miss personality

From Brigham Young Unviersity

Piper is growing fast, and her little personality is coming through loud and clear. We were right about her being a little ray of sunshine -- she is a little bundle of fun! But she's also a cloud of mischief... she loves to do little things to torture us. Like taking off her diaper and tracking the poo everywhere ICK! (happened yesterday) Or when we're changing her she likes to get up and back away slowly with eyes daring you to chase her, but since it's not as easy as it used to be for me to get up and down off the floor, it makes me pretty crazy when she runs away from me like this.

Well today when she did it, I just let her go... BIG mistake though, because I forgot to eventually chase her down and put the diaper on. So once again today... poo on the carpet being tracked everywhere UGH!!!!

So aside from tracking poo everywhere, Piper does have some less-disgusting quirks, like her intense fascination with shoes... my shoes, her shoes, the dress-up princess shoes... she thinks they're ALL so much fun, and it just makes me laugh to watch her sit down, work so hard to put them on and then walk about proudly.

Piper is also stubborn. How do I know this? Because she's 18 months old and still refuses to say a darn word. Seriously NO FIRST WORD yet! She just grunts and shows us what she wants, completely refusing to do it our way and actually say the WORD for what she wants. Instead she insists on showing us or making us guess it. Honestly, I really think she knows the words -- she's just SO smart that I can't believe she doesn't -- she just doesn't *want* to say anything.

And finally, Piper loves to eat... her favorites are scrambled eggs and of course anything sweet, but she really just loves to eat period. She's always the first to finish and then insists on cleaning Attalie's plate -- it's not something I encourage. In fact, when Piper finishes I get her out of the high chair, wash her up and then the next thing I know she's climbed up into Attalie's chair and started eating again.

Bottom line: Piper is a riot, and we love having her in our family!