And Away We Go!!

Today is the day! We are leaving this afternoon/evening to go to a hotel by the airport so we only have to get up at 3:30 am instead of 2:00 am... And so that we don't have to park at the airport, we can leave our car at the hotel. I just can't believe that we are going already! It seems like just yesterday I was pregnant with Maddy, talking about how when she turns 6 we will go to Disneyland. And here it is! Wow. Anyways, I will post pictures & everyhting when we get back! YAY!!

Sheesh..

I found out this morning I have another bonified thumb sucker. Sheesh. I was really hoping to avoid that with Peyton, but no luck. Here is picture of her with her new found "friend".



This weekend was a fun filled weekend. It was very busy though. The girls had their birthday tea party on Saturday. It was so cute to see all the little girls get all dressed up. We had a total of 8 girls there. Here are a couple snap shots.





Then after the tea party Maddy had another birthday party to go to. This one was at Cosmic bowling. I dropped her off for that, and it looked like a ton of fun! Then she went to the slumber party after. It is so hard for me to let my little girl grow up. She, of course, did great. I am proud of her, and I know I am teaching her how to be respectful of other people and their property.

Then on Sunday, the girls went with Gwamma & Gwampa Johnson to see "Horton Hears a Who" and Trav & I got ready to have my family over for a pre-Disneyland dinner. Just to go over a basic iteneray & some rules about all of our attitudes while down there. It went really well, and everyone seemed to enjoy the food I prepared. I made Mexican Lasagna, and the best ever chocolate cake. Seriously, it is the best chocolate cake you will ever eat. Yummy. I think I will have a piece after I eat some lunch..

And yes, Disneyland is in only 5 days! I am so excited! I am hoping to get to see my oldest friend Susanne while down there, along with my bro Austin's girlfriend Heather who lives in LA going to the Fashion Institute. How cool is that? She is one hip chick. :-) And it's rubbing off on Austin. I tell him he's like a girl all the time now. He actually noticed that I got a new pair of jeans the other day. What guy does that?! My bro, I guess. Actually, Austin is my brother in law. I only have sisters.. And 4 brother in laws. But my other brother in laws don't give me anything to razz them about. :-) But I love em anyways.

Peyton is just waking up from her nap, so I best be pickin her up. See ya later..

Peyton Laughs!

Peyton has started laughing! And Oh MY is it the cutest thing! I hope to get it on video soon, so that I will have it for ever & ever. I am going to cherish every 1st this baby girl has because I am not having any more babies. Ever.

Alex is, right this very moment, Growling, yes, growling, at me because I am making her lie down for a "rest" And you know what? I am cherishing that as well. It's not as fun and sweet as a babies 1st laugh is, but you know, she is just trying to tell me that she is not happy. I wish she would use her words more then her icky sounds, but we are working on that. I have had to remind her that she needs to use her "happy voice" less & less nowadays, which is a pretty big improvement from what it was.

This last weekend was a ton of fun. We started out with the girls' 1st soccer game! Oh, was that funny! Alex "played", but really she just ran into people. She literally took the biggest girl on the other team out. I wish, wish, wish, I would have gotten it on tape! I seriously think I would be $10,000 richer someday if I had. (From America's Funniest Home Video's). Then that night Trav I took the 2 big girls bowling. It was so fun! Even though I wasn't feeling well. I had a fever & all the icky stuff, but I did ok. Trav kicked booty! He bowled a 200 game. Not bad for a guy who hasn't bowled in about 10 years. Here is a slideshow from our weekend..

HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY ALEX!!!

Today is Alex's 4th birthday! I can not believe that 4 years ago today I had my 2nd beautiful daughter. We were totally surprised when she came out a girl. We had decided to not find out what she was until she was born, and knowing her now it fits that we didn't. She is constantantly surprising us with the things she can do. The girl can put together a 100 peice puzzle without help! She is starting to read too. She knows how to write her name, and is a great counter too. Oh and the girl dominates in the Memory Game. It's pretty embarrasing as a mom to get schooled by your kid, but I am so proud of her. Her behavior has improved drastically as well. She is such a great little girl now!

To celebrate this birthday we have done, and are going to do quite a few things. Last night we celebrated with my family at Red Robin in Salem. Here are some pictures from last night.


Today we are going to the girl's first soccer game of the spring season. Yes, I said girl's.. Maddy's soccer team is so small that the coaches, who happen to be my father in law & my husband, decided to put Alex in a shirt and let her "play". She is really in my mind to immature to play, but at least she can be a body on the field. It makes her feel big too. :-) Then tonight the 5 of us are all going bowling to celebrate Alex's actuall birthday. I am very excited to spend the evening with my family. Then tomorrow we are going to Trav's partents house to have lunch with them. We are having what Alex requested, CAKE, Chicken Nuggets, and French Fries. And yes, Alex did request the Cake first. Goes to show, the girl is mine.. I would have said the same thing. After lunch we will be going to Scotty's playhouse for Trav's Grandma's 80 something birthday. Sounds silly huh, but it's really more like a small family reunioun. So there you have it, our weekend in a pretty large nutshell.. Alex, Happy Birthday sweetheart, I duh du so so so much, and I am very proud of the girl you are becoming. Momma.

Our new pet

Maddy brought home a new pet for us yesterday. She named her Crystal. Which is funny because that is my brother in law's ex girlfriends name. :-) Hee Hee. Anyways, just thought I would share it with everyone else..
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Yes, she brought us home a dead baby octopus. They are learning about sea animals in school and they got to bring these home so that they could teach us about them as well. How nice huh! Anyways, Maddy is a little bit confused about the whole "dead" thing. She has told us that octopuses have 8 legs (tenticles) with sucky things on them, (suckers), and that they live in very cold salt water. So when the girls were taking a bath last night Maddy asked me if I could fill the bath tub up with extra cold water when they were done, add salt to it so that she could put Crystal in it so she could swin again. I thought it was cute. Anyways, Crystal has been moved to the outside freezer for a couple of days so that Maddy can show her off when she wants, but she will soon be moved to her brand new home at the landfill. What a great place for Crystal, don't ya think? (Crystal the dead baby octopus, not the bro's ex..)

Peyton is 3 months old!!

Our baby girl is 3 months old today. Wow, time goes by so fast! She is such a blessing and a joy. We all love her so much. She has changed quite alot as well from the day she was born in looks, and she is talking so much nowadays too. When she is on the floor doing tummy time, she now holds her self up and looks around. She loves to sleep in her swing, and she is now sleeping almost 11 hours a night. From 9:30 p.m. to around 8:00 a.m. in her bassinet.. Soon to be moved into her own bedroom. Yay for that! Here are some pictures of her as she has grown.. These have all been taken on the 2nd of the last 3 months.

Here she is on the day she was born

Here she is at 1 month

Here she is at 2 months

Here she is today at 3 months

Thanks Peyton for being such a blessing. We all love you!