Happy 2nd Birthday, Peyton!

Wow, can she really be two years old already? On May 18 Peyton Mary will turn 2. She is so feisty with all kinds of personality! As a newborn, Peyton was a quiet and content baby. However, she has found her voice and talks to us all the time now. She loves to say hi to people and continues to say hi until you respond to her. Peyton is a very determined little girl. If she wants something, she's going to persist until she gets her way. She loves cheese, yogurt (yogee), and salami (lami). We've been working on colors lately...I think blue must be her favorite because if you ask her what color something is the answer is almost always "blue". I know she can identify other colors though because if I ask her to show me the yellow one or the green one, she usually gets those right. Peyton also likes to sing the ABC's and Taylor Swift's Love Story with Ally (we really listen to that song WAY too much!). Needless to say, there is never a dull moment when Peyton is around! We love you , Peyt! Happy 2nd Birthday!

1 year old

1 year old

Allison pointed out that we have a lot of pictures with Peyton's mouth open!

2 years old

sitting pretty...for the moment!

So sweet!
Eating Strawberry Shortcake, which we put a candle in at Peyton's request. She also helped us sing to her tonight after dinner.

An Idea from a Co-worker

A co-worker of mine shared with me a special gift she will be giving her daughter for her high school graduation this year. I think it's an amazing idea and hope I remember to do something like this for my girls. She purchased the Dr. Seuss book Oh The Places You Will Go when her daughter was in Kindergarten. Every year she asked her daughter's teachers to write a short note to her inside the cover of the book (similar to a yearbook). Her daughter has no idea that her mom has been doing this all these years. I can't wait to her what her reaction will be when she receives this gift.