Here is a little (large-ish) taste of our Sunday visit with that Pipsqueak. With Jake as my husband, I’m always yesterday’s news, he is basically the best blogger ever. Our blogs have pretty similar topics except I make up my own words and he uses spell check. Enjoy these adorb-worthy piptures. Sorry for everyone who melted yesterday….we had melting in three continents.
This picture above makes me want to sing dunna dunna dunna, she’s a maniac MAN-i-ac on the floooorrr.
This pipture below makes me sing everything for no reason. We play together. Hooray.
The frizz apple doesn’t fall far from the frizz tree. We’re just two frizzy blonds. I like it, but I don’t think Piper gives two shakes of a lamb’s tail.
Pip is making sure I untangle her wire from her shoe properly. And just so you know, she judges those who don’t have a fresh manicure. I’ve learned my lesson.
Jake said we match. I didn’t plan it I swear, but you probably don’t believe me since I dressed myself and her too.
Piper Jane smiled non stop the whole visit. Except for all the times she stopped when we snapped a photo. Yeah, nonstop except for all those times. It is like this wonderfully stupid phenomenon where she’ll be gleaming with smiles and then I pick up the camera and she is 100% straight faced. Anyway, I got her! I got her below with a smile and there’s nothing she can do about it now! muhaha.
I wish you could have been there, Family, friends and strangers. I do. It was a good visit. We laid in the grass. I looked up at some trees. We’ve never done that before. Piper Jane is three and we’ve never done that before. Take your kids outside, lay in the grass with them and look up at some trees. Do it every day this week. Breath in some fresh air and let a bug crawl on your leg. Do it for Pip. Please?
Yesterday was the 4th time in over three years that we have taken Piper Jane outside by ourselves. The first time was against the rules because we didn’t have vent care formally signed off and we got yelled at (for good reason). We didn’t know. Anyway, I don’t want to be pitied…but 4 times isn’t enough. And I hope the world can take advantage of the happiness that is taking your child outside for some fresh air. Do it even if you don’t want to. If going outside could run for president I’d vote for it. Seriously, do it and cry for joy that you can. Please?
Tomorrow is Tuesday. Hooray.
Also, Jake’s cousin Tiff just sent me this random email with an attachment of a new blob header for me. She was like “oh I just threw this together in like a second”. Who does that kind of nice crap for people out of no where? She came here a few months ago and I begged her to be my best friend. I think I came on too strong. This is weird, she might read this…..
I love my new blob header. A lot.
I love the header too…and your matching outfits, and your rockstar hair, and you perfect girl….she really is the best and hearing about her days and triumphs brings me insane amounts of joy
What a fantastic time it looks like you had outside with your Pip! She honestly is just so freakin’ cute!!!! Prayers that taking her outside becomes a regular thing for you one day.
Thanks for sharing!
You make me smile.
I will do those things for you and for Pip.
You are like a sailor and her first mate!
New blob header is lovely but I do have to admit I miss that gorgeous tender picture
Here is to many many more outdoor adventures for your little sweet family.
Maybe you can get melting in all 50 states and some.
Melting from the piptures here in Arizona!
She is so flippin cute and I love the pipture of her and her daddy!
You two are a H-O-T-T couple. (it deserved to “Ts”) For realsies.
I needed to hear this today. My kids are outside everyday and I don’t go out and enjoy the fesh air WITH THEM nearly as much as I should. And summer is almost over!!! I may have to refer a couple of friends to this post. Love the pictures;)
we were going to go outside tomorrow anyway, but now we are especially going to go outside, and do it for pip. this post makes me happy, and so does the new blob header
Dar-ling! I love the picture of Piper and Jake and she’s smiling. So cute, that little Pip!
I just love your new blob header! Also, I love your blob and that princess of cuteness, Piper Jane. She is dreamy, and you are a great mom. Tomorrow I’m going to kick my butt in gear and play outside with my twins because I have no excuse for not doing it every single day. Thanks for reminding me that I need to get a grip and appreciate the sacred beauty of raising children. You really *are* nailing it! xo.
You are great! And your new header is great. And thanks for not being private.
Love to you.
It’s true, we all take a lot for granted. Like going outside. So glad you were able to take your little Pip out. Again, lovin’ the Converse. They rock.
The header is very cute. And please tell me Jake’s shirt is from Dirty Dancing.
