Peyton's big boy bed

Wow! I managed to somewhat catch up today. If this is the first post you're reading be sure to scroll down...I made a lot today!!
Last weekend we decided that it was time for Peyton to transfer to his full size bed. He hasn't been sleeping well in his toddler bed and well....we could use that mattress for Shelby! ha! He helped us put it together which sadly I have no pictures of. It was so exciting for him. Needless to say we have had no problems whatsoever getting him adjusted to sleeping in the big bed. He's sleeping until 8:00 again and not waking up at all in the night...I mean not even once. And the days of him crying to sleep with us are gone. Guess he just wanted some space. So far every transition we have made with Peyton has been easy breezy....now if we could just get rid of the paci. (I know....he's 3...don't judge me!)

This was really funny. Peyton insisted on getting a picture with Daddy before bed...he had to pose the exact same way as his dad. He studied his legs and then positioned himself for a "cheese!" Awesome.

Peyton tackling daddy

This is part of his nightly routine. He and Daddy get in their football stance and then tackle each other.

Gulf Shores, Alabama

We had so much fun with the little guy in Gulf Shores. The reality is that was the first trip we have taken just the 3 of us and probably the last before Shelby comes. It was awesome being able to give him our undivided attention and I think he enjoyed it just as much!

This has nothing to do with the beach. Peyton helped me make Monkey Munch the other day and was very proud to show it off.

Peyton buried in the sand.

Midnight snack time!!! Nothing like a powdered donut before bed..hey..we were on vacation.

He honestly tried very hard to get sand on every inch of his body.

Practicing his surfing skills?

Screaming because the water was getting close...this was his favorite thing to do.

And this was his 2nd favorite...he loved for Brad to pick him up fast when a wave would come in...pretty sure the whole beach could hear him squeal.

Wasting no time getting started...we had not even put the tent up yet.

This is the life!

First Day of School

Peyton started his first day of 3 yr old preschool shortly after his birthday. So far he is doing really well and LOVES his teacher. He no longer cries when I drop him off and is a chatter box the whole way home. I'm so thankful that we have a great place to take him that he loves. His speech is getting better everyday and every week he learns a new letter that he is anxious to tell us about...all week! hahaha

My handsome 3 yr old before the 1st day of school

They made these hats while the parents were in a meeting...he was very interested in those scissors...probably because he's not allowed to use them at our house!! hahaha
Probably should be working with him a bit on how to use scissors....he had no clue.

They were to bring their favorite teddy bear on the 1st day...of course Peyton had to bring Woody instead of a stinkin' teddy bear. All the kids thought he was way cool.

Finally fixed!!!

Brad spent some time yesterday making room on my computer. I can proudly say I can post pictures again. So for now I'm just going to try and catch up the last few months.

The morning of Peyton's Birthday we took him to Strawn's...his favorite breakfast place in Bossier.

The family and Peyton's first baseball game...The Shreveport Captains.

Poor Piper had to share her ice cream with a 3 yr old who refused to use a spoon.
Pizza's good!

Sunday after his party...having lunch with Nana, Pop, Abby, Amy and Josh

These next two pictures are priceless...these two should have been brother and sister.

Sorry Abby....but we love your reaction to Peyton winning that battle!

Do you see a pattern here?

Peyton getting ready to jump in

I have to stop there with his birthday...literally I think I have almost 1000 pictures total and there is no way I could post all of my favorites.

Big boy beds and other fun things

Here is my plea to my computer savvy husband....please fix the memory on my computer!!! This is why I have not posted pictures on the blog in like a million years. I'm completely out of memory on my computer and at this point it won't even let me view pics off of my camera. So Brad if you're reading....fix it!!!

On to more fun things. I still need to finish posting pictures from Peyton's party and hopefully that will come soon. Since then we've had some fun and exciting things happen. I celebrated my 31st birthday on Sept. 15th and got the ultimate birthday present. We had an ultrasound bright and early that morning and found out Peyton will have a little sister!! Still can't believe it. After lots and lots of discussions we've finally decided on our precious little girl's name...Shelby Leigh. She and Peyton will share the same middle name, but will be spelled differently. We're beyond thrilled and I'm so looking forward to getting her nursery done. Peyton is less than excited, but hopefully that will come with time. He recently asked us if he could go back to Disney World to see Mickey..I of course told him sure and this time we can bring his baby sister with us! To that he said "No thanks Mommy, I take Maw." So Maw I guess you won the golden ticket. He then went on to say he wanted to take everyone in the family except baby Shelby. We'll just have to see about that. The weekend after my birthday we headed to Gulf Shores for a quick, but just long enough family vacation. Peyton had a BLAST on the beach...loved everything about playing in the sand....still apprehensive about the ocean. Since then Brad has made a trip to Dallas for a Monday Night football game and Peyton has graduated to a full size bed. He absolutely LOVES his new bed and transitioned with absolutely no problems. Every morning he brags on himself for sleeping all night in his bed. For those who don't know, we had some problems the last few weeks with getting him to sleep in his toddler bed. He was constantly scared of monsters and wanted to get in bed with us. After a few weeks of that we decided he was playing us a bit and decided that maybe he just wasn't comfortable in that small bed. Seems to have been the case, but he's only been in his full size bed for 2 nights. Keep your fingers crossed!! So now our days are full of Dr.'s appts, school and getting ready for baby. With all the holidays between now and Feb. 10th it's going to fly by. Hopefully by the end of this week Brad will have magically fixed my computer and I can add some pictures. Until then....stay patient!!

