The Holmes'

Swim Lessons!

2011-11-07T06:32:00.000-08:00

We put Peyton in swim lessons and it's amazing how much she has learned! I was so excited when I found a groupon for $29 and normally it would have been $93! She's had four lessons and we just signed her up for two more months! The first day she HATED IT! I mean cried the ENTIRE 30 MINUTES! Clung to me for dear life, and wanted nothing to do with it. The second time was surprisingly much better and she only cried for about 5 minutes total. The third lesson, she was crying because we couldn't get into the water fast enough! They do the same thing each lesson for the most part and she is doing GREAT! They always bring out a big foam thing and she climbs up and sits on it like she owns the joint! She loves it!

Meet the Flintstones!

2011-11-07T06:07:00.000-08:00

We went as the Flintstones for Halloween! My friend Brittany gave me the idea and we were able to do it pretty cheap too. I don't remember the last time I dressed for Halloween, but with Peyton getting older I want her to remember it. I was going to make our costumes...I figured it couldn't be that hard, but we found a Fred Flintstone costume at Target for $20. And actually got 10% off because there was a small hole towards the bottom. You never would have noticed, but I figured I might as well ask. Then I made my Wilma dress out of a king size pillow case and my necklace out of foam balls from the dollar store. For Peyton's costume I bought a green shirt at Wal-Mart on clearance and glued black felt triangles to it. I think we spent maybe $32 total...We went to my sister's Saturday night and had just a few friends over. Peyton slept for a bit at first then was ready to party when she woke up!

On Halloween I helped at a face painting booth at a Trunk or Treat at the park. Kenny and Peyton went down there and Peyton had a great time! My sister, Thomas, his mom, Tommi, and my parents met them there too. She got a lot of candy and had so much fun! Our costumes were too cold to wear outside so we ended up dressing like cowgirls. I borrowed most of my stuff from Kelli and I had everything at home for Peyton's.

Our Anniversary!

2011-10-27T09:38:00.000-07:00

Kenny and I celebrated our SIX YEAR ANNIVERSARY this last weekend! Saturday afternoon we dropped Peyton off with my parents after her swim lessons and then headed to Talking Stick Resort! We have a family friend who works there for special events and was able to get us a room, even though when we looked online to book something last week there was nothing available. He definitely hooked us up! We had a PHENOMENAL room! The view was outstanding, and it was so clean that I actually walked around barefoot! For those of you who do not know...I am a little germaphobic when it comes to hotels. Like I bring my own blankets, wear flip flops in the shower and never let my feet touch the carpet! OCD? Maybe a little :) Anyway, so we got there, checked in and headed to our room. Our card said Room #3341 and how the lady wrote it, made us assume 3rd floor room 341. We get to room #341 and our key card didn't work. We found a lady and she said, "Oh no, you are on the Club Level room #3341." Apparently club level is a different way of saying 13th floor. So we walk into our room and it's gorgeous! The window shutters were from floor to ceiling and opened up to a gorgeous view of the valley and the pool below.

We had reservations at Orange Sky at 6:30 so we started getting ready for that. Our friend was also able to get us a private booth in the restaurant with another amazing view of the sunset!It was really fun to get dressed up and have a romantic evening with each other. We missed Peyton, but it was nice to have "our time" too. Here we were before dinner all dolled up! He's so handsome in a tie, don't ya think? ;)
When we got to the restaurant the hostess and our waiter knew it was our anniversary so at the end of our meal they brought this goat cheese cheesecake out to us. And they even gave us a free side of the potatoes au gratin with our dinner that were delish! After dinner, we went back to the hotel to change and then headed to a piano bar where they had a show called Dueling Pianos.
We also went into the casino a couple times and I lost almost $60 on penny and nickel machines!! I would have been so much more upset, but we hardly spent any money because my parents ended up paying for our room, which we didn't realize until we went to check out the next morning! Plus Kel and Thomas gave us a $40 gift card that we used towards dinner and Kenny didn't pay for a single drink that night. We had free drink vouchers for up to a $35 drink! The next morning was an amazing brunch! I stuffed myself silly with shrimp and crab legs! I know not a very great choice for breakfast, but I can never pass up on any type of seafood! Kenny liked the strawberry angel food cake waffles! I HIGHLY recommend going to their brunch! A-M-A-Z-I-N-G is all I have to say! And luckily we had two $12 vouchers that we used for brunch because it was still $35 for breakfast after we used them! But I think it's totally worth the $28 regular price anyway! It has EVERYTHING!

Everything was perfect and we had such a great time! I am such a lucky girl to have such a wonderful husband. Even though we may argue about stupid things from time to time, we know we have a great marriage and wouldn't trade it for anything! I love him so much!

Lately...

2011-09-08T07:49:00.000-07:00

We've been staying indoors! We hate being couped up, but unless we are swimming it's just too hot to do anything outside! My parents got a new boat so we went to the lake a few weeks ago and had a great time! Peyton didn't join us, but maybe when she's a little older! I need to get her in swim lessons first! We got out there early and left by the time it started to get really busy. They have a big 3 person tube and we had a BLAST! Can't wait to go again!

Our niece Paige was here for the summer! We went to Chick-Fil-A for breakfast one morning because they don't have them in Canada and it's her favorite! Afterwards, we went to San Tan shopped a bit and played on the splash pad. Peyton didn't want to miss a thing with her so after a while she was pretty cranky.We also went to see our other new niece Teagan! She was so tiny and so precious!We went to Amazing Jake's one Saturday! Kenny and I watched Tommi that day so I didn't do many of the rides, but that place is pretty cool! The food wasn't bad either.Cereal makes her so happy!I went by a few garage sales on a friday morning and driving through our neighborhood I noticed how pretty the sky looked. Luckily, I got home in time to take a picture from our backyard!She's been into wearing all the headbands she can possibly find around the house!
We went to the Children's museum last weekend with Katie, Jake, and Ryker. I assumed my camera was in the diaper bag and turns out it wasn't. Bummer because I didn't get any pictures, but we had a lot of fun! We also went to a softball tournament for Hailey and birthday party for a cousin who is in town from North Carolina, but I have no pictures from them:( Hope you all have a great week! Oh and we are so EXCITED for football to start!!!! Woo Hoo!!!! Go Cowboys!!!!

Camping!

2011-07-24T12:54:00.001-07:00

Memorial weekend we went camping with Katie and Jake! Peyton had so much fun and of course, was a walking dirt ball the whole time. As soon as we got there we changed her in the tent and as soon as she stepped out she tripped, fell and from then on was never clean! So excuse the dirty face in EVERY SINGLE picture! We had so much fun though and can't wait to do it again!

Baby Showers!

2011-07-24T11:31:00.001-07:00

Over the last few months I have been to 3 baby showers! My friend, Kelly, my sister, Kelli and my sister-in-law, Karen! I love showers and these were no exception! My friend's was amazing! Her mom is such a great hostess and always has cute ideas for food and decor! I wish I took more pictures when I was there, but here is the only one... Check her mom's blog out though and you will see what I mean!http://theprojecttable.blogspot.com/2011/05/kellys-baby-boy-shower-bow-ties-and.html We all met when we worked at Sports Authority, but they all went to Skyline with Kenny. I'm so glad I met this group of ladies and still remain friends!At my sister's shower she made a belly cast for people to sign at her shower. I put it under my shirt and Peyton didn't understand what the heck was going on! Here's a diaper cake I made for her shower! She looks so pretty pregnant! And she is a fantastic mommy, by the way! Little Tommi was born on the 27th of June! And we are so happy she is finally here!Karen's was fun too! It was a coed shower and those are always fun! Peyton loved all the balloons! Their baby isn't here yet, but we think any day now! We can't wait!Here's the diaper cake I made for them!

4th of July!

2011-07-24T11:27:00.001-07:00

We are lucky enough to have a great fireworks show right in my paren't backyard! She loved the fireworks from Schnepf Farms!

Random stuff...

2011-07-24T11:15:00.001-07:00

I love her kisses!Peyton got her first fish! Her Great-Grandma Rosemary sent her some birthday money and we went to Walmart and got her a fish! SHE LOVES IT! "Where's Peyton?Not sure what this is all about...
Our little ham! She loves posing when you tell her "CHEESE!""Cheese!"I was changing the belt on our vacuum and she needed to replace hers too:)We took my little sister and her boyfriend to a DiamondBacks game a few weeks ago. She is growing up way to fast too! Thomas and Kelli came, then Madi, a friend of Hailey's met up with us too!She really likes bubbles!

She says "awwww" in a soft voice whenever she sees Tommi. And calls her "Baby Tom"

Peyton's 2nd Birthday!

2011-07-19T10:13:00.001-07:00

We celebrated her birthday the night before her actual birthday too because my mom and my Hailey had to fly out early the very next morning to New York! Hailey made All-American last summer at Nationals in Denver, CO and she did awesome in New York too! They played in Central Park and the pictures they sent us while they were there were so neat!!

She hated when we sang "Happy Birthday " to her! Make a wish! I'm the birthday girl so I don't have to wait! She saw the "Dora" plates!Mama and the birthday girl!On Friday, her actual birthday, we had Kenny's parents, Paige, my dad, Kelli, Thomas and Tommi over for pizza, cupcakes and ice cream! And once again, she hated being the center of attention.She got a lot of markers, crayons, colored pencils and pads of paper for her birthday! Everyone was asking what they should get her and I couldn't think of anything else, but art supplies bacause she loves to draw! Although, it was funny because Nana and Pop Pop Holmes got her a little leap frog computer. Then Kelli and Thomas walked in with her gift and said, "I think you are gonna have to take ours back" because it was the same thing...Then the next day Uncle Rod, Aunt Karen, and Paige gave her their gift, and it was ANOTHER one! She really likes playing with it and we have yet to try everything it does! It was a great idea!She had her own little cake and everyone else enjoyed cupcakes!Paige helping her open gifts!Kenny and I got her an easel with a chalkboard on one side and a white boeard on the other! She really liked it too and I was so happy because I was so excited to give it to her!Peyton has grown up so much these last couple of months and has learned so much! She can spell her own name which is something that she just picked up this week! She doesn't know how to write it just yet, but she spells it out for us! She really likes to draw smily faces like this too! She draws the hair and ears sometimes too...it's pretty cute!Yep, she's our little genious! We are starting to work on potty training more and she is getting the concept more and more each day! She loves getting ready with me in the mornings...she will sneak makeup out of my drawer and when I catch her she says "ah, pretty." She is so cute and always makes us laugh. The other day I caught her pulling all the tissues out of the boxes and I said, "excuse me missy!" She started saying "achoo, achoo" over and over! She is so fun and definitely has a mind of her own!

Mother's Day 2011

2011-05-24T14:20:00.000-07:00

For Mother's Day, we got an early tee time at San Marcos Golf Club in Chandler. They had a nice brunch that my aunt, grandma, and a few cousins met us at later after our round of golf. Our lunch was served with a few choices of salads, a lunch entree with a side, and a few choices of deserts. The cheesecake was PHENOMENAL! I also got a mimosa, which until my sisters wedding, I didn't realize how much I liked them! I'm a "special occasion" kind of drinker, but if I wasn't...I'd be in trouble! ;) Anyway, here are a few pictures from our round of golf! We had so much fun even if we "cheat". We have an inside joke with our family...Hailey "doesn't count" the strokes if her ball doesn't go more that 2 feet on the putting green, my mom doesn't count how many times it takes her to get the ball BACK into her own fairway and YES! I tee up everywhere my ball lands except the sand and putting green...Poor Kel tried to play, but it just wasn't working out for her.And don't be mistaken, this is my little sister driving the ball, not swinging a bat! Haha!Even though we had to chase a few balls down, I only lost one!

And this little sweet girl who made this special day possible for me:) Kenny dropped Peyton off with us for lunch after we were done playing.So delicious!

2011-05-21T18:18:00.000-07:00

One of these days I will catch up on posting. I think I am so far behind it scares me a little to start because it's going to take a while and I don't want to spend the time to be quite honest! Anyway, here's a quick post for you...

I completed these two little projects one morning. First off, let me tell you how much I LOVE going to yard sales! Just to look for anything that I can paint and add to my home decor. To be honest, I never have too much luck, and have only came home with maybe 3 frames...kind of a bummer because I love good deals, but I just look at it as saving money!

Well, last month I went one morning and came across something I knew I "needed"... another shelf for Peyton's stuff! The others just weren't cutting it anymore. So I pulled up to this one house because I saw this shelving unit leaning against a bush. I was walking up right behind a guy and his wife and he was looking at the same item that made me pull over:( He walked away and I saw a sticker that said $10. The lady that was "hosting" this yard sale was standing there and I asked her how she mounted it to the wall because it seemed to be missing a few peices of the hardware, and she had some suggestions for me. So I offered her $5 thinking she would counter-offer with a couple dollars more, which I would have been more than willing to pay, but yes I am that cheap and hoped she would accept it, which SHE DID! I was THRILLED to say the least:) And the funny part of the story was that the guy who was looking at it before me (who walked away I must add) was getting ready to show his wife and I just heard him say, "well you were over there lolligagging and it's sold now." Haha! "Ya snooze, ya lose." (I'm not that mean, I just don't feel too bad because the guy wasn't mad about it...at least I didn't think he was...anyway it is much bigger and stores more! I'm a little hesitant to put all of her books on it because I don't want her to climb up to get them so I only put a few on that she doesn't read all the time!

Before:

After:

My other project was finally painting this...for the third time! I had it black when the toy room was our guest room. After we made it her toy room I just thought the black was too dark for a toy room so I painted it white and left a little black in the crevices. Mainly because I didn't take the time to paint it completely and thought it was "good enough" no one ever sees it anyway. Well, in January, we got a new tv I thought it would be perfect below it, but the color definitely didn't work. I put off painting it and was sick of looking at it everyday knowing it needed to be done so I finally repainted it. I just want to rough up the edges so it looks a little more "worn" than so crisp and shiny.
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After:

2011-05-11T12:40:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to share with you what makes my day...This gorgeous little face and her spunky personality! We love her so much! I will blog a little later to tell you all what we've been up to! Until then, hope you have a wonderful day!

