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1st Thanksgiving

Grampa and Peyton

Our First Thanksgiving as a family was absolutely wonderful!  There are so many things that Scott and I were thankful for this year, or course the number one thing being our beautiful daughter. We are so blessed to have jobs, good health, and loving family and friends. Thanksgiving was  a super busy day, but we had such a great time. We went to Laura and Mel's first and then to my Nanas with my parents. Lets just say that Peyton was never sitting down except for the short, very short nap she had at Lauras. She was being passed around the family like a football haha! She was so exhausted from all passing around that she slept 10 hours that night!!

Nana, Ju, Peyton

Before we left Nanas she went ahead and cured Peyton of any possible "ojo". (In the hispanic culture there is a thing called "Ojo".  It is called the evil eye and happens when people admire babies and do not touch them after. Babies are then said to come down with symptoms of sickness etc. ) She rubbed an egg over Peyton several times and then cracked it into a glass of water. Luckily Peyton did not have too much ojo. There was some air bubbles which meant that she was being exposed to too much air, like a fan or wind. And there was only some pieces of white that were floating. If there is any white in the water from the egg it means that the ojo was taken out of the baby and put into the egg. Peyton is doing just as great as before so luckily we have had no problems with ojo and her getting sick. My mom is a huge believer in "ojo"and that you should always touch a baby after admiring it. (I was even surprised on Halloween night when a mom that was with her kids asked if she could touch Peyton after saying how beautiful she was because she did not want to giver her ojo. I of course said yes by all means touch her LOL. )

Weezer VS Paw Paw (Peyton is neutral)

Over the rest of the weekend Scott, Peyton, and I went shopping and got the house ready for Christmas. We went to Carters, Best Buy, and Target on Saturday. Peyton did awesome being out and about for so long! She is such a champ, Scott on the other hand was pretty ready to go towards the end. On Sunday I got the tree put up and decorated the living room while Scott hung the lights outside.

I have enjoyed this holiday break so much that I am not ready to go back to work tomorrow. Peyton is now cooing/talking so much in the mornings when she gets up. I love laying there and listening to her talk. I can not wait until Christmas break when I  have 2 weeks off!!


On the last note, I am getting so excited about being an Aunt again. Bonnie's due date was officially today but no baby yet. She will be induced on Wednesday if it does not happen by then. I am so eager to find out if I will have a niece or a nephew. I'll post results later this week  =)

Crib Time !!!!

Last night was first night Peyton slept in her crib in her own room. I finally stopped procrastinating and cleaned off her bed and hooked up the video monitor so she could sleep there. I have been saying it for a week now but never did it. I think because really I would love for her to continue to sleep right next to me in the bassinet. It is so easy to lean over and soothe or check on her. Now I will be having to get up and go into the other room. But luckily I have the amazing video monitor. Uncle B bought it for us as our baby gift and it was love at first try! I can see her so clearly and hear everything. The night vision is amazing and the screen is super clear.

So last night after Paw Paw and Weezer left Peyton started falling asleep in my arms so I laid her in her crib. Of course then she was wide eye awake looking around at all the things in her room. I turned on the mobile and she started laughing so I kept it going. And of course me being me wanting to get documentation of everything, grabbed my phone, digital camera, and the video camera haha. I took a few picture and then a short video of her laying in the bed being so observant. Once I finally pulled myself away from watching her I turned the lights out and turned on her sound bear. No later then ten minutes and she was sounds asleep. I can't believe how fast she went to sleep and without a fuss of any sort. Scott and I are truly blessed to have such a good baby  =)

I thought I would have a hard time sleeping with her being in there so I drank a little bit of wine hehe, but I could not even finish half of it lol.  Turns out I did just fine! After getting over the weird feeling of her not being in our room I went to sleep with no problems. During the night I could hear her make noises and then when she got up around 3:30 I could see her eyes open and her arms moving around. Scott fed her and then we just put her back to sleep in the bassinet since it was right there and easy to do.

Overall I would have to say it was a very successful night in her crib!!  Now lets see if tonight goes just as smooth ;)

2 Months Old....

On Wednesday Peyton hit the 2 month mark!! 
Peyton is changing so much from day to day and she is starting to show her personality with her grins and smiles. She now weighs 10 pounds 4 ounces and is 21 inches long. I can not believe she is at 10 pounds haha. I went through her clothes and looked at her tiny onesies that she wore the first few weeks at home and how small they look now compared to her.  She has had started kicking her legs a lot more now when she is in her bouncer seat and in her play mat she is kicking and swinging her arms all over the place. Now when I smile at her she smiles back and she loves to give smiles when people talk to her. I try all the time to catch her smile on camera.
Peyton is still sleeping through the night! Scott and I feel very fortunate that she sleeps so well so that we get a good night's sleep too.

Here are a few of her 2 month milestones:


~ She rolled over from her tummy to side, and then she even rolled onto her back one morning for Scott. She was getting upset with tummy time and that is when she rolled herself over. This has only happened once so I figure it was her getting angry that gave her the strength to do it. She does a great job at getting herself into the position to roll over, its just a matter of time before she does it again =)

~On Nov 3rd, the night before I had to go to work, we heard her give a giggle! Scott was in the computer room and I had her on the couch smiling when all of a sudden she giggled. Of course I yelled Scott did you hear that and he was like no way was that a giggle!?! She did it one more time before bed. I consider that my going back to work gift, she wanted to make me feel better.

~When in her play mat we put a rattle in her hand and she is able to hold it all by herself and shake it around for a few minutes and then releases. I can't wait until she grabs it herself.

~ Peyton had her 2 month shots! I should have taken the day off but since I had just started going back to work I didn't but next time she has them I for sure will take off!!! Scott said she was fussy the whole time, I think she knew she was getting them. He said her face turned red and she started screaming. Good thing it only lasted about 10 minutes and she was happy again. She ran fever that night, thankfully it went away with tylenol.


