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Monday, May 26, 2008

New Things

New things that Peyton has been doing are: He found his voice. He now knows that he can babble really loud. I am waiting for him to realize just how loud he can get. Oh, and he is saying the word -hi-. Okay, funny, but it seems like he is saying it. We tell him -hi baby- so much, I think he caught on the sound hi. He will play with his feet or toys and all of a sudden we will hear -hi- from him. When he does that we shower him with extra attention, so I think he knows what he is doing! Now all I hear is Dada from Kevin. I think we have a while for that!He is becoming very mobile. He rolls around back and forth so fast that I can't keep my eyes off of him for too long. When he is on his stomach, he kicks with his legs to move around. Kevin and I had to put up a gate by the stairs so that he does not fall down them. We also put together his walker and he moves in circles but I don't think he realizes just how mobile he can be in it. I have no problem waiting on that discovery. This is the time that mommy is going to have a heart attack worrying about him falling down the stairs and busting his head. I think I am going to invest in more gates!Peyton gave us his first belly laugh. And I managed to video it! I was originally trying to get a video of him babbling, then all of a sudden Zack started barking which for some reason tickled Peyton's funny bone. He started laughing really hard and even threw in a couple of snorts. It was quite funny. I couldn't wait for Kevin to come home so I could show him the video. Now Kevin and I are on a mission of finding more things to make him laugh. We found a couple and got little laughs, but have not yet got that deep laugh. He mostly looks at us with a smile on his face like he is wondering why we are acting insane! But we are still trying. Peyton is teething really, really bad. He puts anything and everything in his mouth that he can get his hands on. And he is drooling like a water hose. Sometimes the whole front of his onsie gets totally soaked. This also comes with irritability, but mostly at night which makes it hard to get him down to sleep. During the day it doesn't seem as bad. I guess because of the distractions. Once over the weekend, he had a slight fever and was very grumpy, but a little dose of Tylenol and everything was okay. Teething I read is hereditary and my mom told me I was about 7 months when I had my first tooth. If he is starting now with the symptoms, I think we should be seeing a tooth in a couple of months. And our boy has a nice little appetite. I don't want to increase his rice cereal intake just yet, so I plan on giving him oatmeal cereal as well. And even though I am a couple of weeks early, I decided to start him on one vegetable of baby food. That with the cereal seems to be working because he has been satisfied. So far no allergic reactions to the sweet potato. And in the next week and a half, I will try another vegetable and maybe a fruit. That is it for now. I am very lucky to have such a wonderful baby. And most of all I am lucky to have such a wonderful husband that made it possible for me to stay at home with Peyton to experience all these things. Thanks honey!





Saturday, May 24, 2008

Ben's Birthday Party

Today we went to Ben's 1st Birthday Party and Josh's (Ben's brother) 8th birthday party. Katie, mom, combined both parties since her boy's birthday is around the same date. I never seen so many kids in one place. LOL. It was a nice party though. This is Peyton's first birthday party! Even though he is a little too young to know what is going on, he did enjoy watching the kids run around.








Friday, May 16, 2008

Dawn's Rehearsal and Rehearsal Party

After Dawn and Brian's wedding rehearsal at Rosy's Jazz Hall we all headed over to John and Mary's house for the rehersal party. Kevin's dad boiled some crawfish. So a lot of people who are out-of -towners who never has eaten crawfish before just had their first try!!! It was a very lovely night. And Peyton was the hit of the party. Everyone wanted to hold him. I don't think I held him for 10 minutes tonight. It was really nice. It was almost like having a babysitter for tonight! :)












Thursday, May 15, 2008

The Secret

Daddy asked me the other day what the secret was to get Peyton to sleep. Daddy has been having a little trouble lately with this, but I have a feeling that this phase will pass with our little guy that Mommy is the only one that can get him down. I hope! So here is the secret my darling hubby:

1. Tell him you love him;
2. 25 kisses;
3. Hum "You are my Sunshine" until you are hoarse;
4. Rub his head as you rock;
5. 25 more kisses;
6. Constantly smile;
7. Look into his eyes as he drifts;
8. 10 more kisses;
9. Tell him you love him as you put him down;
10. One more kiss.

There is my secret honey. Hope it works for ya! Love, Mommy




Monday, May 12, 2008

My First Mother's Day

Mother's day was wonderful! We started off the day with brunch with the family, my sister and her boyfriend, Kevin came over for a visit, and then met for steaks later at the parents house. We even had the pleasure of having Auntie Dawn spend this special ocassion with us. After a wonderful dinner and plenty of wine, the mamas in the house received gifts. Peyton and Daddy got me a beautiful white gold mother and child cameo necklace which will always symbolize my very first mother's day. It is a very special gift. Along with that I got two CD that I have been wanting, three cards, another cookbook and beautiful flowers from Angela and Dawn. I waited a long, long time for this day..... :)