Friday, March 07, 2008

Happy 8 monthday Peyton

Mommy and Daddy love you bunches. We really enjoy being parents and watching you thrive. Daddy misses you a lot, but he carries your pictures with him everywhere he goes. He can't wait to get home and love on you.

Happy 8 monthday honey!

MUAH!

Sunday, March 02, 2008

Many things to update

We've made great strides in the last few days. I will just list them below.

1. On Friday night Peyton slept from 8:30 p.m. to 4:15 a.m. That's right 7 hours. I was so out of it when she finally woke up at 4:15 a.m. It took me awhile to come to. It was a nice night's sleep for both of us.
2. Went to lunch with some friends and asked for advice on the whole eating thing. I don't think I've posted about her eating habits. She only eats about a fourth of her baby food at each sitting. If she even eats a fourth. She's just not into it. So my girlfriend advised me to go ahead and start real solids. So I did and she has slept really well since. Last night she ate banana baby food, broccoli, mashed potatoes, bread and some puffs. She ate a lot. She went to sleep at 8ish and woke up at 2:15 a.m. and then again at 5:30 a.m. and then 7:30 a.m. That is just fantastic. I'm hoping this keeps up. She does seem more into eating now that it's solids and not baby food.
3. She's standing completely on her own. She's let go of what she's holding and stand for like 3 minutes. It's really cute.
4. Peyton is cruising the furniture. It's typically after something like Gracie.
5. Havick officially LOVES his baby Peyton. Dad was joking around today and rolled up a newspaper and swatted Peyton's bottom. She didn't even react. Well, with that, Havick jumped off the couch and immediately approached Dad. We thought he was worried about the paper being out because he gets hit with that. Then he wedged himself between Dad and Peyton. It was so cute...it brought a tear to my eye. He stood there for a long time while Peyton used his hair to stand up. We now know that she will be protected. Hopefully we won't have to lock Havick up when we discipline Peyton.

I'd like to give a shout out to Lorelai for learning how to walk this week. YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!