BOO! and POO!

Happy Halloween everyone!  It was Peyton's first and I think she liked it.  Here's a few photos of our little bunny rabbit!  (she LOVE'S her bunny).

With her friend Quinn the LadyBug

Us with Mollie and Quinn

Okay!  Wow did we have an "EXPERIENCE" at the Olive Garden today!  Gma and Gpa Dirks were here and we decided to go out to eat.  We got all dressed and ready to go.....this was Peyton before the Olive Garden. ........

We waited 20 minutes or so for our table, sat down and ordered.  Peyton was sitting in the high chair minding her own business happy as usual when all of sudden her face turned bright red and it was pretty obvious she was taking care of some business!  Well that she was!  I peeked in to check and it was an EXPLOSION!  (warning! this may get kind of gross!) There was liquid poo all over her back, clothes, the high chair and even managed to get some on her UGG boots!  Sheryl and I took her to the bathroom to clean her up.  Stripped her down to nothing, rinsed her clothes out in the sink and got her all changed.  Thank God for a couple of things.....1. Sheryl being there, that was definitely a two person job and 2. Kyle actually packed a second pair of clothes!  We get back to the table, sit down and start eating our salad (my favorite part), Peyton is doing good, giggling eating Cheerios etc.... when UH OH!  she makes the face!  I say, "Are you doing that again?"  Sure enough, not 10 minutes later she EXPLODES again!  Pretty much liquid poo all over.  There was a little puddle on the high chair seat that had dripped down to make a little puddle on the floor.  The poor table sitting across from us saw the whole thing and I bet they were super excited about there lunch!  Did my best to clean that up and scooped her out of there as fast as we could!  CHECK PLEASE!  We had to strip her down again in the parking lot in the back of the car and of course did not have anymore clothes so Sheryl found an old shirt in the back of their car so that is what she went home in.  This was Peyton after Olive Garden!

What a day!



She's almost 1!

I can't believe Peyton is almost 1!!  Where did the time go?  She now pulls herself up and walks alongside anything she can get her hands on.  She got a walker toy from Grammy Pammy but puts to much weight on it still to do it all my herself but it won't be long before she's off.  She loves to use Kyle and I as a jungle gym, laughs hysterically when we play the stinky socks game and will pretty much eat anything she can find.  She loves cheerios and turkey and we starting to introduce whole milk to her but she's not so sure about that yet.  Here are some pics and a couple of videos from the past couple of weeks. 

Bath time at Grammy Pammy's

Auntie Stephy

 First swing ride

New Favorite hiding spot 

 Daddy's new cleaning lady

Uncle Nick came to visit



Her newest accomplishment......feeding herself with a spoon!

Mini Vaca to Cali

Kyle and I went to San Diego earlier this month for one of my best friends wedding.  I was her personal attendant.  She got married at her cousins house up in the mountains and it was absolutely beautiful!!  We got away for an afternoon and made it down to the beach to dip our toes in the ocean as well.  It was fun but a quick trip. 



Daycare update

Well its been a couple of weeks and a lot has happened.  We are happy to announce we found a new daycare provider through a co-worker of mine.  Her name is Martina and she stays home with her two girls (ages 4 and 1) and has been talking about taking another child on and starting daycare.  She is only starting with Peyton and so far so good.  Peyton loves the girls and seems to be getting along great. 

TOUCHDOWN!

So we've been teaching Peyton "touchdown" the last couple of weekends during football throwing our arms up in the air like "so big" only touchdown.  We were in the car tonight and Peyton was in the back seat doing this all by herself without prompting it.  It's pretty awesome!

 

Of course, her first words would be touchdown! : )

 

Pumpkins and Spinning

We took Peyton to a pumpkin patch to get her first pumpkin.

This is Peyton's new thing when she sits on the floor to play.  Hilarious!



Daycare and Grammy Pammy

Peyton got her first cold of the season.  She was all congested, sneezing and running nose.  Poor thing couldn't breath so in turn couldn't sleep.....so neither did we.  On top of that we we lost our daycare.  Jessica who was watching Peyton at her home decided to go back to work and Peyton's last day there was supposed to be Friday September 24 but was so sick she stayed home the last two days.  So in the meantime while we search for new daycare, Grammy Pammy came to stay.... for 2 weeks!  Grammy arrived on Sunday Sept 26 while Peyton was still sick and gave her a run for her money on Monday.  The rest of the week got progressively better and Peyton is back to normal now. 

Daycare Search:  We were pretty bummed when we learned Jessica got a job and Peyton was done there.  She did so well there and her and Stella (Jessica's daughter) were pretty good pals.  We asked around for a few other in-home options from friends and co-workers and got a few suggestions and started to call around the centers in town.  We toured a couple of centers and found one that was definitely better than the other and couple other ones we would have liked to look at.k are of course full.  Tomorrow we go to visit with a co-workers friend who is interested in watching Peyton along with her own two kids but would be just starting out the whole daycare thing.  On Tuesday we visit another lady who has been doing it for a long time but has a lot of kids there already.  We have decided that searching and finding daycare is probably one of the worst tasks ever!  We'll keep you posted on where we land.

Grammy Pammy is here for one more week then we all go to Minnesota for the "Williams" family reunion.  Saturday night, Kyle and I are off to San Diego for my friend Gina's wedding (she's getting married on 10.10.10) and Peyton will stay in MN with Grammy Pammy and Gpa Dave for a few more days.  This will be the first time Kyle and I are both away from Peyton for and extended period of time so we'll see how that goes! 

Grammy Pammy and Peyton snoozing on the couch!