2011-04-11T12:15:00.000-07:00

Saturday we were invited over to Kenny's Nonni's house for lunch. She was planning to bbq, but after the forecast predicted rain, she made delicious sloppy joe's instead with beans, potato salad, deviled eggs (one of my faves!), and a delicious chocolate cake! Even though the rain changed our plans, the food was still great and weather like that couldn't get any better! I love the rain! That night we had a birthday party for one of our friends so we went over there for a little bit. I didn't take pictures, but Peyton met a new friend. She was so cute and such a CHUNK!:) We weren't there very long before Peyton started getting tired, but we got an intense game of catch phrase in:)

The Superstitions on our way to Nonni's on Saturday! Gorgeous!
These were growing in Nonni's yard and I though they were so pretty so she gave me some to plant! I hope they make it! We needed some color in our yard! We don't have a drip system yet and we don't want to spend money on plants if they are going to die so we will see how I do with these;)Sunday, we woke up early and since it was so nice outside, we did yard work! I don't mind doing yard work...I think I appreciate our yard even more when we put so much work into it. It was pretty bad though! Since we didn't plant winter rye there wasn't any yard work to do over the winter. The weeds started sprouting up recently and then with the heat, it just got out of control! So we spent the first half of the day cleaning it up! I wish I would have taken a before picture, but with the amount of weeds in this pile, you can imagine!Plus our garbage can was FULL of weeds!This is what we have left and the worst of it so I think we might hire someone for this half of our yard! Anyone know someone fairly priced?Our dogs sure do appreciate the clean backyard too!Angus enjoys the shade! Sunday evening we played softball at Skyline Park and won the first game of the tournament, but then lost the next game. It was still fun, but I realized I am out of shape! I almost had a homerun (inside the park of course and off of errors lol) but when I got to third base my team-mate was telling me to go and when I stopped I told him I couldn't because my legs were like jello! My hamstrings were already hurting from all my weed-pulling that morning! Hahaha! Then, I was playing left field and caught every fly ball that was hit to me except one because my left leg cramped up and I couldn't run! Its almost embarrassing to be honest, but I have to admit I am getting older and I need to stretch before any physical activity! LOL I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Breakfast picnic in the park!

2011-04-06T08:01:00.000-07:00

Sunday morning I made some cinnamon rolls, cut up some strawberries then we headed down to the park for a little picnic! She loves the park
Enjoying and sharing her breakfast!
!She didn't want to leave so she thought throwing her hat on the ground would make us stay longer...She will learn some day that it is no way to get what she wants;)It may seem like she throws fits a lot, but she really is a good little girl! Her tantrums are just really funny so I like to share them! :)

Still playing catch-up...Kelli's Bridal Shower!

2011-04-05T12:38:00.000-07:00

For Kelli's bridal shower we had a small "luncheon" and it turned out great! When Kelli first started planning their wedding, she liked the idea of doing long dinner tables at the reception. When they decided to have the wedding in California the reception site only had round tables so I thought since we were having a luncheon the long buffet style table would work perfectly! We had it in my parents backyard and the weather was perfect! Everyone had a great time!A few of Kel's friends! Some family... Peyton couldn't get enough fruit! I finally had to cut her off the blueberries so she wouldn't get a tummy ache!My mom made creme brulee and chocolate mousse for dessert! We also made rainbow chip cupcakes, which are Kelli's favorite! I think she was a little hyped up on sugar here! Peyton was helping with opening gifts!My Aunt Julie made me a recipe scrapbook with her favorite appetizers, dinners, and desserts just like this and I LOVE it! Kelli was really excited to get one too! Doesn't she look so cute? I swear, she should be a maternity model!Stealing some of grandma's cupcake!Then stealing some of mom's!

Lately...

2011-04-04T11:26:00.000-07:00

I have been slacking on my blogging for the last month...or two...I was really excited to get some of Kelli's and Thomas's wedding pictures up so that is why that post happened so fast! Then I realized how many pictures I have from the last month or so and thought I should get those up before I forget! We have been spending a lot of time at the park before it gets too hot! I love summer, (mainly because I hate being cold) but I am not looking forward to lugging Peyton around in the heat, lathering her up on sunblock constantly if we decide to go outside, the weeds in our yard to grow out of control (which has almost happened) sweating profusely, taking showers three times a day because it's so stinkin' hot! Our electric bill:( You get the picture! However, I will take Arizona weather over anywhere else any day! Here are a few random pictures of our little lady! She woke up and I did not touch one piece of her hair before I took this! She LOVES her babies and their stroller! When we drive she has to have it in her lap or she freaks out...which is what happened right before I snapped this picture. We were at San Tan Mall when she threw a fit in front of American Eagle. I was inside paying and I look out the window to see Kenny standing there with Peyton crying and Kenny pointing to the truck as he was saying, "We'll be at the truck." When I met him at the truck he said she started crying because he put her in the stroller to change her diaper so she couldn't have her babies at the moment. You can tell she was a little upset still, but she was tired too...I know that's no excuse! She loves her babies! She LOVES drawing! She LOVES chocolate! At the end of February we went to Schnepf Farms with Katie, Jake, and Ryker! There wasn't much open, but we went on a train ride, went into the little petting zoo, and then they had the little store open where we got a cinnamon roll. The weather was perfect!

My Sister's Wedding!

2011-03-28T10:17:00.000-07:00

I have been such a slacker when it comes to blogging, but I could not wait to post pictures of Kelli's and Thomas' wedding weekend! Especially for those of you who could not celebrate with us! Unfortunately, I have only a few from the wedding because it was so hectic that day getting ready. Early Thursday morning my mom, Kelli, Peyton and I headed to Dana Point, CA! Peyton was such a trooper when it came to the drive! It's difficult keeping a toddler in a carseat for so long, but we took as many breaks as we could to let her run around. We loaded up with snacks and whether it was my mom's ipad, my ipod, or my sisters iphone, she was pretty content! She was so tired and over due for her morning nap and finally fell asleep before she even finished her cracker! When Kenny and Thomas got in on Friday we walked Peyton down to the beach. Luckily she didn't care too much for the water because it was freezing and really wanted nothing to do with anything but the sand! We saw some of the prettiest flowers on our way down! I thought this was such a neat picture! Maybe if she would have been looking down at the camera, but the sky looks so pretty!Looking for seashells!She found a stick to draw with!She wrote this with her stick ;)We also saw some dolphins and I barely caught one of them with my camera! Can you see it? We went to dinner Friday night with all the ladies! I had the BEST meal...I think seafood is probably my favorite especially after I had this! It had green-lipped mussels, scallions, calamari, shrimp, and something else, but I can't remember...served on top of linguini pasta! They had a marinara sauce to cover it, but I asked if they had a white sauce. I actually didn't even need sauce because this dish had so much flavor already! I also had some of my moms stuffed salmon! Yummm!!! I LOVE FOOD!!! Here was our view of the sunset when we were at dinner! Kelli's wedding gift from my parents! Kelli loves those "little blue boxes":) I think every morning we woke up, this is what the weather looked like and the sun would come out a little later. Except Saturday, it was overcast pretty much all day.Here was where they got married...It is definitely not the best shot because it's far away, but it's a little courtyard overlooking the ocean! It was GORGEOUS! I can't wait until she gets her pictures back and I will have definitely post them!The groom and his men! Showing off their cool kicks. Kelli left Thomas to pick their shoes out and he chose shiny, patent, leather Chucks with red trim on the inside. They were all pretty proud of them! By the time we were taking pictures of the bridal party the sun came out, but the wind made it a little chilly still! While Kelli and Thomas were taking pictures I had a chance to take a few of me and Kenny! I wanted to take one sitting on this rock with Kenny, but right when Hailey took the picture a wave came up! We were laughing so hard!I could not get my camera to focus right at night, without the flash so it's fuzzy, but this was our view from Cannon's Restaurant where the reception was. Here was a better view before sunset, but it was too bright to show me and P. She wasn't throwing a fit...she just wanted to lay down apparently.She did such a great job as the flower girl! When we arrived in the limo we were planning on Peyton walking down with me and Kenny, but then we decided to let her walk behind us because she would have been fine if she saw me at the end of the aisle. She got a little sidetracked and walked halfway down, then turned around then came back and somehow ended up behind My parents and Kelli walking down. She sat with my parents and was great during the ceremony!

2011-02-22T05:42:00.000-08:00

I think we are finally on a roll with potty training! She is starting to let us know almost everytime before she goes in her diaper. At least when we are home she does. Just in the last couple of days she has gone twice one day and then yesterday she went "#2" in the morning and potty last night. I feel bad actually because when she comes to me trying to tell me something I don't realize it right away and after a couple of seconds I think "oh! She has to go potty!" So we run in there and whether she has already gone in her diaper or not, she still sits down. It's cute too because she instantly starts wanting to play patty cake. When we first started to put her on her chair we would sing that song just to keep her occupied for a couple of minutes so now we sing it every time.

She loves playing with the little neighbor kids. I think between 6 houses there are 12 kids? And they are all under the age of 10 probably...But anyway, last week she was out in the cul-de-sac riding her little quad with the other 3 power wheels. But hers was obviously the smallest and so cute because the other kids were driving fast and all around her and she was going maybe 1 mile an hour! Everyone was laughing because it was so cute. Then she got in between two other girls on a bigger power wheel and she was having a blast with them!

She loves the park and always wants to go! She loves coloring! And we have been teaching her a little sign language too. She knows "more, "please", and "thank you".

This was the BIG slide! There was one slide that she had never been on. So Kenny put her on it and she took off and flew right of the end and landed on her butt in the sand. It was so funny because it was only about 5ft and it was straight, but a little steeper. We didn't realize she would get going that fast! She didn't mind though:)

She is obsessed with these boots! She always wants to wear them! She will whine if we try to put her other shoes on and she sees these laying there so we have to hide them...out of sight, out mind:)
Peyton mocks everything now-a-days! We went to dinner the other night and while we were waiting my mom was standing there with her arms folded and Peyton was trying to copy her. It was a little difficult for her to fold them at first so she would kinda roll them like she does when she plays patty cake until she got them positioned right. And I didn't realize how often I say "mmm nummmmies" until one morning she was eating her breakfast and after every bite she would say "mmm nummm" She would take one cheerio at a time and eat it then make this face at me. What a ham! I was cracking up!
She thinks she's pretty funny herself!
She is into hiding everywhere too. Ususally it's behind drapes or in a corner. This time she barracaded herself around her toys...I actually didn't even notice her right away.
She finally got her own little vacuum!

Lately...

2011-02-16T08:32:00.001-08:00

She was hiding from me...

Saturday night we went to Peter Piper
I opened the refridgerator and usually she "helps" me by closing it. Well, she spotted the cheesecake and started digging right in!
She really was enjoying this...One of my favorite times with her right now is right after I give her a bath. For some reason she hasn't been liking them too much lately so when I get her out she just wants to cuddle up in my arms and usually she will fall asleep. This time she brought my robe to me and wanted me to wrap her up in it.
Look at my hubby showing off his sweet football skills! The Saturday before the superbowl he had another flag football tournament. We had to be in Tempe bright and early that morning so we dropped Peyton off at Kenny's parents and got ready for a long day! They made it to the semis...again...:( They played really well, they were just exhausted by the last game. Jeremy caught this one!
We haven't been up to too much lately...Our coed softball season started and we aren't doing too hot...we're horrible actually...I'm not sure what happened...Kenny's men's league started last night and they went 1-1. They are really good though and almost came back in the second game. Peyton was busy counting and drinking hot chocolate (hence her brown upper lip)
Valentine's Day we didn't do too much. Sunday afternoon we actually went to lunch and the movie No Strings Attached. It was nice just me and Kenny and we want to make it a point to do that every month. It's hard and our lives are just always so busy, but we are definitely going to try and make it happen. We dropped Peyton off with my parents then Monday we dropped her off with Kenny's parents. We had a nice romantic dinner at Filiberto's LOL! Actually Kenny got Chipotle and then we went to Filiberto's for me. Valentine's Day is over-rated so we never go all out, but it was nice just for the two of us to get out again.

Other stuff!

2011-01-10T19:20:00.000-08:00

Once again sorry for the lack of posts! I need to blog more often because when I sit to post something I forget all the cute things she does. I started this one a while ago too and I am just now getting around to finishing it up! Peyton had her 15 month checkup about 2 weeks ago and weighed 26 pounds (not too much change from last time and I think it was somewhere around the 60th percentile) and she was 32" tall which I think was around the 75th percentile. She got a couple of shots and was crying before they even gave them to her. She hates that place! Our little girl brings so much love and laughter into our lives everyday! She loves to play "kitchen" with her new set she got for Christmas. She likes to stir the food and it's funny because she will open the little refrigerator and add mustard or ketchup to whatever she is "cooking." She likes to play "mom" with her babies, and she loves to play in the tub! She likes to vacuum with her popper thing (not sure if that's the correct name for it :) ) And she loves watching Aunt Hailey's basketball games...most of the time...other times she likes the bleachers more, which is no fun when you are chasing her around! She likes PLAIN cheerios, oranges, bananas, and really any type of fruit, but those are what she has the most. She also likes these veggie straws from Costco...they kind of taste like chips but not as salty or greasy. She loves to run, jump, talk on the phone, and dance. She will point to airplanes when she hears them and if she can't see them she puts her arms up like, "where is it?" She also likes brushing her teeth and that is really the only thing she will sit still for long enough for me to do her hair! She likes to suck the toothpaste off first though. She LOVES milk and if we try to give her juice or water she will throw her cup if she sees that whatever is in it isn't white. We gotta work on that attitude! She likes to play hide and seek and it's so cute when she tries to hide. Her feet or hands will be sticking out or we will see her slowly back up to the wall if we ask "where's Peyton?" It's so funny! She hates when we wash her hair or clean her face, and does not like to sit still for too long, especially when I'm trying to do her hair! Usually I have to out a pony tail in it while she's sleeping. She hates when we don't pay attention to her in the backseat while we drive, hates to be covered with a blanket at night, and hates getting dressed! She likes to help me fold laundry and put the clothes from the washer into the dryer. She LOVES playing with our iTouches and its funny that she knows to push the button and slide the bar over with her finger. She likes to play in her playroom too. I'm so glad we changed it for her. Not only did she need it, but she loves playing in there. Every night we usually follow her in there and she will "cook" us something, or we will read in there. We have a little mini couch from ikea in there and it fits us all perfectly. It's so cute how she just jabbers away like we know what she's talking about. Especially when she is holding the phone to her ear.