I am a fairly new reader – found you via cjane – and I am so in love with this blob of yours and that sweet, sweet Piper! I just had to comment because your reminder to spend time with our kids really hit a chord tonight. I have only 1 day left with my girls before they’re back in school and while I already planned on savoring every minute with them – I will savor it a thousand times more now for you and that amazing Pip! Definitely hanging out under the trees is now on our agenda…
You, Pip and Jake are such a Inspiration! I Hope you have many more days out in the Sunshine laughing and smiling. Love Pip’s Chucks too. Jamie
I ask my friends to rub their pregnant bellies and talk to their babies. I ask them to squeeze their baba’s tight and give them big smooches. I can’t have babies and I know that my friends get frustrated with big pregnant bellies, terrible-twos etc, etc, etc …And rightly so. But they’re so lucky. Sometimes you forget the luck.
I’m going to go home and take a big walk in the cold, crisp, winter air (Vic, AUS woooo!) and think of your Pippy.
P.S. Pippy and I have the same shoes. All of a sudden I feel about 100 times more stylish than my normal dorky self.
Crying and melting here in Canada… will take my boys outside tonight and breathe in & out air and prayers and special lil thoughts for you and Pip.. can’t wait to get outta work and home with them now.. thanks!
I am also a new follower of you and Pip via cjane and I have to say this is probably my favourite Pip Post. I will indeed play outside with six of my nine today (the older three are beyond “playing” nowadays), and I will think of you and Pip.
The crying for joy part? Already did whilst reading your post. You and your girl are special indeed.
Please add my continent to those which are melting. Melting. I love Piper and your blog is so one of my very favorites right now. Thanks for letting us in on the Piper love!
I’ve been reading your blog ever since you posted on CJane’s site, but haven’t bothered to say hello yet. It’s funny to love people you’ve never met, but it’s impossible not to love your little family. My little girl, Ellie, and I are going to go outside and lay in the grass today. We’re going to soak up every moment of dirt and trees and grass and sunshine and think of you and Pip. Thanks for the reminder of what’s really important.
@Candice: p.s. My continent is Asia
I’ve spent a little time on your blog and I have to say that your little Pip is just darling and she has an incredibly brave and upbeat mama!
awesome post. You guys are great. Lover the new header but the old one is more……lover-ly-fied…..? Jakes cousin did a great job tho. I really love the picture you had before. Love your post!
Reagan… I did read that and I loved every word of it! Not weird at all. We have to be BFFs cause it makes so much sense.
P.S. I love Piper in the sun. She is 100% cute but the sunshine makes her 110% cute. I don’t know how that is possible but she has done it.
Last night, my husband came in and looked over my shoulder and asked about the blob. I explained a little and we both fussed and “awwwwwwed” together, like the grandparents we are. Love the blob!
What a nice way to spend the day with your girl. And it looks like Miss Piper has had a growth spurt?
I ADORE you. You are funny and cute and adorable and wonderful and a great writer. Been reading you since cjane and loving it. I am in love with your little girl! She loves you guys so much, you can tell. What a journey and trial you are going through but you are going through it well and an example to us and Heavenly Father loves you.
And now I love you guys too which is weird since I don’t know you but that is how blogs work and I just wish you the best. Oh yea, I loved your last post about needing to not being so open. (can’t remember your exact words.) I have that exact problem also! I can’t shut up. I actually think it is so great in so many ways. So don’t change.
I think you and your family are amazing.
i love this pipster so much. i don’t think i have ever loved a child this much, other than my own daughter and it’s a close tie. i know it sounds weird, but it’s true. i’ll be talking to my friends and i’ll start telling them something about piper and they look at me like who and what are you talking about. she totally has my heart.
teal blue stripes and a little grosgrain bow in her piptails. you could take a million pictures and it would never be enough. and i’m happy to just imagine all the photos you missed with that heart melting grin of hers. i’m glad it’s tuesday for you. because of Piper, tuesday is the new friday. couldn’t send more love her way if i tried. and i’ve tried. xoxoxoxoreaganb.
I love everything about this! Everything: the photos, your cute family, the commentary, and how you made me cry and feel more grateful to be a mother – thank you. AND I’M SO EXCITED FOR FRIDAY!
So freaking cute. I’m now sending lots of taking-pip-outside-to-look-at-trees prayers your way
Hello! I actually put on make up today, and now I just bawled it all off. I am going to go outside right now and roll down the front yard with Tatum. And, Im going to stop b*tching about how awful I feel. Thanks for the great reminder that motherhood is really something to treasure! Your the best! Really. You really are!
You’re so right, Reagan. Number one, kids don’t spend enough time outside anymore. Outside is important! Outside is practically everything! Number two, kids don’t spend enough time with their parents anymore. Maybe if our time were limited, as yours is with Piper, we’d make the most of it and appreciate and cherish it as you do. I don’t mean to toot my own horn but our four children are adults now and they still reminisce about our trips to lakes for picnics and to zoos for a day looking at animals, and to the circus and to ball games and that time we all spent a week crammed in the car so we could see Washington DC and New York City and even West Point. They laugh about how I used to shoo them outside to ride bikes, and all the long, long walks we’ve taken. I’m so thankful for those times. Recently I walked my little granddaughters to the end of the lane where they live, and back. They were speechless, looking up at the trees and down at stuff like rocks. it was precious.
