I'M A BIG KID NOW

Mommy's Big Helper

Typical Saturday Morning

Peyton has been a very busy girl lately growing, developing and mastering new skills. She has started her transition to the Toddler Room at daycare whcih includes sleeping on a cot rather than a crib. She has cut her 7th tooth and has a handful of others trying to do the same. She has gone poopoo in her potty twice now, but still isn't ready to do the same with peepee. (Much to daddy and mommy's surprise) she called 911 the day of the blizzard and travelled to Vermont last weekend where she had two Valentine boyfriends, Lucas and Elijah. Peyton is trying very hard to dress herself and thanks to Elijah is now standing on and trying to jump off everything. The funniest new thing she showed us this week is what appears to be a yoga move. We haven't gotten a picture of it yet but she is on her hands and feet when she lifts one leg and her head. She cracks herself and us up every time! To top everything off, she has a vocabulary of well over 30 words (we are still counting) and can easily tell us what she wants and of course doesn't want.

January 8th - February 7th

The new year has definitely been memorable. In the first few weeks of the year Peyton fell and hit her head at daycare, got a stomach virus and has started teething again. 2010 hasn't been easy but we are optimistic it will be a great year!

Peyton makes us love her more with each passing day. It is clear she knows exactly what she wants and she is trying to communicate that to us as her vocabulary grows. Besides Elmo, Peyton loves Ernie from Sesame Street. She can name almost all of the characters from the show but strongly prefers Elmo and Ernie. "Osca" (Oscar) and "Gova" (Grover) run a tight 3rd and 4th. Peyton frequently reminds McK and I which items we have told her not to touch or get into by pointing to them and then saying, "No, No, No!" She got the thumbs up from the doctor on her 15 month checkup and is still in the 90% for height but her weight continues to drop as she is now at 25% for weight. You can imagine how fun this makes buying clothes for her

Our child who would only eat fruits and vegetables up until a couple of months ago now loves bread and butter, nutella, Jimmy Dean sausage links, oatmeal, cinnamon french toast sticks, mac and cheese, grilled cheese and of course fruit. Quite the change, huh? The good news is that she has just started showing a slight interest in drinking milk during the day and every now and then will drink it right out of the fridge (really cold).

Peyton has a play date coming up with her friend Lucas on Saturday and the weekend of Valentine's Day we are heading up to Vermont with Lucas and his family. We think it will be a great time. She also gets to spend the weekend with our good friend Natalie as she is coming to visit (weather permitting).