She also had her first haircut. Her bangs were looking a little shaggy so I trimmed them up and decided to do the back too. Only like 1/2 an inch, but it actually helps with the knots.

Oh! And she went potty in her chair for the first time. Actually that was close to two months ago now, but I haven't gotten around to posting anything lately! We just happened to have her on it at the moment, but we were so excited and I think she got embarrassed because she jumped up and took off down the hall! She hasn't gone in it since, but we aren't pushing it too much. She knows it's there and she will go in and sit on it in the mornings and throughout the day, but I don't think she knows what to do exactly! We were so proud!

Her first rootbeer float! She really liked it too! Shopping at the mall with the BEST aunties in the world! We have to keep a baby gate in front of the dvds or they will be a mess by the time she is done with them! I forgot to put it back up and she went and sat down and just stared. I thought it was so cute how she was sitting though:) One night we went to Kelli's and Thomas' to play Kinect and I had the pleasure to hold this little man when Katie and Jake came over too! Isn't my future son-in-law so handsome;)Peyton played with her puzzles...And once in a while joined in on the fun with Daddy!Here's the stroller that came with her doll...and no, she isn't naked:) She LOVES the book, "Christmas in the Manger" and wants to read it all the time! It wasn't even a book we brought out for Christmas, she has liked it for months!
We also celebrated Kenny's 27th birthday on the 25th and My little sister's 15th birthday on the 11th.

Happy Birthday to my Daddy! She is obsessed with chapstick and lip gloss. She just barely touches it to her lips and says "mmmm" We made mini pizzas one night and she just couldn't wait so she started eating the english muffins just plain.We had a little birthday party last saturday morning at Peter Piper Pizza!
Hmmm...what do I want to play next? We made cupcakes...and once again, I promise she is not naked on our counter!Playing with her "babies"I went into the garage just to put food in the dogs' bowls and I came back in not even 30 seconds and I caught her! Now you know why she's hardly ever dressed!
She isn't afraid of her quad anymore! This how she rides it most of the time too!Dad? Where did you go? Ah man! You are gonna make me go in there after you aren't you?!She was a little afraid at first...There you are!Another birthday party! She knew exactly what to do with the bat/stick. She carries around her bat at home. We actually had to hide it because it's a real metal bat and she likes to swing it around. One night after our softball games we went to Uncle Bear's. Thomas was picking out a song to karaoke to! They were obviously posing for this :)
Me and Kelli love that they get along so well! We tease them and say how they are going to leave us for each other haha! Nice kicks baby girl!

Rod & Karen's Wedding!

2011-01-10T18:53:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the delay in posts lately...I actually started this one a couple weeks ago and just never finished up my December posts except our Christmas.

Kenny's older brother was married on December 18th! Kind of ironic it was that date too because that was the exact date Kenny proposed to me 6 years earlier! Their wedding was so much fun and it turned out great! We had the rehearsal dinner at Logan's Steakhouse and we met a lot of Karen's family and friends from Texas.

The big girls let Peyton hang out with them at the rehearsal...I think because Peyton had snacks! Haha

Would you like some chicken with your ranch?The morning of the wedding Theresa and I went by Albertson's to get some snacks while us girls got ready at the venue. My other brother-in-law works there and he was playing "Santa" so I had to get a picture. Excuse the way I look, I didn't plan on taking a picture with him:)Here was Peyton during the ceremony. It was the only thing that kept her from crying and Kenny had a perfect view while he was standing up there and it took all he had to not laugh out loud! She missed her nap that afternoon so she wasn't being very cooperative when I wanted her to sit. At the last minute before the ceremony started I switched seats and sat on Karen's side in case I had to slip away with her. Otherwise, I would have been stuck and the only way out would have been down the aisle in the middle of it...um, no thanks!She was waving to everyone that drove by while we waited for the wedding party to get their pictures taken. She's so friendly!Me and Nonni!Paige and Peyton goofing around!Peyton didn't like sharing her Nana with Paige! Kenny: Hey P, these moves are how I stole your mama's heart!
Peyton: Oh Daddy, you are embarrassing me! Let me show you how it's done!

Christmas!

2011-01-10T14:48:00.000-08:00

I am happy to be back in the blogging world again! The holidays always make for a busy time, but it's even harder with a toddler! So needless to say, blogging was put on the back burner for the month of December! I have so much to blog about, and sooner or later I will post about everything else going on in our lives, but until then here's our Christmas post.

We made sure to finish all of our Christmas shopping a little earlier this year so we didn't have to go to the crazy stores on Christmas Eve! We were out late on Thursday but got most of our wrapping done that night too. We also baked that night! Yes, "WE" baked! Every Christmas I want to bake and I made sure this year I stuck to it. Kenny helped me and it was a lot of fun! We made peanut butter cookies, chocolate chip cookies, fudge and another recipe (courtesy of Katie;) ) with pretzels, rolos and pecans! They taste like the candy bar, Take 5, which in my opinion is the best candy bar because it's the PERFECT blend of sweet and salty! Mmmm! We made a lot, but this is all we kept for ourselves.I made this for Jake and Katie. It was delicious and its the easiest ever! I got white chocolate morsels and melted them in the microwave. Then I got peppermint candy and crushed them up in a bag and strained it over the bowl of white chocolate so the really little peices fell through. I stirred it up, then poured it out on to a baking sheet lined with wax paper, pressed the bigger peppermint pieces into the chocolate and let it sit for about an hour. After it was hard, I broke it into pieces and bagged it up for them! The night we took it over to them, Peyton played with all of their gifts under the tree. She is her mother's child...look how neat and lined up they are :)On Christmas Eve day, before we went to visit my grandma in the hospital, we went over to Nonni's and visited with her and Uncle Tim for a little bit. She was having fun playing in the yard! She picked a little lime off the tree and liked throwing it around.We also went to Kennys parents' that night to carry on the tradition that Kenny's parent's started when their boys were young. Every Christmas Eve we get new pajamas. Every year they say we are getting too old for it, but it's really one of the things we look forward to! Here's Kenny opening his.Santa came to town!Peyton checking out a new toy Santa brought! Looking at this picture makes me a little sad...it makes me realize how fast she is growing and thinking just a year ago she could care less what a present was. She got the hang of opening presents, but didn't care too much after the first rip. She liked handing the presents out to anyone near her:) She's such a sweetheart. Trying to teach her how to ride her quad! She got a little scared of it and wanted nothing to do with it after she went to get on and accidentally hit the button and it took off! She didn't get hurt and it only goes a mile and half anyway.Daddy and Peyton Christmas morning!

After we opened our gifts at home that morning, we got ready and headed to my parents for breakfast and more presents before going to the hospital for my grandma. Here's a baby she got from my parents.After we left my grandma's we went to Kenny's parents' for dinner and gifts! She's making sure Paige isn't going too far with her new baby. She LOVES this baby! It came with a lot of accessories to and Peyton loves using them especially the stroller! One night when we were getting ready to eat Peyton put her baby in her high chair. When I put Peyton up in it she freaked out and wanted her baby to eat with her. So I sat her baby in the chair too and Peyton started to feed her own food to the baby. It's amazing the stuff they learn from us! Paige telling P to ride her quad.She would push hers into a wall, table, and in this case the bush, probably hoping she wouldn't have to ride it ever again! She wanted to play, but I wanted a picture of us! It was the only one with all three of us that day and I was determined to take it!I guess I could have cleaned her face before I took this picture, my goodness she was dirty! Peyton was spoiled of course! And we had such a great time with our families that day. We couldn't have asked for anything more!

Where to begin...

2010-12-08T09:20:00.000-08:00

November was a busy/crazy/fun/exhausting month! The most exciting news was learning that Peyton is going to have a cousin! My sister and Thomas are having a baby! We thought the pressure was off of us, but when someone hears the news they ask us, "so when is your next one coming? Wouldn't it be fun if you were pregnant together?" I'm just so happy Peyton will have a cousin close in age and one she can see often! Her other cousin, Paige, is 9 and she lives in Canada:( But we will actually be seeing her this weekend! Even though it's only been a couple of months since we last saw her in person she sounds and looks so much older whenever we skype with her!

Our thanksgiving was great too! Kenny had a turkey bowl early that morning so we dropped Peyton off with my parents because it was early and thought it might have been too cold. His team won the whole thing with a 60 yard touchdown Kenny threw to my cousin Josh at the end! After the game we went to visit my grandma in the hospital. She had heart surgery and is recovering, but has had some other complications along with it. Please keep her in your prayers and we hope she can be home for the holidays with us so she doesn't have to spend Christmas in there like she did Thanksgiving. After the hospital we headed to my aunts for Thanksgiving Feast #1. Later, we went to Kenny's parents' for feast #2! We were stuffed and definitely "thankful" for the delicious food and fun times with family that day!

Kenny had another flag football tournament Thanksgiving weekend in Avondale. We were there pretty much all day and even though they didn't win the whole thing, we had fun! They went 3-2 for the day and both losses were to the same team. They were really good and have played in leagues for years! I'm not sure if she is biting Kenny here because she wanted to run off and he wouldn't let her...it kinda looks like it...hmmm we better nip that in the butt! She was exhausted by the end of the day! After their tournament we went to the hospital to see my grandma and my mom loaded her up with snacks to keep her content...I promise, we do brush our child's hair, it just has a mind of it's own!She's got some other pretty sweet hairstyles too! And an attitude that goes along with it!>And for some reason this one spot seems to grow really fast! Ok, just kidding, it's one of my extensions!

Leave it up to Peyton to fall into any wall, door jam, or flat on the floor to make her nose bleed profusely! I swear God made her with knees of steel too because considering how much she falls on them it's a miracle they aren't bruised more! Look at her poor nose...this was the day after she face-planted into the rocks after tripping over the curbing in the backyard. I felt so bad because I was right next to her looking the other way and Kenny saw it coming, but was too far to do anything before it happened. Of course it was the day before I took her to the doctor to make sure the little cold she was getting wasn't anything serious. (I know we are worry warts, but we will gladly pay for some reassurance from a professional when it comes to her) Kenny was worried what the doctor was going to say because it swelled up a little and looked even worse that morning. But I don't think he thought we abuse our child even though he did ask what happened.She loves sweeping and it's cute even if she does scatter my dirt/dust piles all over again. She also likes when I chase her with the vacuum. She used to be afraid whenever she saw it, but now she likes it. I know her hair looks awesome, right?! She loves helping me with dishes too! Especially unloading and loading the dishwasher! You can see her poor little swollen nose here too:(Peyton is infatuated with trash cans! If you are missing anything, just look in the nearest one. We find everything in ours! Shoes, toys, towels, food, you name it!We are still learning to keep things out of her reach...like the powder!We also celebrated our 26th birthday last month by going to Red Robin! And Peyton thoroughly enjoyed my free birthday sundae! A while back my sister and Thomas had an engagement party at my grandparents. As you can see Thomas is super excited! So is Kenny-they get along really well!The bride to be and her precious little flower girl!I also had my soon to be sister-in-law's bridal shower/bachelorette party! They are getting married next weekend and I am so happy to have her for a sister-in-law! She is so sweet and fun to be around! Peyton is growing up so fast and just keeps getting more fun! She loves giving high fives and pounds and thinks she can get whatever she wants with a hug and a kiss. She still LOVES dancing and sometimes gets so excited when her favorite song comes on (or the beginning of Jack's Big Music Show) She jumps and claps and stomps her feet so much that she constantly falls to the ground because she is dancing before she's even got her balance back from falling the last time. It's hilarious! Some of her newest words are bath, hot, yeah, pup, dog, "ruf", done, gone, and the other night she said purple so loud and clear in the tub that me and Kenny looked at each other and started laughing because it was so funny that it was so clear! Then she said it a couple more times and we continued to laugh! She only talks on her terms though and usually it's when we are driving or reading a book together. She uses gestures more often like when she wants to put the little dogs in their kennel she pats her legs like "c'mon dogs" or when she answers no she will shake her head. Or if you ask her where something is she will put her hands up and look around like "hm, I don't know" if she doesn't know where it is. She also tries to sneak into the pantry for snacks and I think she gives most of them to Winnie and Ethel. She gets into the desk drawers and likes to play with the cards and then leaves them for mom and dad to play "52 card pickup". One of my memories from when we lived in Gilbert in our old house was the first and only time I told my dad I would play that game. Of course he helped me pick them up though:) We also started the process of potty-training. Only because she would almost always tell me when she went potty in her diaper. I thought it was way too early so we kind of put it off, but we got a potty chair and now when she picks at her diaper we just sit her on it. Or in the mornings I will take her in there. We aren't pushing it at all, but I started reading up on it and those are the first little signs that let you know when to start. And I know of a few girls that were potty-trained by the time they were 18 months! Crazy, but that will be nice when the time comes. We will see how it goes! Nothing else too exciting going on...just getting ready for Christmas! We finally got our lights up and our house decorated. Our tree looks funny too because all of the ornaments are on the top half of the tree. The night we were putting it up, Peyton decided to take one off the able and throw it like it was a ball. Kenny and I were looking the other way when it hit the tile and shattered. We look over to see her with her arm up and a look like, "what the heck, why didn't it bounce?" LOL This year is going to be so much fun! We are going crazy for her when it comes to Christmas shopping, but after seeing all the stuff we have for her, we agreed she is done! We are about half way done with our shopping and hopefully we will get the rest of our families and friends done this friday! Kenny took the day off so we are determined to finish! It will be a lot of fun too! Happy Holidays to everyone!

Halloween Weekend!

