I definitely laughed today!

Today was it, Mommy and Daddy say I definitely laughed today. Mommy was making funny faces and trying to tickle my feet, and I lit up with a big smile and a little laugh, followed by a happy squeal! Daddy was right there and saw and heard it too. I think my Mommy and Daddy sure are funny!

I'm really trying hard to hold my bottle

I usually get one hand on it, but that's about as far as I've been able to get so far. But I'm trying! One of these days I'll be able to hold my own bottle, I'm sure of it.

Sorry I haven't written more lately, but I've been so busy talking (my own language, of course) and I'm really smiling at everything and everybody now too. I'm quite a popular little girl whenever we go out!

My first State Fair

Today was the Oklahoma State Fair, and Mommy and Daddy took me there for the whole afternoon. I got to see (and smell) all kinds of new, interesting things. Like little baby chicks!

And horses! Although here I am much more interested in how my hand fits into my mouth. Mommy sure is silly!

We also went up in a really tall tower - about 300 feet! Mommy and Daddy were scared but I kept them safe. Look at how high we are.

Here we are in front of the "Arch". Daddy is trying to get me to look at the camera, but I am far too busy trying to figure out my toes. Note that Daddy seems to have forgotten where he put his razor. He claims he will shave again, "eventually".

I am 3 months today!

Today is my 3 month birthday, and boy was it a fun day. To celebrate, Daddy gave me some flying lessons!

I had a bath, and then Mommy and Daddy weighed and measured me. I am now 25 3/8 inches long and weigh 13 pounds 10 ounces. I'm growing fast!

What Daddy means by crazy hair

In case you were wondering what Daddy meant by "crazy hair", just look at me! This is what I looked like right after I woke up from a nap.

Both Daddy and Mommy right away thought of Doc Brown from Back to the Future. Do you see a resemblance? Yeah, me neither!

Daddy wrote a song about me!

Well, not a song really, just new lyrics to an old song. It is sung to the tune of "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong:

I hear Piper cry,
Real loud and strong.
I can't help wonder
What could be wrong.
But I think to myself,
What a wonderful girl.

I see crazy hair,
Cute button nose,
10 tiny fingers
and 10 little toes.
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful girl.

The colors of the rainbow,
So pretty in the air,
But not quite as pretty,
As my baby lying there.

I see her, swinging arms,
Laughing, fussing too.
Just trying to say,
Daddy, I love you.

She'll grow up so fast,
Soon start to crawl.
It makes me glad,
I'll be here for it all.

And I think to myself,
What a wonderful girl.

And I think to myself,
Oh how I love this girl.

Thanks Daddy.

I'm a drooler!

Well I sure am. I think Mommy and Daddy laugh at how much I drool. But I'm just a baby! So I came up with some of my own mottos:

To drool or not to drool, that is the question.
To burp is human...to drool is divine!
Once a drooler, always a drooler.

Roses are red, violets are blue,
Drool is clear, and means I love you!

Drool is the window to the soul...
Desperate times call for desperate drool.
Drool is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter!

Mommy went back to work today :(

I suppose it couldn't last forever. Mommy had to go back to work today, having used a lot of leave to stay home with me for almost 3 whole months. I'm really glad she did; we had a wonderful time together! But she had to go back today. She was really sad but I smiled and so did she - I know she'll be back at the end of the day, and maybe I'll see her for lunch! Meanwhile, Daddy will be staying home with me for a while as he looks for another job. He recently got out of the Air Force due to the high deployment rate he was facing. He just wanted to be around Mommy and me more. I love my Mommy and Daddy!

Here's Mommy saying goodbye to me this morning.

Uncle Chad comes to visit

This weekend Chad DeNaughel, Daddy's best friend (and best man at Mommy and Daddy's wedding), came to visit. He was headed back to Hawaii from Virginia where he had been attending a training course and stopped through from Friday night until Monday morning. Daddy and Chad spent most of the weekend flying around Oklahoma, but I got to spend some time with him too!

My what a grip I have!

I am starting to grip things! Mommy and Daddy are pretty impressed. Of course, they're very easily impressed!

