Piper's 1st Birthday (Part 2)!

 

 

Here's our cutie birthday girl!  Our little Piper reached her first big milestone....one year old! I think the 2nd pic below with Cody directly behind her is one of my absolute faves!  I've been able to catch the two of them together in pics many times. Much harder catching her with Simon.  Cody likes to pretend he's not into his little sister but don't believe him, he loves her! In his own way, he loves her! He wouldn't discipline her if he didn't. Plus his heart is enormous.

 

Piper has always been a good girl. From day one I remember placing her in our huge overstuffed chair right before taking the dogs out and she cutely peeked around trying to see where we were all going. I also remember the 3:00am feedings for the little newborn Piper. And I of course remember wondering if she would even make it. They have to get passed that newborn stage. Another thing I'll never forget, is how much we debated about her name. She had 2 other, well likely 3 other names before we settled on Piper. What can I say? We tried out a few before finding the one that fit her best! It's been quite the first year!

 

So who is Piper? Well.....let me start by saying, she's been quite the joy so far. Her cute personality is a great compliment to the boys personalities. Piper's sweet, timid, a bit shy, and not at all a rebel. She likes being praised and told she's a good kitty. She's got just the right amount of independence yet she's not so independent she's standoff-ish. I must add she's a smarty! Little Pipey's been rather easy to train, but having the boys has helped dramatically with her training. Courtesy of our Hyper-Piper we have enjoyed numerous laughs during her first year. As she discovers new things we laugh at her funny expressions or movements in response to something new. Just the other night she ducked her head as Brad turned up the volume on the TV too quickly and too loudly. We both busted out laughing as her immediate response to the loudness was to duck down. She does act slightly like a pug which is certainly acceptable and understandable! Much like Simon, she prefers to gobble all her food at once instead of taking a few nibbles then going off to do something else like most cats would typically do.

 

I've learned a lot about cats this past year. It's been a fun ride! I'm so glad we decided to keep her. I believe she came to us at the perfect time. I love the fact she arrived to us just about 7 weeks before our first wedding anniversary. She'll always be our "souvenir" of our first year of marriage!  I'll admit the second Brad brought her home I knew we had a new kitty. I knew I wasn't going to be able to part with her. Brad was much better than I was as he attempted to not bond with her that first week since we weren't sure about keeping her. I was already working on names during the first 24 hours. Little did I realize that despite my early name brainstorming it would take us weeks before she would "officially" be named Piper.

 

Congrats Pipe! You are 1!!! Here's to many more bdays little girl!