Follow our family through our lives... we are pretty busy but love our family and friends. This blog is to keep you informed of all the ups, downs and happenings in our lives. We love you all! Enjoy
We made fudge and cookies for Santa
Payten helped..she had some fluff!
A visit from our friend Hoke~ We were in our mommies bellies together at school!Right before bed, Payten took her first video... she says "more" "no" and "night, night" in the video along with some other gibberish we can't figure out yet
Full night in the big girl bed....7pm-7am...
Very excited to be going... daddy is going out to a party
Getting ready for bed, 12/20 in the big girl bed... last night 12/19 she slept till 5am in the big girl bed but then into the crib till 8am
The first night 12/13... Payten slept from 9-12 then woke up and was scared, she went back to sleep in her crib that night.
Things are going well since Payten has had her tubes put in and a minor set back of asthma and reflux...all are being treated with maintance medication and she is happier and healthier by the minute every day...she is sleeping again at night (keep your fingers crossed she did go a whole week of getting up at 5:15am) and napping at the sitters for at least 2 hours a day! We know there will be more in the future for Payten but we are looking for this to be a break. We wish everyone a wonderful holiday season together, enjoy your family. As this time of year comes around I miss my family very much. I miss Christmas Eve at Aunt Sue and Uncle Jim's, trying toget to sleep on Christmas Eve only to get up at the earliest time mom and dad would let us, only to walk down the stairs and see the magic of Christmas! I want Payten to have that magic too, unfortunately with family so far away we can only make it magic with just mommy and daddy. Thank goodness for technology, we will web cam family but it will not be the same. 
Our Christmas Tree
Look I can put on ornaments
My beautiful girl! All Soapy!
Wearing ear plug to keep from getting water in the ears
Our new lawn ornaments.... yes she wants them to be in the house.
Grandma visited this weekend and bought Payten all new bedding. " I love my new bed"....do you think she will actually sleep in it?
Let's play
Daddy will play with me
An art project...or is she the art project, she was painting and daddy labeled her with his new label maker
Can we have salad?
What, haven't you ever seen a girl play with the singing snowman?
Payten was diagnosed with astma after tubes were put in and she couldn't stop coughing... so look it's paid off playing with mommy's inhaler.
This one is mommy's they are very a like and she loves to take her meds.
Daddy couldn't go in when Payten was put down, so he sat and told her how much she loved her.
Payten was given a mask to practice with before being put down.
Payten is quite the reader... always reading to pass the time.
On the ride home between cries...she had a hard time coming out of the anesthetic.
Payten and mommy
She figured out how to use her gloves as hands
Daddy and Payten
