Where do you get Piper Jane’s shoes? and clothes?
I get most of Piper’s shoes at Seekairun.com and piperlime.com
Her clothes are mostly from Target, Old Navy, Etsy, thrift shops, American Apparel, H&M, Polarn O. Pyret and smallconcept.com. Also random boutiques here in New York.

Do you and Jake want more kids?
We’re not really sure. There are times that I think we will, there are times that we can’t decide and there are times where I think about how hard my pregnancy/delivery was and I never want to risk going there again. I don’t know. But I would say, probably yes. There are a lot of things to factor in. Like how will I have time to spend with Piper? Also, maybe Piper will get jeal of another baby in my lap and completely lose her ****.

There is also genetic testing and the risk of having more sick kids. No one knows what to expect for any future pregnancies (although they think it’s probably safe), but the thought alone stresses me out. Not to mention I don’t know that I could deal with the questions for the first few months. Questions that I would have myself and questions that others might ask. Scary.

If I decide to, it will be because it feels right!

Have you ever thought about writing a book?
I haven’t! I don’t know, it’s just has never really crossed my mind. I’d be open to it, though. Hooray.

Can Piper Talk?
No. When Piper Jane was 3 months old and we were having the pre-surgery consultation with her ENT, he warned us that speech delay is one of the biggest side-effects for children with trachs. If she can get off the ventilator, she’ll be able to have a speech valve put on that can allow her to talk. The trach blocks her vocal cords for the most part, but if she contorts a little, she can get a leak from the vent and squeeze some squeaks out. Just like the little pipsqueak that she is.

How do you pronounce Pip?
Someone asked in a comment if it was like “Sip”. Yes! It’s like Sip! And pippy is like sippy! Naming Piper-Piper was basically the best decision I ever made. She has more nicknames than you can dance a jig with. Anything with a ”P” is a candidate. PIPsqueak, P-body, Pippin, Pipsey, Pippet, Pipster….A million. Pip, Pip, Hooray!

How did you come up with the name Piper Jane?
I heard the name Piper when I was in high school from the TV show “charmed”. I was flipping through the channels and didn’t actually watch that show, but just caught enough of to hear the name. I never forgot it. When I was pregnant I told my mom I like that name and she told me about the actress, Piper Laurie, and I looked her up. I named my daughter after her. She is so beautiful and that name is just spunk-city. I was still throwing around names up until Pip was born, but after she came (and was rushed out of the room before I got to see her) my doctor peeked around the curtain and asked what her name was. I told her Piper Jane and it just happened to come right out of my mouth like it was never a question. My doctor said “I like it! It’s upbeat!”, which is exactly the kind of name Piper needed. When Jake arrived at the hospital I was in the recovery room and sheepishly confessed that I had accidentally named our child without him, but that her middle name was after his sister, Sarah Jane. He was happy and I was happy and pip was happy and our family was happy. It’s like this, every once in a while you do something so dang smart, and on May 21st 2007, I did something dang smart…

What is the next weird meal you’ll make for dinner? What other weird food have you made?
I don’t really know. It will most definitely have a superfluous amount of cheese smothered in every nook of it though. -Other weird food I’ve made is the burger melt (look it up in my June 2010 archives)…and when Jake and I were first married I’d make him crazy food that we had on hand. Like Pop tarts and Ramen Noodles together.

Where are 3 places you shop for clothes?
Modcloth.com, Urban outfitters and Anthropologie. Can I throw in Madewell too?

What is your tattoo of?
It’s a cute little flower on my foot. I think it’s pretty, and I like where it is, but I wish I had put some thought into it, being that it is a permanent thing on my body. I’m not anti tattoos, but I never really thought about getting one. When I was 20 my friend asked me to go with her to get her tattoo touched up, and I ended up getting one out of no where. Basically my flower-pants-tat was a total impulse. If I could redo it, I’d probably get my favorite music lyrics or a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich. PB and J are my two loves. (Piper Breinholt and Jake).

I’ll answer some more questions pretty soon!

*I’m addicted to formspring. I love the questions I’m getting. I’ll call Jake and be like “Jake some-one’s question was “Your husband is Hot” and that is all they said! and then we laugh and laugh! And then some of the questions I can tell are from my family or friends and those are awesome too. So many of you are the funniest people ever and I will just laugh out loud (I don’t write LOL because for some reason I always think it’s a lie. If you write LOL to me I automatically assume that you didn’t really laugh out loud. I don’t know why…) at what I’m reading and then look crazy for laughing out loud in a public place by myself.

Also, really, the longer questions and statements are getting cut off like I said before. So if I don’t respond, it is most likely that I don’t know what your whole question is…

Thanks for the questions guys. It has been really fun!