The final countdown

For the past twelve months I've captured the essence of Piper each month.  I used the photos to create a monthly birthday banner for her party.... an idea I found on Pinterest.  It's so interesting that from month to month, she doesn't always look like the same baby. Well, we did one final photo shoot and included her handmade blanket from Ahmma.  My favorite shots of Piper were taken with the same blanket when she was a month old (see this post).  She also had her one-year well check last week.  It had been a while since we had her weighed, so we were anxious to discover her measurements. Again, Dr. Briggman said she is the poster-child for height and weight proportion, as she weighed 20 lbs, 14 oz and measured 29.5 inches long, which placed her in the 50-65%tile for both.  We discussed her allergic reaction to tomatoes, and as it turns out, she's not allergic, her skin is just highly sensitive to the acidity. That explains the inconsistency with the hives around her mouth whenever she would eat tomatoes or tomato-based foods.  We also discussed some major transitions like weaning and sharing a bedroom with her sissy.  All in all, it was a quick appointment, and Dr. Briggman was pleased with her growth and development.  In the past month Piper had two more top teeth poke through, and the number of steps she has taken by herself has increased to six. Her latest trick is blowing kisses.  She still needs two naps, and loves dancing to music.  Her curiosity and temper has lead to some parental correction (can't wait for our Christmas tree to go up).  She loves following and copying McKinley, and recently they've begun to play nicely together.