Happy Halloween!!

Hope your Halloween was as fun as ours! Peyton dressed up as a Toucan this year and actually kept the costume on for more than 2 minutes. We took him to a few of the neighbors for "trick or treating" and then sat on the porch and handed out candy. It was such fun! Peyton was definitely more interested in leading Daddy to the basketball goal to play "bawwll" though. He is his father's son! A new tradition we started this year is making chocolate chip cookies together for Halloween. Since Peyton can't really have candy I struggled to come up with a treat for him....we settled on homemade cookies. He thoroughly enjoyed it as the pictures will show. So now Halloween is over and the countdown is on....55 days until Christmas!

Wanna play ball daddy?

Yummy cookies!!!

Our little punkin!

What a fun day!! My Mom decided last minute to come down for a visit and I think we officially wore her out. This morning the family got up and decided that the pumpkin patch was a must. So at 10 a.m. we headed out for the 30 minute drive to the country. It was well worth it and will be even better when Peyton is a little older. This place was fabulous...it had tree swings, picnic areas, photo ops, hayrides, corn mazes and most importantly, pumpkin picking. It cost $6 a person but that included a pumpkin for each person! What a deal. We brought Peyton's tiny wagon he pushes so that he could load his pumpkin and boy am I glad we did! He pushed his little wagon all the way from the car to the pumpkin patch and cried every time we'd pick him up to give him a break. We ended up putting him in the wagon and his poor dad had to push this tiny wagon around just so he wouldn't cry!! He LOVED pushing his wagon through the pumpkin patch and enjoyed helping picking out pumpkins. I have a TON of sweet pictures. After the 45 minutes at the pumpkin patch, we drove back into town for lunch at Sweet Peppers. Peyton entertained us as usual and we ate a yummy lunch....as usual! After that we thought for sure Peyton would be ready for a nap. We got home and put him down for a nap with no luck. Mom and I did a little shopping and unfortunately Peyton stayed up and played with Dad. He finally went down at 4:00p.m. Not sure what that was all about, but he should sleep great tonight with visions of dancing pumpkins in his head! I think we are officially ready for fall now and can't wait for Halloween. I leave you with a few pictures of our fun day, but I must warn you....it's pumpkin overload!!!

Oops!

So I wrote on the lost post to check out Peyton's new teeth and then I didn't actually post the picture. So here it is...sorry guys! By the way....please leave me comments on the new layout....I was over ruled by the "boys" and had to settle on the Cowboy layout....let me know how hard or easy it is to read!

Is it over yet?

What a week. For those who don't know this last weekend was suppose to be a relaxing fun weekend for Mom......if only. Last Thursday morning we were awakened by the sound of....you guessed it....Peyton vomiting. He continued every 45 minutes for the next 4 hours. All I can say to that is Brad and I work great as a team when vomit and a 14 month old is involved. I found myself in a panic when Brad left for work for the fear of what happens if he does it again....I have no help. Like expected, he did it again 2 more times and surprisingly I managed on my own. After much debate and several calls to our mothers, we decided that Brad was a big boy and could handle the sick baby on his own. I could still go for my fun girls weekend to Jackson. I headed out Friday evening so excited to spend time with my best friend and no worries that Brad would not be able to handle it....after all, he took care of us after my c-section. Friday night, Meredith and I had a great dinner at Bonefish and we made our plan of action for our day of shopping on Saturday. We settled in for a full, uninterrupted nights sleep....we thought. At 4:45 a.m my cell phone rings. After finally realizing that Justin Timberlake was not actually in our room singing "I'm bringing sexy back" I answered the phone. It was Brad and now he is sick too. While I felt really bad for him I couldn't help wonder why he felt the need to call at 4:45 a.m. After all the baby was still asleep and there was certainly nothing I could do 2 hours away. 3 phone calls later and what felt like no sleep, we decided that Brad would live and a friend of mine came to the house and sat with Peyton while Brad got some rest....thank God for Erin!!! I managed to get my girls weekend in...not totally stress free but fun despite. Sunday morning on my way home Brad informed me that Peyton started running a fever Saturday night. WHAT? I thought he was well!! When I got home I felt like I had walked into the morgue....Brad was layed out on the floor in the playroom and Peyton was starring at him like "you think YOU got problems?". After a long night and a fever that reached 104, we managed to get an appt. at the Dr. on Monday. So what's the verdict? An ear infection. So now we're all healing and Peyton actually got to go to Mom's Day Out today. I guess thats what I get for taking a weekend for myself. If this was a test I think we all passed with flying colors and I think Brad and I both can feel more confident in being good parents. Its hard to have the confidence to make it through these things on your own.....when your support system is 5 hours away. But after this weekend, I think we can make it through most anything and I thank God everyday that he gave me a husband who loves me enough to cowboy up and make it through a difficult weekend just so I can have break. He's the best. To end this post I'll leave you with a few fun pictures of Peyton....please notice that he has 2 new teeth on top and 2 more on the way...no he's still not walking.