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Friday night we took dinner over to Jake and Katie and once again I didn't get a single picture of Ryker! But let me tell you, he is so cute and such a good baby! He didn't cry once while we were there! Saturday night we had a wedding, and Sunday was family and football! We didn't do anything too exciting this year for Halloween. We watched the Cowboys lose...again...then watched more football with my family afterwards! I know we are lame for not taking her out, but she doesn't understand the concept quite yet. We were going to take her to Trunk or Treat at the park on Saturday, but we had a wedding to go to that night. We weren't too sure what she was going to be this year and then when we were at the hospital for Ryker last week, Katie's sister offered a pumpkin costume that her daughter wore! We were going to dress her up as "Flo" from the progressive commercials (Peyton is OBSESSED with her), but we procrastinated with that costume. I like this one better anyway! Isn't she the cutest pumpkin you ever did see! At the wedding! She is getting so big! Where does the time go?!?!She was stirring whatever was in the cup with the wedding favor bubbles...Kelli's infamous "Ha I got your camera and snapped a picture when you weren't looking!" picture! Last Thursday we went to Carrabba's with Kelli and Thomas and Peyton was in a pretty good mood. I was surprised for it being last minute planned and a little later than when we usually have dinner! This has got to be the best picture I have ever gotten of them! But who isn't happy after eating a big plate of The Chicken Trio from Carrabba's! Yum!!! And then topping it off with The John Cole ice cream! Heaven!!! Peyton gets into everything! She opens my makeup drawer and likes to play with my elastic headbands. (I actually had to take all my makeup out or she would get into that too!) I think she must put them on like a shirt because they end up around her chest. Then she got a second one over her head and it looked like a little halter top.She got into Kenny's drawer the other day and came out wearing these shorts of his! Have a great week everyone!

Happy Anniversary!

2010-10-27T17:28:00.000-07:00

I can't express how much I love this man! We celebrated our 5 year anniversary Saturday, and I am so lucky that I get to spend the rest of my life with this hunk!

Lately...

2010-10-27T14:33:00.000-07:00

Peyton loves to play "Patty Cake!" She especially likes to "roll it" and "mark it with a P" haha! I think I say this every new stage, but this is probably my favorite time because she is so sweet, yet so sassy too! She definitely has a little attitude and will shake her head when something doesn't go her way. We are gonna have to work on that before she becomes a teenager for sure! Last night we went to visit our friends, Katie and Jake, in the hospital and Peyton HATED when Kenny was holding their new baby, Ryker! (By the way I am super bummed I did not take one single picture when we were there! I was too busy staring at the handsome little man!)

We have been going for walks to the park and playing out back during the days! The weather is so nice!I think she will be "that kid that throws sand!" Getting her hands dirty! Kenny might have been having more fun than her!She loves to play in the kitchen while I cook...sometimes she tries to squeeze her way in between me and the cabinets or the stove. She climbs on the dishwasher and "helps" me unload it. She "cleans" the pantry. And she likes to "wear" the tupperware. It's really funny when she puts the strainer because it's almost like a perfect helmet on her.She definitely has daddy under her spell...just look at how cute she is...I don't blame him!The first few minutes of the Cowboys game Monday night, she was giving high fives like crazy...until Romo got hurt:( Helping dad with the truck.

Little Miss Independent!

2010-10-11T14:16:00.000-07:00

Sunday morning we went to church and we decided to leave Peyton in the nursery for the first time! We dropped her off and there was no looking back for her! She went right to playing! (Well, after she watched this other little boy scream bloody murder while probably thinking "What is this place and why are my mom and dad leaving me here?"-But then she went right to playing.) She has always either went into the service with us (when she was really little), or we've dropped her off with one of our parents so this was a big deal also because we've never left her with anyone other than our parents and my aunt! Don't tell, but I think Kenny was a little sad. He kept going back and looking in the class to make sure she wasn't crying, but deep down I think he wanted her to miss us and cry for us ;) She is a big girl though and there will be many days where we have to let her go even if we don't want to. She must have had a lot of fun though because she was crashed when we picked her up!

Randomness...

2010-10-04T21:29:00.000-07:00

Whenever Peyton is napping (and I'm not cleaning or folding the laundry) I try to scrapbook or something...So the other day I decided to decorate a little for Halloween...the best part of these projects is that they were FREE because I had everything I needed! First, I made a little banner out of scrapbook paper. Then I made little ghosts from napkins and hung them with fishing line. (You can only see the line in the pictures) Then I made the little "Trick or Treat" sign with some shims from the garage, black spray paint, and more scrapbookpaper. The only thing i want to do is cover the "fence" part with black glitter...that would make it look cuter I think! I have it on top of the mirror, but I think I'm going to move it...I will add some spiderweb too! Then the other day in the store I was waiting in line and saw this so I want to make this too...I saw this and thought it was so cute! I didn't buy the magazine, but I think I can figure it out without the directions;) We'll see!
Saturday, we cleared out our guest bedroom because I think we've had one guest stay the night in there. We both agreed it would be best to make it a toy/play room. Unfortunately, I already painted it to match the decor of the bedding and stuff and I really didn't feel like painting another room pink so for now it's staying this color. Unless I find the color I like on the "OOPS" shelf at Home Depot! Then it might be worth painting:) Here's one side...I'm going to print a bunch of black and white pictures and make a photo collage of family and friends and put it in one of the big white frames and on the little shelves. I think I might have Peyton draw/color/paint a picture for the other frame. She really likes the little shelves to the left of the cabinet where I put her puzzles and some of her books. I thought keeping the room black and white was ok because I think her toys will add enough color in there. Plus this is the wall you see from the living room and den so I wanted to keep it "clean" looking. And the BEST Part of this room makeover was that (so far) I have not spent one penny! I had everything! The shelves, frames, paint, curtains, EVERYTHING! Cleaning out the guest bedroom closet was like Christmas! I had so many home decorations and I still have more to put out! Now I just need to work on this side and do something about that bare wall! I'm planning on painting the "shelves" to the left, which is actually a changing table that I got for free! When I got it, I thought of my friends Katie and Jake becasue they had just found out they were expecting. I knew who it came from (so it wasn't gross haha) and it was in GREAT condition! I figured if they didn't want it I would use it for some sort of storage. And I also want to cover the blue bins...maybe with damask to match the cabinet above? I want to find a little "Peyton's Parking" sign to put above her car and wagon too.Here she was that night after we moved all her toys in!Speaking of that black and white cabinet...Here's the story behind that...I saw it a couple of years ago at Savers. It was $13! I know...and can you believe my penny pinching ways got the best of me I passed it up! I got half way home and thought to myself "why didn't I get it?!" I could not stop thinking about it so I call information for the number to Savers and had them hold it...I don't think they are allowed to, but the guy (luckily who answered the phone) remembered I was looking at it and said as long as I picked it up that night it wasn't a problem. So I called my sister because she worked like 1/2 mile from the store and asked her to pick it up and take it to my little sister's softball game. Yes, I remember every detail about that cabinet because in my opinion it was the best thing I ever purchased and I am so happy to this day that I got it and nobody else saw it in that 15 minute span of me kicking myself in the butt for not getting it in the first place! LOL! When I got it from my sister she was like "I can't believe you didn't buy this right then!" Anyway, to get back to the point of the post...it was an ugly light yellow-brown color so I painted it black. It matched the guest bedroom furniture, but I thought for "Peyton's Play Place" it was too dark so I painted it white. I didn't worry about getting in the nooks and crannies of it because I LOVE the look of glazed furniture and that's what it kinda looks like with the black left on. I love the detail...and there is one little piece that broke off that I need to glue back on, but otherwise it is perfect! There is also a shelf in it and I keep all of our wrapping paper, gift bags, boxes, and bows stored in it. The doors are tight so P probably couldn't open it even if she tried, but I don't even think she knows it opens anyway. This was just the first coat...I know it looks a little sloppy on the edges.
Here it was before...
I also cleaned up this "catch all" in our hallway. Once I get to cleaning it somehow leads to re-decorating and repainting. I wish I wouldn't have painted the back wall of the desk this color:( I liked the dark better and of course I don't have enough left to paint it back the way it was.
Another random thing I want to share is THIS AWESOME DEAL! I got a gift card type coupon for JCPenney's which was weird because I don't rememeber the last time I went into that store. Anyway, it was $10 off a purchase of $10 or more. So Peyton and I took a drive to spend it. I found her an outfit for next summer, myself an outfit and a sweatproof travel cup. For only...$1.23! Peyton's outfit was $3.17 and my outfit was $1.97! I love these rompers and think they look so cute, but I never bought one because I just wasn't sure if I would ever wear it. Well, I figured for $1.97 of money that wasn't even mine it was well worth it! Then the cup was on sale for $5.99. And I am glad I didn't spend the $15+ at Starbucks for the same thing! The lady couldn't believe my deal! She said it saved like $65 or some crazy amount like that. I know my outfit was $44 reg. price! What a steal! I almost feel bad doing that...but not bad enough because I did the same thing with a Kohl's coupon just the other day! Haha! Although, I did buy a stuffed animal for Peyton knowing that it wasn't part of the coupon because it goes to charity. But even then, that were only $2.50! And I got a shirt for both me and Peyton!
I love my "thrifty"-ness! Kenny does too;)

Slackers!

2010-10-04T20:21:00.000-07:00

I'm blaming it on Peyton haha...I don't want to say she is a handful, but she definitely keeps me on my toes and blogging just isn't a top priority when I would rather be playing with her anyway. Besides it's impossible to have my computer open when all she wants to do is pound on the keys or when I'm at the desktop because then all she wants is the mouse! I think I post the same stuff, but she is getting so big and she is so much fun! All she wants to do is play catch-which she is pretty good at throwing the ball and sometimes she will even catch it! She loves being outside so I can't wait for it to cool down during the day! She will play with her high chair, stroller and wagon forever-she LOVES the buckles and belts in them! She loves to dance too! I keep the tv on throughout the day even though she doesn't watch it unless there is music-then she will bust out with some pretty sweet moves! It's hilarious! She loves music! Especially the backyardigans theme. She will lean to one side and wave with the other hand. The other day she was playing with the stroller behind the couch I was sitting on and when that song came on I heard a smack and I looked over knowing she fell and waiting to hear her cry, well she tripped over the wheels trying to get around the couch to start dancing! She popped up and ran to the tv and started throwing her arms around like nothing happened!
She loves her some chocolate chip cookies!

One night we made Hawaiian Punch slushes and they were so good!Kenny felt funny drinking out of a maragarita glass...I told him we might as well use them since we don't use them for Margaritas!Peyton really enjoyed them too!This smile of hers is priceless! Hmmm...what can I get into next? When I was little, my hair was thin and stringy and my aunt called me "Mophead"...I think it's safe to say this is where Peyton got it from. Poor girl!Our little dare devil!

Here she was all ready for my dad's birthday celebration! How cute is she?!.Well there's a sad little story that goes along with this cute little dress. First off, she loved wearing this dress! She kept twisting and turning and bunching up the tulle and was enjoying every second wearing it. I saw her out of the corner of my eye twisting and turning and holding on to the skirt and right when I looked down she lost her balance or something and smacked right into the wall of the bar:( I knew it hurt and she started crying instantly and when I picked her up I put her against me. When I pulled her away to look at her forehead (where I though she hit) it was nothing but blood around her mouth and nose. I was on my way into the bathroom where Kenny was and when I walked in he freaked out like "what happened!" I think the blood all over my cheek scared him more than when I first saw the blood on Peyton! We were looking in her mouth to see if she knocked out a tooth, but it ended up being her poor nose:( Kenny was calming her down while I cleaned my cheek and when I went to check her I started getting teary-eyed because it was so sad:( I told Kenny, "Bless her little heart, she was just dancing around and smacked the wall" and then when Peyton saw me upset she started crying again. She got blood on it so I don't know if she will ever wear it again:(
Katie also had her baby shower a couple of weeks ago! Her pregnancy has flown by and I can't wait for little Ryker to get here! I'm having baby fever!

Last weekend we went to San Tan Flat for our friend's birthday and they had a live band and we could not keep her away from the stage! All she wanted to do was dance! She would bend her knees, stick her butt out and move her arms up and down! It was so cute! She fell a couple of times and was FILTHY from all the dirt! Braxton got into it too!She loves her chicken! Look at that dirty face!

Here's what's been goin' on...

2010-09-15T12:09:00.000-07:00

It's FOOTBALL SEASON! Woot Woot!

Proud Romo fan!Playing a little catch with Daddy during the games on SundayAnd then a little soccer... Maybe Peyton had a hunch the Cowboys were gonna lose...Daddy on the other hand didn't see it coming:(...On the bright side, we won ALL SIX of our fantasy leagues...Of course we would take a Cowboys win over fantasy any day, but ya win some and ya lose some. I can't help but laugh at Peyton's hair...it seriously looks like a mullet! Playing in the field after one of mom and dad's games! I love this time of year...it's finally cooling down, football is here and the holidays are coming! Woo Hoo! We have been playing a lot of softball and Kenny's men's team is doing really well! So good in fact, that they are on "probation" because other teams feel they are too good to be playing in the recreational league! I don't know what "probation" means exactly, but I guess they shouldn't play to win??

