11 Months

(To my readers: I wrote this in the proper time frame, just didn't have enough pictures so I didn't post it)


So Peyton's 11 month marker has passed. I'm down to less than a month before he turns 1. (I'm not gonna cry, I'm not gonna cry...) He is getting so big. I have no idea how much he weighs right now, I want to wait until his year check up to be surprised.Peyton isn't walking yet but I can't tell he is really thinking about it. He can stand on his own (even though he doesn't really like to) for about a minute now but then if he wants to move, he drops to his knees.

He is so 'helpful' these days. He loves to help with the laundry by pulling each piece of my clean clothes out of the laundry basket and onto the floor. He does this, smiling the whole time. Good thing he is so cute!

My new favorite thing that he does is 'talk'. He will have full conversations using nonsense syllables but will look at you just like you are talking to an adult. I love hearing him babble like this. He does like to say "Wow!" whenever he sees something new or something bright. I LOVE IT! It is so cute that he knows when to say it and he has the exclamation right. He will also say "oooo" if he falls down or if something scares him. It makes me giggle every time.

He is such a sweet boy. He has his moments, don't get me wrong, but he is a sweetheart. I'm really excited about his birthday but I'm really sad too. I can't believe that a year has gone by already since he got here. I just think about how tiny he used to be compared to how big he is now. I just really love him more than words can ever describe.As for the rest of us, nothing big has changed yet. I was supposed to have my shoulder surgery on the 1st but it got postponed; something happened with the doctor and we had to cancel the surgery until I hear from him again. I was pretty bummed but everything happens for a reason.

Jayson and I are still working on getting sealed and will hopefully be able to do so this summer. Keep us in your prayers! Also, this year marks Jayson and I's "first" anniversary since there is actually a February 29th this year. So, to celebrate, we are taking money from our tax return this year (gotta love the child tax credit!) and going to Disneyland with Jayson's family. It will be Peyton's first flight and mine and Jayson's first one together. I'm super excited to go to Disneyland and take Peyton to see all that color! We are also going to go to the beach one day and play in the water and we might go to the Los Angeles Zoo. I am super excited and May can't get here fast enough!! Anyway, that's about all that's new with us. School is about the same; busy, boring and we're only about half way through the semester, haha. Summer break is going to be a nice welcome. I hope you all are doing well and that life is going as well as you would like it too!


And as always,

Goose,
I love you so much. You are such a mommy's boy and sometimes, I worry that this could be a bad thing but it's so hard not to hold you all the time and pick you up when you are crying. I love that when I come home from a day at school, you have the biggest smiles waiting for your daddy and me. It makes that long day at school worth it just in the first minute I'm home. You are just the best. I've been a little worried lately about school and being gone so much but just remember that it is so you can have a great life. Someday, daddy and I will look back at this day and realize that it wasn't as hard as we thought it was. However, I hope someday that you can appreciate all that we do for you and for our family. I want you to have the best life possible. I even started you a savings account. It doesn't have much in it now but we add to it every chance we get and someday, you will be able to use it for college. I can't wait to take you to Disneyland this May. You probably won't remember it but I'll make sure to take a lot of pictures! It's going to be so much fun--this is supposed to be mine and daddy's 'honeymoon/anniversary' trip that we never got to take but I'm glad that we get to take you. I hope that you will be walking by then but I think walking is going to come just like crawling did--you aren't going to try, you aren't going to practice, you are just going to do it one day and you'll be a natural. I can't wait, even though life after that will never be the same. :) I love you sweetheart. You and daddy are my everything, always remember that.

Love,
Mommy