Friday, January 6, 2012

11 months- November 22, 2011


On November 11th, it would have been 11/11/11 and in 11 days she would be 11 months!!! I just thought it was pretty cool how that worked out!

Payten randomly has started putting her arm up like that all by herself. I have gotten a couple of pictures of her doing that and it is do dang cute and funny!

In case anyone was still wondering, I do still have a thumb sucker!!!! You can kinda see in this picture, but her new thing is rubbing her top lip with her pointer finger while sucking on her thumb.


Payten absolutely loves little kids. She gets so happy when she sees them. And for some reason usually if it is a boy she will growl at them. She just can't get enough of being around other kids. With that said, she will not be getting another sibling any time soon, so she will have to enjoy her cousins!

Payten still has no interest in walking. She will take one and then just fall down and think that crawling is the better way to go.

She loves to wave hi or bye to people but it is usually when she wants too, never usually on cue when the person is looking. And she does this little wave with her hand that looks like she is telling you to come here.

She continues to sleep well and through the night if she is not sick, and got her good naps and well feed throughout the day. She still takes her bottle 4 times a day with 5 oz. and enjoys eating 3 meals a day!

Deven and I laugh at this little girl so much every day! She brings so much joy into our lives and is constantly entertaining us. We are so grateful for her in our lives!

Halloween

Payten was the cutest kitty ever for Halloween! She actually let us keep her in it all day. And even let us keep the hood part on her. Payten went to our ward Trunk or Treat and helped hand out candy. I did not want to take her around and get candy because she is too little to eat it and so I would have felt dumb getting the candy for me to eat :) Next year she will be able to eat her own candy though!!!


Deven and I did not dress up but we at least wore orange and black, so I think we get points for that one!




Thursday, January 5, 2012

10 months- October 22, 2011





-Continues to love playing with her tongue, constantly sticks it out.

-If you say, "Look at mommy" she looks at me. Or,"Look at daddy" she looks at Deven.
It is really nice when I need her to pay attention to me or have her look at me.

-She points at everything and every one.

-Loves to sit on her knees and bounce up and down.

-Dances, when told to "Dance, Dance".

-learned how to maneuver her walker by herself. She can go until she needs to turn and then turns it by herself and readjusts it to be able to keep walking.

-When getting her ready for bed Deven and I both take her to her room to get her ready. On the way up to her room Deven chases us there and Payten laughs the whole way. Then when in her room we lay her on her changing table and then Deven says," Ok, buh bye" and walks out the door. She knows what he is doing and stares at the door. He then runs back in and says "boo" she laughs so hard and throws her body down and laughs more. We continue that for a couple minutes. Then we change her and Deven gives her loves. And then gives her to me. I finish feeding her and then we go brush her teeth and then bring her back in her room and tell her we love her and lay her down. She then goes to sleep!

-Still takes 2 naps a day and continues to sleep through the night until about 6 for a bottle and then back to bed until around 8-9. She will wake up in the middle of the night if she does not get enough food to eat during the day or does not get her 2 good naps.

-She LOVES food. Anything we eat, she loves to eat. Deven and I would feed her dinner and she would then be done eating. Then if she saw my parents eating anything, she would then have to eat what they were eating.

9 months- September 22, 2011



She just keeps getting so big and changing every day. We just love her so much!

Height: 28 3/4" 76%
Weight: 19 lb. 12 oz 55%
Head: 17" 18%

-2 days before her 9th month she learned how to walk by herself with her walker. Before we would have to help her do it because she would get out of control going too fast and would fall.

-You ask her where her tongue is and she will show you her tongue.

-Leads music when she hears music.

-Started walking along furniture

-If you tell her to kick or splash she will do it in the bath tub.

-Says "ooohh" constantly when she wants something. Which is pretty much everything she sees.

-Plays pat-a-cake

-Loves to babble

-Got top two front teeth!

She continues to take 2 naps a day for around 2 hours. If her first name is only 1.5 hours then her second one will be about 2.5. She keeps pretty constant with her naps being around 4 hours. She goes to bed at 9 and usually wakes up around 6-7 and has a bottle and then goes back to sleep until 8-9am.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

San Juan Islands Aug 4th - 7th

We spent a much needed vacation over in the San Juan islands. Deven's summer was packed full of work, so we thought it would be a nice get away!

Us on 1 of the many ferry rides we took that weekend!










Payten loved to watch the hermit crabs run around when Deven would turn rocks over!






Payten was a little unsure where and what we were doing.











