Payton

The things that come out of Payton’s mouth never cease to amaze us. Whether it is funny, thoughtful, rude, or whatnot, she keeps it interesting. I want to remember a few things that she has said lately.

While getting ready for church she walked into the bathroom.

“Mommy, may I please wear my cross necklace to church to remind us that Jesus died on the cross?”

The past few months she has been very interested in how everyone is related and relationships. She wants to understand who everyone’s mommy and daddy are and so on. Last week she was inquiring about the fact that when I was younger I lived with Bamama and Grandaddy. She wanted to know if I ever got to go upstairs (what is like her playroom), etc. While getting ready for bed she tells me, “Mommy, when I get REALLY big and I have a husband (Mommy gasps) will I still get to live with you and daddy?” She all of a sudden burst into tears and told us that she didn’t want to ever move away from us. As I cried with her, I told her she could stay forever. :)

The following is just to document our girl at this stage, almost 4. Feel free to stop reading!

She is full of life and energy. While she can be shy at times, she can be wide open at others. She is a smart girl who wants to understand everything that goes on around her. She can pretty much independently write all of her letters. She loves for you to spell to her to she can write something. She is having trouble right now with verb tenses, “I losed my baby.” To say that she is enjoying the Christmas season would be an understatement. Each morning she is ready to find Jingles and take her number off the advent calendar. She loves seeing the decorations and all but squeals when she spots some going down the road. She loves to talk about baby Jesus and the reason we celebrate Christmas. She does however have some confusion over “baby Jesus” and “grown up Jesus.” She hasn’t quite grasped that concept yet. We have to listen to Christmas music each time we get in the car. Our sweet girl still has that great belly laugh that can brighten any room that she is in. She remains a daddy’s girl…I have lost hope at this point. It’s amazing to me just how “big girl” she is these days. She loves going to school and has the most precious teachers this year. I wouldn’t be giving you a full picture of our precious angel if I didn’t say that she can be a little sassy (maybe a lot at times) and chooses not to obey at times. What child is perfect all the time, right? We love our baby girl to pieces and can’t believe that she is growing up so fast. FOUR is right around the corner. AGH!