Summer!

Well to state the obvious, its been HOT! this summer.  So hot, we have to keep little P inside or she might melt (or blow up)!  She's doing great though!  She is in definitely absorbing all the little things she sees and what we do.  For example, she picked up the remote yesterday and started pushing buttons then hit it on her leg a couple of times and pushed some more buttons.  The battery is dying and so we do that to get it to work sometimes.  Pretty cute!  Still not saying a whole lot that makes sense yet but any day now will be talking our ears off!  She does say ball, shoes, baby, poo poo and NO!  She says poo poo and points to her butt!  She is very particular about things..... wonder where she gets that from (DAD) and is very attached to her baby and blanket.  We literally can not go anywhere without them!   We had some family pictures taken by a friend in June.  They turned out pretty good so thought we should share some.  Enjoy!

Catching up..... again!

Hello everyone or anyone still there..  It's now been another 2 months. (I am really bad at this!)  In my defense, it was tournament time.  If you ask Kyle, he's been on his own for the last "6 weeks." He's been using that line with me for just about everything.  He's also been playing a ton of golf.  He thinks he's on his own little amateur tour, but I haven't seen a whole lot of winnings come back yet.  Little miss P is 19 months now and such a little diva!  LOVES LOVES LOVES to be outside and will pretty much drag you there.  Not only am I bad at keeping up with this, but also taking pictures lately. Most of these are from the last couple of weeks and my phone camera.  Peyton and I are heading to MN this weekend to visit the Williams, Kyle is back on tour somewhere in Iowa.....  Until next time.

Peyton's 18mo check up (From May):

Height: 33" (84%)

Weight: 23 lb, 10 oz (40%)

Head: 47 cm (62%)

Say CHEESE!

Peek-a-boo

 Smelling (or eating) the flowers

our little princess

stretching just like daddy getting ready for a run

Came to visit mommy at the tournament

someone found an old container of nuks - she hated them, apparently they are fun to play with now.

can we go swimming pleeeaase!

3 days straight shopping with mom and gma Sheryl, she had enough!

play date with cousin Jada



Happy Easter!

Well, it's been a month since I last promised photos.  Work is taking over my life but wanted to get some up before tournament time.  A few videos mixed in as well.  Enjoy!

 

We're Back!

Oh blog, how I have neglected you!  So sorry, its been forever and a day since our last post.  Last night, Nick Dirks pointed out to me that he has been watching the same video of Peyton over and over again because there wasn't anything new.  Right now, I sit in the Memphis airport so finally have some time with nothing else to do.  Well family and friends, here is what's new.

Peyton is now 16 month!  She is walking, borderline running, climbing and developing a mind of her own!  She is no longer the mellow little girl who lays still to change diapers and get dressed, she is on the go and busy, busy, busy!  She is saying a few words like puppy, purple, hot, ouchie and thank you.  Her favorite food is CHEESE!  Anything with cheese in and she loves it.  Mac-n-cheese, shredded cheese, grilled cheese etc...  She loves to be outside, we had a week of warm weather and wasn't happy when it was time to go in.  This summer will be struggle! Her new favorite thing to come and get us, grab onto a finger and pull us where she wants us.  She usually takes us over to your toy area and makes us sit on the floor.  After a while both Kyle and I (in our old age) get stiff and sneak way, but oh no! she comes right back to get us! 

Some funny things that have happened in the last month or so include falling asleep in her high chair and pooping in the bathtub!  Yes, I said pooping in the bathtub!  I was wondering when it would happen, she was squatting down in the tub, laughing and splashing and it was all a cover up, cause she was really taking care of some business.   

Alright, well gotta get on a plane, I will post photos and videos soon ( I promise) ..............stay tuned. : )

Baby Steps!

Happy New Year friends and family!!!  Peyton has some pretty awesome video's to show you.  She walked back and forth  across the living room between Kyle and  I about 5 times the other night.  She's pretty particular when she decides she'll do it (wouldn't do it at all this weekend for gma and gpa Dirks).  She is also feeling MUCH better and back to her happy self for all of you who saw her over Christmas.  She's pretty amazing, check it out!! 



Santa Claus is coming to town!

We took Peyton to see Santa at the mall.  She's pretty timid and shy so of course wasn't so sure about him.  She sat on his lap okay when I was standing if front of her.  Santa was whispering to me to step back, so I did and then the freak out began!  Her scream started out soft and escalated to like a really loud fire engine!  They did get one shot of her checking him out before she cried, pretty cute!  I wish we would have taken some with our camera as well so we had some of the crying ones too but there is always next year! 

We also had Peyton's one year photos taken.  We weren't sure if we were even going to be able to go to the shoot, she was pretty miserable the day before but perked up for us just in time.  It was way to cold to go outside to get any in the snow so they are all indoors but turned out pretty cute.  Here are some of the best ones. 



Sick Sick Sick and Standing!

It's been entirely WAY TOO LONG since I've posted anything, I apologize.  We have some fun stuff to share and some not so fun stuff!  There are a few videos with this one.  Lets start with the not so fun....

Peyton has been a sick little girl for basically the whole month of December.  This makes life in the Dirks' household miserable!  It started with a basic cold - stuffy, runny nose, cough, sneezes etc..That cleared up for about 3 days.  Then it came back twice as bad with a fever.  Poor thing was just not herself.  We had a couple trips to see the doc, of course not much they can do, just a virus.  So needless to say we stocked up on the Tylenol and Motrin and did the best we could!  She's finally better now (with the exception of a lingering cough) but has some new issues.  The girl refuses to sleep in her own bed!  She wants to sleep in bed with me and basically throws a fit when she doesn't get her way.  This a reoccurring theme throughout the day when mom is around.  She will be home with dad and playing just fine on the floor content as can be and I will come home and within seconds, the whining begins and she is glued to me.  My theory on this is that she just loves me too much and can't stand to be apart from me.  : )  Her new thing is to shake her head no to just about anything you ask her.  Watch and see...



Now on to the fun stuff!  Peyton decided she was going to stand up all by herself.  She's only done it a few times in the few days she wasn't sick, but even shows signs of attempting to walk as well! 



And yes Boston, (her cousin in Texas who is a couple months younger) she can clap and stand at the same time too!   ; )