walking....flip book style...

like most things...i have better photos of her taking steps then i do video :)





and yes she totally spikes the water bottle :)

aunt heathers new house.....

be there or be square!!

I finally got a shot of her teeth!!!

inch by inch...row by row...

i LOVE to see my garden grow!...
strawberries!

carrots

green beans!

MIA....

apparently i decided to take a (un-intentional) blogging break...it seems like forever since i have been here...during my "blogging break" i missed Pipers 9 month birthday, earth day and the OKC Bombing Memorial....honestly it has been nice...Most of this blog is not for any of you readers....its for our own memories...a journal of sorts for our family...soooo i put alot of pressure on myself to document as much as possible....and i just needed a break from that pressure...except for the fact that i picked the worst few weeks to take a break! In the last month...piper has mastered free standing, waving, clapping, pointing, saying "dada" intentionally, and....drum roll please....TAKING HER FIRST STEPS! thats right she took her first step yesterday morning in the children's church room at church...and today she has consistently been able to take 2 small steps before falling down to go back to crawling. So needless to say this month has been HUGE!
ok so im back now and i have a list of things that need to be blogged...including a garden update and hopefully some video of pipe...hope there are still people out there!! :)
here are a few photos from this month :)

truck coma...

Jake drives a 1971 GMC truck...so its very old, rumble-y and bounce-y...so as you can imagine it doesn't take long for little lady to fall asleep when we ride in daddies truck :) it has been so beautiful lately that we have been switching the car seat over and cruising with the windows down for hours! I LOVE SPRING!!

lets try this again....

i hate to say it...but our garden did HORRIBLE last year...we planted too early...too much and all we got was 4 or 5 tiny strawberries...soooooo...round two...we waited about 3 weeks later then we planted last year...only planed strawberries, green beans and carrots and did seeds this year instead of plants


and we are already seeing growth!! this was after the thunder storm a couple nights ago! :) cant wait for some crock pot green beans!!!!

my sweet family...

on our Saviours Resurrection Day!!

for my mom...and heather....

my mom knows about heathers love for all things vintage so for heathers 30th birthday 6 months ago my mom gave her this vintage dress...that she got at a garage sale! Heather LOVED it and immediately announced that it would be her Easter dress! She got it tailored to fit her perfectly and this is the BEAUTIFUL result!! doesn't she look AMAZING!!