She comes by it honestly, as I was exactly the same way growing up. I, as a matter of fact, still have my three favorite loveys from childhood sitting right here in my room, the oldest and best being my teddy bear Pede whom I've had since I was three years old. But that's getting off track. Piper, upon first seeing Waddles (the name we gave the goose), immediately gave him a big hug and kiss. She kisses all her loveys, so he was adopted into the fold and became part of her much revered lovey family upon first sight. Now I will admit, he didn't stand a chance of taking Pig's top honored place as her best and most loved lovey, but she adored Waddles nonetheless. And let me tell you, that Waddles is a cutie-pie! I love the fact that he has two different colored feet, one orange and one yellow, and wears a big pair of navy blue glasses. Piper was instantly fascinated with his glasses, since she is always trying to play with her Nana and Papa's glasses, along with any other people's glasses she comes across, so she immediately recognized them for what they were and tried to steal them away. Good thing they are on securely, because Waddles would have been sans glasses very quickly. If she ever happens to get them off of him, however, he'll be just as adorable without them, so no worries.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">I just love him!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">And so does Piper!</span></b></td></tr>
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I should state now that Waddles is no ordinary goose in this family. Everything we do has some sort of educational purpose mixed in with the fun. Since he had glasses, we of course read a book that night about a little girl who got her first pair of glasses. We use Waddles to learn about birds, their body parts as compared to mammals and other types of animals, their habitats, their noises, he gets to be a part of old MacDonald's farm a lot, and we also use him to learn about colors since he has different colored feet and blue glasses. I believe that every toy should be educational in some way, so we are still discovering ways in which Waddles can help us teach Piper things. Oh, and by the way, by us I mean my mom and dad since we live in a multi-generational household by choice. I'm looking at Waddles right now, and he looks so cute with the big yellow ribbon tied around his neck in a big bow. He's a cutie-pie!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Did I mention he's helping her learn to walk?</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">He fits in her stroller perfectly!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">And he can carry the blankie, too!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">She's pushed him for miles now, it seems!</span></b></td></tr>
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Don't get me wrong, we aren't a stuffy overly educating family to the point where we don't know how to have a good time. Fun is our main goal around here. As you will see from the following pictures, we can pretty much create a game out of anything. Throw a <a href="http://www.goosewaddle.com/products/baby-blanket/" target="_blank">GooseWaddle</a> blanket into a laundry basket for padding and cuddly softness, add in a goose and a "blankie" just for fun, tie a yellow ribbon on it, and next thing you know you've created a wonderful baby playpen that musters up uncontrollable giggles for the whole family! At one point, we even put Waddles under the basket like he was in a cage, and don't you know Piper went to the rescue with much gusto. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Can't get any happier than that!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Well, maybe a little happier :)</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">And if you cuddle real close...</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">You get even happier!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Such a cute pair!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">See how she looks at him with so much love!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">And the blanket makes for a cozy makeshift play area!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">She likes to study Waddle's features!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: small;">Blankets can be like capes, too!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">And induce lots of giggles!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Flying air kisses!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">How is he floating in mid-air?</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Oh, it's Nana!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Smiles all around!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">We were playing toss and catch Waddles...great shot!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Doesn't she look cozy and happy as can be?</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Waddles is awesome!<br />Everyone needs to enter the giveaway to get their own!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Best buds!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Piper's excitement levels were off the chart!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">The Waddles in a cage game :)</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Piper to the rescue! No loveys left behind!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Rescued at last!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Big hugs!</span></b></td></tr>
