Fun Moments..

Here are a few pics from the last month or so...just some fun around the house!

making cookies with mom & licking the batter...

I like to "help" dad drive the car when he gets home from work in the afternoons.

Cole likes to play in my cabinet with me when he comes over.

A much better view for football

Halloween 2009

dressed as Tinkerbell

We had a fun Halloween weekend. On Friday evening, we took Peyton took a fall festival at a church for a few minutes before heading to Andrew & Heather's for a pumpkin carving contest. Buck & I were the judges and did not participate. It was a lot of fun hanging out though. Then on Saturday evening we went trick-or-treating at the Outlets . She was a little more comfortable with the process by the time we were done there.

taking a break

walking with dad

Finishing the Kiddie Maze

Peyton enjoyed the kiddie maze at the pumpkin patch

Pumpkin Patch...

sitting in front of the pumpkins saying "cheese"


I will return with more Disney pics later, but here are a few shots from our trip to the pumpkin patch last week.

holding my very own Peyton-sized pumpkin and saying bye-bye to the pumpkin patch

walking through the "kiddie" maze

showing dad my pumpkin

holding a big pumpkin

squatting down because mom was squatting down to take my picture

War Eagle, Hey!

Peyton first learning to say "WAR EAGLE, HEY!" It has gotten a little more clear throughout the season. And, I love when she spontaneously begins!

18 months...

Well, Peyton is 18 months and just becoming more of a little girl every day. She loves everything about being a toddler including the independence. She likes to go up and down the stairs without us by scooting or stepping. She tells us which one she is choosing for the moment. She is talking all the time. She loves to say bye-bye which is a full routine "bye-bye, blow a kiss or two, and then peace out". She really enjoys calling people by their names over & over again. She is learning a lot about what is the right & wrong thing to do. When she comes out from timeout she has to apologize for her attitude (usually what got her there). So, she responds with "sorr...tude" translated "sorry...attitude". She is 29 pounds and almost 34 inches, which keeps her around the 95% for both. She also now thinks there is a baby in almost every belly including her own, although she will often come up and lift my shirt up to give "baby sister" a kiss...just working on where the appropriate place to do that is (i.e. not the doctor's office). That is just a glimpse into our life with her...so much fun while being so hard to be intentional & consistent.

Disney: Day 3

Characters at the Park Opening

These are a few more pics from day 3 at Disney. We visited the Magic Kingdom. They definitely had the best opening of all of the parks! We headed straight to Fantasyland and rode four rides in about 30 minutes!! Peyton liked Winnie the Pooh the best. Then we headed to Pooh's Playful Corner to let her run around a few minutes before heading to Toontown to stand in our longest line of the trip to see the Fairies in Pixie Hollow. Next, we rode the train around to the front of the park and met Pluto before heading to lunch at the Crystal Palace:)

Dad & Peyton on Dumbo Ride


Pooh's Playful Playground

Lunch at the Crystal Palace was wonderful. Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and Eeyore visited our table. Peyton loved every minute of it...although she was so excited about which character was coming next she sometimes forgot about the one visiting her right then!!!

Disney: Day 3

There will be several posts for Day 3 at Disney. We spent the day at the Magic Kingdom and packed in a ton of fun!