Master of her domain...

One morning Payton asked if she could color with a pencil so I got her a sheet of paper... not out of the ordinary. Then she asked for some sticky tape. This is where I got interested. I asked her what for & she said that she had a sign for her door. I asked her what it said... ready for this... it says "this room is for teddy bears & babies & Paytons only". Yes folks, 3 years old & we have our first Keep Out sign.

Before we go to bed we always check on Payton. Usually we find her in her bed but this particular week she was all over the place.

The next night I went in to find her bed like this & no Payton... anywhere. I looked quietly at first & then turned her room light on. Still no Payton. I checked the bathrooms & our bedroom. Donald by that time was helping in the search. So when she didn't turn up anywhere I went back to her room for one last look. I don't know why but I decided to look in the closet. I tried to open the door but couldn't. Yes she was in there sleeping in the narrow space between the door & her bookself. It took a little bit of time getting the door open because she was leaning against it but we were finally able to get her out after a few minutes. I couldn't believe that she could sleep there & that she fit. She didn't even wake up when we moved her into bed.

Dr. Payton is now seeing patients!

Hello this is Dr. Payton... I will be right there.

This won't hurt a bit. I have some heart stickers for you.

See it doesn't hurt a bit.

At Payton's last Cardio appointment we were given the go ahead to take her off of Coumidin (& there was great rejoicing in the land!!!). She got a clean bill of health & it doing amazingly! So now we are only on Analipril (which she will always be on) & asprin. We went to the Dr. in August & we don't have to go back until March or April. We have been so pleased with the level of care & attention that she has received from Dr. Burke.

Signs your baby is growing up...

Payton has discovered that she likes showers.

It was so cute she was soooo proud of herself.

Yes she is growing up.

August 09
I am attempting to catch up on the last few months. I want my New Years resolution to keep up with blogging & not start out the year with trying to get caught up.

Self-Esteem

I don't think we have to worry about Payton's self esteem just yet.

I had just finished combing Payton's hair & went to go get dressed for church & heard her talking to herself. Once I realized what she was saying I ran to get the camera.

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First Day of Preschool

Payton has started Preschool & she loves it!

This was her first day of school. She was so excited to use her backpack (but hasn't used it since).

Luckily I was able to convince her that Teddy Bear needed to stay in the car.

Here she is waiting outside of the classroom to be let in. I was a little nervous because she usually doesn't easily let me leave her anywhere. Donald has the job of dropping her off to Primary because the one time I did she was in tears when I tried to leave. So I was hoping not to repeat that if I could help it. So I signed her in & she had to go find her name & a name badge. She wanted me to come with her to see the toys.

The first thing she saw was the play dough. About 2 seconds after I took this picture she said, "okay it's time for you to go now Mom." With a smile on my face & a sense of triumph I left her in her class & enjoy the fastest 3 hours I have ever had. I am so glad that we signed her up for this & she loves it!

New Moon Trailer

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I've been so busy lately... But not too busy for New Moon! Check it out. I'm getting excited!

Kristin's Back at school

It was fun having Kristin home for the summer. Payton was always so happy to see her when we'd go up to Mom's house.

We will miss you.... have fun at school!

The River... w/o water can be fun.

Last Saturday we had an hour to kill before bedtime & Payton has been talking about going back to the river for a while now. Unfortunately there was no water but we can have fun without it. We collected lots of rocks to paint.

And climbed on lots of rocks.

And when we got home Payton told me that he tummy was hurting & she looked a little pale so I took her into the bathroom without finishing to get her PJ's on. I sat on a stool & she sat on my lap. She was squirming all over the place & she finally told me to put my hand out & she layed her head on it. Within 10 seconds she was out cold! Yeah 10 seconds! I had to holler for Donald because I couldn't get up off of a stool that low.

I guess she was more tired than we thought! So cute!

Payton loves to craft too

While out running errands the other day with her Grandma Payton 'acquired' some new stickers (.99c from Target). She wanted to put it on a picture frame ($1.00 from Walmart) just like she did for her dad for a Fathers Day. So I printed out a picture for her using our color printer on regular white paper.
I folded the paper instead of cutting it so it would stay in the frame better & Payton helped me to get the picture in. She quickly decided that this part was my job & she would stick the stickers on.
She then chose the stickers she wanted & I helped her decide where to place them. She wanted to place all of the stickers on her head... I'm all for creativity but come on. Luckily she was easy to persuade.
So cute. Payton was so proud that she carried it around showing it to any one who came by. She was so excited to show Grandma what she made with the stickers they got that we went up to their house that night.
Yes she's following in her mama's footsteps!
Since this went over so well I bought some more frames from Walmart & now I just have to find pictures & stickers that have a similar theme.
This is super cute, easy & cheap. You should give it a try. The best part is that the frame is acrylic so it didn't break any of the times Payton dropped it while showing it off.

The Sky is Falling

I came home from church one Sunday & look what I found. I was very upset because I was worried that my Plumeria plant was in the middle of all of it!
The plumeria plant faired better than most of them. This little guy came down with the tree too. It's the smallest one that I have ever seen.
So I moved my plants out of the way & they ended up in a place where they got more sun than they were used to. I lost 8 of my little flowery plants. :(
One of my plants completely snapped into pieces but luckily it's one of those that will re-root in water so that's where this one is for the moment.
So now a whole month & a half later the plants that survived have been moved back to their spot. I don't know if you can tell but the plumeria plan in the back now has white leaves instead of green. Yeah so something is going on with it & I'll have to figure it out.
So yippee for getting my plants back in their place & having our nice view back! Payton helped me to rearrange everything & I love it.

What happened this summer? Part 3 - Mommy's Helper

This summer we were able to watch Payton's new honorary brother, David B. We had him on Tuesdays & Wednesday for a few weeks. I was expecting a little jealousy & possibly some competition for my attention but nothing. Payton was always so helpful. She would go & get diapers for me, keep him surrounded by toys & would let me know when she thought that he needed something... she even shared her toys! Her favorite thing to help with was feeding David. This was the first time... the 2nd time David realized he could grab the food away from Payton & he got some food on her... yeah that was the last time she tried with the spoon.

It was so cute!
I love the faces she's making... open your mouth baby David.
These below were taken the last day he came over. Payton knew it was his last day so she never strayed too far away from him & especially because he's starting to crawl he never let her get that far away.
She loved kissing him. I think that he got at least 15 kisses every day from Payton alone.
Look how cute he is!
I'm glad Payton was able to have a friend over! Every now & then I will catch her cleaning up the floor without me asking her to. Today her reason was that 'Baby David is coming over & I don't want him to eat my Little Pet Shop toys. He's a baby & doesn't know they are toys & not food.' & then giggled at how funny David is.

What happened this summer? Part 2- 4th of July

For the 2nd year in a row we were amazed by the Lacy Park fireworks show. I don't know if it's because it is so close or what, but we haven't been disappointed yet.

We got a bunch of glow bracelets from Micheal's & it was well worth the $1 we paid for them. The kids were entertained for the whole night!
Last year the fireworks scared Payton out of her wits, so this year we were prepared! She actually wore them for the first part of the fireworks show & then asked to take them off & did fine.
This was our best attempt at getting a group shot of the kids.
Her checks look so pinch-able in this picture below.
But then after this video we realized why she wanted to wear them...

Just encase you couldn't hear it... she says, "No one is yooking at me!". Yeah she did it for the attention, but really why would I expect anything else.

I love this one of Casey!
Casey making sure that everyone is properly dressed!
The fireworks received a 2 Thumbs-Up by these critics.
It was so much fun. Thanks Mike & Lilian, you guys are awesome to continue to invite us!