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Besides all the indoor fun and cuddles we've had with all our GooseWaddle goodies, we've also taken them to the great outdoors for some neighborhood adventures! The blanket is perfect for wrapping up in on the colder days when going out for a stroll, and of course stroller buddies are always a necessity, and Waddles is a great stroller buddy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;"><b>This was a particularly warm day, so it was just the loveys and Piper...<br />look at them kisses!</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">The glasses fascinate her!</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">And encourage more kisses...I think Pig was jealous in this shot!</span></b></td></tr>
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So now that you've all seen all the GooseWaddle goodies in action, let's get to the nitty-gritty! Overall, I would rate this gift set a five out of five star set if I was inclined to use stars as a rating system. I think the most important thing to remember, is that the blankets were very well made, soft as could be, allowed two different textures for yumming, had an adorable logo embedded into one of the corners, and Piper has now adopted them as her favorite blankets to use when traveling in the car, when taking her naps, when cuddling during our breastfeeding sessions, and as an all around yum-buddy to carry along as a soother. As for Waddles the goose, he's also very well made, is cute as a button, is unique in design and color scheme (remember the two different colored feet), and he is easily portable. While he did not replace Pig as the #1 lovey in the household, I doubt any lovey could do that, it's just an impossible standard to live up to. I do know Waddles grows on Piper every day, and I can see him being on the VIP guest list of future tea parties.<br />
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I know my reviews are atypical in nature, as I like to give my readers a true look into our everyday lives and how we make use of items in our household. We like to get creative and take a multi-purpose approach to using everything we come across. I am sure your family could discover many ways to use the items provided in the gift set we are giving away in conjunction with GooseWaddle. With that said, I think it's time to cover some pointers about the giveaway and get you all to the entry process, because you truly don't want to miss out on the opportunity to win this amazing stuff!!!<br />
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The prize for the giveaway, as stated before, is the GooseWaddle gift set valued at $105! That's a great value, wouldn't you say? The set includes:<br />
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<b>1- Cuddle sized "blankie" for easy toting and yumming (also in white)</b><br />
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<b>1- Stuffed goose, whom you may name whatever you wish, Waddles was simply our own made-up moniker. I do give you permission to use the same name, as it is quite fitting, at least we think so.</b><br />
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FYI- I chose the giveaway to feature the white blankets because I wanted it to be gender neutral. I'm sure you all understand this choice.<br />
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Before I get to the actual entry form, I promise it's coming soon, I would like to highlight one very special thing that GooseWaddle does for needy children everywhere. They have a Buy 1, Give 1 Campaign. This taken directly from their webpage:<br />
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Everyone knows GooseWaddle Blankets and Blankies are the perfect way to warm baby. But did you know we’re also warming hearts? With our “Buy 1, Give 1” campaign, we’re doing good and making a difference. For every blanket we sell, we donate a receiving blanket to a child in need. Children everywhere deserve to feel loved and be nestled in cozy softness. So we’re doing our part. By buying a GooseWaddle Blanket, Blankie or set, you’re playing a part, too, and helping us share the warmth of GooseWaddle — worldwide. From all of us at GooseWaddle, thank you!</div>
<span style="background-color: #fffce9; color: #5d7e95; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">- See more at: <a href="http://www.goosewaddle.com/buy-1-give-1/#sthash.G9o8GgcP.dpuf">http://www.goosewaddle.com/buy-1-give-1/#sthash.G9o8GgcP.dpuf</a></span><br />
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I am in awe of this type of contribution they are making to children across the globe, and I think regardless if you are a winner of the giveaway, you should consider this campaign when choosing a blanket for your own little bundle of joy. I love when a company makes it easy to give back, that is what it is all about...paying if forward!<br />
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One more thing, please also take a moment to check out<a href="https://www.facebook.com/goosewaddle" target="_blank"> GooseWaddle's Facebook page</a> and become a fan. It's actually one of only two mandatory steps to entering the giveaway, but I wanted to give an additional shout out anyway. <br />
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Okay, now let's get you all entered! As you will notice, not every entry is counted equally. Some entry types are worth more entry points than others. The more points your rack up, the better chances you have at winning. <br />
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One last thing, please be understanding that this is my first official giveaway via my blog. I am learning the ropes and hope you all will bear with me if there are any glitches or hiccups along the way. If you have any problems with any of the entry types, please do not hesitate to let me know via comment or email at ashley@singlemoderrnom.com! <br />
