Baby Peyton! and more

Welcome to the world Peyton Elizabeth! She was born at 10:44am yesterday morning weighing 8lb 9oz and 21 1/2 inches long. It was a tough time but well worth it (at least I think so- I haven't asked Whitney yet but I'm sure she would agree).

Peyton with her great-aunt

(that sounds so weird- I'm not even 30 yet and already a great-aunt!)

Rylee waiting to see the "baby" and playing with Uncle David's phone

The other night we were finishing up baby things and I heard Rylee just "singing" in the other room. I wondered what she was doing and I walked in on this- what a sweet kitty cat to let her just rub all over him. Abbi the dog was lying on the other side of the cat but she moved before I could get to my camera.

"I used to have a little seat like this!" And yes look how brillant she is- already reading the owner's manual.

We have found a new way to keep her entertained for a while. Too bad they are bringing a baby back here and this is probably a too loud form of entertainment.

She loves playing in her cabinet in the kitchen. Silly girl!

On Saturday we went with some church friends to the fire station. Thanks for inviting us!

Pumpkins!

Sandy asked me if I wanted to do anything special for my birthday and I said the only thing I could think of was for her to go with me to take Rylee to the pumpkin patch. So off we went. Rylee was so overwhelmed by so many pumpkins that she was not interested in looking at me at all!!!

We had a very nice breeze!
So this isn't the pumpkin patch obviously but I wanted to add it since this is how I often find Rylee. She ALWAYS picks the red shoe.

We have somehow accumulated several Halloween outfits so we have started wearing them quite frequently even though we have to roll up the sleeves on some. I have decided that the stores here shouldn't even put out fall/long sleeve clothes until December. I am so ready for some cool weather!
A friend of mine who works with me is so crafty and I am having a lot of fun doing "projects" with her. I get Family Fun magazine and when I let her read it she decided that we moms at the office had to the cover project. Here are the results (I did the shirt and she added the fabric). We are also going to do ones at Christmas with the circles being ornaments and blue shirts with three circles to make a snowman.

I asked her if she had ever made a bow and she said "no but how hard can it be- just bring me some ribbon". Here is the result.
Rylee LOVED having a kitty cat on her shirt.
I just like this dress so I wanted to post a picture so I would remember it.

Happy Anniversary and More

Yesterday we celebrated my grandparents' 70th anniversary (dad's parents). Can you even imagine??? 70 years??? I am so proud of the legacy they are leaving....
We have had a mixed up couple of weeks and there will be a few more of those until we hopefully get back into a routine. Driving to and from my parents' is getting old but I think my mom may come here for a couple of days this week. Rylee has handled it very well- she loves being with Nana and Gingy- she just gets kind of bored without a lot of kids like she is used to.

Rylee with her great-grandparents. They live right next to my parents' house and she loves to go visit them.

Being silly with Nana.
The last time my granddad visited my Aunt Cathy he made a comment about how much he liked their tv so the grandchildren bought them this new 42 inch one for their anniversary. My Aunt Cathy made a 40 minute slide show and we played it during the party. (by the way- aren't the pumpkins cute? Another girl and I did the flowers in them and they turned out pretty good if I do say so myself)
Just because we're not there doesn't mean we aren't there in spirit....
A close-up
Rylee giving her baby kisses. We also spent a large portion of the day giving her baby snacks and drinks. At least Rylee shares!

BUSY!!!

If I had to describe my child in one word that is what it would be without a doubt- BUSY! She is always wanting down and wanting to climb on everything in sight. She never stops unless she is sleeping or on her way to going to sleep. The doctor even made a comment at her one year checkup about how active she is! She is still a little thing weighing in at 19lb 14oz (I can't believe we didn't reach 20lbs!) which is 30th percentile and her height is also at the 30th percentile (down from the 50th). Our babysitter is having surgery this next week so be praying for my mom and dad because they are the ones who are going to be keeping up with her for the next month with me driving back and forth to work from their house. Here are some pics from the last week of her being busy. Makes me tired all over again just looking at them.

"What do you want to watch?"

Yeah- she's definitely standing in the chair...
She loves to drag any type of bag/purse around so for her birthday she received a purse that she loves!
"Got my purse and my ride- gotta go!" (And how can she be in only the 30th percentile with that belly?)
Note that she still hasn't let go of that purse!

"Where did the stuff that was in here go?"

Standing in another chair.
She knows which cabinet is hers. And yes, if I need to use one of these I wash it first!

Birthday Week!

Rylee's first birthday week has come to an end. It was a great one and we have had lots of fun together. I still can't believe that my baby is growing up so fast!!! ( I know that everyone says that but when they're yours it is so different!) I wrote her a birthday letter and I hope to continue that tradition every year. Here are some pics of our week.

The morning of her actual birthday. She was wondering why the lights were on and why I was taking her picture. This look says Crazy Lady!!!

"Oh, I like that birthday song!"
Playing with some of her new toys wearing her cute new outfit.
Playing in the kitchen cabinets. She always ends up with one pants leg pulled up high and the other one down lower. It drives me nuts!
The perfect present- a new phone!
Another cake??? This one was Cinderella with a very blue dress. Worn out from the busy week we had. She slept all the way from Rockwall to Texarkana!

Family Birthday Party

We had a small family birthday party today. It is so hard to believe that it has been almost a year since I met my little girl. In ways I've known her forever and in other ways it has passed so quickly. Rylee's birthday is Wednesday so this weekend we celebrated with my family and next weekend we go to Dallas to celebrate with her other grandparents. We did a cupcake theme so her shirt had a big cupcake on it, her bib had a cupcake on it, we served yummy cupcakes, and her cake was a giant cupcake.

She loves her new tricyle that Aunt Sandy, Uncle David, and Whitney got her.

She got LOTS of fun gifts including these two dresses that my Aunt Cathy made and embroidered. Can't wait to wear them! Thank you everyone for the gifts!
She loved her cake. She wasn't hesistant at all and dove right in!

And she ended the day by taking a four-wheeler ride around the yard. What a fun day!!!