Another week in paradise!

Piper had a good week...not much happened besides more packing. The one thing that did happen was that we went over to our good friends the Ott's house and had dinner with them and their little boy, Ryan, who is 9 months old. They gave Piper a gift for her birthday and a cupcake...only this time she had a partner in crime...Here are the highlights:

Happy (official) Birthday Piper!

Piper's official birthday was last Friday, September 15th! So hard to believe that it's been a year, but what a great year it has been. Amy and Piper spent the morning roller skating with Piper in her stroller...it was tons of fun. Unfortunately we didn't get any pictures there because Amy was by herself and afraid she would break her camera since she was on rollerblades! We also went to the YMCA where she had her picture made with Grace...

We met up with Kurt for lunch and then spent the rest of the afternoon playing and napping.

On Saturday we met Whitney (Amy's friend from college) and Whitney's husband Rusty for dinner. Whitney's birthday is the same day as Piper's, so we celebrated...again! This time, Amy made a cake instead of buying one. We had it at dinner at the restaurant, so this time someone else cleaned up - yay!



We spent the rest of the weekend packing boxes for our move at the end of the month...even Piper got in on the act...

Piper had her one year doctor's appointment today and she got a clean bill of health! She is 30 inches tall and weighs 20 lbs. and 5 oz. We get to start giving her real milk and, much to Kurt's delight, peanut butter. We hope that all of you are doing well and we appreciate all the love and support you have given us during Piper's first year! Hope to see you soon.

Houses, Birthdays and Remotes, oh my!

We'll start off this edition of the blog with the news that we are moving...again. But, this time, it's just around the corner...literally! We have been considering moving to a larger house since Amy works from home and uses up one of our three bedrooms as an office. Someday we hope to have another child and simply have nowhere to put him or her. So, we found this house and move at the end of this month. A photo of the outside is below...

The big news is that we celebrated Piper's first birthday (a few weeks early) over Labor Day weekend. We went back to Decatur, AL for Amy's 10 year high school reunion and used the occasion to celebrate with Amy's family. We had a great time as evidenced by the pictures below...

Before

During

After



This picture was taken one Sunday morning as we were all getting dressed for church...I just liked it and thought she looked pretty...

This picture was taken one afternoon when we were playing chase and she had a huge grin on her face...

Also, she loves TV remotes...she even holds them up to the TV (and other things) to see if she can get it to change.

She discovered balloons a few weeks ago...they are very interesting and she doesn't even mind when they pop in her hand. She just wonders where they went!