Time for update...........

I guess it is time for an update since I haven't posted since the beginning of January. Life has been busy and so much fun! Peyton turned 3 the first week of May. For his birthday we added a new addition to our family. Peyton got a chocolate lab puppy. He named her Roxy May and she is adorable. It is stressful though. Like having 2 3 year olds. We all love her though and are happy to have her around. Peyton is super busy and his personality just keeps getting bigger and more outgoing! We went on vacation to Cody Wy. to see my dad. That was a blast and Peyton loved riding his horses and playing with their dogs and Roxy May. He also loved going through Yellowstone and seeing the wildlife. I have also been busy getting ready for this years Relay for Life! It will be June 4th and 5th and we have some fun raffle prizes so if you get a chance come on down and support the cause. I guess that sums it up for now. I took pics but since my pc crashed I will have to add them when I get a new one.

Christmas

Well, we had a great Christmas and enjoyed being with our family. These pictures are in no particular order. We made 4 batches of home-made sugar cookies for our neighbors and friends. That is a lot if you have ever made them. We made the dough, rolled it, cut it, baked it, frosted them and put them in the stacked plastic containers. The picture only shows about 1/2 of the many we made. The day before Christmas Eve Peyton and I went out and played in the snow. He loved it and made his first snow angel. We then came in to have hot chocolate w/ marshmellows, which he also loved! Christmas Eve we opened our new jammies and slippers and hung out watching Christmas movies and snacking on goodies. We also made cookies to leave out for Santa along with the carrots for the reindeer. We then read our Christmas book, "This is the Season" and went to bed. Christmas morning Jake and I were both so excited and woke up around 7. We got up watched some tv while we waited for Peyton to wake up. He was still sleeping by 8 so we each got ready and Peyton was still asleep. We finally went and woke him up and he was lying in his bed and was so excited and saying the funniest stuff. Jake and I were cracking up. We finally got him to come see if Santa had come and then I got the video camera out. Peyton was pretty much in a daze after we got out the video camera. We should have had it when he was just waking up and showed so much excitement. He was lots of fun this year and very spoiled.

Merry Christmas

Just like last year, we went over to my brothers to visit Santa and make Ginger Bread houses. We had so much fun and hope that this is something that we can keep doing for many years to come. Peyton was excited to see Santa and when Santa first walked in Peyton said, "Whoa he's big, he ate all his lunch!" He was so excited, but once we got up next to him Peyton wasn't sure about him. All the kids had fun making their houses. Peyton had more fun eating all the stuff. We actually got a few things on his house and all the kids houses turned out really cute.

Milestones....

Peyton has officially learned to recite his alphabet all by himself! He also knows how to do summer saults on his own. When I figure out how to put videos on here I will share, please forgive me for my lack of computer literacy. Oh yeah must I forget, he now stays in his own bed at night and usually only tries to get up once after being tucked in. YEAH! Thanks to those who commented on the last post. Oh, and Cara- I can't wait for your turn so I can be the one giggling! LOL

Congratulations Peyton on your ABC's! We love you!

Please help!!!

Peyton has graduated to a toddler bed from a crib. The first month he did great with the exception of nap time. So, he hasn't been taking naps. You would think that he would be so tired from no nap time that he wouldn't have the energy to keep getting up at night too. We go through the old regular routine and tuck him into bed. He must not be like other toddlers that get up 30-40 times. No, he is more like the energizer bunny that keeps going and going, getting up 100s of times. It will go on for HOURS at night. I am getting so frustrated and have tried everything. Including the "Super Nanny" technique of making no eye contact and no talking and putting him back in bed. He laughs and just keeps getting up. I have tried threats and bribery. I have literally tried everything. Please give me some suggestions in case there is some miracle technique out there that I have not tried!

At it again

Peyton is just so full of it these days. Everyday it seems I have more and more to write about him. He has quite the imagination, he likes to play with imaginary bubbles. He will pick them up off the floor and blow them into the air, or give one to me or Jake, or eat them. He also plays with imaginary frogs. He is so funny to watch him jump around following one and then pretending it is under the couch or something. I put Peyton in his room one day hoping he'd take a nap and I could here him saying "Mom, I'm ready to get up now." "YOOHOO!??" "Mom, YOOOOOHOOO?" I was just outside his door shaking my head, laughing. Another thing he told me was, "Mommy, I love you." I said "I love you too." Peyton then replied, "I love you all the way." It was so cute. I guess he thought by saying he loves me all the way he is going one step further from when I say I love you more. LOL

My little ham

Oh, where do I begin? Peyton has been up to so much lately and says the funniest things. I need to document them before I forget what they are. Peyton was talking to my mom and I can't remember what he was talking about, but he said " You know what I mean Grandma." We both just laughed and she she said "Yeah Peyton, I know what you mean". Then we were traveling in the car and Peyton informed me that his diaper had leaked. I at first didn't believe him, sometimes he tries things like that just to get out of his seat. I had just changed him before we left SLC and we had just gone through Heber. So we pull over to change him. I change his diaper and his pants and I said "uh oh, your shirt is a little wet too, should we change it?" Peytons reply was " No big deal mom, it will dry. Don't worry 'bout it." Well, then okay. Sometimes I feel like my child is 2 going on 12. Then he was asking me to hold him when he wasn't feeling well. I told him just a minute because we were in the car and his Uncle Tim said, "Peyton will you hold me?" Peyton said "Yeah" then a few minutes later Peyton said, " Of coarse I will mom!" I said "of coarse you will what?" "Of coarse I will hold Tim." Again we just laughed. To top it all off, my mom has a old Mother Goose book that Peyton loves with all these old rhymes. Well, Buggsy taught Peyton a rhyme of his own and we were all blown away when Peyton recited the whole thing word for word by himself. It goes like this....
Three, six, nine
the goose drank wine,
the monkeys chewed tobacco in the street car line.
The line broke,
the monkeys choked
and they all went to heaven in a little row boat!
That is a lot for a two year old to remember if you ask me. Oh yeah, then we went to build-a-bear where Peyton picked out an owl. And of coarse he dressed it like a cowboy! Then I asked what he wanted to name it. He wasn't sure so I started throwing out some ideas. Mr. Owl? Hooter? Hoot? Then Peyton said "Hoot Willer". We made the birth certificate for Hoot Willer and then left. When we got to the car Peyton was asking where his guy was. I said "Who? Hoot?, your owl?" Peyton said "yeah my owl, and his name isn't Hoot. His names Bobby Shafto" Bobby Shafto also comes from the mother goose book. So the owls name has been Bobby Shafto ever since. My little ham also runs around the house and says "I'm runnin' on my Hippy toes!" I love his expressions and his little voice when he says these things. He is so much fun!