She's a Toddler!

Writing this makes me sad....might be the pregnancy hormones, but I'm pretty sure every mom gets sad when they realize their "baby" isn't much of a baby anymore. Especially you're first....there is something so special about your first-born. They are the ones that taught you everything you need to know to be a good parent the next time around :-) We've entered the world of toddler beds, sitting on the potty, and independence! Peyton is such a little sweatheart and has recently become very attatched to both mommy and daddy....perhaps she senses that things are changing...or it's just a phase. Whatever it is, Brad and I are enjoying every second of it! She gives big hugs and kisses and cuddles. Her new favorite thing to do is to play naked in her new big girl room after bathtime at night. She runs around with her little tushy shaking, lol. It is so cute! Just tonight she was running around naked and then stops and comes over to me on the bed and lays down next to me and cuddles me.....we sang the ABC's and I told her all about her new little sister coming this summer. It makes me sad to think that in such a short while, it won't be just her anymore. Exciting.....but still kind of sad....


She is finally learning to stop and smile for the camera!

"It wasn't me mommy, I swear"

"Huh?"

Memorial Day

Memorial Day was lots of fun!! It's nice that Peyton is big enough now to run and play with her cousins, Cain and Anderson. She still doesn't keep up with them though, lol. Peyton is more of a watch and see kind of girl, I guess. We got a cute little pool/island for the kids to play in, but Peyton wanted nothing to do with it. She would walk up to it, but would not get in. She looked super cute in her little bikini though :-) The day turned out nice, got nice and sunny later in the afternoon. We missed Daddy who still had to work that day, cops just can't catch a break can they? Here are some pics from the day.


She had alot of fun with the cup......

My cute little Munchie! I just love the belly!

You can see the look of disgust on Peyton's face, while her cousins were so excited!

Peyton and Daddy, before the sun came out. She was looking at the pool with much worry on her face.

Spring Time Fun!

Here are some pictures of all the fun we've been having since Spring arrived!! We are so excited for the nice weather and Peyton has decided that being outside is her favorite thing....well, next to daddy of course :-) I have a serious daddy's girl on my hands! Brad put together her new playset for outside which she loves! She is also pretty obsessed with bubbles....she wakes up in the morning and the first things she says is "bubbles, bubbles!". The girl can't get enough bubbles....but her daddy and I sure can! We've been having lots of fun playing outside, she runs now. So, she loves to just run and scream, run and scream....:-)

Here We Go Again...

So we are having another baby!!! And it's another girl :-) That makes me very happy, I'm so excited that Peyton will get to have a sister close in age. I cherish my relationships with my sisters, and I hope these two girls will be as close as I am with my sisters. So far this pregnancy is going just as wonderful as my pregnancy with Peyton. I did have some morning sickness this time around in the first trimester, but it wasn't that bad. Still didn't like it though! I don't know how some women do it, I've heard of people being nauseous their whole pregnancy! Yuck! I'm craving most of the same things too....lemonade, chocolate milk...oh and juice!!! I cannot get enough orange juice and apple juice! Weird, I know :-) The official due date is 9/26/10....this will be one hot summer for me!!

19.5 weeks pregnant!

Peyton Turns One!!

Peyton turned one on December 20th! I can't believe it has been one year since we had her (or I should say, "I" had her, lol). She has just been the most amazing and wonderful baby we could have ever hoped for. Having her has changed our lives in so many good ways I can't even begin to explain. She is sweet and silly.....just how we ordered her =) Some of the things she has mastered so far is talking...the girl just talks and talks! She says "mama", "dada", "ke" which means kitty, "no,no,no" which is clearly her favorite, "hi", and "bye bye". She has the waving thing down too. We can't go 2 feet in a store without her waving and saying "hi" to every person in sight! Still isn't walking....she seems to be more intersted in talking at this point. But she cruises along the furniture so I'm sure she'll be walking in no time. Below are some pics from her party!

Pumpkin Patch

We took advantage of Brad having a week off and took Peyton to a pumpkin patch!! She loved it!! It was so cute, she was smiling and squealing the whole time, lol. She loved playing on the huge pumpkins but wasn't too sure about sitting amongst all the pumpkins...she was more intersted in playing with the dead grass. :-) There were some horses and donkeys there and she loved them! Just like her mommy :-) She got to pet them and she just smiled and laughed the whole time. She was such a good girl! It was exciting to take her to her first pumpkin patch and really see her enjoy it. This age is so much fun!!

Not sure what to think about sitting with the pumpkins...

Peyton and mommy sitting with the big pumpkins

Peyton and daddy in the pumpkin patch!

Playing on the big pumpkins...

She loved this donkey!!

Halloween

Peyton was a caterpillar for Halloween...the cutest one I've ever seen!! We had lots of fun, Daddy was off that week so we had lots of family time together. We went to Boo at the Zoo with Grammy and Lindsay and Matt and her cousins Cain and Anderson. That was so much fun...Peyton just loved being in her costume! Her and her cousins got tons of candy! We also handed out candy on trick-or-trick night at the house.

Here she is standing in her costume...

Peyton and Daddy waiting for trick-or-treaters

Having lots of fun with Cain and Andi at the zoo!

My sweet baby caterpillar!!!