Vanessa and Terry's Family Couples Shower

Sunday February 8, we all went to my cousin Vanessa and her fiance Terry's couples shower for our side of the family. The boys had a lot of fun and Vanessa and Terry got quite a few good gifts! It was nice to see some family members that we don't get to see too often! Here are some pictures of the shower!

Their Beautiful Cake
Gina putting Vanessa's coursage on her!

Our family with Chris and Theresa

Vanessa and Terry

Cutting the cake

Uncle Glenn and Preston

Peyton starts working on sitting up!

On February 2, Peyton started trying to sit up by himself. He still falls over, but he's sitting for longer and longer before that happens! Here are some pictures of him sitting up! The first picture I had the donut thing around him in case he fell! Good job Peyton, soon you will be sitting up all by yourself without falling!

Peyton rolls over!

Peyton has been rolling over from his stomach to his back for quite some time now, but he finally did it the other way! On the night of February 1st, I found Peyton on his tummy in the morning, so he rolled over for the first time during the night. That morning on the 2nd, he rolled over again from his back to his tummy!!!! Yayyyyyyyyyyy Peyton!!!!

Our little artist!

This all happened yesterday morning, on one of those great little Mondays! Paul decided to "paint" on the walls of the toy room with finger paints, glue, and glitter! He opened the doors of the laundry room, turned over the laundry basket and stood on it, climbed on top of the dryer, then on top of the washing machine, reached up on the top shelf, opened the art container, and got all of this out. Upon asking what he was doing, he replied "I was painting."

For those of you who do not have a "climber" for a child, needless to say, you are very lucky! Little Paul has always been a climber since he was physically able to do so, but this is a new height even for him! The shelf is located well above my head....I can't even reach it on my tip-toes!

Where was I? Sleeping...it was before my alarm went off, apparently Paul got up early and, of course woke Preston up, and instead of coming to get me, Paul shut my door so I couldn't hear them! (Something that he has done before and has been punished for, too) We had taken all the toys out of the toy room to be cleaned just days before and the night before this, I was on my hands and knees with lysol cleaning this room very well, every little inch of it! The next morning, this is what I see, along with the tracks him and Preston left from their hands and feet on the cabinets, back door, and new floor!

I have to hear everyone's comments on this one! Check out the video at the end!

The Boys' Busy Weekend

Saturday we all went to Kate's 2nd Birthday party at Bouncing Tigers. Kate looked so cute for her second birthday! It was so cute that she was so anxious to get into the room for her pizza, cake, and presents! Paul and Preston had a great time playing on all the inflatable things they had there. I think their favorite was the big train that you could crawl through and look through the windows of to see everyone! They also loved the slide and pretty much everything else, too. Mommy and Daddy had a great time too! We enjoed watching the boys play and having a great time! Little Peyton was so good, of course, he just went with the flow and didn't cry once! We walked him through the play area while watching his big brothers and he just took everything in. Thank you so much Keely, for inviting us; everything was awesome and it was a great party! Here is a cute picture of Peyton Mommy took when we got home after his nap!!!!
On Sunday, Daddy and Paw Paw took Paul and Preston to see the Monster trucks! Mommy and Peyton stayed home and cleaned and played together, just the two of us, so he got plenty of attention! He laughed and smilied all day in between his naps! Paul and Preston must've had a great time because they were both knocked out when they got home! They didn't even get up to eat! They slept the rest of the night! Thanks Paw Paw for asking all the big boys to go with you; they had a lot of fun from what I've heard!!!

Visit with Brock & Brooke

After Peyton's doctor appointment on Monday, Nicole brought Brock and Brooke over for a visit to exhange gifts from my mom to them and from her parents to our boys. They all loved what they got and they had a great time playing outside and with the V-motion and the pony that you sit on to jump with for the TV. Thank you so much Aunt Carol and Uncle Sidney for the jackets for the bigger boys and for the baby outfits for Peyton. Mommy really liked it all and so did the boys!

Peyton's 4 month check-up

Mommy took Peyton, with Paul & Preston in tow, to his 4 month check-up with the doctor last Monday! He is doing great and is in the 25% for height and the 50% for weight, which is about how little Paul was at that age. We were happy to know he's doing well and the doctor even commented on how he is such a happy baby!!!! He gave her pleny of smiles and even sat up pretty well for her and she said "that's really good." He wasn't too thrilled with the nurse who gave him his shots though!!!! He only cried for about a minute and then fell asleep, so that was good! Mommy hates the shot part of the visits!!!!