God bless you and every moment you spend with your priceless pip, both in and out of doors! Even when she’s an old woman (as someday she will be), she’ll remember those wonderful times with her beloved mommy and daddy.
I’m always so happy when I check in and find out that you have posted again! I’m glad you were able to sneak a shot of Miss Pip smiling! So sweet. That’s so great that you had a good visit and got to go outside.
Hugs to all of you!
Melting in Louisiana. Taking the kids out right now for Pipsakes. Thanks for sharing your sweetness–what a godsend you both are. Your frizz ain’t seen nothing.
These photos absolutely killed me! Such joy. What a great memory. xoxo
Reagan, don’t EVER change!! You are an AWESOME mommy and you can tell that Piper is especially aware of that fact! It makes me sad to think that you might doubt yourself and your openness or even that you might “beat up on yourself” for getting upset at the wording of certain questions and question how open you should be. You “should” be as open as YOU and JAKE are comfortable with–no more, no less!
I always get sooo touched by the photos of you and your sweet Pip snuggling or playing together–so much love–and incredible fashion sense too! And that second one of her and her Daddy is especially sweet also–love it! She’s such a precious cutie Pippy! Love to you all–even though you don’t know me lol!
You two look like The Captain and The First Mate. Perfect outfits for Mom and daughter.
I so love coming to your blog to check in with what is happening with Pip. I always smile as I read through and look at the photos of your precious girl.
Blessings.
Took my Baby Nate outside tonight and pointed at bats and trees in the post-storm twilight. I told him about a little girl named Pip who were enjoying the outdoors for! Thank you for encouraging that moment for just me and my sweet little boy. BTW….looooooove Jake’s Kellerman’s shirt! Please tell me that its a la Dirty Dancing!
Your new blog header is very sharp. Well done cousin of Jake. I do not have any children, but I will go outside for P. I will wait until it is dark, though, because I live in hell {phoenix} and I might just give up and die if I go outside during the day.
I can’t get over how grown-up she seems. She has such a fun personality. And I love that Piper is always always looking so hip!
ok, I LOVE these pictures. I am so happy for you guys. She is so cute and I am glad you let us all view this special moment. You are an amazing family. I really admire you reagan. Serioiusly! I hope that she will be able to go outside more often now.
Reagan,
Just wanted you to know that yesterday when my kiddos asked to go for a walk/bike ride, I did so with a smile. We made it around the neighborhood once before they were red faced, sweaty and wanted a cold drink. This Charleston heat is for the birds! As we walked, talked and rode, I was thinking how thankful I am that you reminded me what is truly important in life. I take way too much for granted. Thanks for your inspiring words!
We played outside last night for Pip! I told my little boys all about Piper Jane while I pushed them on the swings! They were sad that Pip doesn’t get to go outside every single day… but we are hoping that Miss Piper Jane gets to go outside and lay on the grass many many many more times this summer! You are an amazing mother Reagan! We love to read about Pip…Hooray!!
I will think of her everytime I’m out with my two girls, the youngest is going to be 3 in October. I pray that someday Pip can be outside more with her awesome parents.
I think she is amazing!
I just wanted to let you know that I came across your blog this morning before my usual morning errands…2hrs later I finally pried myself away from my computer. This post toucedh me so much and I thank you for being so gracious to share your family story. Picking up the kids from school and we’re going to lay under some trees and I’ll smother them with hugs, for Pip!!!! She’s just so beautiful!
-Renee
I have to say that you Ms.Reagan , are perhaps one of my FAVORITE people ever ! Let me tell you people , this is one classy , beautiful KIND , wonderful woman! Im sad that we had to meet the way we did, but Im so glad to have met you! And you know what, if anyone has anything mean to say, even if its just a not stopping to think before thinking kind meanyness, Ill pretend to kick them in the shin for you !
I came across your “blob” about a month ago at the suggestion of a friend. I have loved reading every single post. With adding your blog to my Blogger “Dashboard” I am new to reading a complete stranger’s blog, and I have never commented, but this time felt very warranted.
Last week, in the middle of a hectic and stressful week, I found myself revisiting this post just to look at Piper staring so intently at her monkey card. It made me smile EVERY single time and remember that my day was not really that bad in the grand scheme, my life was stressful — but there is an end in sight, and that somewhere on the other side of the country was an absolutely adorable little girl who finds comfort and happiness in the simple things in life…like monkey cards. I really don’t think I’ve seen it get much more cute, and real, than that.