Peyton's new ride (some photos)

"Why isn't this thing moving?!?"

Snowmaggedon!

We got over a foot of snow on Saturday. Boooooo.....

I really want to take pictures of Peyton in the snow, but I realized that would mean that *I* would have to go out in the snow. What the heck?!?

My active little boy...

This next video illustrates how smart (not biased at all) my little boy is. He was having a hard time crawling on the linoleum so he figured out a different method.

Some more from the bed..

Droooooool....

Also, check out what my little angel has been doing to his crib.

This is from him smacking his pacifier on the crib when he wants to be let out.

Peyton's new ride

Some stories from this past week...

I have quite a few stories from this week - we'll go ahead and start chronologically with Monday. On Monday I went to Kohl's to look at some pillows to go with our new bedding. While I was there, I found a cute blouse to try on so I headed into the dressing room with Peyton. I sat Peyton on the floor in front of the mirrors (he likes to look at himself - so vain!). They have faux wood flooring in the dressing rooms (I think it is their attempt to "class" it up) so when Peyton tried to stand up to attack his enemy in the mirror, he slipped and busted his face on the ground. I thought he was fine (didn't really cry) but when I picked him up I noticed blood on the floor! He started fussing a bit so I held him for a little while and he calmed down - turns out he had cut his gums on his bottom teeth. We've now soiled two dressing rooms.....

On Wednesday, Peyton got his first bruise! I was in the downstairs bathroom getting ready for the morning and P crawled in to see what I was doing. He is pretty good at pulling up on everything now, so he decided to give the toilet a try. He pulled up successfully and then decided to practice sitting down from the standing up position (it's funny, he really does practice these things. He'll stand up, sit down, stand up, sit down, etc.) There is a basket that sits up against the wall across from the toilet - so when he tried to plop down onto the ground, his butt hit the edge of the basket and his head tipped forward and smacked the toilet. Ooops. He's fine - he just has a little bruise underneath his left eye. I'll try to get a picture of it today.

The last story comes courtesy of the childcare room at the YMCA. Yesterday was Peyton's last swim class and I typically put him in childcare beforehand so I can sneak in a workout. He didn't cry when I left (success) so I went ahead and worked out. When I got back, he was sitting in one of the girl's laps. As I went to pick him up, the girl informed me that my little Peyton was quite the little bully (is that even possible at 8 months??). She laughed as she informed me that Peyton had been smacking another little baby girl in the head when she tried to crawl up into the lap that he was already sitting in. Supposedly the little girl didn't cry, so I guess all is well - but how do you teach an 8 month old not to hit? I'm not even sure he understands 1% of what I say to him!

Let's hope we can get through this weekend without any more injuries or bullying incidents!

8 months!

I can't believe Peyton is 8 months old! We're creeping towards that 1 year mark! I feel like everything is going so much quicker since he turned 6 months old. He seems to learn new things very quickly (as evidenced by how quickly he became proficient at crawling) and discovers new things every day! Here's a rundown of what is going on up to now:

- Crawling for a month

- Pulling up to standing for a little less than a month (he can use anything to stand!! He can even stand up just by balancing his hand on our outstretched legs on the floor)

- Starting to drink formula (we've started the process of weaning him so that we can get him on formula and get those calories in him!!)

- Self-feeding with snacks. His favorite snacks are these Gerber maple puff thingies (Casey hates the smell of them!)

- Starting to take steps when you hold his arms (aaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!)

- Can make it up the first two steps on our stairs

- Finally starting to really "play" with his toys (although his favorite toys are still things like laundry baskets, boxes, and remote controls)

- Still taking 2 naps a day (about 2 hours in the morning and 1 hour in the afternoon)

We're looking forward to booking our trip back to Texas. I'll be going with Peyton for two weeks (one week with my parents, one week with Casey's) and Casey will just meet us in Texas for the week with his parents. We'll also be spending two weeks in Colorado this summer!