Even though I update our blog pretty much on a weekly basis I never really update anything about Peyton except for pictures. Our next appointment with the pediatrician isn't until next week so we will have another update then too. She finally realized with just a little momentum and a kick of her leg she can roll herself over! She smiles a lot but still has not had her first "belly" laugh. She talks to us and looks at us like she really understands what we are saying. I think she knows what "I love you" means because we tell her all the time and she smiles right away. She is definitely gaining weight (or my arms are just getting weaker). She still doesn't nap too much during the day, but still falls asleep between 7 and 8, eats around 10 or 11 at night and falls back to sleep until 6 or 7 the next morning, which is appreciated tremendously! She still sleeps with us, which I know is a habit that will be very hard to break...not for her, for us:) I asked Kenny the other night when he wanted to put her in her own bed in her own room and he just pulled her closer to him and said "probably not til she's 10." Haha Her hand-eye coordination is fun to watch too. Not only does everything go straight into her mouth, but she plays with the toys that hang down in her face from her carseat, swing, and bouncer! It's really cute to watch because she punches at it. She has also fallen asleep with her fingers wrapped around some of them. She still loves her bath and we think it is about time to put her baby bath in our tub because she splashes a lot! She has fun though! I was showering when she flipped over for the first time. I kept peeking out of the shower checking on her while she was on the bed and when I looked and saw her face in the bed I jumped out afraid she was going to suffocate or something! But when I got closer, she was okay and just trying to get her other arm out from under her:) I rolled her to her back, but a few minutes later she was trying to get back on her stomach:) She fell asleep so I thought I would lay her down in her bed, but a few minutes went by and she started to cry so I went to pick her up and she had wiggled herself to a very uncomfortable position:) She is getting so big! (As you can tell by her tight little onsie!)All washed up and smellin' good! Can I get dressed first before you start snapping pictures?!Now you are interrupting my quiet reading time!I love my tummy time!I also love to swing!She is finally able to use one of her big activity toys that has been sitting in the den waiting to be built since May! So, we put it together on Saturday and she loved it! We don't keep her in it too long though because her feet barely touch the ground and I am afraid she will lose the feeling in her legs if she can't stand...I don't know, maybe I am just paranoid or something:) She doesn't know how to turn herself around to the other toys, but she will learn soon enough.
Nana and PopPop also got one for her to play with at their house!I am sorry our Cowboys had to beat your Seahawks Uncle Rod! But thank goodness they did because you know my dad when they lose:)Monday night Auntie Hailey had a championship softball game. They have been playing against other teams in a fall ASA league the last few weeks just for practice and they had a tournament at the end. Her team made it all the way to the finals and WON!It went a little past her bed time:) Hope everyone had a great weekend!

A post about Ethel-our "other daughter"

One night I was painting my nails so I had a couple cotton balls out and one of them must have fallen on the ground. Ethel jumped up on the couch and just started looking at us sitting on the other couch and at first we didn't know what it was, but when we realized it was a cotton ball stuck on her lip, we were cracking up!

Happy Anniversary!

Kenny and I celebrated our four year anniversary on Friday! Since tying the knot on October 23rd, 2005 our family of two has became the perfect trio with the addition of Peyton. He is my best friend, a great daddy, and the BEST husband! I love him so much and can't wait to celebrate many more anniversaries with this man!

Wonderful Weekend!

