Happy 1st Birthday Peyton!!

I cannot believe Peyton is 1 already. This last year has flown by so quickly. It has been the best year of my life hands down and I think it is safe to say the same is true for Dominic. Having Peyton has taught me so much about myself and Dominic. We are such a happy family and we owe all of that to Peyton. So to celebrate Peyton's amazing 1st year of life we had a party with family and some close friends. We also got a surprise visit from some of my family that lives out of state. That was a great gift!! I was excited to make Peyton cupcakes for her party and I chose strawberry thinking she would love them. However, Peyton had other plans...to this day she still has not touched a piece of cake. She preferred cheese or just a regular strawberry over her cupcakes.

For Peyton's first birthday she was special enough to have her Auntie Julie, Uncle Tony, Gabi and Memere come visit. This was Peyton and Gabi's first time meeting their Memere. We were so happy Memere could come visit and spend some quality time with her great grandchildren. And of course it is alway a blast getting to Gabi...and Julie and Tony!

Happy Easter

VOTE FOR PEYTON

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Peyton has been entered into a cutest kid contest with a local photographer. The winner gets a credit to her studio. We are crossing our fingers that Peyton wins so that we can get her 1 year photos and family photos taken. If we don't win we will still get photos but it would be nice to win!!!

You can only vote once per computer so if you have more than one please vote again! If we win I'll let you know.

GO PEYTON!!!

Just a quick update

I need to upload some new pictures of Peyton but in the mean time I thought I would update on how she is...

Peyton is 11 months and 3 weeks old. WOW! This first year has gone by so quickly. I can't imagine what is going to happen over the next 18 years. In the last few months Peyton's personality has really started to emerge. She has started this really funny giggle that will make you laugh no matter what mood you are in, which just makes her do it more. Her language skills are developing every day. She can say: dad, mom, wow, hi (which she says probably a thousand times a day to anyone and everyone), wix for Twix our cat. She can also sign "more" and "finished." Her latest accomplishments are blowing kisses and doing touchdown. She also tries to say "Who is it" but it all just runs together. It is really cute though. We are having our master bathroom remodeled so whenever the guys are here working, whenever they open the front door she stops what she is doing and says "who is it?"

We are not walking yet...which I am perfectly ok with!! She does walk when you hold her hands and has started almost running but not real interested in letting go yet. Again I am ok with this! It is hard enough to get my work done while she is crawling around everywhere.

Overall Peyton is a wonderful, beautiful girl that always brings a smile to our faces. It has been an amazing year for both Dominic and myself. We've grown a lot individually and as a couple. I couldn't be happier with our perfect life. Well I could be happier if our bathroom was complete!!!

Peyton is now 10 1/2 months old with her first birthday rapidly approaching. I took these photos trying to get some good ones to use for her first birthday invitations. She is such a ham and always smiling it is going to be hard to choose just the right photo.

Now that Peyton is comfortable pulling herself up she is constantly standing against something. The other day we caught her standing up all by herself for a few seconds. She is also now starting to get comfortable walking along the furniture. I am not sure I would says she is "cruising" yet but definitely getting close. It is scary for both of us to think that she is so close to turning one and walking.

Peyton "talks" all of the time now and giggles a lot. Her favorite word is "wow". I am not real sure where she learned that but she says it all the time. We also love to sing and dance around the house. She is such a good dancer. Must have gotten that from her Mommy! (ha ha!)

Gabrielle turns 1

For Gabrielle's first birthday and Auntie Julie's birthday (2/6/2010) we all flew down to Sacramento to celebrate. This was Peyton's first airplane ride. She did absolutely amazing. Flying with a 9 1/2 month old has its own challenge...for instance she does not want to hold still. But overall she was such a good girl. Our visit with Tony, Julie and Gabi was so much fun. We really do miss them a lot. Happy Birthday Gabi and Julie!