Health Update

Look at this happy smiling baby! Isn't she precious!?! Yesterday Piper had her fourth hearing test with our good friend Melody and she passed with flying colors. I guess 4th time's a charm. Hopefully that will be true next week at our dr. appt. Piper has to go back and have her weight checked for the 4th time to see if she is back to birth weight. She's been having a hard time regaining her weight, but that may be partly due to her acid reflux. She started her medicine today and is so good about taking her strawberry flavored pills. She also gets to sleep in her car seat at all times now which doesn't make her too happy, and she gets to practice tummy time. As you can see below, she thinks tummy time is face plant time, but she's happy because it keeps the paci shoved in her mouth.
I promise she wasn't crying, she was actually happy in this position.

Piper's future?

Can you guess what Chris is praying for Piper's future?

To become a Texas Tech red raider and to have a love for playing the game of golf. We shall see.

Family comes to visit - sorry the pics are out of order

Uncle Matt

Napping with Daddy after a day at home alone with Mom

4 generations

Piper with her great-grandparents

My mom

My dad

Awww - so cute!

We have had the best week with my family visiting. They were so excited to meet Piper and to help Chris and I with anything and everything. My mom (the energizer bunny) cooked, cleaned, did laundry, helped decorate, changed diapers, and LOVED on Piper. My dad is the expert rocker. He and Piper spent a lot of time in the recliner with their eyes closed.

My grandparents came in for the weekend. They were so excited to meet their first great-grandchild and my brother Matt also stopped by on Sunday.

I was in withdrawl today not having anybody here and I think Piper was too. Here she is with daddy when he came home from work. Mom obviously wore her out, little does she know - she wore me out too.

Bluebonnets

My mom and I took Piper to a bluebonnet field in Carrollton. We got the best pictures we could considering we were photographing a two week old baby in the wind. Piper was a little cold. I look forward to many more years of bluebonnet pictures. Thanks Sherry for the pretty dress and headband. The shoes were a gift from my mom and have her initials on them.

Easter for Big Brother & Little Sister

Easter weekend proved to be a fun-filled weekend for all. Sebashtian was in town to spend the weekend with us and meet his new little sister. Saturday afternoon we spent time with our friends, The Tiggemans, for a good ol' fashioned Easter Egg Hunt.

The Wii Tourneys are starting to get fierce with me and Bash but he loves his little sister. He really loved playing with her hair and wanted to hold her a lot. All in all, I think he's OK with having another little sister.

Since this is Piper's first Easter, of course, she had to have a dress and all that. She is doing well and eating more and more each day. She's also starting to stay awake a little longer during the day, but she's so cute when she's sleeping!

Sleep deprived

Piper seems to be progressing. Everyday it seems a little easier to interact and love on her. Today we went to the pediatrician, in my book the best pedi EVER, Dr. Smalley. He's awesome and he even prayed over little Piper after the visit - what parent wouldn't want that? Overall, our visit went well, no complaints!! Piper has lost some weight which is no big surprise and now that the breasfeeding is starting to catch stride, Taylor and I are doing much better and Piper will be back to her birth weight in no time. After a rough night we were both probably a little deflated with the way her first 2 nights home were going. Praise God, Taylor and I are starting to see little changes to show that we aren't defeated yet. Piper is awesome even though she can't speak and rarely opens her eyes. I take her little uncontrolled headbutts to mean that she loves us. Well, that's it for today so pray that we'll make it through tonight and hopefully get more than 2-3 hours of sleep. YEAH SLEEP!!!

We made it!!!

Going Home!!! (This is a very special outfit that Taylor, her Dad, and her brothers wore home from the hospital. Piper agreed to wear it home also but it was a little difficult to completely button or tie.)

First night home and we made it. Piper had a little bit of a fussy night but Taylor and I managed to make it through the night with at least 3-4 hours of sleep. Of course, Taylor was awesome with Piper, I was almost useless but did serve as a pillow for Piper. I guess I can get a little bit of an idea of what it feels like to have an 8lb baby in your body. Piper snuggled up to me and slept like a champ. Overall, it was a good night with the exception of an hour or so The Red Hulk, aka Piper!

Piper also had the opportunity to meet cousin Molly and Uncle Randy. Family is awesome!!!