With this curly hair, I cannot deny this child!

Ok so here's the story with this picture. Tonight I was doing some laundry and turned around and realized Peyton was missing. I could hear him laughing on the other side of the house so I knew he was into something. I grabbed my camera and went searching. I found him in his bathroom unrolling toilet paper....I managed to catch him in the act with the "Oh no! Who did this?" look. Thank goodness Daddy gets our toilet paper for free!!

Carrot Top

No Peyton's hair is not turning red....but it is growing carrots! Tonight he thought it would be fun to throw his carrots at dinner. Not a behavior we usually encourage, but he managed to land one right on top of his head and we couldn't resist the picture.

This week we resumed Mothers Day Out after missing a week and a day. He started the week off not good, though. Somehow he managed to bust his lip at the end of the day....a lot of tears, but he was ok. On Thursday his Dad picked him up from school...he was so excited to see Daddy in the middle of the day. Here is a picture from Thursday...doesn't he look handsome?!!!

And finally we end the week with lots of fun and work. The family spent the day Saturday doing yard work. Brad and I planted a few new flowers and cleaned up the flower beds. It looks so nice and unfortunately I don't have pictures yet...maybe tomorrow. Peyton pitched in by watering the concrete. He LOVED playing on the driveway with the water hose. We may have looked like your typical redneck family, but it kept him busy and we got our work done! His new thing is drinking out of the hose. I guess he's just a typical boy. He also managed to bust his lip yet again last night...how you ask? On the steering wheel of the Expedition. He loves to stand in your lap and help you "drive" into the garage and for some reason he got overly excited last night and bounced his mouth right on the steering wheel. A lot of blood and a lot of tears (by both of us!) but Mommy and Baby are fine. :-)We all played and worked so hard Saturday that Peyton was in bed by 7:50 and we were in bed by 10:00...early for those of you who know us. Sunday was a more relaxing day. Peyton enjoyed playing with his friends in the church nursery and we just fiddled around the house. It was wonderful! I leave you with a picture of Peyton dressed so sweet for church this morning.

Baby Steps

Whew! What a week! Peyton and I have spent the last week in Bossier with Maw and Paw while Daddy was in Alabama for work. We're finally home and settled....and exhausted! Lots happened while we were in Bossier (unfortunately for Daddy!). Peyton learned how to clap and officially took three consecutive steps on his own!! He managed to do that for like 3 days in a row, but now that we're home he's totally regressed. Oh well...guess he's saving it for dad. Peyton also got an attachment for Paw and his lawnmower. Yes sir...my son's gonna be a yard man! He LOVED riding on the lawnmower with Paw and would cry if you took him off. Paw went through a whole tank of gas while we were home...we owe you Paw! He also enjoyed riding in his new power wheel that Maw and Paw bought for him....which we ended up bring home with us and take a ride in everyday. Cody (my friend Meredith's husband) took Peyton for his very first four wheeler ride, too. And yes you guessed it....Peyton loved it. I think the theme for the week was "lets ride". Peyton is also now saying "pepper" as opposed to Bob....well it's more like bob-bob, but you get the picture. I'm amazed at how much he's developed just in the last week and it breaks my heart because I know now that he will be a big boy before we know it. He loves to tell "stories" now and I only wish I knew what he was saying....whatever it is he seems to think he's hilarious! Today he started something really new....he tries to do the hand motions to Itsy bitsy spider. I can only assume he's learning this at school because I have never tried to teach it to him. Once I realized what he was doing, I did the motions too and he tried so hard to do it all. One thing he has down for sure is "down came the rain". He holds his hands up so high and wiggles his fingers...so cute! I'm sure I'm forgetting lots of new things, but I'm tired and must catch up on sleep. I'll leave you with a few new pics.

Peyton riding with Cody

Peyton with part of his Toucan costume on (he wouldn't take it off!)

How sweet is this? His little feet were hanging out of the crib!