Sunday, December 30, 2007

Merry Christmas!!

I hope everyone had a good Christmas!  Ours was wonderful!  Payton was a lot of fun this year.  He was really into having Santa and his reindeer come to his house.  He had been talking about Santa for the entire month of December!  Once while we were shopping for presents we were at Cabellas, a hunting store, and there were deer displayed in and around the store and Payton told me and everyone else who would listen that those were Santas reindeer and they were coming to his house! 

 

We started off the Christmas festivities on Christmas Eve with Justins parents and sister.  They came to our house and we had a big dinner and opened presents.  We had a great time.  The only bad thing was that I completely forgot to get out my camera so I don't have any pictures to share from then.  Christmas morning we celebrated with the 3 of us in the morning and then that afternoon went over to my moms house.  My Grandma is visiting from Florida, so we got to spend Christmas with her as well.  Then on the 26th, I took the day off of work so Payton and I could stay home and play with new toys all day long! 

 

As much as I love Christmas, I was ready for it to be over and to get my house back in order.  We are also glad to have daddy home more and back to working normal hours instead of those crazy holiday hours.  I am looking forward to a happy, healthy and exciting 2008! 

Happy 60th Grandpa Gene and seeing Santa

I am a little behind on my blogs, so I am going to try and recap...

The weekend of the 16th I went to Iowa for a quick trip to see my dad for his birthday.  Happy 60th Birthday Grandpa Gene!!  While I was up there I got to visit with some of my friends and their kids.  Payton stayed here with Justin and while he worked mom watched Payton.  Mom, Lindsey and Kellen took Payton to see a Holiday train that had Santa on it!  Payton loved it!  I will put some pictures in the album section.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Happy Birthday!

Payton turned 3 this week!  My baby is such a big boy now!  We feel so lucky to have such a loving, caring, smart and funny little boy in our lives.  It is so hard to believe that he is already 3 years old.  But on the other hand, it is amazing  to see all of the things he has learned and how much he has changed through those years.  

 

3 months:


 

6 months:


 

18 months:


 

2 years old:


 

3 years old:

 


 

Payton had a fun birthday weekend!  On Saturday my mom and I took him to Union Station and Crown Center to see the holiday train exhibit and lots of Christmas decorations.  Then we ate at the Crayola Cafe.  On Sunday we celebrated his birthday with a Disney Cars themed party.  He had a great time and got lots of thoughtful gifts.  We started the party with a bit of a meltdown, but when you mix a 3 year old with no nap and presents and a cake that he can not have yet, it isn't pretty!  After the meltdown, then he was good to go!  On Monday (his actual birthday) he brought Cars themed cupcakes to school.  That night we took him to Chucky Cheese.  He had a great time there.  There were so many things to do there he couldn't decide what to do first!  He just kept running around he was so excited! 

I have added lots of pictures to the photo album of his birthday weekend.