Piper in the Park

Well, we went to the park this beautiful, and cool, Saturday morning. We came prepared with a blanket, wipes, burp cloth, pacifier, toys...

All was good in the hood, and then out of nowhere was our first "I'm so tired, get me out of here!" meltdown. Poor girl could not keep it together. Luckily, we live just down the street so I packed everything up as if we were being attacked by aliens and jogged our way home! 

We'll try again another day when daddy is with us and when we can sit up better. I think independence will make a huge difference on our outings. 

For lunch we're trying peas!!

First Day of School

At the start of the day...

I call it "school" but it's daycare. (Daycare in the best district!) Piper is just shy of 5 months old and I'm taking her to daycare. Every ounce of me wants to snuggle and play with her all day though. I'm so sad I won't get to see her whenever I want during the day, but I'm so excited to start another year of teaching! 

I love the first week back during 'Teacher Development Week'. It's seriously so fun to catch up with coworkers about their summer and encourage each other towards a great year! PLUS - a new year means fresh school supplies and we can all agree that there's some rather addicting about new school supplies! 

Talk about opposing feelings...sadness and outright excitement!! I'll be a mess this first week for sure! I'm so glad Michael is coming with me to take our little pumpkin baby to school...there's just no way I could do it alone! 

By the end of the day...

I was so excited to pick up this pumpkin that I skipped/jogged to her room! I was so happy to hear that she's very "aware and loves to be engaged". I guess time will tell if that's really a good thing or not. 

Apparently I was too happy, because I only have blurry pictures of our reunion :) No shame from this mama! 

Day 1 down...186 more to go!! Bring it! #vivnation 

Our Weekend "Away"...

Michael and I were fortunate enough to "get away" for the weekend. Our sweet Piper got to stay with her Granddaddy and Suzy Dear for two nights! She was also able to play with her Uncle Patrick, Izamar, and Aunt Betsy! We're so thankful that she was loved so well while we were gone! 

I dropped Ms Piper off with Mr Cash on Thursday! It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be to leave her! Don't get me wrong...it was hard, and the drive home seemed to take forever, but Suzy and John did a great job reassuring me! 

Michael and I spent our first night in Grapevine and visited a winery on Main Street! We each tasted 3 different red wines and enjoyed some great cheeses! Then we went to an Italian place and enjoyed great food and dessert! 

The next morning we woke up at NINE!!! So wonderful to sleep in...and went to get breakfast at Einstein Bagels! We came back to the pool for a while, then went to get sushi for lunch. We followed that up with more pool time and eventually made our way to dinner. Hah, then we came back to the hotel for more POOL TIME!! I hadn't been to the pool at all this summer, so it was much needed! 

We got a few updates on our little pumpkin and she seemed to be having a great time! 

We absolutely LOVED our time together, but of course we were so excited to pick her up and give her endless hugs and kisses!!!!!! She's just the best baby and she brings us an incredible amount of Joy!!! 

Looking Back

Oh how sweet it is to look back on Piper's first day of life! Another huge thanks to Kate with KateLovePhotography for capturing these moments. 

She was so new and "tiny" and has been an incredible baby ever since! 

Piper's First Quarter of Life

Whoa, whoa, whoa - it has been a LONG time since I've blogged. So, instead of sulking more about not posting my pregnancy adventures, I thought I'd catch up on our sweet Piper Grace and share how much our lives have changed.

When I was pregnant, I had Kate Gerbman, of KateLovePhotography, take our incredible Maternity Pictures and I'm so glad we'll be able to cherish these pictures forever. 

 

Then, on March 26, 2014, after a full day in labor and two and a half hours of pushing, Piper Grace Keane came into our lives at 8 pounds 11 ounces! It was 9:11 pm and I was exhausted, but overly joyful, and fairly terrified that Michael and I were in charge of this beautiful person that God had given us. 

Her first three months were filled with laughs, hugs, diapers, tears, feedings, baths, swaddles, pacifiers, visitors, naps, sleeping through the night, and lots of clothing changes. We have taken a million pictures of her and have loved posting them to Instagram. I can't wait to make a book for her one day from those pictures...

Here are just a few that I've loved staring at:

Two weeks old!

 

 

I have been so fortunate and blessed to spend the summer with Piper and have love, love, LOVED taking naps, reading, and running errands with her. She has the sweetest demeanor and  most infectious laugh!

Our sweet girl will turn 4 Months old this Saturday and she has been loving rolling over, talking, trying to hold her bottle, and giggling with daddy!

One Year and Counting...

Our One Year Anniversary has already come and gone. On Saturday, October 26th we started off the morning with sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast tacos - brought to me by my sweet husband. We then headed up to McKinney and visited the Cotton Mill where we got married. They were setting up for a wedding, which was looking a lot like ours and we just casually walked around the venue like we were supposed to be there. It was such a perfect (freezing) day last year. So thankful!

They changed quite a bit of the venue (for the better) and it was so sweet to walk around. I loved remembering the excitement of that day and realizing how fun it will be to take our kids there in the future.

After the Cotton Mill, we headed to McKinney Square where we looked at shops, picked up our complimentary wedding topper from The Cake Stand and of course, stopped at Bloom.

Delicious! Amaretto with Buttermilk Cream filling. Ugh! So good!

Here's the necklace I found at Bloom that I want!

This year has been incredible! We have had so many wonderful things happen!

• We've repainted, fixed up, and made our home together!
• We're finishing our kitchen remodel...more to come soon!
• We've experienced the blending of two families who love us greatly!
• We've learned so much about each other and how to communicate.
• But the greatest experience, so far, is that we have a baby GIRL coming on the way! Lots more to come on this... we're so excited and feeling so overwhelmed and truly blessed!

You Tube-d

Well, in the attempt to appeal to our students, our staff made a YouTube video to participate in the Harlem Shake madness! See if you can see me... :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qo6A2_YOnnE

I don't care what our students say, we ARE awesome!