Not this last weekend, but the weekend before that, we went to the ASU game with Matt and Sasha! We had a great time...except when the drunk (probably underage) girl next to us started puking! I may sound cold-hearted, but I have absolutely no sympathy for people who get to this point. Apparently, her friends must have felt the same because they just continued taking pictures of themselves! Good friends they are! It was DISGUSTING! There were a few seats open next to us on the opposite side so we were able to scoot down. It was a long game too! We ended up leaving close to 10:00 and the 4th quarter was just barely starting! ASU ended up winning-if you care:) We had a great time!Sunday and Monday(of Labor Day weekend) were nice and relaxing...We went to Kenny's parents on Sunday, then Monday we went to my parents' for the afternoon! We swam and ate good food both days! We went to San Tan Mall with auntie Kel too! I didn't play for too long because some little boy covered the the water spout and it squirted out in my face:( Mom almost beat him up, but Auntie Kel had to hold her back...(Ok, she didn't really almost beat up a six year old, but she said he should know better because I was playing with it first-haha) Daddy's softball team's trainer..."Anyone need their ankles taped?""How 'bout you mom?"I experienced my first "parent with a toddler incident" and she isn't even two! I was washing dishes and she was playing in the den. I didn't hear her for a minute so I went into the den...didn't see her...walked into the hallway...she wasn't there either...walked around the corner to her bedroom...there she as with my turquoise craft paint! I took it away and grabbed the towel that was luckily laying right there from her bath that morning. I started to clean her hands and didn't realize until I picked her up to go rinse them off that she had a perfect application of turquoise "lipstick!" Thank goodness for non-toxic craft paint! Now our carpet on the hand...well it definitely needs a patch job. At least we have extra carpet rolls to get that done! What do the terrible two's have in store for me?!?!Let me just show you the drama queen we have on our hands over here in the Holmes' household...she had a pen so I took it away...I know this is kinda teasing her and mean on my part, but I just wanted to share...Then about 3 seconds (if that) after I gave it back to her. (Of course I didn't let her keep playing with it) Can you say "DRAMATIC?"What is this?Ha, you think you can just sneak this thing on me? I'm smarter than that!Other than Peyton being a dramatic and sassy little girl, she is so fun! She loves to dance to any music that comes on...especially the swiffer commercial...you know, the song that goes "Don't you love me baby?" It's pretty funny! And she loves Glee! When a song comes on she instantly stops what she is doing and goes and stands right in front of the tv and will move only her right arm (like she is doing the "chicken dance") Then when she really gets into it, she will lift up her right leg and keep trying to balance on it or she will kick it out like she is doing a yoga move or something. She also LOVES "Flo" from the progressive commercials. She can be almost asleep in the evening while we are watching tv and as soon as she hears her talk she flips up and INSTANTLY smiles! The other night I was cooking and she was hanging on to my legs whining because she wanted me to hold her, but as soon as she heard "Flo" talking she walked out of the kitchen and around the couch to watch her. She loves bath time and brushing her OWN teeth...Heaven forbid we try to help her with that! She is such a hoot and love her more and more everyday!

2010-08-30T07:11:00.000-07:00

Peyton is probably at the BEST age right now! Of course, every stage is great and it really does just keep getting better, but she is SO MUCH FUN right now! Every day she does stuff that just makes us laugh so much! We are so grateful to have her in lives and I don't know what we would do without her now. She loves when Kenny comes home and she will run into our room because she knows he will chase her. He will pick her up and (gently) toss her on the bed and she will get up and fall face first continuously into the pillows! She loves it! She also tries to run to you and she will put her arms up with her head back when you say "come give me a hug!"

She has 16 teeth now! I am beginning to think that this is just absurd because everyone that I talk to can't believe she has so many! This girl can put some food away too! She eats close to two scrambled eggs plus a banana every morning with a full cup of milk. For lunch, I have been making her grilled cheese sandwiches and she usually will eat a whole one minus the crust. She is constantly snacking all day long too on crackers, fruit, pretzels, whatever she can get her hands on!

Sometimes I think she shares her food with the dogs because if I don't put them outside while she eats they are right on her heels! And she is pretty good at sharing. She will usually give you whatever she has if you ask for some.She loves this little chair and I don't know why we never thought to bring it out of her room and into the living room. Anytime we couldn't find her, she would always be in her room in her chair with a book, ball, or even sometimes sitting there with nothing and just waiting for us to find her.
She LOVES playing catch and can throw the ball pretty well too!She also likes to play with her little golf clubs. She will chase Winnie with them and finds it hilarious when she runs away! I could just eat that smile up! On Friday, Peyton joined her two friends, Daley and Braxton, for "Story Time" at Barnes and Noble and they weren't interested in the story as much as the snacks we had for them.Afterwards, we went to the splash pad and she loved it! This was the first time she ever played in the water. She got a little upset when a kid tried to cover the hole and it got her more wet than what she wanted. A little later my mom met us there and we went to lunch at Brio. Peyton enjoyed coloring while we enjoyed our crab cakes-yummy! Later that night I played softball and it was so precious watching Kenny chase Peyton around. Then I would see her bend down and hand him rock after rock and thought it was so sweet and sad to see how big she has gotten:( sniff, sniffBraxton was not having any of the splash pad fun!Daley didn't waste anytime!
Eventually, she was just interested in the stroller and stairs rather than the water and toys. Thanks again Steve and Mal for the invite (and pictures)! We had a great time!

Saturday, after we did some yard work, we went to Kenny's parents' to watch the Cowboys game...we won't talk about that though...they lost and that's that...but she had fun playing with all the toys from Aunt Patti, Jen, and Kristi over there! I have been trying to catch this look she gives on camera...she will laugh with you then all of a sudden she'll put her head down like this and stare out of the tops of her eyes. It's really funny!Sunday we had a fantasy football draft at my cousins' house! I can't believe it's already time for this madness to begin! Here's auntie Kelli chasing Peyton around!

Craigslist

2010-08-20T10:51:00.000-07:00

I love this site! I have sold quite a few items on it and even purchased a fab find...my glider/rocker for $15! However, I hate all the junk/"sold already"/ugly/broken stuff you have to go through to find whatever it is that you're looking for...

Example A: I see the description of what I'm looking for, I click, NO PICTURE! Can you say frustrating! Because chances are I'm not gonna waste my time to email because more than likely it's an overprice piece of junk anyway!

Which brings me to...

Example B: I want a wingback chair, just for the heck of it...I want to ATTEMPT to reupholster it just because I think it might be a fun little cheap project...anyway, so I start looking at the furniture and I see some of the stuff people put on there like a "couch for $100 with holes/tears/cat scratches...but it's really comfy"...just because people buy their jeans with tears doesn't mean they will buy a couch with tears! And for $100 at that! C'mon people!

So, the point of this post was just for a little humor...I was cleaning out my junk drawers and found my old ipod. I figured that since we have itouches and I haven't used it in almost 2 years, I might as well try to sell it. So I put it on Craigslist for $60 with all the little accessories. A couple of hours later I got 3 emails and here is what one of them said...

"would you be interested in a trade for it? i got a nice 3 hose hookah, some knives, and a mini samuri sword, and also got a small clarion amp, if your interested in anything let me know you can also text me at ###-###-#### - Warlock Shaylo"

First off, I don't smoke whatever it is that you put into a hookah...I definitely don't need any knives-I would rather have a gun for protection-I'm not into Worlds of Warcraft or whatever that game is so a mini samuri sword wouldn't do me any good, and I'm pretty sure I don't need a clarion amp...Just thought this was funny! Of course my response wasn't this blunt, but I did have the courtesy to send a simple "no, but thanks" his way.

PS Warlock Shaylo might be his war name, ya think?

HAPPY FRIDAY!

2010-08-16T16:26:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure what I last blogged about, and what updates I have given, so I'm sorry if some of this is stuff you already know, but the most important is that Peyton is finally walking! Actually, for a little over a week now. She is all over the place and fast too! She is just so dang cute with her little sassy personality blooming more and more everyday. She loves to play, talk, dance to ANY music she hears, laugh, and then there's the dirty looks, fits and tantrums that it seems she has almost perfected. But, she really is such a happy, fun, loving, sweet, dramatic, PERFECT, baby girl. She can point to her belly, belly-button, foot, and will clap right after she does it because she knows we clap and say "good girl" She totally said "thank you" one morning too right after I gave her a cup of milk.

We can finally do piggy-tails! A milestone that every little girl can't get to fast enough! Well, unless you are lucky enough to be born with a ton of hair-which in P's case, she was unfortunate. I don't do it much because her hair just gets messed up in the carseat because it's not long enough to stay in the rubberband. She fills the basket up with blocks, and doesn't ride the horse like she is supposed to, but instead she just drags it all around. This is one of the toys that will make music and she just stands next to it and dances when it plays "Yankee Doodle"Funny story about this little baby carriage...Our little neighbor Dana, she is four. She loves to come over and play with Peyton because her little sister was just born about a month ago so obviously she is too small to play with. Anyway, she came over one day and I answered the door and she said, "Hi...um, would you like to buy this baby toy?" And I said, "ok, how much are you selling it for?" She said, "$85" Haha! I told her that I didn't want to take her toys and that she should save it for her little sister to play with when she gets bigger, but she ended up telling me that Peyton could just have it because her mom was making her get rid of some of her toys. She is such a cutie! But, Peyton kept trying to sit in it and kept getting stuck, then would cry because she couldn't get out so we finally had to put it away until she is a little older. Whenever you say, "Hello" she will put her hand up to her ear like she is holding a phone (this time she actually had a phone) and tries to say "Hello"...one day she said it and it was plain as day! We laughed because we were just expecting her to put her hand up to her ear.Kenny and I laugh HYSTERICALLY-literally holding our stomachs, rolling on the floor when she puts shorts on her head and just looks at us like this! She doesn't crack a smile or anything just puts on a little show-and apparently likes the reaction she gets from us because she does it all the time! At Home Depot one day, just playing around!Just waking up from a nice little nap!Then she popped her head up and instantly posed...what a ham! "Daddy, can I please have some more ice cream?We went to Tucson a few times last week because Auntie Hailey's team went to regionals for Allstars. They won state the week before, but ended up losing after going 2-2 at regionals. When does the game start? I'm bored!My little set-up at the games! Paige, our niece, moved up to Canada with her mom so we had a little going away party for her. We are upset that we won't see her as much as we're used to, but she seemed to be excited about not starting school until later and she was going to see her other grandma and grandpa on the way up. We will see her in December, but I'm sure it wont come fast enough! Peyton and some of her little cousins! Peyton didn't feel like cooperating at the moment. We have had a couple birthday parties too! Me and mommy at Trevor's and Jack's party at the park!Ethan's party at Peter Piper!Nana's birthday cake that Jen made! It was delicious too! Mine and Kenny's softball season came to an end this last friday too:( But, we won the whole darn thing! Woot Woot! We beat Subway, the team who almost goes undefeated EVERY season, and usually wins the Championship! We beat them 23-14 and they were UPSET! Kenny got into with one of the guys because 3 of them hit it right back at our pitcher and these guys can control exactly where they hit the ball. They didn't fight, but if our friend didn't get in the middle of it...who knows? Anyway, we won and that's all that matters! It was muggy and hot, but well worth playing almost two and a half hours in the miserable weather! Photo: Courtesy of Mal:) Thank you!

Peyton's 1st Birthday!

2010-07-26T09:34:00.000-07:00

She had quite the turnout with all of her aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents who showed up to celebrate a special day for a special girl!Here was her cake! A friend of my sisters did it and not only did it look fantastic, it was so delicious too! (To see some of her other cakes go to http://sugarmamacustomcakes.blogspot.com-sorry, but I'm not sure why you can't click the link)Don't I look cute in my lovely birthday tutu and bow that Auntie Kelli made me!Opening up all my presents that my sweet family gave me!Playing with my cousin, Ryder, and my new stroller!I have so many more pictures and I know Uncle Skip got some really good ones too! As soon as I have more time, I will post them!

Summa Time!

2010-07-25T21:11:00.000-07:00

Auntie Katie and Uncle Jake got me a pool for my birthday! Mom got in it for a little bit with me, but then had to get that dang camera!Come on in...the water is lovely!

Date Nights

2010-07-24T21:03:00.000-07:00

My mom's friend had some tickets to the D-Backs game Thursday night that weren't going to be used so she gave them to us! Our seats were on the 3rd base line in the 19th row plus she had a parking pass that couldn't be any closer to the stadium! Since she gave us four, we invited my cousin Josh and his girlfriend Brie! We had so much fun! Josh just turned 21 last week so he was excited to buy a round for him and Kenny! Cotton candy, YUM! I thought the Randy Johnson one was so funny because of his hair!
Since we had Peyton, we don't go out as often. It's definitely not due to lack of babysitters-we have a PLETHORA to choose from, we would rather just stay in though. As much as we missed our Sweet P, we know she was having fun with Kenny's parents. On Friday, we decided to keep it going and went on another date, just the two of us though, and leaving Peyton with my parents this time! We went to the movies for only the 2nd time since P was born! I am so glad that we have our families so close that when spur of the moment decisions come up we are able to leave her in good hands. Our parents are always telling us that it's good for us to get out and I am so glad we finally did. Our little date nights were so much fun and after almost 9 years of me and Kenny being together, I am still so in love with him and can't wait for more date nights to come!

Happy Birthday to our Little "Love Bug"

2010-07-15T11:27:00.000-07:00

Our precious Peyton turned 1 year old on the 8th! We celebrated by having our parents over for baked ziti along with desserts of carrot cake and cherry cheesecake cupcakes!

Opening presents! Spoiled? I think so!
Mom and dad got me this cool slide...it's just a little difficult to get back up this way. Ohhh, so that's how you get back up! Thanks Paige! She got the hang of it real fast! Now, she will hardly sit up there for a split second before sliding down. I am ready for the zoo with my new wagon from PopPop and Nana Holmes!Checking out my sweet ride from Grandma and Grandpa Maher!Yum! My own carrot cake!Celebration #2 pictures with aunts, uncles, and cousins coming soon!

Move over daddy...there's a new man in her life!

2010-07-07T16:16:00.000-07:00

We went to lunch with Katie, Stefani, Kelly and her little boy Preston. What a Cutie Patootie he is! Katie got a really cute picture of them holding hands while they were in their strollers too, but I wasn't fast enough!He wanted to give her a kiss, but she kept kicking him away. She likes to play hard to get! We got a monkey on our hands!Auntie Katie (and baby Ryker in her belly) showing her how to do it! Playing in the yard..and practicing walking with mom!Have you met Angus, my bodyguard?P.S. If you happened to notice how FILTHY my child's legs are, it's from crawling that day...We do bathe her on a regular basis:)

Home Sweet Home

2010-07-06T18:32:00.000-07:00

We are back from Hailey's softball nationals in Colorado and even though we had such a great time, there is no place like home! Hailey's team did really well compared to all the other teams from Arizona, the best actually, but ended up with a record of 4-2. I am not sure where they placed, it wasn't horrible, but it wasn't 1st. Thursday afternoon, after our trip to the zoo, we went to one of Hailey's games then had to head all the way across town to Hailey's All American game. And she did FANTASTIC! There were 27 girls on her team and she was the youngest! The majority were juniors and seniors. Offensively, she did great! She only batted once because the team was so big and she had a perfect bunt, which got her on base. She ended up stealing 2nd and 3rd before finally scoring. Defensively, she did just as well! She fielded a ball and got it to 2nd just in time to make a double play and get the girl out at first too! We were so proud! She met a bunch of girls from other states and had a great time! Her team ended up winning by 1! Here are some pictures from our trip! I was a little bummed I didn't take more during the games, but I got a lot at the zoo which deserved separate post!

