Happy 9 months!

Please tell me another month hasn't gone by???

Our sweet baby is:
Weight: 17 lbs 10 oz (28%)
Height: 28 in (64%)

She is right on track with everything! She got pricked for a blood test but didn't notice until the lady kept squeezing her heel.

Many new things happened, here's a recap:

-Started crawling and loves getting around
-Pulls up on her own on anything and everything
-Started to wave regularly and its not just any wave, its pageant material!
-Got 1 more tooth (total of 6 now)
-Stands up in her crib every time she wakes up

 Likes:

-Clapping

-Loves hearing herself laugh and seeing herself laugh too. If we are out and I hear a 'forced' laugh, I know there is a mirror around

-Loves crawling away from us when we say "I'm gonna get you"

-Loves pulling on daddy's hair & ears

-Likes eating avocado and peas

 The wave:

     



Dislikes:
-Diaper changes. I've gotten pretty good at a crawling and standing diaper change
-Sleeping throughout the night and in her crib. We sleep half the time in our crib and the other house with mommy & daddy (but I'm not complaining)

Everyday is something new and getting better and stronger!

Awesome Austin

A few weeks ago we went to Austin for some R&R and we had such an awesome time. We definitely think Austin is in our future (though being Aggie it would be really really hard to be around t-sippers all the time).
The weather was pretty chilly for March but we bundled up and headed to our outside adventures.

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

The Century Tree was part of their exhibit so we had to take a picture!

Impromptu family pic!

Zilker Park Botanical Gardens:

Loving the waterfall

Had to get a picture with the dinosaur

where is Peyton?

father/daughter love

first train ride!

first Austin hike

Some of the delicious restaurants we went to:

The County Line...LOVE their BBQ and the view!

My favorite coffee place..I only wish we had one in Htown 

Kerbey Lane. AMAZING queso and pancakes (we ate them together)

Fun in the hotel

Loves playing with daddy's hair

On our way back home we stopped at Blue Bell to take a tour and get some free ice cream. It was the first time for Cade and Peyton. Peyton loved the ice cream at the end of the tour and started to cry when I wouldn't give her more (I only let her lick the spoon but she wanted more). 

The moment it all started...

Bluebonnets

On our way to Austin we took a little detour to hit a beautiful bluebonnet field right outside of Navasota on HWY 6. I have never seen so many bluebonnets in my life! The only bad thing was that it was about 40 degrees and really windy, so we didn't really get to stay long. As soon as we started taking pictures, more people came and got right next to us (who does that anyway?) so Peyton was distracted by looking at them!

Looking off into the field...or just the people

We were wondering why she was so happy....

then we saw what was in BOTH of her hands

yep pretty happy

When we got back to Spring, we found a small little area of bluebonnets and took more!

I'm tired of pictures

Peyton's First Easter

It was definitely one for the books!!

But first we have to start with Easter eve...

We headed over to Grandpa and Grams' house to hang out for a little while and for Peyton to show off her new skill of crawling. She had an Easter present waiting, a pink bunny...which she really wasn't thrilled about...good thing we didn't go see the Easter bunny this year! I don't think it would be fun to see her cry. Afterwards we headed back home to dye some eggs.

Peyton helping with her egg

The final products

Apparently we need a lesson in dying eggs (as you can see). Cade and I definitely need to brush up on our skills.


What a fantastic and busy Easter day today! Before heading to church Peyton 'opened' her Easter basket and we had a little fun :)

First basket

Enjoying some bubbles

We headed to church this morning which was the first Easter service we have been to with First Baptist. It was held at Cynthia Woods Pavilion and at the end of the service they had a butterfly release which was interesting and fun. I am so thankful to have the faith that I do and so happy God put in my life 3 amazing ladies that helped me grow in my relationship with Jesus. This Easter was particularly heartfelt because not only am I an setting an example but also sharing this faith with Peyton and starting her out to have a relationship with Christ.

We hosted Easter at our house. I wanted it to be fun especially since it was our first Easter in our new home and Peyton's first Easter so Cade and I made a nice spread featuring a few pinterest items.

Egg Cupcakes anyone?

How about some baby chicks?

We had an Easter egg hunt ready for after lunch but didn't really get to do the outside part with the rain..probably a good thing since Peyton can't really walk. We instead did it inside and let her crawl towards the eggs....hmm--do you think she learned to crawl just in time?!? Poor Peyton, though, was so tired at lunch that when I set her down to crawl after the eggs she started to cry...guess we couldn't get away with skipping a nap. So Peyton took a nap and we put the egg hunt on hold.

During naptime, we had some birthday cake from my parents and confetti egg-bombed Cade! It was so much fun!!

After the ambush

Payback

the accomplices

Once Peyton got up from her nap, we started the egg hunt back up! And were in a much better, rested mood!

what's in my basket

playing around with MiMi and PawPaw

walking back and forth

CHEESE! And wardrobe change

I got one!

Here you go!

All of P's Easter animals

AHAHA SOOO many animals!