Happy 2012!
The New Year found us feeling better, visiting with friends and enjoying other random events.
New Years Eve Uncle Shane and Aunt Carrie came to visit
(among other friends who stopped by).
We haven't seen Shane in ages and it was great to visit. Piper took to them both quickly.
She lunged to be picked up and shared some of her best faces.
She did great with the revolving door, she's a social one this one.
The next morning was Shumei's annual New Years Day Brunch.
A beautiful, fun event they put on for staff and members.
And a wonderful tradition that we look forward to each year.
Stunning.
The Shumei Girls didn't disappoint with their antics.
Piper actually played, and watched them play. So wild to see her interacting with other kids.
After some warming up she felt comfortable to crawl around,
chasing the other kids and visiting folks.
After brunch we went for a short walk with Uncle Bill over to the gallery.
Where Piper instantly started crawling around and chatting to herself. No need to warm up here, she knows this place.
Eating.
Well....
Piper is growing up and learning to show preferences. They change constantly, one day yes- next day no. But either way, she's eating good size chunks of food - picking them up and putting them in her mouth as well as enjoying small bites of food from my plate.
Remember just less than a month ago when she could barely touch the Rudolph ornament?
Not anymore.
She also has taken to climbing behind the tree and trying to get at it that way...
So needless to say the tree came down right at the new year. It was time.
Piper has also been working on figuring out the inner workings of just about anything.
The shower pull on the faucet, the dishwasher, the automatic kitty water...
