Happy 8 months! (And 7 month favorites)

Well yet another month has flown by. The saying is true, when you have kids time goes by faster. Peyton is learning so much everyday and this month has been full of new things (good and bad).

-Signs "more"
-Has 5 teeth and smiles all the time
-Loves to raise her arms in the air. We do "up & down" a lot
-Loves peekaboo and is ticklish
-Loves looking at herself in the mirror (but how could you not being so incredibly cute ;) )
-Have a playgroup we really enjoy
-Stands with support extremely well
-Started eating homemade organic baby food (bananas, sweet potato, green beans, squash, zucchini and cauliflower<-not a fan of this one)
-Instead of crawling we scoot
-Gives kisses and hugs
-Loves to lean back in our arms and look at us
-Started panting like a dog when we get really happy
-Our first case of baby eczema. Mustela has controlled it!
-Got 4 teeth this month
-Now sit in the BoB forward facing
-Sleep on our side
-Tried to supplement with formula on occasion and WILL take it (Similac)! (with me having school all day Saturdays and do our various activities during the week and keep a good supply on hand)

 Can't wait to see what this month holds!

And 7 month favorites:

Month 5 & 6 Favorites

Another trip to the zoo!

 Well we are officially members of the Houston Zoo! Saturday we decided to go the zoo as a family. It was a little chilly but the weather was so beautiful it was hard to stay in doors. But before we left, we got dressed in our Cat in the Hat outfit for Dr. Seuss' birthday.

                            

 

we bundled up a little more!

First stop Elephants!

The snake was saying hello!

We also had to visit the doctor this past week and it turns out we have a mild case of baby eczema. The doctor wasn't worried about it and said it is common especially since we are in Texas. I used some lavender soap and lotion a few weeks ago and that may have irritated her skin so all of that was thrown out when I got home--we now ONLY use MUSTELA! Yes, its expensive but its worth it. So the doctor said to use that and just lotion up constantly. I have really bad dry skin when I was young but it was never diagnosed as eczema but upon researching some of the creams used I may have had it they just didn't put a label.  Thankfully I outgrew it but I guess I passed it on to Peyton and the doctor thinks she will outgrow it too.

We now have 4 TEETH! And the 5th one is on its way..that has to be a record--3 teeth in 1 month.

First playgroup date! (and other activities)

Yesterday was our first playgroup date at the park. I've been looking for a group but most of the members kids are 2 plus years and I didn't want to be in a group that it was hard for Peyton to socialize with. We found one that seemed to fit our age so we went to a meet and greet and loved it! The majority of the kids are around Peyton's age so we had lots in common to talk about. As I talked to the moms, Peyton was enjoying playing with everyone's toys. She is a 'touchy' baby, not mean she just likes to hold hands and ears.

We can't wait to go to our next playdate!

nothing like a bag of wipes for the girls to play with

 Some pictures from the past week's adventures:

HEB bucks

turned into points!

Someone got a new chair!

Playdate with Ella

Peek-a-boo!

Go Texan Day! (First Zoo Trip)

Peyton's first kick off to the rodeo. We put on our pink cowgirl boots and headed to the zoo for the first time!

Horse shirt and pink boots!

Before we went there, we stopped by my old work and hung out since the last time most of them saw her was when she was 2 months old. I definitely don't miss the drive, especially now that we live further north.

Peyton LOVED the zoo! It was also her first time to sit in the Bob like a big girl! As we walked around her little feet were moving away, so much so that her boots kept falling off! It was fun exploring the zoo just us, we could take our time and go to different areas we wanted to see (or I guess me, haha). I wanted to go to the big exhibits since Peyton can't really look at the small animals. We saw the lions, monkeys, and giraffes. Lastly we headed to the elephants and right as we got to them, she fell asleep! It was so cute, I guess our adventure wore her out!

A nice lady offered to take our picture

Peyton w/ the elephants

We will definitely be going back to the zoo and will probably get a membership.

Valentine's Day & Cade's birthday!

Peyton's first Valentine's Day was great!

The picture on the Valentine's cards:

Cheesin

We started the morning by getting our free heart shaped chicken biscuit from ChickFila. 

 Then it was time for Peyton to eat breakfast and enjoy her Valentine's goodies since she can't really enjoy chocolate.

Her Valentine plate

We made cupcakes for Cade's birthday and I thought it would be a good idea to have Peyton on the counter with me while I ice them..and then this happened.

                             So we decided it might be better to finish up the cupcakes in the walker. :)

Mommy's Valentines

Friday was Cade's 26th birthday and we had a great time celebrating. I made sure that his breakfast had a candle (he wanted Chick fila). We went to Grimaldi's for birthday lunch and enjoy the beautiful weather. Peyton definitely talks a lot and is extremely loud now so its really funny when we got out to places.

After work, we opened presents and sang happy birthday!

This past weekend we had a birthday party of probably my oldest friend, Ivy. I've known her ever since we were in 1st grade and we still keep in touch. It was at Pump It Up and that was the first time we had been there. We didn't play but we did bounce against some of the walls ;)

Hmm...what is this?

Camryn 5, Peyton 7 months

Happy 7 months!

Ok, ok...let me tell you a joke.

Peyton is 7 months today! To celebrate we decided to go try out a class at the Little Gym. This is the first time that Peyton has been around so many babies and I feel more comfortable taking her to places like this now that she is a little older and can actually participate.

squeals!

She was staring down everyone when we first got there, I don't think she knew what to do with all those people and babies. She was so intrigued with the other babies during the class. At the very end of the class she started smiling and talking. There was no crying :) We might try out a few other ones to see what is best.

A few things about Peyton at 7 months:

-She has TWO bottom teeth
-Says "dada" and squeals all the time
-Can pull herself up to stand
-HATES pears!
-loves sitting on the window seal and swinging her feet

We love going to McAllisters and seeing how much Peyton has changed at each trip. Its an Aggie tradition to go to McAllisters and we would go when I was pregnant and it was the first restaurant we went to with Peyton after she was born.

Cheers