10 Months

UPDATE

mid stand attempt/balance check

Her first tooth cut! Front top right, on December 17th! Front top left, 21st! Front bottom right, 26th!  Front bottom left, 28th! Front canine 30th.
So with teeth up the WAZOO as you can imagine sleep is a rare commodity around here. We try but Shea and I are usually on shifts or take nightly turns because her sleep even with the help of orajel and Tylenol is rare and usually in spurts. And even eating at night doesn't seem to calm her. Although I can't blame her, so many teeth in so little time we are probably lucky we get the smiles we do. What's a girl to do?
With teeth coming it's not much longer for nursing I'm afraid I'm on my last month. I think 11 months we will start weaning and starting whole milk, wish us luck!
Her teeth aren't the only thing growing she is bursting out of 3-6 months and onto 6-9 months. And lots of warm layers make her happy.
I'd say in terms of walking she's in the stand, drop and crawl stage. So she cruises till she can't and maybe makes a wobbly step and then gracefully drops to crawl. When we try to push her to walk she just looks down and slowly cautiously sits down and crawls from point a to b.
Stairs. Oh yes she's curious about them but I am not ready quite yet. She took one attempt on the two wood ones we have and it wasn't pretty. Just ask her bloody lip. And now it seems as curious as she is she's a little scared of them noe, thank goodness. We try to block them for the moment considering she's still pretty wobbly when she's standing so I can't imagine her being a competent stair climber with out many falls!

Count those chompers!

LIKES 
Piper just learned to clap! And it makes me cheer every time she does! She's so proud and she's seriously irresistible!
Singing. And every now and then she'll participate too, with her own little hums of tunes and moans.
BALLOONS she's fascinated with them and loves climbing all over them! One hasn't popped yet but I'm sure that part won't be quite as much fun.
Playing with water in the sink while Mommy washes her off after meals.
Glasses. She loves you if you've got glasses on. Although she's fascinated  with grabbing them! The first time she saw me wearing them (I wear them to drive and watch tv occasionally) she stopped mid scream to examine and play and curiously figure out if this is still mommy!
High chair if there's endless food.
Obsessed with being upside down!
Late night slap happy smiles. Biggest smiles biggest laughs the hardest time to put her to bed is when she's so happy!
Biting Mom...
Talking. Occasionally she babbles and always with a grin, we LOVE IT! But for the most part she is a quiet girl.
She loves pulling herself up on everything and her latest discovery is using people, it's especially hard when Mom's moving around the kitchen only to find I have something attached to my leg and with my step goes her balance. Sydney loves it though and they are usually are in a fit of giggles when she does it. "Piper's got me, Piper's got me." -Sydney

Attemping to pull herself with handy dandy Sydney. 

DISLIKES 
Piper is starting to understand a little more, more and more. I don't know if it's my tone, my facial expression or the word but when I say "No" or "Ouch" she bursts into fat lip tears. It's probably one of the cutest little things without sounding too mean, it just makes me want to squeeze her even if she's biting or pinching or pulling - usually it's nursing that I have to use "No and Ouch". But man oh man she's adorable!
Bath time
Teething
It's winter so the cold wind is never fun, not to mention going into a cold car seat. So now we have to tote it in and out, or she will scream... well she'll scream less if it's not cold she still hates it.
Stopping when driving drives her mad! She can't stand when we're in idle.

FAVORITES
Daddy loves flipping Piper and getting her to do her full belly laughs!
Mommy loves when she is trying to play and gets excited and starts banging her body against the wall, my chest, the couch or whatever is behind her. She kinda thinks it is hilarious so she makes herself laugh while doing it and it makes us laugh too! The kids love pointing out her  "banging"!
Connor loves giving her hugs when he gets home from school. "Did you miss me?"
Bella loves to walk Piper around the house.
Sydney and Piper are seriously best friends. No one can make her laugh and smile more than Sydney. And listening to Sydney tell Piper "your my best friend", "I love you", "I make Piper laugh/smile"; those simple little words make my heart swell with mama pride! Love these loving sisters.
EVERYONE is obsessed with her new little teeth. Counting them and seeing them when she smiles. What a bittersweet feeling to see her smile change. Our baby girl is growing up!