Thanksgiving

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  Ours was nice and relaxing.  Mom got to host her first holiday in her new house!  It was nice to have us all together.  It has been five years since we have all been together for Thanksgiving!    After dinner Justin, Kristin, Payton and myself braved the COLD to head down to the Plaza for the lighting ceremony.  This is something that Justin and I have done every Thanksgiving since we lived here.  The pictures below are from the Plaza.  (They are a little blurry, I took them from the warmth of the car!)

 

   

 

We are now preparing for Paytons birthday next week.  It seems impossible that he is going to be 3 already!   We have an appointment this week to get his 3 year pictures done.  Wish me luck, we have yet to have a good experience getting photos taken!

 

3 year checkup

Payton had his 3 year checkup this morning and is doing great!  He weighs 29 1/2 pounds and is 36 3/4 inches tall.  That puts him in the 20th percentile for weight and the 45th percentile for height.   The doctor was not concerned that he is only in the 20th percentile, he said that he is growing steadly.  If you have aver seen his daddy, you know that Payton will probably not ever be very big! 

He is on target if not ahead on all of the developmental targets for a 3 year old. 

And it seems like our new asthma action plan that we got a few months ago is working so far.  It is more proactive then it used to be, but it seems to be helping.  When his asthma does flare up, it doesn't last as long as it used to.  The big test will be this winter though when all of the cold an flu viruses are going around.    But overall, the doctor said he is going great!

Halloween fun!

Payton had a pretty eventful Halloween this year filled with lots of parties!  The week before the actual holiday we went to a party at the day care that Aunt Kristin works at.  Then, that Friday, we had a party for all of the kids at my work.  It is a pretty big event where everyone brings their kids in and they go trick or treating throughout many of the floors in our buildings.  He became instant friends with the daughter of a friend of mine.  Then on Halloween day he had a party and a parade at day care and then that night we went trick or treating!  Payton loves Halloween!  He thinks it is great that he gets candy!  He was completely obsessed with his candy basket.  He would take it to his room and night and just hold on to it while he slept, even though we had hidden all of the candy.  Then on Halloween night, we were on our way home from Grandmas house and he fell asleep with a sucker in each hand!  

 

Payton started the 3-4 year old class at school last week!  It is a month early, but the director and the teachers felt he was ready.  He had been a handful the last couple of weeks and we think it was because he was ready to move up.  There were quite a few kids in his class that had just turned 2, so he was almost a whole year older then them and just getting bored.   This class is more like school.  He will actually have a monthly homework assignment!  Can you believe it, a 3 year old with homework!