Our Little Squealer...

Peyton has discovered her voice and loves to listen to herself squeal and make lots of different sounds. She will sit upright on the floor and squeal and talk to herself for a half an hour at a time. I'll often hear her singing or cooing in her bed in the morning and that's how I know it's time to get her out of her crib. She is very vocal and expressive and always moving her hands when she's trying to talk (takes after me I guess, I'm constantly talking with my hands, lol). Below is a video of her loud squeal. Prepare yourself, it's quite high pitched! (don't forget to pause the music at the bottom of the page.)

New Flavors...

Peyton has acquired quite the appetite and we have had so much fun trying new foods with her. We have discovered she is not a fan of peaches, but loves vegetables with risotto. Below are some funny expressions Peyton made while experiencing pears for the first time:

Sunday: Family Day

This morning we woke up to two very happy girls and a dry day, so Jeff and I decided to take the girls to go feed the ducks at a nearby park. After a yummy breakfast of scrambled eggs, toast and coffee, we got the girls all dressed, grabbed a loaf of bread at the store and headed to the park. Though we were greeted by dark clouds, the rain held off and we were able to enjoy some wonderful family time! Jeff helped Sophia break up the bread into small pieces and feed it to the small little ducks, while I distracted the geese by throwing whole pieces of bread in the opposite direction, along with snapping photos every chance I got. Peyton slept soundly in her stroller during the duck feeding, and woke up to enjoy the swings. Sophia and Peyton both love to swing and all Sophia would say is, "higher, Daddy, higher!" She has no fear! After playing at the park we mosied over to the water, where they were having a small sailboat race. Sophia was enthrawled by the boats and kept pointing to them with excitement. That girl loves anything in motion! After a fun day at the park, we headed home, put Sophia down for a nap and relaxed a little ourselves. We had such a relaxing, fun day together with our little girls and are looking forward to Fall when we can take them to go pick out pumpkins and play in the leaves!

Jeff helping Sophia feed the ducks

Sophia being a goofball

Sophia looking at all the ducks

Peyton having a blast swinging

Sophia LOVES to swing and always wants to be pushed higher!

My sweet girls, Sophia and Peyton

Surprise!

Peyton has been drooling like crazy and chewing on everything in sight. Last week I noticed a light white line, naturally thinking she was about to get a tooth. Well to my surprise she will soon have two teeth! On Wednesday the bottom front part of her gum was puffy and pink. When she woke up from her nap, her tooth had decided to pop through and I could actually feel the sharp edge with my finger. Now the other side is puffy and ready to pop out another one! She has been quite the trooper with these first two teeth and has only been a little fussy and uncomfortable since yesterday. As long as she has her binky to chew on, she seems quite happy! I've gotten so used to seeing her toothless that it will be interesting to see what she looks like with two little teeth on the bottom. My little pumpkin is growing up so fast!

Missin' my Other Fam...

(My Dad and Peyton hangin' out together)

It has grown increasingly harder not working for my parents, only because I do not get to see their lovely faces everyday like I used to. I am really close with both my mom and my dad and talk to them about EVERYTHING! Though I love being a stay at home mom and getting to do fun activities and experience those "firsts" with Peyton, that I unfortunately was unable to experience with Sophia, I miss my family! My parents are my strength and support and not having them right there to vent, offer advice or just give me a hug when I need it, is still a part of life that I'm trying to adjust to. Even though it's not like they live in a different state, the 40 minute drive still keeps me from just popping over there to visit as much as I like. And due to gas money and traffic, we are lucky to see them once a week. I know Sophia misses "Grandma Teresa" and "Grandpa Dean" (as she calls them), and Peyton doesn't spend half as much time with them as Sophia had at this age. It makes me really sad sometimes that they live that far away, however, it was our decision to move closer to Jeff's work. We used to live in Sandy and live 5 minutes from my parents, and some days I wish we still did. But on a positive note it makes me really appreciate and savor every minute that I get to spend with them when we are out at their place. The other day we drove out to visit them and my dad took my car to get washed and then filled it up with gas too. On top of that, they also bought a bunch of new fall clothes for the girls. They are constantly blessing us and the girls and I am so lucky to have such amazing parents! They are angels and I feel so lucky to call them "mom" and "dad"!

A Good Night's Sleep...

(Peyton in her crib~look at those cheeks!)

I finally moved Peyton up to her own room. It took me a little longer with Peyton than it did with Sophia, probably because I'm not working this time around and because Peyton is such a snuggle bug! But she seems to be sleeping more soundly and sleeping longer than she did when she was in our room. She also no longer requires a bottle at night, so she sleeps through the night most of the time resulting in a good nights rest for me! It only took 6 months, lol.

Peyton has also become so active and expressive! She sits up completely by herself and will roll from one side of the room to the other. She also loves to hear her own voice and squeals constantly! Every once in a while I'll hear a sucking sound, that would be Peyton sucking on her tongue, lol. I've also discovered a faint white line on the bottom right side of her mouth where her first tooth should be popping up fairly soon. Because of the pressure from this tooth, she has been drooling like crazy and chewing on everything in sight, whether that be a toy, her binky or even Hurley, lol.

As she has been growing, her appetite has also. She still only drinks 6 oz. with every bottle feeding, however, at night will eat a full jar of bananas or peas mixed with a full bowl of rice cereal. If she sees me making it, she starts to grunt and about jumps out of her bumbo! She also tries to help me feed her if I'm not putting it in her mouth fast enough. She has quite the appetite (just like her older sister)! I'm curios to see how much she weighs these days.

She is still such a happy, content baby and loves to smile and laugh! She is very ticklish and has this precious giggle if you nuzzle her neck or blow on her tummy! I absolutely adore her and can't kiss her chubby cheeks enough! It has been so much fun watching Sophia learn how to help take care of her and play with her. I love my girls to death and feel so lucky to have these two little angles as my daughters!!!