pipe-sicle

just look at that face up there...we are completely hooked.

Piper turned 8 months this month and lately she has been...

loving puffs and other snacks.

(which she feeds to herself)

playing with her brother. 

mimicking what others do.

(here Cole was patting the ground and she was copying his every move)

having tea parties with her sister.

(as well as surviving being dragged to said tea party like a rag doll by her sister, who set up this whole thing using the shoe racks from her room.)

crawling everywhere.

(she is on the MOVE. she has been crawling for months now but she has become a pro. it's so cute to see her go from sitting to crawling all over as she chases her big brother and sister.)

she has also been...

 pulling herself up to stand next to the furniture and then walking along it. she is still working to get the dismount under control. she either plops on her tush, or just keels over to get back down.

she continues to babble on about "dada" and tries to mimic sounds that we make.

Dad's favorite is how she gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth like crazy, getting super excited while sniffing in and out her her nose, making the stank face. Its hilarious. 

When she is really excited she waves one arm like a mad woman.

she takes two really good naps a day. and goes down for them super easily.

Her SMILE is the most infectious thing you have ever seen, it lights up her whole face.

three teeth have made their way in and another is just breaking through. two bottom.soon to be two top.

she does a really deep giggle when you tickle her tummy.

 She is pretty independent and loves to people watch, explore, and do her own thing when nothing else is entertaining enough. She is great at entertaining herself. 

One of our favorite things about piper is what a happy baby she is. She gets so happy when you are smiling and talking to her that she just can't handle it anymore and has to look away and bury her head. She has done it as long as we can remember and it makes us melt.

in fact so much about this girl makes us melted piles of baby talk and giggles. 

we love you pipes!