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Now let's get this party started! Everyone has till April 9, 2014 to enter and the winner will be announced on April 10, 2014, Piper's birthday! Her gift to you on her special day! <br />
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As I previously discussed back in the first <a href="http://www.singlemodernmom.com/2014/01/my-little-weirdo-part-1-breastfeeding.html" target="_blank">My Little Weirdo</a> post, like most children, Piper has some quirks that leave me scratching my head in wonder whilst rolling on the floor with laughter. I've been keeping track of a lot of these quirks via video, yay for the age of technology! While a picture may say a thousand words, a video encompasses an entire volume of encyclopedias.<br />
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I've decided that for this entry, I will go ahead and post all the videos, with a brief explanation of what you're about to see in each, rather than try and describe each quirk with lots of my usual ramblings. I know some of you will be reading from your iPhones and don't have Flash capabilities, I myself run into that problem ALL the time. So as I have done in past posts, I will include a link below each video that takes you directly to Youtube. This is my little work-around, and it does eliminate the problem of not being able to view the awesomeness to which you are about to come privy. I've tested it on my iPhone, so I know it works, so now you have no excuse not to follow along...and I won't have to feel disheartened that some of you would not be able to share in the hilarity that is about to ensue. So, without further adieu...<br />
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To start, I'm going to go back in time to a video clip you may have already seen in a past post, depending on how long you've been with us. Piper used to do a little crinkle-thing with her nose when she got excited. This sadly, eventually ended, but no worries since she has upped her game to growling and other such fun things. Yeah, have a video of that to post, too, so you've got that to look forward to! But to start, here is Piper's weird little crinkle-nose thingy she used to do back in the day, lol.<br />
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I know that this little crinkle thing isn't the weirdest thing you've ever seen, but she was just a little babe, and things have continued to get quirkier and quirkier...but in a delightful way.</div>
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I've mentioned several times before the Piper has a hard time winding down at night, or for naps, just in general. She comes by the Hyper Piper moniker honestly, as it fits her personality perfectly. This next video is a bit of a log clip, somewhere just over 5 minutes. I know, in our modern day go-go-go world, five minutes is an eternity. I guarantee you that this will not be five minutes that you will want back. This short film is doe in the Blair Witch style and has a way better ending than that piece of crap movie. Anyways, this is a short film I made one night when Piper was having an especially hard time settling down. I finally gave up and decided to join in her fun rather than fight it.</div>
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Now don't get me wrong, Piper doesn't always have to wind down by spazzing completely out. Sometimes she's so spastic all day that it catches up to her at the most inopportune moments, such as the dinner table. This next clip showcases her sometimes inability to hold her eyes open for even one more second. And when she zonks, she zonks! Don't fret, she was not injured during this filming, it sounds worse than it looks.<br />
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After Piper finally goes to bed at night, she usually sleeps extremely well and then proceeds to wake up with enough energy to power a small country. Every morning is interesting with her around. She always wakes up smiling, giggling, talking up a storm, and usually bouncing of the bed rails...literally! Here's a clip of one morning recently where she just couldn't sit still, not even for a second!<br />
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Once awake, Piper continues her rowdy mood most of the day. She does usually settle down for a nap now mid-afternoon, but besides that short amount of down time, she is always on the go. There are two things in life she loves more than boobies, and those are her toys and dancing. Her favorite toy, of course, is her lovey Pig. She goes nowhere without him. I mean NOWHERE! If you've followed the blog regularly and/or our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SingleModernMom" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page, you have probably noticed that Pig is in most of her pictures and a pile of her videos, too. However, she does love her other toys and gets much joy from spending time manipulating them with much gusto. And that is what leads us to this next clip.</div>
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In this particular video she is playing with her favorite green ball. It is an old exercise ball of mine that is slightly deflated so she can grip it a bit better. She has adored this ball, for some odd reason, since the moment it rolled into her life. She went through a spell, much like the crinkle-nose thing, where she growled a bunch. Not in a scary way, mind you, but in an excited, overzealous, joyful way. Whenever she would get really wound up, the growl would surface. She still growls once in awhile now, but not anywhere to the extent that she used to. Anyways, this clip shows her taking total ownership of her green ball. There is no doubt left who it belongs to....and who is the boss of it!</div>