Grandpa showing P the planes!Peyton did awesome on the plane! She missed her nap that she usually takes in the late afternoon because of all the commotion at the airport, but as soon as we got on the plane she fell asleep and woke up when we landed! It was perfect! Here we were in Westminster for her game Thursday night. It was so pretty there!Hailey warming up before her big game! Her game was even being recorded by ESPN! She was a little nervous;)Here was P during the game...She doesn't realize yet just how fun it is to watch softball. She was way too into that cracker!On our way to one of Hailey's games from the zoo we drove by Mile High Stadium where the Broncos play! Not that we are fans, but our niece is. Go Cowboys! :)Here's Natalie! One of our family friends who just moved up to Colorado a couple of months ago! We were so happy to see them, and of course Peyton was in seventh heaven with Nat! She loves her! Look at that cheeseball smile:) I love it!My parents have other friends that live up there that we visited too! Here's P playing with one of their grandsons' toy.Our flight was delayed coming home because of the weather. But Peyton made some friends while we waited.Here's what we were leaving for 100+ degree weather:(Look at that bed-head!Enjoying some strawberry wafers. I love this picture!

Denver Zoo!

2010-07-06T16:46:00.000-07:00

**A whole BUNCH of Pictures!**

Thursday morning we woke up bright and early, even though we didn't get in until late Wednesday night, and went to the Denver Zoo! We were so excited to take Peyton and see her react to all the animals, but as you can see from the picture below, she slept the first hour we were there. She probably would have slept longer, but we finally woke her up.Missing out on all the fun!It's Marcel! Ok, not really, but it's the same kind of monkey. (For those of you who watch "Friends" you know who Marcel is)Poor guy:(Showing Peyton the bears! Luckily, they were so active or she would have been cranky because we just woke her up.Yikes! Look at those claws! I have a really cute video of this cute little penguin, but the videos take F-O-R-E-V-E-R to load...does this happen to anyone else? Is there a faster way to do this?I liked this little guy's afro :) Now that's a mustache!I know you like the flamingos mom, but I could honestly care less...Pretty kitty! The loves of my life! So Sweet:) She is such a people watcher! Watching the monkeys! I can't remember what this was, but she liked it.These were so tiny and cute! This was the BIGGEST gerbal I have ever seen! It had to be at least 50 pounds! This gecko was so blue! It was really pretty! Their exhibits were so close to the people...much better than the Phoenix Zoo! I don't know what the deal was with his humps...Just hanging out!Peyton liked watching the fish too! Cheese! This train is fun! Good idea daddy! ehhh...not such a good idea mom:) How come mine doesn't move up and down?She was one tired little girl after the zoo, but she was still hanging on to her souvenir!

Proud sister over here!

2010-06-28T21:12:00.000-07:00

Let me start with a little background info...Hailey, my little sister, is in Colorado right now for softball nationals. She made the allstar team and they had their game tonight, which they won! Well, the exciting part of this post is to brag that my little sister did so well in this game that she made All American!! I'm not sure if I worded that correctly, but anyway, basically there were some colleges there that actually spoke with her a little bit AND she was invited to play in New York next year! I can't explain how proud I am of this little girl. She is only 14 and one of the youngest girls there. She isn't even in high school yet and already has accomplished so much! We are flying to Denver on Wednesday and luckily, we will be able to see her play in another allstar game as well as the national tournament. This will be Peyton's first time flying so here's hoping she is a pleasant passenger...we'll see! Hope everyone has a happy and safe Independence Day!

Kodak Moments

2010-06-21T20:28:00.000-07:00

Good Luck trying to keep this little girl still! I forgot to post these when she turned 11 months and I just thought it was so funny because I couldn't get her to look at the camara for more than one picture!

Some peaches for my Peaches! She makes this funny face everytime you look at her when she eats:)

Her new favorite fruit, KIWI! She can't get enough! But I had to cut back when her diaper was basically one big black kiwi seed! Ok, not really, but there was a lot and it kinda freaked me out for a second! Her new favorite thing to carry around are the travel size lotions and shampoos. She was never a pacifier baby, but when she found them in a little box on her changing table she new just what to do with it!

Excuse the dirty glass, but it's impossible to keep clean when everytime the dogs are outside, she goes up to the door and watches them while they bark at our neighbor's dogs! It's cute because she usually cheers them on and smacks the glass like "Show those neighbor dogs whose boss!" Haha! Hailey had a tournament last weekend, but she didn't care too much...mmm I LOVE LOVE LOVE that lip!

I made her some glazed carrots the other day and she chowed them down! She's had carrots before, but I don't know why I never thought to make them like this! Super easy too and very delicious! Even Kenny liked them, and he is picky about those veggies!

Kenny was in a wedding this past weekend and what a handsome groomsman he was!Helping mama clip her coupons! This little rocking chair was actually my dad's when he was little and Peyton LOVES it. Would you like some of my powdered donut grandpa? Oh I'm sorry, I ate it all, but I have some powder leftover!

More Bloggin'

2010-06-10T15:29:00.000-07:00

I'm on a roll with posting lately...I think this makes four for the week??? Or maybe just three...anyway, it's more than what I have been doing lately. I'm sure I said before that she definitely keeps me busy all day and blogging isn't on my list of priorities. However, I have been able to sneak a few in and this one is just a random one, but I thought I would share anyways.

So, it's a work in progress, but I am still redecorating our master bedroom. The walls are painted and I have a few accessories in place, but I have not found the drapes that I want so it looks a little unfinished without window treatments. The comforter has not been put on the bed, but I did start another BIG project that I am so eager to finish, but it is just so dang hot outside! I will pass on the heatstroke, thank you! I just really need to learn to finish one thing before I start another because I have a lot of stuff on my project table in the garage! Anyway, on to my big project...
BEFORE:AFTER:Yes, I am staining our furniture! The two smallest pieces down, and the other four big ones to go!

Another "hobby" I have gotten back into is couponing-is that a word? I kinda gave it up and just recently started back into it. I may not get on here and blog all the time, but one thing is for sure, I always check out www.moneysavingmom.com to score whatever deals may be out there. I will admit though, I did this all myself and who says you have to pay $15 a month to have some lady tell you what to get and what coupons to use? (No offense to those of you who pay for that service:)) I was so proud of my shopping trip today that I just have to blog about it! I got all this...plus all this:If I didn't have coupons up the wazoo over here, I would not have gotten over $70 worth of stuff for $26! Yeah, that's right $26! And it is not just stuff, these items are actual necessities! How did I ever let this "hobby" slide to the back burner?! I get so much joy out of saving money...or supporting my husband's habit of energy drinks with the money I would have spent;)

11 Months!

2010-06-10T07:05:00.000-07:00

My last post has the update, but we had to get our monthly photoshoot in! However, I did forget to mention that she has 9 chompers now! We don't think she suffered too much, but her molar gave her a hard time for a couple of days.

2010-06-07T20:14:00.000-07:00

Whoa! Can time just stop flying by PLEASE!?!? Last night, after we put Peyton down, we were talking about how we can't believe she is almost one! The last few months have been such a blur because she is learning so much and the older she gets, the faster it goes...now we know why our parents say that. She brings so much joy, love, and laughter to our lives and we are so grateful for such a perfectly healthy and happy baby. She still loves playing peek-a-boo and it never gets old! She also picked up a pretty good habit...she tries to get dressed herself! One day she crawled into her room and when I went to check on her, she had pulled a pair of shorts out of her laundry basket and was trying to put them on! It was so cute! She just doesn't understand though that she can't wear everything. She'll try to put anything on her feet... wipes, shirts, hair ties, and whatever else! She gets into anything she can and is OBSESSED with everything on her changing table...especially the lotions and powders. She just likes to carry around the bottles. Kenny is hoping she will get bored with his dvds soon, but I really don't think that's gonna happen anytime soon! He tells her no and smacks her hand (don't worry, not that hard!) but she must relate the word "no" with the action of laughing hysterically because that's exactly what she does! It is actually pretty funny! We try not to let her see us laugh when she does it though. She loves to share her snacks with me and the dogs have quickly learned that when she is in her walker and they follow her, she will share with them too!What a little cheeseball!Mmmm, I like that chocolate stuff! I was sharing my chocolate ice cream with her!About to get into stuff that I shouldn't! Playing with the puzzles that Paige gave her. Until something caught her eye...my cranberry slush! She likes those! She LOVES dogs! She cracks up when they run around!
She loves to share! Saturday we were at Kenny's parents' and while I was in the pool, Theresa was giving her snacks and when Peyton saw me, she put her hand out to share some...even though I was all the way across the pool! It was so sweet:) Here she was sharing with me and Kenny! Pop-Pop always makes me some delicious sweet potatoes when he grills! Me and Paige swimming in our cool pool! The big pool kinda freaked her out! She was okay after a couple minutes though.She tries to put everything on her feet!Everytime we say, "where's the baby?" she puts her arms up and thinks she is hiding. Then she will sit really still and move her arms out after a few seconds then laughs and gets so excited when we say, "there she is!"

Matt's Graduation!

2010-05-28T08:17:00.000-07:00

Thursday night we attended Matt's graduation! The weather was perfect and the ceremony didn't last too long either!I was having a hard time getting my camara to zoom and focus, but here was Matt receiving his diploma. Peyton was so good! Considering we were practically sitting on eachother's laps, and she was running on only one nap that day! At least the guy in front of us didn't care that she kept playing with his shirt. She was so interested in the design on it! Watching the fireworks!Pop-Pop with his girls!

Double Digits!

2010-05-12T12:20:00.001-07:00

Peyton is 10 months! She just got out of the bath...if you didn't happen to notice her pruned feet!Boy, am I glad I'm not that elephant! I hope she doesn't treat her real friends like that! HahaAwww, now that's better!
Along with her age, her hair is growing too! A little longer in the back and it might just be an official mullett! Not that that is what we are going for! I put a little product in the curls, but it's hopeless when it just gets messed up in her carseat.

Mother's Day

2010-05-12T11:38:00.001-07:00

She just woke up from a nap so wasn't too thrilled to be taking pictures:)That morning at breakfast! Scrambled eggs are so delicious! The bib was put on AFTER she had some apple juice.My first "official" Mother's Day was excellent! We had breakfast with Kenny's family, followed by an afternoon of shopping with Kenny and Peyton, then we went by my parents' to give my mom her gift. Later that afternoon I met up with my mom and sisters then we headed to Casino Arizona. We ate at the buffet then watched the show called "Showstoppers" which were just a few impersonators and a comedian. After the show we gambled a bit. Kelli and I were watching my mom because we lost our gambling money already. We love playing the nickel machines with the fun bonus games so we just started to watch my mom play because the one she was on got the bonus! With this bonus, you had to pick two safes so Kelli and I each picked one and after a couple minutes of choosing cases to get to the next round it finally ended, but after we won $1,052!!! The guy next to us kept telling us what was going on because we couldn't believe we were winning that much! It was so exciting!!! And on a nickel machine-who would have thought?!?! Plus, the Suns sweeping the Spurs, made it an even better night! Shopping with the ladies that afternoon!Me and Kel at the show. We all had our phones out checking the score of the Suns game. My mom and I ended up running out of the show to watch the last of the Suns game! We looked like some crazy women running through the casino trying to find a tv I'm sure, but I wanted to see the celebration!
Here are the ones who went to the show...My cousin, Jessica, Aunt Bonnie, my grandma, Monnie, my mom, Kel, and me! Hailey, and three of my other cousins went to dinner, but they weren't allowed in the show because they were underage so they had to go home afterwards.

Overdue Update(s)!

2010-05-11T19:50:00.000-07:00

Peyton is all over the place now-a-days and getting into so much stuff! She likes to play with tupperware, piles of FOLDED clothes, Kenny's dvds, and just about anything else she can get her curious little hands on! She has such a sensitive little soul and will cry like a baby (no pun intended) if someone laughs around her, at her, with her, it really doesn't matter. I was talking to the pharmacist one day at Target and we started to laugh and she looked at me and got a huge frown and started to SCREAM. Kenny had to walk away with her to calm her down. Same thing happened at Dillard's when the lady at the jewelry counter and I were talking, and again one night when we were giving her a bath and I was messing with her hair. She just gets offended or something. She likes to clap when we say "yay" all on her own without us doing it with her. Kenny and my mom have been working on teaching her "high five" and she is getting that down too! Luckily, we can still put her in her walker without worrying too much about what she is getting into and she loves it! It kinda looks like she is going so fast that her hair is blowing back, but really it's just her bedhead.Crawling to the tupperware after getting bored with the pantry. She got tangled in the Target bag, but that wasn't gonna stop her!Kenny calls Winnie her "P-I-C" (Partner in Crime) because Winnie follows her all around. They love each other so much!One day she got halfway under our bed and was just watching tv.Peyton is pretty much done with baby food and will only eat the fruits now. We have been letting her try different foods and all she wants is whatever is on our plates. She has had chicken noodle soup, spaghetti, lasagna, scrambled eggs, pasta salad, just to name a few. We went to Carraba's a couple of weeks ago and she was in Heaven with their mashed potatoes! The people at the table next to us kept talking about her and how cute she was. Here was her first real meal of spaghetti.Would you like some Daddy?We also went to Lara's baby shower a couple of weeks ago! We have been friends since the first grade! I wasn't going to bring Peyton, but Lara wanted to see her. She let her hold her for the first 10 minutes or so and was totally fine...then her attitude quickly changed:) Here's the cute picture of them I stole from Lara's blog!She also found a new friend. We went to a little family gathering last weekend and there was a little girl there who was only about 3 weeks older than Peyton.If this doesn't make you smile, I don't know what will:)What a little peach!I went into to check on Peyton while she was napping and thought it was funny to see her sleeping like this because I sometimes fall asleep in the same position. Like mother, like daughter:) She chased this plastic star out of her room and down the hall...everytime she got it she would throw it and crawl to get it.It kept her entertained for a bit...until she saw my feet and wanted to play with my toes. That didn't last long because I wouldn't let her eat them! Hopefully we don't have one of those kids who bite their toenails! I know, GROSS!Kenny and I started softball again. Friday night we had our first double header and won both! I was kinda nervous to play because it's been a season, with the exception of a game or two, but I hit all seven times I was up to bat! My body definitely felt the results of all that running I did the next morning and Sunday was even worse! But it was a lot of fun! We actually are playing in two leagues in the next couple weeks and can't wait! This one just started earlier. It's going to be a lot of fun! My dad came so that he could keep an eye on P and she got cranky a few times so we had to switch the batting order so Kenny and I weren't right next to each other in the line-up. That way one of us took care of her when she was having a meltdown! Here she is after the game still awake at almost 11:00! Her sleep schedule has been a little messed up lately so we try to keep her up as late as possible. The 3:30-4 in the morning Peyton alarm clock just wasn't working for us!

