Changes...

The Ferraro's have been quite busy the last couple months. We recently decided that we were ready to try and sell our house. Which meant lots of unfinished projects to tackle and new ones to start. We are finally in the home stretch and will have the house officially on the market next week. It is a scary but exciting journey we are starting. But it is by far not the best change that is coming. We are excited to annouce that Peyton will be a big sister in January!! From the beginning if you ask Peyton if she is having a baby brother or sister she will tell you sister. She is also convinced she will name the baby "Prosciutto." At my 12 weeks appointment Peyton came along to hear the heartbeat. It was very special to share that with both Peyton and Dominic. We will be finding out if we are having a boy or a girl. I am already counting down the days to the appointment (which is September 13th).

Even though there is a lot of stress right now we are very excited for what the future holds!

Chatter box

Peyton is an absolute chatter box lately. I think she talks from the minute she wakes up until the minute she falls asleep! It is wonderful to be able to actually communicate with her but the silence is also very peaceful at night time! The other day she was playing with one of her baby dolls and I asked her what her baby's name was...she thought about it for a minute and then said "Prosciutto"! Yes that is correct, she has officially named her doll prosciutto. It was hilarious but I thought like in the past that she would forget by the next time I asked her; however, she has not. She even remembers which doll it is. I love the things she comes up with! And the things she remembers...we are in trouble! There is no doubt that we have to be careful what we say and tell her because she will of course repeat it at some point again. But her memory is fabulous. She has memorized a handful of her favorite books and even chose to read them to Dominic the other day at nap time instead of Dominic reading them to her. She will even hold them up so you can see the pictures.

The things she says and does continuously brings a smile to my face. I could not be more proud of Peyton!

BFF's

Ellarie (18 months) and Peyton (2 yrs)

Ellarie helping Peyton up

"We all fall down..."

"Ring around the rosie"

Photos of big girl bed

Big girl bed!

Wow our big girl, Peyton slept in her new bed last night for the first time!

Our friends gave us their toddler bed recently, so yesterday we finally decided why not give it a try. With the crib still in the room and ready to go I explained to Peyton that she has to stay in her bed all night long until her sun comes on and Mommy comes to get her. I told her that if she needed anything to just yell for Mommy and Daddy. She was a champ. Fell asleep on her own and woke up right before her sun came on. She stayed in bed until I came in to get her. Right now we are working on naps...she is currently laying in bed talking but I do not hear her playing so that is a good sign. Crossing my fingers she will be out cold any minute!

I am sure there will be times in our future where we will hear her reading books or playing with her toys but that is ok. I am so proud of her for making it through the first night with no problems. She is very excited right now about her big girl bed. I will post pictures of her getting comfortable with it yesterday very shortly!

And for a funny Peyton comment to end this post....

One of Dominic's best friends left to go back to Europe a week ago. Peyton asked "Where is Christian" I told her "He is in Europe" Peyton's response "He is not in my up"! It was hilarious she heard your up instead of Europe. After trying to explain it to her again we ended it with saying he went on an airplane. Dom and I got such a kick out of it!

2nd Birthday

This weekend we celebrated Peyton's 2nd Birthday. I can't even describe how crazy it feels to think that she is already 2 years old. The last 2 years has flown by faster than I could have even imagined. Her birthday was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse themed. Including a home-made Mickey Mouse Cake. Peyton fell asleep that night signing Happy Birthday to herself.

These days Peyton is quite independent...or would like to be anyway. I guess this is the start of the "terrible two's!" I can't even start to list all of the words she knows now. You can actually have a conversation with her and she will give you a sentence back. It may or may not make sense every time but she is incredibly smart. (and yes I know I am bias) She wow's us every day with something different that she says.

She loves to sing. Her favorite songs are: ABC's, Wheels on the Bus, Old McDonald, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and Twinkle Twinkle. Things are songs she can sing by herself. She can count to 13 sometimes 14 on her own. Like every other toddler she loves to run and jump and be outside. She has discovered how much fun digging in the dirt can be and would be content doing that for hours!!

In the next couple weeks we are going to attempt to move her into a big girl bed. Since of course she will not accept that she is a baby anymore. If you tell her she is a baby she either says "I am not a baby I am Peyton Ferraro" or "I am not a baby I am a big girl." We are also working on mastering our skills with drinking out of a cup and continuing to work on potty training (which has taken a back burner recently).

Cousin Maggie and Peyton coloring.

Present time. Peyton did awesome this year and opened every single one of her presents!

Smile BIG girl!!!

The famous Mickey Mouse cake.

Play Time

A day in the life of Peyton:

Hmm...color or watch cartoons?

Making PB and J for lunch

Painting

Just keeping busy

She is such a good Mommy to her dolls.