Playing catch up

So I'm not a very good blogger these days, but Peyton started preschool this week so I'm hoping that will allow for more time to keep updated. I will post his first day of school, but right now I have to play catch up. Most importantly, Peyton turned 3 August 10th!! Can you believe are little baby is 3? I don't like it...not at all. But I will say that these are some fun days...he's that age where you never know whats going to come out of his mouth....it's great. He had a great birthday party with a yummy Scooby Doo cake, lots of friends and family and of course swimming. We debated a long time about what to do for his party and ultimately his favorite thing to do in the summer is swim at Maw and Paw's....so how could we do anything else. It was hot...very hot and I'm very appreciative to the family that came and did not swim...how they managed I have no idea, but Peyton loved having each and every one of you there. I'm going to attempt to post A LOT of pictures from that day. I may have to post this as a two part blog, but have patience!! It will happen!!

Peyton blowing out his candle...I love how Colten is just dying to help!! He could hardly stand it!

Abby kept trying to give Peyton a hug..he kept giving her the "no I don't think so" look...it eventually led to Abby lifting her dress being super cute...it still didn't work.

Abby, Peyton and Lindsey having dinner

These two are like peas and carrots...ALWAYS together! I love it!

Brad was trying hard to give me a heart attack...Peyton is fearless!

Piper looked like she needed a push

Peyton's Scooby Doo cake...to hear him say this is worth every bit of cake!

Stay tunned for part 2!!!

The worst blogger...EVER

I can't believe it's been almost 2 months since I've blogged. Wow. The last month has been a whirlwind to say the least and there's no end in sight! At the end of June we flew to Kansas City to see Brad's family. We had a great time and Peyton LOVED riding on the plane. He's still talking about it. He did so good on the plane...we even got comments on how well behaved he was. Thats always comforting to hear especially when we have had some not good reports from Mom's Day Out lately. No pictures to post from the trip yet...I need to get them from Nana. For the 4th of July Peyton went to Bossier to spend the weekend with Maw and Paw. All I can say is thank God for grandparents because we needed the weekend more than we knew. It's even better when the grandparents call and ask for him and we don't have to beg!! hahaha. Since then we have celebrated Brad's birthday..unfortunately he spent his actual birthday in Alabama without us, but we managed to get a fun weekend in before that. Nana and Pop came down and we took a trip to the coast where we ate awesome bbq, shopped till dropped and got fresh shrimp off the shrimp boats. Pretty good day!! Last weekend we went back to the coast to take Peyton to the water park....or as he calls it the "balew pawk". He absolutely LOVES that place although this trip wasn't quite as fun for me...as I couldn't ride any of the slides. Which brings me to our next piece of exciting news....Peyton is going to be a big brother!!! I'm sure most reading this already know this and it's old news, but I had to write about it. We're beyond excited...and can't wait to find out that it's a girl!! (give me a break I'm trying to will it to be a girl ok!) I'm 11 weeks along and thankfully starting to feel human again. I've spent the last 6 weeks feeling sick all day everyday..very much a different pregnancy from Peyton. It seems to be getting better though and soon we can start the fun stuff as we hope to find out if it's a boy or girl sometime in September...we hope. My official due date is Feb. 10th, but we're not holding out much hope that this one will go much longer than Peyton did...we're praying it does. I'm crossing my fingers that I stay healthy with no complications and hopefully we'll be able to go to Bossier for Christmas. I think that just about catches us up. The next few weeks will be busy for us as Peyton turns the big 3 on August 10th. We're having a pool party on the 8th for him and he has informed me today he wants a Scooby Doo cake...which he'll have one way or another. Pictures to come soon I hope...tried scanning pictures of baby #2, but as most things electronic in my house...it doesn't work. Stay tuned!!!

Ok I lied....here's just a sweet picture of the little man!!