Food

Piper has decided that she loves food. Her first experience with it was at the Waters reunion in Aug. She loved the sauce from baked beans and the whipping cream from a very delicious strawberry shortcake. Since that time she has enjoyed a few different flavors and seems to like most of them. The squash was the main food she refuses to eat, that was not really pushed since I do not like squash either. She loves apple sauce, eats it almost daily. She also enjoys knawing on a slice of apple. We found a cool little gadget that is made of mesh and had a child proof handle, I put in the peeled apple slice tighten the child proof cap and away she goes. She also likes carrots, is getting used to rice cereal, tried green beans, potatoes, and any other soft sauce from my dinner plate. She has devoured pudding and insisted that Daddy share his airhead with her. We thought you might enjoy some of the photos of her.

Piper has also got her first tooth. She has been teething since she was three months old with that darn tooth coming up and going back down. She has been sick off and on all month of Oct and in the midst of the virus, rash, fever, and cough that tooth finally made its semi permanent appearance. I say semi because as we all know she will lose it in a few years.

Privacy

So, we have been noticing that family and friends are going private. With this it has caused me to think about my own blog. For security purposes we will be going private as well. Thanks by the way to giving me the idea. If you desire to continue peeking in on our lives please leave a comment with your email address so that I can give you permission to join our family. We appreciate your comments and also enjoy looking into your family lives so please let us continue with our wonderful blogging relationship. We will most likely be going private by Thankgiving to feel free to let us know before this date for a smooth transition.

Getting ready for Halloween

Last night we went shopping to find Piper's first Halloween costume. We had bought one last thanksgiving before she was born, but it is way to big for her. We found a little puppy costume complete with little paw gloves and a tail. She looks so cute in it! Grandpa and Grandma Jones also mailed her a orange halloween onesie and flashing bat socks. It's hard to belive how quickly time has passed since we brought Piper home for the first time. Next thing we know, it will be Piper's first Christmas.

Name Game

So I saw this on a friends blog and thought I might join in the fun.
1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet and current car) Stripes Honda
2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) Americone Oreo
3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) A Jon
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Blue Turtle
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) Jann Jerome
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) Joneas
7. SUPERHERO NAME: ("The" + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink) Green Rootbeer
8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers) Merthan Delbert or vice versa Delbert Merthan
9. STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy) Love Spell Brownie
10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names) Ellis Duane
11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter) Dalrymple Dallas
12. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower) Summer Blue Rose
13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”) Mango Jammiesie
14. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree) Poppyseed Maple
15. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: ("The" + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”) The reading sunny tour

Now you all try it and see what names you come up with :)

I've been tagged

okay so a friend tagged me and said I am supposed to open the 4th folder and blog about the 4th picture in that folder. I opened the 4th folder and found all the 8 week pictures we took of Piper. This is the 4th picture, we had just gotten home from church and were trying to get pictures of her smiling. She is sitting in her bouncer and we were pulling faces at her to get a response. She was laughing and having a grand time. That day we got some really good pictures and had fun making memories.

6 months

We had our first snow of the season Saturday night. This is what we woke up to Sunday morning, about 3-4 inches of snow. I am thinking it is a little to early for that but here it is, ready or not.






We found it rather funny when we got London and Taylor to take pictures with Piper. London and Piper are wearing the same outfit just different colors and Piper has sleeves. I guess you could say our taste in clothes have not changed since last year. I remember 6 months ago when Taylor and London were bigger than Piper. She now is certainly taller, weighs more, and can sit up better:)









Piper is now 6 months old. At her last doctors appointment she was weighing 15 pounds 3 ounces. Piper is a short little girl, she gets that from both of us, at the 10% with 24 inches tall. This picture was taken after church Oct 12. She is just so cute!

Grandma and Grandpa Jones

We had a wonderful surprise visit from Wes' parents over Labor Day weekend. They made a week trip out from Nebraska to look at a building to purchase. While they were here we had a good time and they enjoyed (I hope) spending time with Piper. She was a very happy little girl who entertained all of us and helped around the house as much as she could.

We also had the privledge of their help in our kitchen. We spent our 4th of July weekend tiling a backsplash, I then spent the next week trying to get it grouted between tending to a fussy baby at the time. I always said I hated our stainless steal sink, so on our trip to Home Depot one night to get a lawn mower we picked up a cast iron sink to install some day. Well that some day came. I am so very thankful to Papa Joe and Bonnie for their willingness to use their time here helping us with home improvement projects. I love my new sink and it looks so good surrounded by the back splash. What do you think. How does my "new" kitchen look?

We are now working on a couple more tiling projects. We are going to tile above the surrounds in all three bathrooms from surround to ceiling and also one strip down the side.