Friday, Kenny and I hit the four year mark of our marriage! We didn't celebrate it though until Saturday because Matt had his Homecoming game and it was his last home game too. Here's Peyton watching Uncle Matt's football game with Brie! Paige also celebrated her 8th birthday on Saturday so we went cosmic bowling! She has gotten so big since Kenny and I have been together. She was only a few months old when we started dating and she has turned out to be one awesome little girl! Peyton is so lucky to have a cousin as great as her! Peyton wanted some cake too! Daddy wanted a picture with Miss Little Cranky Pants! I think she wanted a bigger piece of cake:) And of course, mom wanted one too!Paige's party wore Peyton out! I think it was all the crazy lights and balloons that she was concentrating on:)After Paige's party we went to dinner. To one of our favorite places, Carrabba's! We usually only go for our anniversary since we can't get out of there for under $50. We were the only people in the restaurant so it was kinda nice. And of course, we ordered too much food, stuffed ourselves and were pretty much useless the rest of the night. We went home watched Pretty Woman (Kenny had never seen it, and I usually pick out the movie on our anniversary) and enjoyed each other's company! This year was special since we just had Peyton so she celebrated it with us!
Watching mom and dad stuff their faces at dinner!Saturday was also Grandpa Ken's birthday! (This picture was taken on Easter a couple of years ago when we went out to Queen Valley and rode quads!) Sunday, was fantastic! The Cowboys won and that's all that matters! So Happy Anniversary to my hubby and Happy Birthday to Paige and Grandpa Ken! We love you guys and Kenny, even though you never see this unless I show you, I love you!

Where does the weekend go?

Uncle Matt had a game on friday, which they won! Saturday, we got up early and drove up north for the day with Kenny's parents to get firewood for their firepit. We thought it might be a little chilly, but surprisingly it was just perfect! It was so pretty with all the leaves changing colors and the cool breeze was just what we needed after last weeks hot weather in the valley. Sunday, we went to Katie and Jake's house and watched football with them and Matt and Sasha. I got up early this morning to let our dogs out and a nice breeze blew threw the back door and it put me in the mood to clean house! I love days like this when you can open all the windows and you don't hear your ac running all day! I took a little break to blog about our weekend. Enjoy!
Auntie Katie making me laugh at Uncle Matt's game!On our way up north with all my friends to keep me company!I fell asleep on our way up! We also went on a little hike and I was playing with the different functions on my camara.Friday, I went to a store called Ribbons and Lace. At first, I was a little disappointed because the flowers for headbands were expensive. The headbands were also expensive-$4 each! They are definitely cute enough to sell for that much, but I only thought they were expensive because I knew that if I could get the stuff to put them together myself, I could save a lot. I finally found the elastic lace, after asking someone, and got different colors for the bands. Then I found some flowers that had the little fuzzy yellow thing in the middle. I knew I could take them apart so I got a few of those in different colors. Then I got enough rhinestones to hot glue in the center of each flower and clips to be able to mix and match the flowers and bands. I made a lot of different bows I can now put together for a little less than $20! I was thrilled!
Lace-$1.59/yd
Flowers-$1.49 eachClips-$.25 each; Rhinestones-$.29 eachThese were the headbands that were $4 each(w/out the flower) and I almost got a couple, but then I remembered that I already had some!All of the flowers are interchangeable with each band too!It was a fun little project! I love them and doesn't she just look so darn cute?!

Splish Splash I was taking a Bath!

Well, that's what happens when you splash!That's okay mama, it's fun!Yummm! My hands are so good! What! You didn't know my Aunt was the best?Ohhhh, she is gonna be mad!Haha! Just kidding with ya!Hmmm, let me think about that.Just Chillin'I got you a surprise Daddy...because I know how much you like dvd's! It was Grandma's and Aunt Debbie's birthdays this last week so we met them at Ruby Tuesdays for lunch and I was all smiles the whole time...well until I fell asleep.Then later when we got home me, mom, and dad went for a walk.Man, those trees just amaze me everytime!Did you say there are gonna be ducks?!?! Wait, what are ducks?Ohhh, so that's a duck.Mama showing me some more ducks!But mom I don't wanna take a picture! We are missing the ducks!I love how she looks at him. It's like she knows he will never ever let anything happen to her.Me and my precious baby girl!Oh and I got another hat! The one Dad liked so much! When mom and I were at the mall we found this on clearance at The Children's Place for $3!!Family! It can't get much better than this!