Play time!

Payton is sitting up for a few seconds at a time all by herself! We have been practicing with the boppy and it's a little safer for us right now. Her new obsession is sucking her toes as you can see in the picture.

More lake fun

Do we have our hands full or what?





I am working on figuring out the whole video thing. For now you just have to enjoy the pictures...

It's official...

that Payton belongs to us. She had green beans for the first time tonight and she LOVED them. If you know us well, you know that just about the only vegetable that we eat is green beans and we eat them with almost every meal. Well, this girl loved them too. She had her mouth open for more the minute she got the last bite swallowed, all while kicking her legs and smiling the entire time. Jonathan and I decided we guess we will keep her now! :)

4th of July and new toys

We had such a wonderful weekend celebrating the 4th! So much fun in fact, that I took very few pictures because I was too busy relaxing! Payton is getting very used to boat rides and loved sitting in the water at the beach area. I was able to get out on a float and soak up some sun for a short time, which is what I have been dying to do for weeks now. We got to spend time with both of our families. We didn't make it to the fireworks at Kowaliga because of a little someone, but we did get to enjoy the park fireworks from the boat with the Walton family. Thank you so much to everyone who came, we had a great time! I guess I should also say thanks mom and dad for letting us all crash your place. :)


Notice Payton's face in this picture. She is trying to figure out why Chase and Ella got a cookie for sitting for the picture and she got NOTHING!

Payton is becoming less and less impressed with hew play mat, swing, and bouncer. She has discovered a few new toys in the past week.


Ella and Payton sacked out after partying hard at Laredo's!

Payton and Paxton sitting on the playmat, K-I-S-S-I-N-G

It looks like Daddy already has his hands full! :)

4 months

This post is a few days late, Payton actually turned four months on Sunday but I was waiting until her doctors appointment to post. We got a great report from Dr. Williams yesterday. The big girl weighs 13lbs. 15oz. (50th percentile), is 25 1/8 in long (75th percentile--don't know where that's coming from), and her head is a whopping 17in (90th percnetile--she is going to be a smart girl!) She said that we could start her on fruits and vegetables twice a day. The poor girl got four shots and was NOT happy about it. I told Jonathan I was never taking her to get shots by myself again. She was so pitiful afterwards. Although I quickly gave her some Tylenol and put her in the car to Birmingham and she was out. She is changing so much right now. Some of the things about our angel at 4 months are:
-She has finally learned to roll over from her back to stomach, although she gets mad when she can't get back over.
-She has been sleeping through the night for a little over a month. I hope and pray this continues, it is wonderful!
-While she does sleep great at night, she is not a great napper at all! She will do anything to keep herself awake during the day. My theory is that I would much rather have her sleeping good at night so I don't really mind.
-She loves to sleep with her hands behind her head.
-She still loves bath time and has loved swimming other than the first time Jonathan traumatized her. :)
-She is a smiling girl! She almost always smiles and is in such a good mood. She is such a good baby and doesn't mind staying on the go.

We are loving every single minute with her. We are really enjoying seeing all of her changes and her personality. We are blessed!

Pictures

I had some pictures taken of Payton today. These are just a few of my favorites. She was an absolute angel the entire time. I could eat this girl up!!