Getting ready for the weekend....

On Friday Payton and I are heading to Iowa again.  We are going to the 4th of July celebration in Dixon on Saturday and will get to see lots of family and friends as well.  Justin has to work all weekend, so he doesn't get to go.  He is pretty bummed that he won't get us see us for a few days.  But I am sure it will be nice to have a quiet house!

We are looking forward to the trip, although not the car ride!  I am crossing my fingers that Payton sleeps at least half of the way up.  It is not very easy to travel with him anymore when there is only one of us.  I know Grandma Joy is getting anxious to see him again even though she just saw him two weeks ago.  I love going to Dixon for the fireworks.  It is the best way to see all of my extended family.  And its lots of fun too!  So hopefully I will see lots of you this weekend!  I should have lots of pictures to post next week.

 

June 25

Today we went to a Childrens Farmestead that is pretty close to our house.  Payton had a great time.  He could run around and pet the baby goats and lambs.  He just kept running around in circles trying to chase all of them.  He even felt the need to hug a few of the goats.  I am surprised he didn't try and take one home!

He has become such a chatter box lately!  I wish I could understand what he is saying because he makes it sound like it is very important!  His new word is banana.  But he says 'banammana'.  It is really cute.  His other new word is Choo Choo.  He loves trains.  Whenever he sees one he says choo choo.  When I pick him up from day care, he points at the DVD player in the car and says Choo Choo.  It took me a few days and then I realized that he wanted to watch his Thomas movie. 

Surprise party!

This past weekend my sister and I threw my mom a surprise 60th birthday party!  It turned out perfect!  She was totally shocked.   It took a lot of planning and keeping secrets to get it pulled off, but we did it!  She was really surprised that we had her mom fly up from Florida and her sister drive up from St. Louis.  There was a great turn out.  Thank you to everyone who was able to come.   I have no pictures because my camera battery was dead.  So if anyone took any pictures, let me know so I can get doubles!

Vacation

At the end of May, we went to Florida for vacation.  It was so much fun.  Payton had a great time.  We also got to spend some time with my grandma, that was really nice.  She had not seen Payton since he was 3 weeks old, so she was thrilled to see him.  Payton was amazing on the flight.  I was a little worried, since he does not like to sit at all.  But he did really well.  The first full day we were there he was a little frightened of the water and did not like the sand touching his toes, but by the end of the day he was running all over.  The next day we went to Busch Gardens.  It was a perfect place for toddlers.  It is the perfect mix of animals, rides and things to see and do.  Payton loves animals, so had a great time there as well.  We spent a few days just driving around and spending time with grandma.  Then the last full day we were there we went back to the beach.  Payton loved it this time.  He would run out to the water and yell and the waves and then when the waves spashed on his feet he would run back up the beach giggling.  All in all it was a great trip.  We were very sad to come home and get back to our normal lives.  We are already planning our trip for next year!  (You can see pictures by looking at the photo album).

Let's try this....

Hello Everyone!

I thought I would try something new.  I am going to try doing a blog type thing instead of our website.   I like having the website, but it takes a very long time to update.  This blog is VERY easy and fast to update and it is free which the website was not, so hey, that is an extra added bonus!    I will probably keep the website around for a little bit until I decide what I like better.   My plan is to update this with entries more often.  So be sure to check back frequently!   I plan on keeping it as a diary of sorts as to the daily events of what happens in our life. 

Let me know which you like better, or if I am wasting my time completely!