Peyton is ONE!

July is a birthday month in our family! Today is my cute little Peyton's birthday! I can't believe she's already 1! How time surely does fly. I am so thankful to have this sweet little angel in my life. She's adorable. She is our little sassy red head and has such a fun and cute personality. She brings so much joy to our little family. Here's some fun things about Peyton:

• She is SO mobile! She's been so active ever since she was born. She rolled over, crawled, and walked all super early. She's been walking confidently at 10 months and tries to think she is just as big as Hallie. I think probably one of her favorite things to do is just to roam around the house, hoping that nobody will touch her.


• Loves dancing. Anytime she hears music, that little body of hers gets moving. It's so cute. She gets so excited. This video is from over a month ago, but I thought it was cute. (just disregard the background. It was still a work in progress ie. no grout in the tile, no baseboards, etc. etc.)

(Don't forget to pause the music on the side)

• Loves to smile. She is not a very shy girl. She loves attention!!! She thinks it's so fun to smile and wave at everyone and have people talk to her. Many times, you can catch her just staring at someone ready to crack a smile as soon as they will look at her.
• Absolutely adores her sister Hallie. They are so cute together and I can't help but smile everyday thinking about how lucky I am to have such sweet girls. She loves to play this game with me that I call, "I'm going to get Hallie and wake her up!" When Hallie is taking a nap and Peyton is awake, it seem that this is her goal. Hallie has this big thing about not having doors shut all the way. So I leave it cracked open. Well...Peyton just wants to be by her sister at all times and thinks it's such a fun game to go into her room and try and wake her up before I can catch her. It's actually pretty comical. I will see her heading to the door, I say, "Peyton", she turns her head and gives me this grin like, "I'm gonna do it," and then books it to the door as fast as she can while laughing. When she actually does make it to Hallie before I've realized where she's ventured off too, I will find her laying her head on Hallie and Hallie saying, "oh..HI PEYTON! Peyton, you woke me up.".
• Has the hugest bright blue eyes! I never thought I'd have a blue eyed babe. I love them.
• Her middle name is Marie. She's named after my sister Chelsey Marie! (Hallie's middle name is Nicole after Natalie's and Aaron's sister Nichole).
• She laughs like a duck. It is getting better, but she used to make this sound that was hillarious. And she'd do it all the time. Everyone always says, "is that Peyton? is that her laugh?" And she loves to choose the most convenient times to do it. Like when it's super quiet at church and we are on the back row. Everyone turns around to see what on earth that sound is. It's gotten quiet. They wait. It almost seems like Peyton waits for everyone's attention and then she'll let the duck call out again. Is it a duck? Nope! Just my child!
• Lately she's into giving lots of loves. We'll say, "Peyton, go get Hallie!" She'll walk over to her with a big grin, lay her head right on her and wait for us to say, "ohhhhhhh....". She loves playing this game.
• Loves clapping. Anytime she hears the words, "Yeah!", her hands get going with a big grin.
• So far...(I shouldn't ginx it), she's a great eater! Loves everything.
• Total MORNING girl! Too bad so sad for me. She is the complete polar opposite of our family on this one. Regardless of what time she goes to bed, she will always be up and ready for action SO early!
• Has ALWAYS ALWAYS hated getting dressed. From the day she was born, I have had to wrestle her to get her diaper changed and clothes on while she screams. With her reaction, you'd think she had just gotten her eyes poked out. If she had it her way, she'd go nude all the time. I seriously feel like I'm roping a calf when I have to change her diaper. It is pretty comical.
• Her favorite thing to play with are shoes, keys, my jewelry, and screwdrivers (don't worry, I don't let her, but she tries time and time again)...
• Hallie has nicknamed her, "Peyton poo poo pie". She says, "Mommy, I love Peyton SO SO SO SO much. Sometimes I call her Peyton poo poo pie."
• She is such a happy baby! Always goes with the flow and ready for anything. She can for sure hold her own though. I love her so much and am SO blessed and lucky to have my adorable Peyton!

We had a fun day! Peyton of course didn't really grasp the idea that it was HER birthday, but Hallie sure enjoyed that it was. When she woke up she said (and several times that day), "Where is that little birthday girl?" Here's a few pics. P.S. These were her first pigtails and I am now aware that I did them funny. oh well! She's still cute!

Peyton's favorite present: WRAPPING PAPER! She was more interested in eating the wrapping paper than seeing her presents.

Hallie really wanted to give Peyton a "baby" for her birthday. She was so excited to wrap it and give it to her.

Yummy cake!

This was cupcake #2! She devoured the 1st one. Love the cross-eyed :)

I love this little stinker!