I took Piper to her 4 month checkup yesterday. WOW! she is growing like a weed. She is 14lbs 4 oz and 25.5 inches long! (for those of you that care that is in the 75% for both catagories) As a matter of fact Piper is getting so big that the Doctor told us that instead of the 9 months to a year that most babies spend in the infant carrier, our little princess will need a real car seat in the next 3 weeks! Arugh! So heres the second child conundrum that we are in. Do we get her the top of the line Britax Marathon like we have for Sophia, or do we go with the Graco one from Sams? As #2 of 4 I really would like to get her one like Sophia's. Any thoughts?

I also was told that she could start on cereal. What a "treat" that was. Turns out, Piper is not so much a fan of the rice cereal. I tried the whole "mix it with apple juice" trick, and Pipers response to that was .... "tell you what mom, you keep that"! So we will just keep trying.

Last but not least...WE HAVE HOT WATER!!!! The water heater busted...literally... on Saturday and we were sans hot water until about 1pm yesterday. I did not know how much I loved, needed and depended on hot water until it was gone. Praise God that it is back.

Pictures...will follow shortly :)