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And finally we come to the dancing portion of her favorite activities. I like to think her love of music and dance comes directly from me, since I was once a professional principal ballet dancer. Yes, I hope she too one day wants to be a ballerina. I won't ever push it on her, but I will enroll her in classes when she turns four and see how it goes. It's too hard on the body to be a dancer unless you love it with a passion that is so great you will cut a cast off your broken wrist with a hacksaw so that you can go onstage and perform...yes, I did that once! But once again, I digress. Back to Piper's innate musical abilities!</div>
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A couple of nights ago we were watching the Olympic ice dancers, and one pair skated a piece of their routine to Thrill by Michael Jackson. I couldn't believe how much this piece of music wormed it's way into Piper's little booty, took hold, and made her smooth rock it out! I had to rewind the sequence five times to let her keep getting her groove on! This next clip is the one I shot on the fourth rewind. I wish I had gotten all of them, but I was having way too much fun watching her get jiggy with it! </div>
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Now we are coming to the sad portion of this post...I am out of videos! Well, in all honesty I have a ridiculous number of videos on my phone (128 just since Nov 1st) and on my Youtube channel, but just no more for this post. These that I've posted her do by no means cover all of Piper's quirks. She's got a bag a tricks a mile deep, but these are some of my favorite. There is one quirk, however, that I have yet to catch on tape that I so wish I could show the world.</div>
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Piper has a game she recently started playing during her dinner times. Not during breastfeeding, but her regular meals. We like to call it "Piper Says." The rules are very simple. Piper does an action, and whoever is around must do the same. It's just like a game of Simon Says, but way more hysterical. I'm not sure when exactly or why she started this game, but it wasn't something I taught her. It was quite spontaneous. One day she simply started clapping in her high chair, and then we all clapped with her. Then she put her hands on her head, and she waited until we did the same. Then she went back to clapping, once again waiting for us to clap with her. We discovered it was a mimicking game when her Papa did the wrong move and received a very stern look and an accentuated repeat by Piper of the move he was supposed to be doing. </div>
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Since she started the Piper Says game, she has become more and more creative. Now she will bang her hands on the table, raise her arms in the air one at a time, slap the back of her wrist much like a holding call in football, she'll lay her head on her hands mimicking sleeping, say oh and ah or yay or other such words that have to be repeated, and a myriad of other tricks. She likes to mix it up quite a bit, change up her speed and tempo of the actions, and really expects everyone to a) follow along; b) not get it wrong; and c) not pre-guess her actions...that gets a very stern look, as if you're being very, very naughty. Once when I was holding her in my lap after her meal she began to play with a whole new set of actions which included grabbing her toes, swinging her legs, patting her knees, and other such lower body involved motions. I so keep meaning to set up the tripod and try capturing this all on film, but I get so sidetracked and if she is even slightly suspicious she's being filmed, well then she just sits there like a bump on a log. Yep, that's my girl!</div>
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Once again, I think it's time to wrap this one up and be on my merry way to getting other things accomplished. I'm still several posts behind, but I swear I'm doing my best to try and catch up. I had a bit of a stomach bug last weekend, so that didn't help at all! </div>
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I would like to go ahead and give a heads-up about a very soon-to-be-published product review and giveaway I'm working on. I was recently contacted by a lovely company that makes the oh-so-softest baby blankets in the world called <a href="http://www.goosewaddle.com/" target="_blank">GooseWaddle</a>. They sent me a small package of goodies that I am currently letting Piper use so that I can write a proper review both from my perspective and hers, as she is the true critic of all things baby related. I will say now that I am thoroughly pleased with their blankets and their little goose mascot, now dubbed Waddles in our home, has become one of Piper's daily companions. As soon as she saw the goose she grabbed him and gave him lots of kisses, there is not better stamp of approval than Piper kisses! That's the equivalent of knighting a lovey. Anyways, once I write the product review, I will be setting up a giveaway of the same products I received to one lucky winner. There will be multiple ways to enter, and believe me, you want to be the winner! But for now I just wanted everyone to be aware this was an upcoming event to keep an eye out for. I will, of course, go into all the details when the time comes, but for now go check out their webpage. Here is a pic to get you enthused!</div>