My first Lunar Eclipse!

Well this morning I saw my very first lunar eclipse. I knew that Daddy wanted to see it, so I made sure to wake him up at about 4 AM. He was so glad I did! :) So we went out and looked at it and then he took some pictures. It was really neat!

Two month checkup

Well today was my two month checkup. And I am healthy! I weighed 12 pounds 8 ounces and was 24 3/4 inches long! (Which means that Mommy and Daddy don't know how to use a ruler, see my previous blog entry.) That puts me in the 90th percentile for weight and the 98th percentile for height. So it looks like I've got the Stoller and Roslewski height gene! Also, the doctor said my head measure 15 1/2 inches around, which is right in the middle at the 50th percentile.

I also got SHOTS today. I did not enjoy them AT ALL. I am so glad Mommy was there to comfort me afterward. She does a great job of calming me down. The shots sure made me groggy, though, and I slept much of the rest of the day.

Mommy and Daddy are so proud of me sleeping through the night too! The last few nights I've been going to sleep after my 9 PM feeding and I don't wake up until about 6 AM! This is so nice for Mommy and Daddy.

I'm 2! (Months that is)

It's hard to believe I've been around for 2 whole months already! I have learned so many new things. I really have started interacting with Mommy and Daddy. They can usually get me to smile if they try. Especially Daddy, he makes good silly faces!

Daddy and Mommy measured me, and I am such a big girl! I'm now 23 inches and weigh 12 pounds 6 ounces.

I've got my two month checkup this coming week, and I also have to get some vaccinations. I'm not scared, though, because I know Daddy will be holding me keeping me safe.

Big day today

As mentioned on Friday, Jim and Carol May came to visit so that Jim could perform my blessing in church today. Grandma and Grandpa Roslewski also came down from Tulsa for it, so we had a lot of visitors all at once. I was a very good girl during the blessing. I wore a 60-year old dress that my great-great-grandmother had made for my grandmother when she was my age. To top it all off, my grandmother made the hat about 10 years ago.

Here are my Mommy and Daddy, Jim and Carol, and me.


And here I am with Mommy, Daddy, and Grandma and Grandpa Roslewski.


After church, the 7 of us had dinner, which Mommy did a great job preparing! It was Jim's birthday as well, so I helped them celebrate. This is Jim about to blow out a candle.



I had fun with Grandma and Grandpa too. Grandma makes me laugh!



But I'm still trying to figure Grandpa out! :)

I love baths!

At least I don't hate them anymore. I made it through today's bath without so much as the tiniest bit of crying! Mommy and Daddy are so proud of me!

Jim and Carol May come to visit

Today Jim and Carol May from Phoenix came to visit me. Mommy invited Jim to come and perform my blessing in church on Sunday, and Jim readily agreed. Mommy thinks of Jim and Carol as her second parents and is was very nice to meet them!

I'm sleeping through the night!

I'm only 7 weeks old now but I'm already sleeping through the night most nights! Last night I went to bed at 11 PM and woke up at 5:45 AM. Even then I wasn't fussing, but Daddy checked on me, saw that I was awake, and decided they might as well feed me before I started getting cranky.

I definitely think I've got Mommy's "sleep gene"! We love to sleep!

Guess it's not a mole like Daddy's :(

Well, it looks like my "beauty mark" that Daddy was so excited about (see the previous entry) wasn't one after all, as it has since disappeared. It's a shame, because I was really looking forward to being just like Daddy!

And Daddy had to admit that Mommy was right!

Am I Daddy's girl or what?

Today Daddy found a striking resemblance between us. He is so excited! He claims to have found a mole under my right eye. He, of course, has one under his left eye. He explained the difference as being due to genetics - I'm a girl, so obviously it would be on the opposite side! Sounds good to me, Daddy's so smart.

Mommy thinks it's just a pimple that I scratched at. She's no fun! Judge for yourself:

Half-rolled over again!

I did it again! This morning Daddy put me down on my back, and a few minutes later found me on my side. This time I was all swaddled up, so it must have been a little more difficult than before!