Piper's Daily Poop!

All,

We'll it's been an exciting year full of new adventures, a lot of hard work, and joy in our family.  Piper is growing very fast which makes it challenging to cherish every moment.  In fact, this holiday season has gone by so fast we didn't have a chance to send out Christmas cards this year!  So although it's not as personal as a card I'm posting our last blog of the year and wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas here!  See below for pictures from our family get-away in Leavenworth last weekend.  We hope your holiday's are full of joy and fun and wish you the best for 2010.

Cheers,
Adam, Nicole, and Piper

Hi,

It's been a busy November and now we're into the home stretch for the holiday's.  I've posted several photo's going back to the baby's group birthday party before Thanksgiving.  Since then we've been to several 1st birthday parties and all of them have been cute.  Thanksgiving was at grandma Teresa's house were Piper had a great time playing with Sophie.  Piper enjoyed hanging with everyone, especially great-grandma Peggy.  My mom came to visit for a couple weeks and joined us for Thanksgiving through Piper's birthday party.  We had a great party for Piper at a local play center on Phinney ridge.  Everyone gave her great presents and she had a good time.  We tried to get her to get her hands dirty in her birthday cake but she ended up wanting Dad to feed her!

Nicole took her in for her 1 year check-up.  Piper is weighing in at a scant 18lbs (10% percentile) but is both lean and tall at 29 1/2 in. (50 - 75% percentile).  And, credit goes to grandma Kathy for teaching Piper her first recognizable words (other than momma and dadda).... "Uh Oh"!  It's really cute - we'll upload some video soon!  In the meantime enjoy the pictures below.

Cheers,
Adam

Happy Halloween!

Here are some new pics we took last weekend in a pumpkin patch in Snohomish, just north of Seattle - enjoy!

All,

It's been an exciting summer and as Fall approaches we just returned from 3 weeks in Europe! Nicole had been promising to visit one of her best friends Nicole for awhile now so we finally booked the trip and made it happen. Our vacation began in Geneva where we decompressed from jet lag for a couple of days (and the ladies had massages while Dad slept with Piper!). We then headed to a small mountain town called Gryon where Nicole and Ahriel live. It was beautiful with a ski resort right in their backyard. We spent several days hiking and exploring the area. We even took a day trip to Chamonix! After Gryon we borrowed Nicole's car and drove up to Germany stopping in a small town in France's Alsace wine country on the way for a couple of days. In Germany we stayed with Nicole's cousin Brian, Sarah, and Piper's 4th cousin Madalyn. Piper and Madalyn got along wonderfully. We even attended a their Wurstmarkt wine festival which is over 570 years old! Needless to say, see the pics of us drinking wine by the Liter! Finally we made our back to Switzerland to another mountain town called Grindelwald, home to the great Iger! It was absolutely beautiful there, one of our favorite places on the trip!

I hope you enjoy the photo's and I'll keep em' coming as Piper continues to grow, has her top teeth coming in, and is really anxious to walk as she continues to crawl all over our house these days!

Cheers,

Piper's Dad

Wow - it's been way too long since my last update! Piper's been doing well although the heat wave from last week was tough. Not only did she have a cold, we found out she had an ear infection, not to mention her first tooth breaking through, and did I mention the 100 degree weather??!!

Well that's finally over and now Piper is crawling and sprouting her second tooth! We had a busy month heading to Ocean Shores for the 4th and then having Pilar and the kids visit for weeks! So I've gone ahead and compiled pictures from the last month below. Nicole also shot a little video of Piper standing up for the first time.

Enjoy!

- Piper's Dad

Hi,