Mason and Peyton love

Peyton absolutely loves her cousin Mason. Grandma has been nice enough to bring Mason over a few times on her way to play with Peyton. A day does not go by where Peyton doesn't ask where Mason is. This is one thing I love about being a mom and being so close to my brother and his family. I hope Peyton and Mason (and of course Maggie and Gabby) have many years of fun times together.

Cooking

Recently Peyton discovered helping me cook. This now means I cannot make a meal without her insisting we get the stool out and letting her help. She is becoming quite the little chef!

Playing outside

Look Mama an airplane

How can you not love this face???

Working on her soccer skills.

With this non-winter like weather we have been having Peyton has loved spending her afternoons playing outside on the slides and driving her school bus. She is always driving to the store to get applesauce...funny because she doesn't actually like to eat applesauce. I can already tell this summer will be spent mostly outdoors.

More snow park

I think this picture is absolutely adorable. Peyton kept saying "I hold daddy" while we were there. This is her way of saying "I want daddy to hold me".

Fortunately there were some smiles.

This is Peyton standing in a giant footprint.

Snow Park

Amy, Quinn (3), Steven and Aiden (2)

This is how Peyton truly felt...

Quinn and Aiden sledding

Dominic and I sledding

Sunriver fun

This last weekend we took our annual January trip to Sunriver with the Moroney's. I can't remember how many years we have been doing this but every year we have such a blast and cannot wait for the following year. It began before kids and is even more special sharing it with our children.

Unfortunately this year there was no snow in Sunriver. We had to take the kids to a snow park so they could sled. Peyton was really unsure about everything. But in her defense the snow was pretty much ice...never the less we had a ton of fun!

Dom and Peyton at the Village Mall in Sunriver

Climbing to the top.

Aiden giving Peyton one of his many loves. These 2 boys love "Baby Peyton"

Peyton running through the house.

More potty time

Peyton is now 20 months old. We are not officially "potty training" her but she has shown a lot of interest in going on the potty. Everyday she goes at least 3-4 times on the toilet. It has been so exciting for all of us. There have even been a few times where she has asked to go without being prompted by one of us. Her enthusiasm for learning to go potty means I should probably take this time to really start focusing on potty training her. Wouldn't it be great to have her out of diapers by her 2nd birthday?! Maybe that will be my New Year's resolution....