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I know just about every parent on the planet probably thinks their kid is a total weirdo, after all just being miniature people makes them weird enough already, but sometimes I imagine all of us parents have wondered if our little weirdo was more weird than the other little weirdos running a muck out in the world. I am no different than other parents in this regard. As Piper gets older and learns new skills, or starts behaving in new ways which are totally novel to me and I'm left scratching my head trying to figure out where she picked up such behaviors, she becomes more and more bizarre, yet in a fantastic way.<br />
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Piper just turned 9-months back on the 10th of this month, and while she is super-duper smart and pretty much ahead of the curve on all her milestones, the fact that she's intelligent and capable does nothing to diminish her unabashedly goobery side. She is definitely a unique little creature, and one of my favorite things about her is her uniqueness, but oftentimes I find myself staring at her and questioning if all those shots of tequila I did in my 20s completely effed up my eggs, hahahaha! Of course I'm mostly kidding, she is probably no more abnormal than all other 9-month old babies, but geez does she have a personality on her! I wouldn't trade one spec of her personality quirks for anything in the universe, I adore every inch of her, and she keeps us all in stitches with her antics on a daily basis. Since she is a source of constantly changing entertainment for all those around her, I thought it's probably high time I share her more "interesting" qualities with all my readers. If you are by chance one of my loyal Facebook followers, some of these antics may be familiar to you as I tend to share them as they occur. For those of you who are strictly blog browsers or may be completely new here, get ready for some fun!<br />
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Let's start with Piper's most long-held weird behavior that she has perfected over time...<br />
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<b>Her</b> <b>breastfeeding style!</b></h3>
Don't worry, I have no pics or videos to post regarding this topic, although I wish I did, as she has become, over time, the most "athletic" breastfeeder with skills of a Cirque du Soleil contortionist. When she was just a wee one, she was pretty typical. I'd hold her, she would latch and eat. As time has passed and she has become more in control of her body, she has begun to eat in all manners of positions, depending on her mood, the locale, and I think also sometimes the weather...I'm making that last one up, but who knows why she chooses to eat like she does? I'll try and be as descriptive as possible here, since I don't have the pics or vids to back all these up, and give each position a title, that should liven things up...here goes...<br />
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<b>The Swaying Camel </b><br />
(I'm now thinking that giving these descriptive names may begin to sound like sex positions, but oh well, I'm going to run with it!)<br />
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This particular position is one of my favs. It usually occurs during our in-bed sessions late at night, and I must admit that it is quite the interesting of positions. In this one, she gets up into a camel stance, that is her butt up in the air while standing on her legs and on her head. When I say head here, I do mean her head. She sometimes sort of uses her arms for balance, but mainly she uses her head, which is odd since she is also using her mouth to eat. While in this position, she rocks from side to side, or sometimes back and forth, whilst continuing to get her fill. Sometimes, just for fun, she flops over to her side, taking my nip with her, looks up at me, and giggles with delight cause it's obviously a funny game. Oftentimes she also gets milk up her nose, as she is standing on her head, and that cracks me up to no end!<br />
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I do believe this particular technique is brought on by need for sleep, considering it usually occurs when she is particularly tired, but like I said before, who knows. It seems the repetitive swaying may help her wind down after a long day, but then again the flopping and giggling seems a ploy to keep herself awake and engage in more playtime. She's a kook, that is for certain!<br />
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<b>The Sideways Tap-Dancing Fish</b> <br />
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This technique, as you probably figured out by the name, is not as...what's the word I'm looking for here...showy as the Swaying Camel. Although it's less flashy, it's still pretty funny and has it's place in her breastfeeding repertoire. This maneuver is actually a pretty lazy way to grab a snack. All it requires is me lying down on my back and Piper lying across my stomach. This position usually follows the Swaying Camel, once her relaxation mode kicks in, although she sometimes still uses this one as a form of play, too. Anyways, with this one she simply must have the opposing nip, the one farthest from her body and the one I'm not trying to offer. The Swaying Camel begins with me laying on my side and with her snacking on the nip closest to the bed. From there she likes to push me onto my back, sit straight up, open her mouth wide like a giant bass fish, and lunge at the further nip until she latches. Then once again, she oftentimes looks up at me with those giant eyes and giggles. Then she sits up, opens wide, and lunges again. Once she is done with the silliness of it all, she will then just lay across my chest sideways and get her fill. This whole time she will be constantly tapping her toes on the covers as she is splayed with her legs towards the opposite side of my body. She never really sits all that still during any nursing session until she passes out, she must have the rhythm to ultimately relax, so the toe-tapping just comes naturally to her.<br />
