Dedication!

On Sunday, August 29th, we dedicated Peyton to the Lord and to the church at E-Free church. This was certainly a big day in our lives and I hope that Peyton will look back on it as a big day in his life as well. I couldn't take photos b/c I was up at the front with P, so our good friend Pete took some for us!

Peyton's cheesy new smile.

He was getting bored and tried to poke me in the eyes...

Playgroup!

Peyton and I recently joined a playgroup that meets at parks on Tuesdays. P has a great time climbing up and down the playground structures but he still isn't too interested in "playing" with the other kids.



Also, he's adopted this super creepy fake smile that he does all day now. Very odd! Serial killer or game show host? Only time will tell.....

Sunshine!

Peyton had a great time playing at the Alumni Gardens on campus last week. He repeatedly tried to get into the little pond!!





He runs like this *all* the time!










The look of mischief:


.....and then he tries to punch my camera.

Texas and Tennessee.

Peyton and I had a great time in Texas visiting with family and avoiding the heat (I think the heat index was in the 100 plus range the whole time we were there!). We swam at the YMCA pool (the one in the Woodlands is so nice!) He had a great time splashing around in the dancing fountains and walking around in the shallow end. We also went swimming at my Aunt Milli's pool - that boy loves the water! He somehow managed to turn their hot tub on and their waterfall off. Very tricky.

We went to the new Children's Museum in the Woodlands a few times (and didn't get rotovirus!). It really makes me want to live somewhere with a Children's Museum! He has so much fun running around in them. He loves to play with the firetruck (probably his favorite thing) and play in the "grocery store". I have to watch him when he gets ahold of a grocery cart though because he runs around pretty recklessly with them! There were lots of moms with bruised ankles that day, I'm sure.

We got to eat out a lot (which is always a treat) - which I'm sure lead to my weight gain (boooo....). We did some shopping (I was good!) and just had a great time all around!

At the end of our trip, we headed to Chatanooga, TN for the wedding of a family friend. We spend 3 days exploring the wonderful city! I loved it there! They have a great Children's Museum, Aquarium and a great downtown (plus a great cupcake shop ---> weight gain!) The flight back to PA was a little harder than the flight to Houston because P was a little squirmy and rambunctious. It is getting harder and harder to fly with him on my lap!!!!

Photos from a few days ago:

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Flickr appears to be having some issues....so this is just a test.

Texas photos.

Here is a big photo post of my two weeks in Texas! I promise I will do a blog about what I did while I was there when I'm less exhausted!

Playing in the dancing fountains at Market Street:

Playing at the YMCA pool:










Snuggling up while watching "Yo Gabba Gabba"


Being a goober...


Great Grandma and Grandpa Barger (Photo by Patrick Higgs)


Tubby time!

Peyton and Grandpa Harris

Here are some photos of P with his Grandpa Harris on Colorado! They had a ton of fun together!