Christmas!

Hmmm...

Payton is getting 2 eye teeth in & she has been pretty grouchy the last few days. She has also had a low fever :( Poor girl. You can see from these pictures how grumpy she is lol, but I still thought they were too funny! She has such a mind of her own lately & this is what she was wearing yesterday morning- footie pajamas with pink jelly shoes & my beanie! HA!

Our day

Mike went to Linn today to help do some work at his parents' house so Payton & I just spent the day hanging out together! We started the day off t an awesome time- 9:00 am woo hoo! Loved that she slept in :) Then she watched an episode of her absolute favorite show Dora the Explorer while I finished up a Christmas gift. After lunch, we braved Target which was just as crazy as I imagined! We had to get a baby shower gift for a friend from Bible Study that is having twin girls! I also got Payton the last pair of bib snowpants in her size! So now we are all ready for our trip to Colorado for New Years. Bring on the snow El Rancho!

Beads, beads, beads...

My parents sent Payton an early Christmas gift with a cute little ornamant & her favorite thing EVER- bead necklaces! My mom introduced them to her a few months ago in CO & she just loves to wear them. People always comment how funny it is that she wears them so much! So it was nice to get a few more colors! Thanks Nana & Papa!

Gift from Great-Grandma

Payton got a sweet gift from my grandma Carol Hartman (her great--grandma) this week & she loved opening it! It was a recorded book with my gma's voice of The Night Before Christmas. SO special! She really liked it & it will be so neat to get out every Christmas. Payton also loved looking at the picture that grandma sent with it :) Thanks Grandma! Love you!

Random

I did it!

Well I made Payton's "holiday skirt" today! Only cost a little less than $5 & took about 2 hours! It looks super cute on her & my friend Kati said she will do a rel photo shoot of her soon :)

Sassy

Here a few pictures of our "sassy" little girl. She has been sooo sweet lately & just hilarious. She jabbers all day long in a nonsensical language that is just too cute. We also read about 500 books a day... haha!

Pinterest

So I have discovered a new (addicting) phenomenon- Pinterest. It is an amazing website that allows you to keep track of all of the things you find online! Its hard to explain, but I am in love. That being said I found this adorable skirt on there that I am going to make for Payton. I was telling my mom about it today, so here is a picture so she can see a little better what I meant. I have made a similar skirt using tule, so this one shouldn't be too hard to figure out! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! (And no this is not a skirt I have made & it is also not Payton lol). Will post pics of the one I make after I get it finished! Also- Paytone NEEDS these adorable boots... I can just picture how sweet she would look in them!

Long day...

Here is a funny picture I took of Payton after a long day away from home last weekend. Her hair looks hilarious because she pulled her pony tail out on the drive home :)
This weekend Mike & I are going to a MO Tigers game & Kenny & Bev are going to watch Payton for us so I will post pictures of that soon!

Audrey's 2nd Birthday Party

Saturday evening we went to Payton's friend Audrey's 2nd Bday party. It was at her grandparents farm & the kids got to see the horses, go on a hay ride, have a camp fire, & more! Payton had lots of fun. I didn't take a whole lot of pictures, but I got a few cute ones of Payton. It was a little bit chilly, so we finished the night up inside with roasted hot dogs & cake for the birthday girl!

Our Weekend :(

Sooo... Mike & I got food posoining on Thursday night from some McDonalds we ate for supper. I will spare you the "gorey" details & just say that we were pretty much laid up all night Thursday, all day Friday, & Saturday morning. I felt really bad for Payton since all we could do was lay on the couch, but she sure was a trooper! I couldn't believe it- on Friday morning after our long night she slept in until 10, which never happens! Then she just laid around with us & snuggled, which is also very rare for such an active little girl! But, by Saturday afternoon we were feeling pretty cooped up & fairly back to normal so we ventured out to Payton's friend Audrey's 2nd Birthday!

"Little Miss Thang"

I sooo love how much Payton's personality is coming out more & more every day. She is just so much fun! Recently, I bought her the cutest poofy, twirly, pink skirt at Target for $5 & it is hilarious how much she loves it. She thinks she is big stuff when she wears it & loves to show it off! The other funny thing about her right now is the fact that I cannot get her to take of her green & gold bead necklaces from my mom in CO! Payton loves them, as you can see she even took a bath in them the other night!

We're Baaacckkk!

Well. We are finally back to blogging after 2 months of not having internet! Alot has happened since then, but the biggest thing is moving into our new house. I will definitely NOT be trying to go back through the past 2 months to post pictures though! HA. That being said here are a few pictures from the past couple weeks (Pumpkin Patch, our first 5k!, & Halloween day)