Lov'n it: October 2007

Friday, October 26, 2007

First solids

Here is Paige eating her first solids. She didn't really take to the spoon very quickly like Peyton did, she really just wants to play with it. But she is doing better with it.

Peyton was making Paige laugh so hard I ran and tried to catch it on camera. I love it when Peyton entertains Paige. And her laugh makes me laugh so hard! (video taken 10/20/07)

It was so funny when I brought Peyton his cake so we could sing to him and blow out candles. I lit the candles and before we started singing Peyton blew out the candles! It was funny and he wanted to do it over and over again so I re-lit them about 4 times.
He loves this dinosaur, he tucks it in bed with him every night and calls it 'Rah'.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Peyton's Birthday Weekend

Pictures are coming soon! But I thought I would tell you all about Peyton's birthday now. I love having birthdays on the weekend because then it feels like you're celebrating the whole weekend. First of all I can't believe that here we are celebrating his birthday again. He's 2! But so much has happened in the past year that it seems like he should be older too! So anyway, the build up to Peyton's birthday was so exciting for me and Josh, it was like it was our birthday and we were 5! He has no idea what's going on and here we are acting like children. But finally the Friday before his birthday comes and Josh took the day off so we could go to the zoo together. Josh and I had a great time seeing the animals and we saw so many more animals awake and moving around this time it was really neat. But it was a good thing we didn't have to buy a ticket for Peyton because he almost couldn't have cared less about the animals. He was being very defiant. We would say "Peyton, do you want to see the monkeys?!" "No!" would be his answer. The only animals he really liked seeing were the elephants and the orangutans (which are my favorite too). Josh had to go on a camporee for scouts that night which was kind of a bummer but it's kind of nice too! I love having the whole bed to myself and I finished painting our kitchen cupboards too. (I've been painting all of the cabinets in our house for the past month.)
So Sunday comes, which was Peyton's actual birthday, and we skipped church because we were having most of Josh's family and my whole family over. I really love being with both my families and I always enjoy all the action that goes on with everybody together. Peyton was definitely loving all the attention and showing his terrible two side as well. He got some neat gifts and he loves all of them. He plays with his new toys all day. And he loves having new movies to watch and new books to read at bedtime.
And since he turned 2, we decided to once and for all finally just throw away his pacifiers. Yes, he has been attached to his pacifier this long. We always said that when he turned 1 we would take it away, but it was hard, and I was weak, Then we got him down to only having it at bedtime, then Paige was born and I got weak again. So Monday we threw them all away and hoped for the best. And it's actually going really well! I can't believe I waited this long! The only times when he has asked for it is when he wakes up from a nap or first thing in the morning. He digs around his sheets for it, it's kind of cute and kind of sad. I just tell him that it's not here and he forgets about it. He is such a good boy.
So that's his birthday story. If you read this far, thanks. I could probobly talk about my children all day. I am very proud of them. We are lucky to have our family.

Monday, October 15, 2007

Happy Paige

So here is Paige today while changing a diaper. She was very happy and eating her toes so I wanted to catch that on camera before she stopped. Peyton popped in a few times but didn't stay for very long each time. He was being very silly.