Just because she's so darn cute :)

2010-04-27T20:51:00.000-07:00

I will update later, but here are some pictures from the last week or so!

Inspiration

2010-04-17T19:42:00.000-07:00

I finally repainted our bedroom! I have been putting it off for a few months now making sure I wanted to take on that challenge. I say "challenge" because we have a plant shelf that runs along a whole wall and angles that don't make it any easier. Throw in some vaulted ceilings and there you have it...a "challenge." I don't mind painting, but I wasn't really looking forward to it, so I kept tossing the thought around of just dealing with the two-toned green, which I painted and liked it, but finally got over it. It's amazing what paint does to a room! Anyway, I love watching HGTV and I saw this room on one of the shows, Splurge and Save, and absolutely loved it! I know it's a dining room, but who cares. I like that it gives me a "retreat-type-feel" like we are on vacation somewhere exotic. So there you have it...my inspiration...one of my many projects I will be working on for the next few weeks...maybe months...who knows:) A little crazy, different, and not near what the rest of our house looks like, but I think that's what I like about it. So far I only have the tan color on the wall. And Kenny wasn't too keen on the zebra thrown in there, but his words were, "Babe, you know I don't care." I can't wait!

2010-04-15T16:46:00.000-07:00

Our little Sweet P is 9 months already!! I know I say I can't believe it all the time, but really, I cannot believe it! She just has a mind of her own that's for sure! She is constantly learning things every day! Obviously, that is was she is supposed to do, but can she just slow it down for goodness sake?! These last couple of weeks have been full of milestones for her! She loves playing peek-a-boo and really gets into it now...she will try to climb over the edge of the bed, couch, around the door, wherever we are playing to see where we went. She will crawl all over us when she is laying in bed...I think it is impossible for her to sit still-a trait that definitely comes from me:) Haha! And we officially have a CRAWLER! We were sure she was just going to go straight to walking, but once she got the hang of it, she just couldn't be stopped. She is all over the place now! She finally found where the real toys are and I told Kenny it was only a matter of time until she found them-his dvds! She caught on to drinking out of a sippy cup really fast too! I put some apple juice in it and she loved it! She is eating more of the foods we eat and they might as well be pureed because Kenny and I think our daughter is incapable of chewing with the seven teeth she has! We are definitely first time parents when it comes to the size of foods she puts into her mouth. We are just paraniod, but I think we are getting better...(or at least I am! Shhh, don't tell Kenny I said that haha!) She finally claps while I clap too. Before, she would clap then I would clap and say "yay" then she would stop. So I would stop then she would start again. She laughs almost hysterically when we kiss her neck, screams when she sees Winnie, and smiles at the sight of her daddy walking in the door from work. She is just so awesome and we can't get enough of her...Everything she does is so cute and special. Me and Kenny often ask each other "is it time for another?" (Calm down you crazy grandparents-not quite yet!) On Tuesday she had her 9 month check up and she is growing great! She weighs almost 21 pounds and she is 28" long. I think she is familiar with the doctor's office now because as soon as the nurse came in she started to cry. Then again when the doctor came in and stopped for a second when he started talking to her. I think his strong accent threw her off because she was looking at him like, "whoa, you sound a little different!" Lol She is still cruising all around in her walker and loves it. Especially when we chase her down the hallway. She gets a serious look on her face and her arms shoot up like a superhero followed by her "running" on her tippy toes! It is so funny! She always goes straight into the kitchen and pulls off the dish towel hanging on the oven when we put her in her walker and carries it around. She also will go to the back door and pull the curtain over her and it makes Angus crazy when he is out back looking through! It almost seems as if she is playing peek-a-boo with him! I know I might sound repetitive when it comes to blogging so I am sorry if I have already shared some of this, but thank you if you are still reading!

As for me and Kenny...we're still the same "obssessed over our perfect little girl parents" and trying to savor every second we have with her! Kenny actually went camping last weekend and had a great time! He went with his dad, brothers, uncle and our friend Jake! Peyton and I missed him terribly, but it was only two nights and we stayed busy to make the time pass. Friday, P and I went to Hailey's softball game that night, then went back to my parents for pizza. Saturday, we went to lunch, at Chili's with Kenny's mom, his younger brother's girlfriend, and his older brother's fiance. After lunch we headed to his Aunt's gold party. I actually found some gold jewelry that morning in a pile of stuff that I was going to give to Goodwill. Luckily I had not taken it yet because I got $35! I only had a heart locket, 2 bracelets, and a small gold chain. After the party, we went to Yogurt Jungle-highly recommended by the way! I don't know if Queen Creek is the only location, but you should look into it and go! We had a great time with each other and I am so happy that we had some girl time! That night, we Peyton and I stayed in. However, I believe I got food poisoning from Chili's and puked all night! It was awful because at one point Peyton woke up and was crying. I didn't want to get her just in case it was the flu. She finally fell back to sleep and the next morning I took her to my parents and got some sleep! Of all weekends for Kenny to leave, of course I needed him home the most! I forgot what it was like to throw up because it has been probably 6 years for me! The last time was when I got my wisdom teeth out and that was before we were married! Ugh, it sucks! Anyway, I slept it off and was great when I woke up! We are so lucky to live close to out families not only are we able to just drop in anytime and it's not out of the way, but for times like this too. I was thinking how it would be of we lived out of state and had no one to help us when things like this come up. For that, we are so grateful! Besides, who wouldn't wanna hang out with this little peach!At the Doctor's office...Poor thing was so scared:(Awake from my nap and ready to party!You can see behind her all the dish towels on the ground that she pulls off and leaves for me to pick up! Haha Here are a couple pictures of Peyton swinging at the park on Easter Sunday! Thanks Jen!

Peyton's 1st Easter Celebration!

2010-04-05T20:06:00.000-07:00

Here we were a year ago...Now look at our little family!(Yes, I know, I need to do something about that farmer's tan! Haha)We had such a great Easter! We were planning on going quad-riding Sunday with my family so we actually celebrated Easter Saturday evening with Kenny's family. The only bummer was that we were going to miss seeing the rest of Kenny's family at the park on Easter Sunday. Well, we ended up not going quad-riding and celebrated at my parents instead, but it worked out well since we were able to go to the park after all! We had a great time, as usual, but I didn't take any pictures! Peyton went on the swings, but I will have to get those pictured from Kenny's cousin...Yes Jen, YOU! Haha! After the park we went to my parents' and Peyton made out like a bandit with all her Easter baskets! She got snacks, toys, books, stuffed animals, clothes and I think four or five "big girl" cups. Even though this little girl only got about two 20-minute power naps in the truck, she was a trooper all day!Saturday evening, Kenny and I colored Easter eggs. Kenny made one for me-the one on the left...He put a football sticker and a little chick because I like the little chick from Wonderpets! Haha-I thought that was really cute! We had to write with a black sharpie because we didn't read the directions to know we were supposed to write with the magic crayon before coloring the egg:) That's ok, it was fun and they still turned out cute!
See ya next week for my 9 month update!

Random Happenings...

2010-03-30T09:15:00.000-07:00

There hasn't been too much going on around here. Peyton is still growing like the weeds in our backyard! I like the rain and I like our backyard, but I hate when it rains in our backyard! If weeds just grew inside the curbing, it wouldn't be bad because then we could just mow, but of course it has to grow in the rock! At least the weather is still nice in the evening so it's not too bad when we do yard work. I am really going to miss this weather. We have been taking advantage of it and going to the park down the street about every other night and playing catch. We gotta get ready for softball since I have been out for a season! I played a few weeks ago as an alternate when one of our friends' team needed someone and I was so sore the next day! So, I have been rollerblading (I know you're thinking "who does that still?" haha) But I HATE running (long distances) and it's a better exercise than just walking and that way I will still be able to move the day after a game when we play this summer :) I rollerblade about four miles throughout our neighborhood and it's quite relaxing. Anyway, Kenny has been playing on a men's team Tuesday nights and they have a really good team, but their record doesn't really show it. I am not sure what it is, but I don't think it is a winning one. We also went to one of Kelli's games that she was playing in and when you strike out you have to wear this! Haha! I think I am gonna have to make one for our team!This past weekend we went to a going away party for some family friends. We are going to miss them, but we will actually be visiting them in June! Sharon, the mom, and Natalie, the daughter, always fight over who gets to hold P when we see them. Although she likes both of them, I think Peyton has a sweet spot for Nat. Natalie was diagnosed with Leukemia last year and because of all of her treatments, she lost her hair. So every time we see them, she jokes and compares her hair to Peyton's...Nat's hair is definitely growing in faster:)Auntie Kel and P at the party!I don't think Peyton has ever seen a balloon...not that I can remember anyways, but she was really liking it!We went shopping at San Tan Mall last week and she got some new Vans! She also got some white ones too! Now we match!She only looks sweet and innocent,but she can leave messes like this...She unfolded all of the laundry after I had just folded it and she was looking at me like this...We were playing with her hair after her bath...well the hair she does have:)

Happy St. Patty's Day!

2010-03-18T16:25:00.000-07:00

We celebrated St. Patrick's Day with my parents and had a delicious dinner of corned beef and cabbage! This was actually one of my favorite meals growing up so we had it more than just once a year, but it was a must tonight! Peyton enjoyed some carrots and potatoes. Afterwards, Hailey had a scrimmage that we went and watched.I wanted to make something festive and since I couldn't find mint chocolate chips at Walmart, I just made regular brownies and decorated them with some vanilla frosting and sprinkles. I was a little bummed because Betty Crocker had a fun recipe, but oh well.Peyton is getting the hang of clapping! She started doing it the other night at Kenny's softball game, but stopped when we made a big deal and sarted clapping along with her. She also started to "cheer" when Kenny got up to bat! She was so proud of her daddy;)I finally got a picture of P's top teeth! Excuse her greasy hair! Kelli wanted to put her hair into a mohawk and because it wouldn't stay by itself, she put vaseline in it! Crazy Auntie Kelli!We have also been doing some spring cleaning around here! We finally cleaned out the garage after putting it off for months! P's room was in desperate need of a thorough clean. I started in the middle of the week and finally finished Saturday! I hung up everything that has been sitting in the corner since before we brought her home, and finally went through all of her clothes and packed away the ones that are too small and had almost two garbage bags full! The only thing left to do is fill all of her frames with pictures! Now she has lots of room to play! I put some toys on the lower shelf so she eventually works her way over there and pulls them out to play with! It is so fun to watch her concentrate on whatever she is playing with. She looks so small here! You can see in the picture the little shelf I bought from goodwill for $2 that I painted. It was perfect for P's robes and towels.Just like her mama and daddy...she can fall asleep just about anywhere! She must have been extremely tired because she was playing and making all sorts of noises a minute before I looked over and saw this.I love baby kisses!Last week we thought she might have been teething more because she was kinda fussy. Then, after one night of her waking up at 1 am then again at 4 am, I suspected an ear infection so I made her an appointment. Luckily, they had an opening just two hours later because sure enough she had a DOUBLE ear infection and we got her on amoxicillin right away. She is doing much better now and there were only two maybe three rough nights for us. However, she did get two more top teeth in so now she has a total of six! I noticed they broke through just the other day.
Hailey is staying at our house for the weekend because my parents went out of town so we to San Tan Mall, had lunch, and shopped for Peyton's Easter outfit. We went to Tilly's to find some sunglasses and of course Peyton wanted to try some on too! Which ones do you think...blue or black?I'm thinkin' the blue ones!
Here's a little photo shoot Hailey and I had with her! My goodness she is CUTE! Even though she would hardly smile because she wanted to GRIND HER TEETH the whole time! But I still got some good ones!

Peyton is 8 months old!

2010-03-08T16:49:00.000-08:00

Say CHEESE! Hey Mrs. Elephant, where do you think you are going?She is just growing up way too fast I tell ya! She is walking all over (with the help of her walker, of course) rolling, and crawling every which way, but forward. We actually thought she was just going to bypass the whole crawling thing and go straight to walking, but the other day I peeked in on her while she was napping (or so I thought) in her crib and she was on her hands and knees kinda rocking herself back and forth. I didn't get a picture at that time, but I finally charged my camara and got one just now while we were doing our little 8 month photo shoot.She TRIES to feed herself, and is getting better, but she still doesn't understand the whole spoon thing so she's a bit messy:) But she likes mashed potatoes!There has also been a little spring cleaning going on around here! I finally went through Peyton's clothes and separated the ones that are too small. She was helping me too! I know her hat doesn't match, but I just put it on her while I was going through everything:) I was rolling all of her socks together and putting them in the basket and she was taking them back out one at a time! Haha! She was very content with that and it was funny because I put all of them back in the basket when she started to play with something else and when she saw me do that, she dropped her toy and started to take them out again.Isn't this the cutest little ballerina you've ever seen?!The other day I gave her a bath and before I dressed her I cleaned her ears and she loves when we do that. Her whole body relaxes and this time she ended up falling asleep. I put her diaper on and clipped her nails and she didn't wake up once! She was one tired little girl.

We also celebrated two special birthdays! On the 1st, we celebrated Kenny's dad's birthday! Paige made his cake and couldn't have been more perfect for him! It was delicious too!Then on the 4th, we celebrated my grandma's aka "Monnie" by going to Logan's Steakhouse. I've ever been and even though it was good, I prefer Texas Roadhouse. I hope they both had wonderful birthdays and I hope they know we love them dearly!

