Where Does the Time Go?

(I really wrote this on his 'birth-day' but forgot to publish it!)


It's happened. We've hit the six month milestone. I'm really not sure where the past six months have gone but boy, have they been fun! Peyton is getting so big, he's already over nineteen pounds! The little stinker still isn't rolling over from his belly to his back but he's giving it more of an effort now. I honestly think he is going to be crawling before he figures out the rolling thing.Peyton is one of the happiest babies I have ever seen. He laughs at everything these days. I recently bought the movie Rio for us (okay, I really wanted to see it and even though he is only six months old, Peyton is now my excuse for watching little kid movies again!) and he loved it! All those bright colors and the music, it was hilarious to watch him, watching the movie. I didn't manage to get any decent pictures of him doing it (they are all on my phone) but, since we were watching it on dad's computer (the main house power was out), he was able to lean REALLLLLY far forward. He was almost bent in half leaning towards the computer screen, it was so cute.

I've started 'walking' with him across the floor. He can take about ten steps before his legs begin to give out but he is getting so good at taking steps. Before, he would just drag his feet along but now he is getting the concept that it's easier to pick up your feet.We recently had another bout of teething and this time it was the top two coming in. The right hand side broke through for just a minute and then went into hiding again. His no-longer-toothless-grin is so adorable, I just love it.His new 'trick' is to make funny faces whenever I pull out the camera. Just a few examples:


Jayson and I have started school again. It's a little weird going to school with a baby because most of our classmates aren't even married, let alone parents, so we get some pretty strange looks when we talk about Peyton but that's okay. Better late than never, right? :) I love being back in school. We are going to Dixie State College, which is in St. George, about 40 miles away from where we live. Once we have enough credits (24, I believe), we plan on transferring to the better school, Southern Utah University, that is here in Cedar City. The classes we are taking right now are just general education courses, which are a little boring, but at least it's something. I just can't wait until we are in our nursing course classes, it'll be so much more interesting.

Jayson and I are also working on our personal issues so that we can be sealed together in the LDS Temple. I'm working on removing the tattoo on my foot, since it is the only one that is visible, and once we can afford it, I will probably get the others removed. I have just come to realize that there are so many more important things in life than a tattoo and just like I once had to 'give up' my belly button piercing, I'm doing the same with my tattoos. I used to think that I never would hit this point in my life, or that if I did, I wouldn't be happy about it. I couldn't have been more wrong. Although I love my tattoos because they all mean something special to me, being sealed to my husband and son are SO much more important.

So that's about it with us. Peyton is continuing to grow, much to my amazement and disappointment. I am so happy he is growing and healthy but it breaks my heart that he is already six months old. He'll be in kindergarten before I know it! Even though that idea makes my heart cry, I love being a mommy and wouldn't trade it for a single thing in this world.

As always, I want to end with a note to Peyton:

Peyton,
Hey there my little man! You are getting SO big. I love that you are learning with every single day and I love helping you learn. I can't wait to show you all the beauties that this world has to offer. I can't wait teach you about church and our beliefs. Today, I watched a lizard scurry across the parking lot on our way out of class in St. George. I thought it was so awesome to see something like that, right out in the open and I can't wait to watch your face the first time you see it. You are my sweet little man and I know that no matter how old you get, you always will be. We, Dad and I, really love you; more than anything in the world. Even though I love being back in school, I miss being home with you. It's only for a few hours, three days a week but I miss that time in the morning when we snuggle in bed. It's not for very long but it's one of my favorite times of the day. I love you so much sweetheart. So very much.

Love,
Mom