Independent Play

 These pictures made me laugh! I remember it was in the middle of July, and after breakfast, I would put Piper in this exersaucer so I could get ready (now I just leave her in her highchair). I looked down to check on her, and her arms were stuck straight down in it. Being the good mom I am, I ran to get the camera because she looked hilarious. When I came back, her arms were out. But she looked pathetic to me for some reason! Sometimes I have real guilt if I am not playing with her all day, 100%. It took me months to realize I had to get things done, too! I just hope she doesn't suffer in the long run for it! We're still working on independently playing, and it is going semi-well. Any tips from moms out there??

 And pictures that I thought were cute, because they simply don't belong anywhere else!

 Hilarious!

 She still loves playing/biting the camera lens. I don't think daddy loves this...

Minnie Mouse Pictures

  I love these Minnie Mouse pictures of Piper! Very few days are there when I want Piper to have a huge bow. I know that will probably make some of my friends upset (!) because they think the bigger the bow, the better. But I guess you just dress your daughter like you dress, and I don't wear big bows?! I don't know.. Sometimes they are fun for pictures.
Anyway - funny story behind these pictures... it wasn't until this summer I realized we should be taking more pictures of Piper, and Daniel is the more skilled one with the camera. So a few times he took pictures of her, and he didn't put any headbands on or a cute outfit. (THE HORROR!) So I asked him whenever he took pictures in the future, to make sure she looked like a girl. Boy, did that come back to bite me! HA! She looks like Minnie Mouse with this huge bow on top of her head! However, I guess it's better than the alternative of her bald self looking like a boy. Have I mentioned I can't wait for her hair to grow??

9 month pictures continued

I really love these pictures! Daniel did a great job, but for some reason he didn't edit the ones in this outfit?! oh well. I am putting them up anyway, because I am almost caught up, and I can blog in "real time!" *Hopefully!* I don't like heavily edited photos anyway...

9 Month Photos ( by daddy :)