We sat and watched the orcas for a long time! We saw so many of them, it was so cool!


We rented a cabin. Deven cooking some steaks!




The trip was a lot of fun! Payten loved seeing everything and seeing new animals. I have always loved the San Juan islands growing up and was very excited to share it with Deven & Payten!

8 months!

8 months!!! Aug. 22 2011

Deven told me the other day that I was fired from doing the blog. So I was happy and said "oh good, they you will do it." I did not get any response though. He can't believe at how far behind I am. I really need to get better. But every 3 months or so I at least catch up to date.






A week after Payten turned 7 months she started army crawling.

The following week she sat up from laying down. Sadly I didn't see her do it the first time. She did it after she woke up from a nap and when I went in to get her she was sitting up!!!

The day before she turned 8 months she started CRAWLING!!!!! All the baby proofing begun.

She also started:
Clapping
Mooing at the cows in the back yard
feeding herself puffs and small things of food
Putting everything in her mouth (she is a human vacuum, she finds the smallest pieces too)

8.5 months started crawling upstairs. She was sitting by them and then the next thing we knew, she was crawling up them.

She continues to take 2 naps during the day from 1-2hrs each nap.

She keeps changing and growing everyday! :( Time needs to slow down!


Tuesday, August 2, 2011

7 months (July 22nd)


With us being in WA for the summer Payten did not get her 6 month appointment when she was 6 months. So we had her check up when she was 7 months.

Heigh: 26 1/8 inches 50%
Weight: 16.13 lbs 50%
Head: 16.5 inchs

We still have a thumb sucker. She doesn't suck on her fingers much anymore but she sucks on her thumb when she is tired or hungry. The pictures below were taken right before her nap. So she was getting pretty tired.

She loves to suck on her toes! She is practicing her flexibility to be a cheerleader ;)!!!



She loves to give cheeser smiles.



She usually goes down for her naps really well. I tell her "good night I love you" and lay her down. She will then roll over and go to sleep. However, if I put her in bed before she is truly tired and ready for bed, she will let you know. She now also loves to sleep on her stomach, sometimes I'm not sure she can even breathe because he head looks like it is straight down. I try to move her but she goes back to her same position. So she must be just fine.

She loves eating food...and I'm not meaning baby food. If you are eating around her she has to be eating what you are eating. If you try to give her a bottle or baby food she does not want it because she knows that we are eating other stuff that is a lot better than what she eats. I have to give her a bottle and baby food when we are not eating or drinking, that way she will eat her food good and drink her bottle.

She loves popsicles and shaved ice. If you even think about eating those around her you just need to plan on not having any. She gets very upset if you do not let her lick it fast enough. She makes a very growling upset noise until she gets what she wants. I do not understand where babies learn these things.

She is a very happy baby all the time unless she does not get what she wants then she makes a very mad growling noise.

She goes to bed around 9-9:30 pm, wakes up around 6 and drinks her bottle and then goes back to sleep until 8-8:30 am. Randomly she will decide to wake up a little earlier for her morning bottle. Once in a blue moon she will wake up in the middle of the night. Usually that happens if her day time schedule gets all messed up and does not have her same night time routine.
She takes two two hour naps a day. 1st at 10:30 ish and 2nd around 2:30 ish.

She is trying so hard to crawl to get things but ends up getting very frustrated because when she wants to go forward she ends up pushing herself backwards. She will get up into crawling position and rock her body a little and then gets very frustrated. So it will be interesting to see when she finally figures it out.

She hates to have her face washed after eating, she likes her face washed in the bath tub but not after eating. She also hates her diaper and clothes being changed.

She loves splashing in the bath tub or any water. She could play for hours in water if I let her.

She gets so happy when daddy gets home. As soon as she seems him her face lights up and gets so jittery. If dad does not pick her up right away she gets very mad (little does she realize how dirty dad is when he gets home and needs to wash up before he holds her).

She loves to get peoples attention by face coughing or spitting. When she does both it is pretty funny but when she is constantly coughing to get peoples attention they all probably think she is sick. ;) Little do they know she just wants them to talk to her.

She loves seeing other babies and little kids. She makes squealing sounds of excitement when she sees them and just wants to watch and play with them.

We love this little girl so much and can't believe how fast she is growing and changing. She hates to be held like a baby so when she is half asleep in the mornings drinking her bottle I really cherish those moments. And at nights when she is getting really sleepy and should be put in bed Deven and I fight over having cuddle time with her. She brings so much joy in our lives, we can't even imagine our life without her.