We also started daycare this month!

 She is going to a in home daycare really close to our house. Scott and I had interview the women and both really liked her and her home. Peyton has seemed to love going to daycare. There are only 5 other younger children and that will actually go down to 3 next week so even better. Scott takes her every morning and picks her up when he is done with his jobs, but I actually got to pick her up Friday. I was so excited to get to pick her up I was speeding home and of course traffic was an issue just because I wanted to get there lol. While there I mentioned to Charlotte that I noticed Scott had been dressing Peyton in the mornings and had sent her to daycare in an outfit that totally did not go together hahaha!!! I got such a huge kick out of this (Picture to the right) She said she knew that her daddy must have dressed her LOL! Don't get me wrong, I am truly appreciative of my husband for all he does in the morning to get her ready for daycare while I get ready for work. I could not do it without him!! We are told that she is a great baby and we are even getting her on a consistent schedule which is good too. We are very happy that we found Charlotte, she makes us feel our daughter is being very well taken care of.

Weekend update!!

Well I survived going back to work!! The first day back was tough, I only cried a few times LOL. Mainly it was whenever someone asked me how I was doing, the tears would immediately build up in my eyes. But with her pictures all over my desk, the updates from daddy, and my uplifting students I got through it. The kids were soo excited to see me and I got tons of hugs from them and my previous year students. I could not help but be in a good mood with how wonderful and loving my students are.  The day went by super fast since I was busy getting everything back in order and I was home before I knew it. I did spend the entire rest of the evening with my love bug and enjoyed every minute of it. Daddy had a great first time taking care of Peyton all day by himself. He did say that at one time all she did was cry (screaming) for a what seemed like a whole hour. He said he checked everything, put her in the bouncer, napper, swing, play mat and tried the bottle and paci but nothing worked. She finally exhausted herself and went to sleep. Must have been separation anxiety from mommy ;)
He had to make him some milk and cookies because he was so stressed out hahahahaha, that made my day when he told me that!

Friday was much easier to leave and go to work. I was still super busy and the day flew by again!!
Now for some exciting news that happened Friday....Our good friends who we consider to be family, Kris and Alicia had their own little bundle of joy Madelyn Grace. We had my parents come babysit Peyton and headed up to the hospital. Madelyn was beautiful! We are so happy for Kris and Alicia, they are going to be great parents!!

Saturday morning:
Peyton rolled over from her tummy to back for the first time Saturday morning. Of course I was still in bed trying to sleep in, but she did it for her daddy. He tried to get her to do it again on camera but she was crying LOL. I am so proud of my little doodlebug, she is getting so big and learning so much already!

Back to work I go...

Today is the last day of my maternity leave and I am having mixed emotions about going to work tomorrow. I decided to go back to work on a Thursday so that I could have 2 days of school and then the weekend to slowly get back into the swing of things instead of jumping in for a whole work week. I am hoping that this will make it a little easier on me leaving my baby girl for the whole work day.  I am actually really looking forward to being with my students, my team, and getting back into a daily routine. I was only at school for 3 weeks when I found out I was going to have Peyton early. That was not a lot of time to get my yearly routine rolling. During my leave my students have had 2 long term subs ( the first was a sub for a sub) and granted they both did a great job but my students have been through 3 sets of different routines and teachings. I am hoping I can get them into my set of things again with no problems.  I went to school yesterday to meet with  my sub and find out where they are in plans and what has been working for her in the classroom. I was happy to see that a lot was the same and she even gave me a great reward idea that she had been using. I know it's going to take a bit of time to get back in the swing of things at school. Shoot I couldn't even remember when my library day was, I had to ask the sub haha. All the little things like that which were so routine that I did not have to think twice about have now slipped my mind.  I am very thankful though that I have such a great team that I work with. They have done an amazing job taking care of my students and their needs while I have been out.

 I know that I will be just fine and will be back at it in now time, but then I think about how I am not going to be with Peyton all day like I have been the last 8 weeks. She will be at home with her dad or at the in home daycare. Of course I know she will be in good hands and totally be fine, but I just know I will miss her. I am also afraid that I will miss something big like her rolling over and other first time milestones. I told Scott last night that if something happens when I am at work he should try to get it on video so I can see it haha. I know I'm just obsessing over little things but it is what I have been used to during my leave. I love that Peyton and I could spend the whole day together in our pajamas, have visitors come and see us, or go run errands whenever I needed to. Now that will have to wait for the weekends and holidays. I will definitely be counting down the days til Thanksgiving and Christmas break.   =)

Peyton's 1st Halloween

Happy Halloween!!!

 As we do every year Scott and I carved our pumpkins, but this year we added one more pumpkin to our porch, a baby pumpkin for Miss Peyton. She had her own baby pumpkin that was carved with a P in it. Of course I have to mention how proud Scott was of his pumpkin of Leonard, our boxer. We thought it was very cool that it actually turned out as a carving. Poor Bella as Bonnie has mentioned, no carving of her. This was Peyton's first Halloween and she looked so cute in her tutu pumpkin outfit that her Aunt Bonnie got her. Of course no trick or treating this year, instead we sat on the porch as a family and handed out candy to all the kids in our neighborhood. I was sooo excited about how many trick or treaters we had this year. Last year we lived in our old house and there were a few kids that came by but not near as many as this year. Handing out candy is one of my favorite things to do, and it was even better this year with Scott and Peyton helping me. Scott even said he enjoyed it much more than he thought he would. He would make a comment about every kids costume, telling them how pretty, cool, or scary they looked. I am looking forward to when Peyton is old enough and can walk around trick or treating, it will be so much fun!