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<b>The Pick and Pluck</b><br />
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This little number is probably my least favorite breastfeeding maneuver of them all! Why? Because it involves Piper trying to pick my nose or jabbing her hand in my mouth and yanking on my teeth and/or tongue. I think that I shall not say much else on the matter, as I do have a pic for this one! Yes, I am actually adding this segment in after the original publication of this post, hahahaha!<br />
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<b>The Barking Seal</b><br />
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This particular nursing style is not so much a maneuver as a technique she uses to get what she wants at 3am up until the time I get up for work. In other words, she uses this method all night long when she is restless, which right now is often since she is teething big time. With this one, she simply remains lying in whatever sleep position she has adopted for the evening. From there, she squirms and wriggles herself while making this seal-like barking/begging noise until I give her want she wants. She will not take a pacifier when using this technique, but she will beg and bark until she has me so far on the edge of the mattress my big ole booty is practically falling off the side. She has no knowledge yet of personal space and "sharing" of space. She owns all the space, and she knows it! She also knows I cannot resist her flailing, barking, begging self, so this technique is used often and works 100% of the time.<br />
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<b>The Sit-Up and Say Hello</b><br />
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I'll admit this move hasn't yet reached it's full potential, mainly because I have control in this one, but it's still been used a few times nonetheless. With this one, she simply sits upright in my lap facing me, opens my shirt and literally says "hi" to the boobs, and then latches to whichever one is made available to her. I say I'm in control of this one because I use it for my own amusement. I find it hysterical that she will actually try to eat regardless of position, so yeah, I have fun with exploring different methods just for the heck of it.<br />
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<b>The Smile and Dribble</b><br />
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No, this one has nothing to do with basketball, hahahaha, but this little maneuver has everything to do with overflowing happiness...pun intended. When Piper gets what I like to call "milk drunk" she oftentimes expresses this slanty-eyed joy by pulling away from the boob, looking me all goofy-like, and giving me an half-drunken smile while milk dribbles down her chin. I maybe shouldn't list this as a technique as much as an aftereffect, but it's something she does on a regular basis nonetheless. She really, really, REALLY enjoys her nursing sessions, so this is a way to show me her utmost appreciation for all things mom-milky. It does make me feels special that she appreciates me so much, and damn it this move may keep her in the breastfeeding game for longer than I originally intended to play.<br />
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<b>The Kickstand</b><br />
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While simplistic in nature, as this move requires her to lay in my arms like a normal feeding session, it updates the typical nursing position by requiring one leg to be kicked up and pressing against the opposing shoulder. I'm not sure what she gains from this position, but to me it seems she uses the counter-pressure as a means to inhale more sustenance from the boob she is working on. She sometimes mixes it up a bit and changes the exact locale of the pressing foot, but it's generally always up as high as she can get it as compared to the angle at which she is laying. It's all based on physics, geometry, and a little bit of engineering I'm sure, but I've never been too good with those subjects so I'll leave the exact science to the experts.<br />
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<b>The Hippie Drum Circle</b><br />
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This is another of the more simplistic maneuvers, but it has a rhythmical style that is sometimes soothing to us both. With this technique, Piper gently keeps a beat with one hand on the area just above the opposite boob of which she is eating. Sometimes it's a slow beat, sometimes she like it a bit faster, but it is always perfectly rhythmical in an coma-inducing way. It's almost like listening to a faucet drip, but without the annoying drive-you-crazy kind of splatter sound at the end. It is, like the title suggests, much like a drumbeat. I wonder sometimes if it effects the flow of the milk or if Piper just finds it simplistically soothing. Once again, I'll leave the technical questions to the hard-core scientists to figure out.<br />
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<b>The Tune-In Tokyo</b><br />
