Everybody Loves a Parade

The girls and I have all had a touch of the “sickies.”  Summer colds for Mommy and Payton, a little virus for Haley.  But I think (I hope) we’re all on the mend now.

 

We went to the Littleton “Western Welcome Week”  parade on Saturday.  It was a pretty good one, and the girls really enjoyed it.  Haley was waving and blowing kisses.  She also tried to join the parade a couple of times, but I held on to the seat of her pants to keep her back, much to her amusement and that of the other parade-watchers near us.  She especially liked pointing to all the horses.

 

Some other tidbits…

 

The other day Payton said she wanted to tell me a secret, so she came over, put her mouth to my ear, and went “Pss pss pss psst.”  

I told her I said I had a secret to tell her too.  So I put my mouth to her ear and whispered “I love you.”

Payton laughed and said “Oh, Mommy!  That’s not a secret!  I KNOW that you love me!”

 

Awwww…

 

Haley’s newest word is “meow”.  So when she sees a kitty she says “Kit-tee!  Mao.  Mao.  Mao.  Mao.”

 

Payton just got a new batch of hand-me-downs from her cousin.  She said, “Mommy, Phoebe sure ungrows a lot of clothes!”

Pictures

We had these pictures of the girls taken at the beginning of July.  They had new dresses from Mimi, so it seemed like an auspicious time to do it!  It was quite the ordeal… we were “walk-ins” at Sears Portrait Studio, and they couldn’t fit us in right away.  By the time we started taking pictures, it was getting a little too close to Haley’s nap time and she was a basket case.  We ended up leaving and coming back later that night when Haley was happier.  

 

Conversations with Payton

P:  Mom, who made the world?

Me:  That’s a good question.  I don’t really know who made the world.

P:  Just like I don’t know who made that sidewalk right there.

Me:  Well, that’s true.  Although, that sidewalk was made by a person, we just don’t know who.  The world is pretty big – it probably wasn’t made by one person.

P:  Maybe the World Guys made the world.

Me:  The World Guys?  Hmmm.  That may be.

P:  Yes, and maybe they’re over there in that car.  Actually, they’re in two cars.  Because it takes a lot of World Guys to make the world.

 

Paytonisms that I miss already:

 

Macaroni and cheese:  Mac and aroni cheese

Hippopotamus:  Hippomopotamus

 

The other day, we went to the park and they were setting up for a festival.  Later, Payton told Mimi that we were going to a “vegetable.”

 

Payton was playing with a sticker book.  She told me “I’m putting this beaver over by the river.  That way he can beav.”  Makes sense, right?

 

 

 

Payton the Mermaid

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Hike in March

We’ve had beautiful weather here lately.  We went on a hike with the neighbors and their two girls, Stella and Addie, on March 15.  It was 70 degrees!  Haley slept for the first half of the hike, but wanted out of the stroller the second half.  She wants to GO!  Unfortunately, crawling on a dirt trail isn’t really an option, so there was lots of walking holding Mommy’s hands, riding on Daddy’s shoulders, being carried by Mommy, etc.  I got stung by a wasp, and our neighbor Scott was stung by a bee.  In March!  Luckily it wasn’t one of the girls.  The girls enjoyed climbing on rocks, seeing some bighorn sheep, throwing rocks in the stream, and generally running around.

 

 

Little Peanut

Haley had her 1-year checkup on Wednesday.  She’s still a little peanut!  She seems sturdy enough… I thought she might have moved up in the percentages a little bit, but she’s still at the 30^th percentile for height at 28.5 inches, and she dropped from the 4^th to the 3^rd percentile in weight at 17lbs. 3oz.  She’s growing well, she’s just petite!  Which is strange to us, since we’re used to Payton being an Amazon at > 95^th percentile for height!

 

The girls are adjusting pretty well to their new day care, which they started at on Monday.  I admit I am a bit worried about Haley’s sleep patterns.  They only do one nap in the “young toddler” room, and she is still taking two naps a day.  She has been really tired and cranky by the time we pick her up, and she has gone to bed early each night.  Then, she wakes up during the night.  She goes back down after a bottle, but that’s not a pattern we want to establish.  The pediatrician said to let her take two naps on the days she’s not at day care, so that she can “catch up” on her sleep.  We’ll see how things go over the next couple of weeks.

 

Of course, I made the mistake of checking out “Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child” from the library, on the recommendation of a friend, and it has made me completely paranoid about the girls’ sleep habits.  The book makes correlations between ADHD and lack of sleep.  Payton, of course, has always been a terrible sleeper.  She’s okay now… it’s tough to get her in bed, but she sleeps well once she’s down.  Now I’m wondering, does she have trouble focusing?  Is she hyperactive?!  Ack!  Haley has been a good sleeper, which is why I don’t want to mess with her patterns.  You could drive yourself crazy with this stuff.

 

Haley had her longest bath ever last night.  Hal went to a presentation from a paranormal investigation team at the library with his nephew Marston (age 12).  Anyway, the girls and I were on our own, and we all three got in the big bathtub!  I think three is the limit on the tub.  Payton loves the water and would stay in the bath all day if you let her.  Even after a marathon bath last night, she insisted on getting in the shower with me this morning.  Haley’s good for about five minutes, but last night she really enjoyed the tub.  Last weekend, I got in the shower thinking I would have some alone time.  Instead, I had Payton standing on the bathtub ledge, talking to me through the glass wall of the shower while she was eating a cookie.  Sigh. 

Haley's bday!

Argh. The hard drive on our laptop is corrupted, and we're out of disk space on the PC! I got a portable HD for Christmas, which need a USB y-cable for more power to work... long story short, I haven't done much with pictures lately. HOWEVER, here are a couple that my stepdad took at Haley's birthday party, which he loaded onto my work laptop... thanks Walt!

Papa, Mimi, Nana, Aunt Sarah and Uncle Dave, Aunt Kim and Uncle Steve, and all of Haley's cousins were able to come over on Sunday to help us celebrate her birthday. The older kids (which would be everyone but Haley) went off and played, while the adults got to have a conversation! Haley also got to be the center of adult attention, which she didn't seem to mind at all.

For the day of her party, Haley learned a new trick... climbing up onto chairs! She pulled out one of the kids' chairs in the kitchen and climbed onto it, then stood up, holding onto the back! Little stinker. And, in the evening while we were watching the Oscars with her grandparents, she stood up from my lap!

The girls started at a new day care yesterday. Haley started in the "wobbler" room and will probably be walking before we know it. Payton is in the 3 1/2 year-old room. She was really excited about starting at a new school, and had a great day yesterday.

Cake!


Opening presents


The girls and all their cousins


Walking with Mimi's help