Not exactly "green"

These pictures really say it all.....
I was sitting at the kitchen table.

I heard some rustling around behind me to find Lily throwing all of the recycling away in the trash can.



I'm not sure where she gets that from.

And then, there's Piper (the oldest and just like her mom...poor kid) who likes to play "recycling" by finding any trash on the side of the road to put in the green bucket. It's a real crowd-pleaser. You should try it.

That's my Pie.
Lily is still young....she can be taught.

4 years ago....

....Piper Anne Berry entered our lives.
And we've never been the same:

Piper to us means "strong and free" and that is what we have been praying for her life the last 4 years and 9 months we've known her. She has a dynamic personality and imagination. She can control the mood of a group....for better or worse. The thing we really love about Piper, though, is that she is so comfortable in her own skin. She knows who she is and likes who she is. She is contemplative and needs A LOT of alone time to recover from groups of people. And sometimes- if you are one of the lucky few- she'll let you into her world of pretend, where you're either dressing up for a royal ball, being taken care of as a baby, reciting the entire Bell movie or helping the Little Daddies (who live in her step) get ready for bed. Enjoy seeing Piper grow up- we know we are.

Fall, age 1
Birthday, 2
Halloween, 2
Fall, 3
Spring, 3
Happy Birthday, Pie. We love you so much.

This is only for family.....

....because no one else cares THAT much if Lily uses a spoon, but it is pretty cute to watch.



Here are some for everyone else....me not working while everyone else does.

The past month....

This is what we've been doing this past month.....she broke her leg going down a slide ON MY LAP!!! That made me feel awesome. I thought that this video showed her walking but apparently I erased the wrong one so this is her standing in it.....



And that is why I haven't been posting at all!

Dinner with the Berrys

So here are a few short videos with our girls...

1 - Lily taking a few more steps...she's all over the house now.



2 - This one is a bit longer, but Lily makes some funny faces if you watch for about 1 minute... We call it the shake...we'll get a better one for the grandparents soon...

Enjoy....

Lily's 1st steps!

Here she is folks.....on her way....and really happy about it.

A sandy mess is always worth it.

We went to Hilton Head- which, as a sidenote, is one of the prettiest beaches I've ever seen. I mean, I've been there 3 or 4 times and always love it. The girls LOVED it. My parents loved it. The great-grandparents loved it. Phil and I had a blast. So worth the 1100 pounds of luggage we have to take EVERY time we leave the house. At least, it was too cold for bathing suits.

1st sight of the beach!

Lily's 1st taste (literally) of the vast ocean & beach.

This is so funny to me. She almost got him.

I think she likes it.

Buddies.

Pretty.

She was so brave until she realized they were alive....