Easter 2009...

Well, this was Peyton's 1st Easter because it was before she was born last year. We went to MLC yesterday for a great day of celebrating Jesus. I am so thankful that His grace is BIG enough for ME and all my failures. Today, we headed to Peachtree City to my mom's & had lunch and hung out. Peyton enjoyed playing with her Easter Basket, eggs (w/cheerios inside), stuffed lamb & duck, and new purple ball!!!

Two Birthday Parties...

BIRTHDAY FUN!!!

I had two birthday parties for my first birthday. My first was with my nana, and cousins Olivia & Annika. They came a couple of weeks before my birthday, so we celebrated with them. They got me a princess balloon & a chocolate cake just for me.




I'M TURNING ONE!!!
My second party was with my friends and family that are close by. We had quite the crowd--twenty-nine people in all. My mom fixed a strawberry cake just for me & then a big one for everyone else to share. The theme was zoo animals, because I love animals and we were supposed to go to the zoo the next day...but, it stormed all day.


my birthday party dress

My friends Colin, Ryan, Cole, and Dax came to my party.


I was playing peek-a-boo with Mr. Louie using my books.
Uncle Daniel came to my party too!



eating & enjoying my cake--I ate all the strawberries off the top before I dove in


opening my presents from YaYa, Papa Joe, and Uncle Josh after everyone left---I was exhausted.

An Update on Peyton at 1 Year!!!

Well, Peyton is one now & is doing so many big girl things besides looking so big! So here are a few quick things about our girl:

• 31.1 inches (97%) - not really shocking
• 21.8 pounds (63%)
• Head: 18.2 inches (81%)

Things I Like to Do:

• Talk, Talk, Talk (especially at home) - words I say: dad, WOW (my favorite), moo (but I say boo), quack (whack), yeah, no & no-no (there is a distinction to her), what's that?, dog, bye bye, more, momma (on accident sometimes); I also like to repeat all sorts of things or just make up words...I am trying to say giraffe because of a video I watch & when I don't know how to say something I usually say wow or dog instead:)
• I am way more interested in solving problems & talking than walking, so I'm taking my time. I walk all over the house with my walker and around all the furniture. I really like to push the dining chairs around the room. I took four steps on my own last weekend, but just get bashful when I try to walk--so, I'll keep crawling for now.
• I love cleaning up my toys now (mom likes this) by putting them in the basket, bin, or my animals in the ark
• I enjoy my stacking rings, but I get frustrated when there is one missing because the other one won't go down all the way.
• I like to show love to my toys & dolls by holding them against my shoulder and putting my head down on them
• I like to point at everything
• I love to do the motions to different songs like "The Itsy Bitsy Spider"
  
• She is wearing 12-18 month clothes (they look so much bigger than the 6-9 month stuff)
• She loves to look at what you ask her about like "Do you want to go to bed?" and she will look at or go to her bed. She does this with outside, baby doll, her walker, her kitchen toys, and some other things--it is fun to watch her learning about new things
• I still love to read! YAY!
  
• She will "blow" when you come to wipe her nose...it is cute!
• She is learning to stack things just to knock them over; she concentrates so much when she is doing this.