I went to Goodwill last weekend...I'm a sucker for their extra 50% off days, and got this frame, which I painted with a can of spray paint, two other frames, a shelf for the baby's room, and a game, all for $9.95! I was ecstatic! Not only is that quite a bit of stuff, but it gave me a few projects to work on. Not that I don't have plenty of those around here already. This project cost me maybe $2.50...I already had the spray paint and I got the 8x10 picture for free from a special that Walgreen's was having last week!I also got this picture for free too because I was able to print two coupons! I hope that's not considered stealing...it let me and normally it won't if they don't want you too. Besides, the cashier didn't care!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

My Love...Besides Peyton :)

2010-02-24T14:20:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to post how much I am in love with this man!I don't think there is a day that goes by that he doesn't make me smile or laugh. And he is a very good singer...just ask Peyton! He always sings, but he loved singing to her when she was in my belly...like this...(I love the serious expression on his face)We can be goofy with each other...Or serious...But he would rather be goofy...He loves his family more than anything and always puts us first. He is a hard-worker, loving father, devoted husband, and my best friend! PLUS...He is seriously HOT! Haha! I love this man!This picture is from about a year and a half ago, but it's one of my favorites of him. He is always (well, for the most part) clean cut, but for some reason he was opting out of getting a haircut. Maybe he didn't want to jinx the Cowboys because they were winning at this time? Who knows! But I do know that I just love him to pieces!

Too cute not to share!

2010-02-22T11:33:00.000-08:00

Peyton got a new toy and she LOVES it! I didn't even know they still had walkers! Well, I guess I never thought to look for them! I know it's a little boy-ish, but the other one was a cheesy pink princess one and the other was Winnie the Pooh. She cruises all over the place and it's perfect that we have so much tile because she doesn't get stopped by carpet until she starts heading into a room that she doesn't need to be in by herself anyway:)She will find the tag on anything and be more fascinated with that, than with the toy itself! I love how she is posing with her hand on her leg!Look at that little gut! Her shirt isn't too small, I had just sat her down and it raised up!

What we've been up to...

2010-02-17T08:45:00.000-08:00

Friday night, we actually had no plans so Kenny played Call of Duty with my dad, Jeremy, and Josh. It is really funny to see him with his headset on talking to whoever he is playing with. They can hear other people playing too and he is always laughing at what they are saying. I was feeling in the mood to scrapbook...so I decided to make a calender. I figured I will take at least a few pictures a month (who am I kidding, I probably take 10 a day!) so I will just make sure I snap one on the holiday in that month. Then, next year I can just switch out the picture and print out new dates. I have been wanting to start scrapbooking more, but I never find the time to just sit and go at it. This way, I have a month to get at least one page done:) We will see how long this lasts...I have yet to finish February. Valentine's Day was only 3 days ago though:) I just have to add mine and Kenny's picture and I know P's pic is old, but I liked the colors of it on this page.Speaking of Valentine's Day, I hope everyone had a good one! We sure did! We had plans with my cousin, Josh, and his girlfriend, Brie, to go on a Gondola ride at the same place Kenny proposed, but we decided against it. Luckily, we were able to eat at BJ's Brewery without waiting at all! After dinner we went to see Valentine's Day! Very cute movie, in my opinion. This was our first time going to the movies since before P was born! We left her with my parents and even though we missed her, it was a fun date. We didn't plan to match, it just kinda happened, I swear! But we do look pretty festive:)Hi there!P's new favorite thing to do is blow raspberries!When she isn't jumping, she will rest her legs like this. She is so stinkin' cute!She loves playing in her little jumper while she watches Nick Jr. She loves the moose! She can be completely distracted from the tv playing with her toys, but as soon as she hears that moose talk, her eyes are instantly fixed on the tv. I didn't realize it until one day I picked her up to change her and as I was leaving the living room, she was moving all around in my arms and looking over my shoulders trying not to miss whatever was on the tv. Now, I will look at her during a show and she will be smiling at whatever they are saying. Especially on Yo Gabba Gabba...which to be honest I HATE that show, but she loves that guy! My personal favorite is probably Olivia. Did I just admit that?! I can't help, but laugh at how cheesy, but cute, some of the shows are. I love how they make the shows sound so educational at the beginning, when really, they are just cartoons. I don't want to sound like I am creating a little couch potato, but when I am doing stuff around the house, I have that on for her. Plus the two boys I watch a couple times a week like that channel too:)

Anyway, Peyton is getting her top teeth in! These have been giving her a little more trouble the last couple days than her bottom ones did. And it isn't even during the night. She is sleeping like a champ actually! She falls asleep about 9:00 and wakes up about 7:00 or so! The other night I did hear her on the monitor and when I went into her room she had turned on her little crib toy. It didn't seem like she was falling asleep anytime soon because that toy was bright and loud, but she was just happy as a clam singing along to it. As I was walking out to go back to bed, I realized Angus was sleeping in there. How cute, he was protecting her:)

I also started reading "Dear John". I don't really read anything except biographies, but this book has got me sucked in! I am only 5 chapters in, but I have only been reading it for a day. Brie suggested it, so I thought why not!

Kenny and some of our guys friends started playing softball again. I didn't go to their first games because they were late Tuesday night and all the way out at Red Mountain. They lost, so apparently I didn't miss much ;) (That's kinda mean of me)

Hope everyone has a great week!

7 months, Fun Times, and Mom's Birthday!

2010-02-08T11:43:00.000-08:00

For Christmas, my parents got me and my sisters tickets to the Reba McEntire and George Strait concert on Friday night and it was awesome! Leann Womack was the opening act and she was great too! We all met at Joe's Crab Shack-delicious, by the way-then headed off to US Airways Arena. That place went CRAZY when Reba came out and even more crazy when she came out to an encore of "Fancy"-which was cool because she came out in a taxi wearing a red dress (like the music video). If any of you watch Reba (the show) you would know Barbara Jean, well she was there and did a funny little skit with Reba too.George Strait-AKA The Man! What a good lookin' cowboy...I don't care if he is 57! LOLLeann WomackMe and Kel before the concert sportin' our bibs from Joe's-we're such nerds!Me and my beautiful little sis, Hailey! It was funny because she knew the few newer songs of Reba's that I didn't and I knew all her old ones that she wasn't familiar with.Girls night out! We had awesome seats in the Lexus Suite! We had such a great time dancing and singing!
Saturday was also my mom's birthday! So this was the perfect place to celebrate with her! She LOVES Reba and George (yes, we are on a first name basis with each other haha), so it couldn't have been a better concert! Not that I needed a break from being a "mom", but it was nice knowing that Peyton was in good hands having fun with her daddy at home! We had such a blast! Thank you so much mom and dad for such a great night! Saturday, Hailey had a tournament so we spent my mom's birthday at the ball field. Of course she didn't mind, as long as we were all together! Peyton enjoying some ice cream celebrating grandma's birthday!Superbowl Sunday! Even though our boys didn't make it all the way, we still showed them some love! It was a pretty good game to watch and I didn't care really one way or the other, but I am happy for my sister who is a Saints fan!Can you believe that I am 7 months today!Here are some pictures from the last week or so. Well, hello there!I got a big girl carseat! I can't use it until I am 20 pounds though, but I think I'm pretty close! Isn't it pretty!I think I am about over this baby bath tub, mom and dad! When can I move on to the real one?Peyton is getting so big everyday! I cant believe our little sweet p is 7 months! She is getting better and better at crawling. I give her time everyday on her stomach and she can pretty much do everything, except crawl forward. She will end up away from her toys by rolling around and scooting backwards, but it's just hard for her to get back to them so she gets frustrated! That's okay though, I don't really want her to start crawling just yet because then it's on to walking! She is so charismatic and will smile at everyone, but if you take her out of mine or Kenny's arms, it's all over but the cryin'! She loves her mommy and daddy;) She is finally getting more hair and still hates getting dressed:) She loves to gives "kisses" and she likes to bite/suck my chin...she only does it for a sec and usually it's when someone is holding her and I take her. Kelli always makes fun like she is saying "wait, is that you mom, let me check, okay it's really you." It's really funny! We love her so much and she is just the most precious thing.

Great Grandpa Ed

2010-02-03T09:12:00.000-08:00

Sadly, my great grandpa passed away last week so we had to make a quick little trip to California on Monday. It has been about a year and a half since Kenny and I last visited him. He has been waiting patiently for a couple of years now to be with my great grandma Helen again and now he is finally where he wants to be. I do not do well with viewings, but my family says he looked good, so I will take their word for it. One of my last memories of him I want to remember is the afternoon we were at their house and he was surrounded by family and friends having a great time... When we were younger we loved going to see them. My grandpa would take us over to the park right next to their house and let us help him lock it up for the night. We thought we were the coolest because our grandpa was in charge of the park :) He was a member of the shriners and I remember going to football games, parties, and other fun events. Some of my best memories as a child was going to visit and luckily I will always have them.

2010-02-03T08:41:00.000-08:00

This weekend went too fast like they always do! Katie, Kelli, Peyton, and I had a girls night at the salon on friday. Later, we ordered pizza with the guys and stayed up past midnight just talking, gossiping, laughing and playing with P. Saturday, we had a birthday party at Freestone for my little cousin Ryder, who turned 2! Katie and Jake met us there and off we went to Hailey's tournament which they ended up getting 3rd place. Sunday, we went to dinner at Kenny's parents and heard some good news...Kenny's brother, Rod, is getting married! Karen is so sweet and I am so excited to have her for a sister-in-law!
Happy Birthday Ryder! (He is the one in the middle)Peyton watching Auntie Hailey play softball...This fast pitch is much more exciting than your slow pitch, mom and dad!I got to get me some of this McDonald's coke! It's good stuff!We were going to watch Saturday Night Live, but there were a couple of party poopers who fell asleep too early!On our way to California. You guys are gonna make me sit by this crazy lady?! Well alright, I guess...We had to pull over and stretch for a few minutes.Drunk and underage...this doesn't look like safe driving!

Kenny's weekend of Birthday celebrations!

2010-01-26T09:17:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to the best husband, father, and friend I could ever ask for! Little did I know (maybe because I wasn't even born yet haha) that 26 years ago, God would put one of the most amazing men on Earth for me to marry! I am one lucky chick that's for sure!

Friday night, we had some friends over and it turned out to be a little birthday celebration too. I made enchiladas, we played some games, the girls chatted, and the guys played Madden. Katie made brownies and we attempted to sing Happy Birthday, but Kenny wanted no part of it...as you can see:)Saturday, we had a little birthday party at Peter Piper Pizza for Alyssa, one of Peyton's other cousins! We played games and ate some of the BEST pizza in my opinion! I love their pizza! Afterwards, we went to my cousins wrestling match with my parents and later they gave Kenny his birthday gift. Thanks to my parents, I have lost Kenny's attention for the next 52 Saturday nights to xbox live...my dad loves playing Modern Warfare and another one of my cousin's has xbox live too. So they play every weekend and could not wait to get Kenny in on the action too! Here's P giving Paige a kiss at their cousin's party. (More like trying to eat her cheek off!)Sunday we went to Kenny's parents' house and bbq'ed. We played cards and watched the last half of the Vikings and Saints game! Not that I have anything against the Vikings, but yay for the Saints! We also took a little walk by the wash that was really running from all the rain last week.Peyton was eyeballin' that cake! She just couldn't wait to dig in!Hanging out while the food was cooking!
Monday, P and I went to find Kenny a present! I know, the day of his birthday, nice huh...gosh I am such a procrastinator! In my defense, we were going to go on Friday, but Kenny got home early that day. When he got home Monday, which was really his birthday, I had all of his gifts wrapped and ready along with his favorite snack (pepperoni, cheese, and crackers) and cherry limeade from Sonic! We got him GTA, which turned out to be the wrong one, (but he pointed to the wrong one in the ad so it wasn't my fault) a dvd holder, which he has been needing desperately, and a jacket from American Eagle. I tried looking for a Lucky hat (since he threw his other one on to the ice last weekend at the hockey game), but I couldn't find a single one at Buckle, Macy's or Dillard's...oh well, I think gift shopping was a success anyways:) Here's just a couple pictures from the last week. I haven't posted any pictures of her teeth so here they are in all their glory! Please excuse the dried snot and carrots in and around her nose...I really didn't want to wake her up by cleaning her face and then not being able to get a picture of her pearly whites.Look at our big girl just sitting there playing. I dont know what it is about pictures showing her orange stained nose, but it really is not as bad as it looks in pictures. It's kinda funny actually:)

It had to end sometime...

2010-01-18T20:05:00.000-08:00

Well, the Cowboys just couldn't quite hang in there against the Vikings:( Oh well, better luck next year...hopefully. On Saturday, Peyton and I went over to our friends Gina and Tres' house to watch the Cardinals game. My sister and Tres were the only Saints fans so they were pretty happy. I didn't care either way. Then after that game, I went over to my parents' to watch the Colts game and we played poker with some of our other friends and family. I tripled my money...a whopping $12 were my winnings!...or would that be quadrupled?? Haha Anyway, I hate losing money to gambling so I said to myself once I lost the $4 in quarters I had in my purse, I would be done. Kenny went to a Coyote's game with our other friend Jeremy. He said it was a lot of fun and they had great seats. I think the 5th row from the ice. He called me after it was over and said he lost his hat. I asked him, "What? How did you lose your hat?" He said there was a hat-trick. I had no idea what that was so he explained it to me.(It's when a player scores at least 3 goals in a game, the fans throw their hats on to the ice) It was his Lucky hat, which was probably one of my favorites he has. It wasn't his "good luck" lucky hat, it was the brand "Lucky" that went with everything. At least it will be donated to charity. Now that I think about it, maybe it was his good luck hat and that's why the Cowboys lost...we'll never know:)
Me and Auntie Kel watching the Cards get their butts kicked! I can crawl, but it's only backwards!I was making some silly faces in the bath the other night!

Hold on a second mom, let me finish my food then I will give you a smile...Here it is! We just can't get enough of her!My mom got a new horse and I wanted to ride her so while my mom was getting her all saddled I was taking pictures of Peyton on some hay bales. I thought they turned out really cute! I love this one!
Peyton wanted a turn too...Don't worry, she really didn't ride, I just wanted a quick picture:)