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This little move is probably my favorite and least favorite all rolled up into one...non pun intended! With this one, Piper like to snack on one nip and yum on the other. What's yum mean? This is a term we've used in my family for generations that refers to the rhythmically rubbing of an object in order to help induce sleep. I'm sure a lot of you have heard of it before, but I figured a definition was necessary just in case. Anyways, this method is a little on the uncomfortable side for me, but it's also one of the most unique techniques I've ever encountered/heard of. Piper may be the only baby in the world who actually uses it, as I have never met a mother who's mentioned it before. Basically what it means is that Piper takes the nip she's not nursing on and twists it over and over and over and over. Sometimes she just lightly plays with it, gently flicking it with her fingers or petting it, but mostly she pinches and twists. It can hurt like hell at time, but she typically knows my pain threshold based on my winces and whimpers, and tends to back off before I have to physically remove her. I'm not exactly sure when she picked up this technique, but it works like a charm to get her lulled into sleep, so it's totally allowed regardless of the oddness and comfort quotient.<br />
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Now on to the rest of this post....<br />
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When I first began writing this post is was going to be all about Piper's weird little behaviors. The original title was <i>My Little Weirdo, </i>with no various parts. However, after getting into the breastfeeding techniques, I soon realized I should just go ahead and turn all of these nursing styles into their own special entry, and divide the weirdo post into segments, of which I know there will be at least two. I know I usually include a ton of pics and/or videos with my posts, but unfortunately with this one there just weren't any that would suffice as I do not have the ability to capture all of these techniques on film, at least not in a manner that would be allowable on a blog without me having to put an adult content warning label on it. You know how some people just can't handle a bare breast without thinking it's porn! To avoid such a potential fiasco and uproar, I have left this post sans-picture except for the first one and the couple of funny cartoons I found whilst scouring the Internet for breastfeeding examples that might possibly represent my descriptions of styles in some way, shape, or form. Hopefully my descriptions will be enough to get you all through till my next post, which will include some very hysterical videos of Piper being her uniquely individualistic self.<br />
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I'll wrap this segment up with my usual spiel, but just in picture form...you know what to do by now!
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I'm laying here in bed with Piper, who just crashed out for the time being. Let's hope she does not do what she did last night and wake up every hour beginning at 3:30am to nurse her sore face back into sleep. Yes, she's STILL teething, ugh. I retrained her recently to once again start taking her hoppie (pacifier), but last night I couldn't find it in the bed, as she had chunked it onto the floor at some point, and so therefore I once again played the role of human pacifier. She seemed to have an easier go at teething today, so I'm hoping it extends through the night. </div>
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Speaking of teething, anyone out there know what it's like to nurse a vampire? I do now! It's not as easy as it sounds, that's for sure. Teeth are no fun in the nursing game...no fun at all!!! It's a long time till she's done teething, and it's going to take some patience and positive thinking to muster through the pain, but I got this, I hope. </div>
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Anyways, I just thought I'd take a brief moment to capture my thoughts at the moment. I'm working on a more detailed analysis of nursing in my forthcoming post, but that is still a day or two out. It focuses on other things, too, but just a heads up for the avid readers.</div>
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On another totally off topic note...</div>
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You might have noticed the new ads on the sidebar. I known I said I would never pimp out my blog for advertising, but I thought what the hey! I'm sticking with pertinent baby/children stuff and giving it a whirl. I'm a social experimenter of sorts at times, it goes with the degree in anthropology I suspect, so there you go. I'm still learning the ropes of the blogosphere and trying new things to build my readership. Would it really hurt anyone if I try and build the bank account, too?</div>
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And a last little bit before I try and sneak out of bed for a snack...</div>
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Piper awoke at 11:30 last night to try and wrastle the cat. I snapped some quick action shots. I so wish I could capture all her enthusiasm on film, but the still shots will have to do for now. She tried to wrangle the same cat this evening by chasing her around the kitchen island, damn that would have made for some good TV! But alas, she didn't perform for the camera when I finally got to it, so last night's memories will have to suffice for now. </div>
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And with that I will leave you all for the night. This new phone posting feels incomplete, but I'll make it work for the in-between times. I'm still learning about what all I can do from this angle, so bear with me as I conduct yet another trial run of my lazy-in-bed typing skills, hahahahaha!<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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