Happy 3rd Birthday Peyton!

Today was Peyton’s 3rd birthday!  It was kind of sad in a way that my last baby is already 3.  The time has just flown by.  She has grown into such a sweet girl, I just love her to pieces.  She goes to preschool 2 mornings a week and loves it.  She always talks about her “kids”.  We had a bbq today for her and for Easter-it was a great time!  Peyton got some great presents, I didn’t get pictures of all of them yet though.

The girls colored Easter eggs Friday night…

To start off today the girls checked out their baskets and found eggs!  Then Pey opened her presents from us.

 

             

Later in the day we had a party for Peyton, complete with another egg hunt for the girls and their cousins Jack and Aiden – followed by some pool time!

                  

Finally, here are some pics of the awesome cake Aunt Rosemary made and some family ones…enjoy!

      

Thanks for making it through the mountain of pictures :)  I also have some beach ones…but I’ll spare you!!

Hope everyone had a Happy Holiday!!

It’s a Boy!

Meet Nate.  He’s our newest addition…he’s an 8-week old English Bulldog.  Hopefully it’s easier to potty train him than it is to train Peyton.

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Wait, I have a Blog????

It’s been forever!  I really thought I’d be able to update somewhat during school…but no one told me nursing school would make life so hectic. Okay, so multiple people did.  But I didn’t believe them!  I start back this week, so I’ll make no promises…but for now here’s an update!

The girls are all doing great!  Laynie is doing great in first grade, and was doing gymnastics but has since gone back to figure skating.  Riley loves preschool and started dance class, which she loves.  Peyton loves going to school 2 mornings a week and we are trying to get her potty trained.  She is a bit stubborn though, and likes to tell us no when we ask her to go.  But we are getting there!  As for me, I managed to pass my first semester with a B, so I’m happy.  I love school, and can’t wait to be a nurse. 

The girls had a great Christmas…we did a lot of fun stuff this year.  We went to Disney for a couple of days and saw the Osborne Light Show, which is great-it even snows!  Santa brought the girls WAY too many presents…but it was all good stuff so it’s okay.  We also went on a quick road trip after New Years – Pey had her checkups at Hopkins, so we drove up there by the way of Asheville, NC and got to see snow.  It was FREEZING, but pretty cool.  The morning we were there it was actually snowing which the girls loved.  Living in Florida they don’t get to see that.  We then went on to Richmond where we had dinner with Kim and the adorable Preston.  Peyton liked him, but I have to say I think Riley was more smitten…they had fun chasing each other around outside afterwards!  The next day we went to Baltimore and had dinner at my cousin Julie’s house…it was nice to be out of a restaurant/hotel for the night!  We had a really great time there and Riley LOVED their dog (you will see in the pictures)! 

Peyton’s appointments went beautifully (all 3 of them)!  Dr’s Hoover-Fong, Carson, and Ain all gave her stellar reports and barring any troubles we don’t have to go back for a year.  We are thinking of pushing it to a year and a half so we can travel up there when it’s a bit warmer! 

Okay, enough talk…here’s some pictures :)

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Riley and Peyton’s First Days

Riley’s first day of school was Monday, and Peyton’s was Tuesday.  Riley loved her class and teachers and had a really great time!

 

I had school on Tuesday, so I didn’t get to take Peyton for her first day.  I was a little bummed, but at least Keith got to bring her and she did pretty good!  No tears at least, so that was good. 

Riley likes to do this thing where she poses with her head to the side…I’m not sure why!  Today is Riley’s 4th birthday!  I’ll take some pictures later on…she can’t wait to open her presents tonight.  I started school last week and it’s going pretty well!  No pictures of my first day though :)

First Day of School

Today was Laynie’s first day of school…she was so excited, not nervous at all!  I think Riley and Peyton miss her though, they don’t start school until next week.  Here are some pictures from this morning -

 

I’m trying to be better about posting more often…we’ll see how it goes!  I start school tomorrow morning and Riley and Peyton start next week – so more pictures will be coming!  Not of my first day, just of the girls :)

Summer

The summer is almost over, the girls (and me) start school next week! We’ve had a good time, but I’ve been an awful blogger!! So I’ll attempt to get caught up and try my best to keep up on it (I think you’ve all heard that song before)…

Back in July we went on a cruise with both my parents and Keith’s parents. It was such a great time! Laynie cried for a week afterwards that she missed the boat! Here are some (meaning a lot) of pics from it!

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Laynie went rock climbing, and made it all the way to the top on the first try…I tried it as well. And made it about 2 feet up. We met some dolphins, went to some beautiful beaches, drank Red Stripe in Jamaica (and Grand Cayman)…it was wonderful. I can’t wait to go on another cruise in the future.

We also went to the beach a lot…as you know my girls are beach bums and would live there if given the choice! We went this morning and the weather was perfect! It wasn’t even too hot!

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Peyton loved to be pulled around by Riley on the body board…she tried pulling Riley around too. I love how wonderfully they get along at the beach. There’s no fighting, arguing, telling on each other…it’s bliss.

We also met a family from the East Coast of Florida in Orlando for a weekend. I met Shannon when she emailed me after finding out her 3-year old son has Pseudochondroplasia. They have 3 kids as well, and it was great to meet them. I didn’t get any really good pics, I think keeping up with 6 kids at a pool made it difficult! Laynie got along great with their older son, Walker. When we went to dinner they even sat at one end of the table together like a date :) We had such a great time, and we hope to get to get together with them again soon! I did get a great picture of Laynie with Walker:

Aren’t they so cute??

I’ll put one last album of pics, these are just a bunch from the rest of the summer…the pool, Disney, more Disney :) It was a great summer, but I’m ready for school to start! I know it’s going to be overwhelming with me starting as well, but I’m anxious to get into a routine. And I’m also hoping I’m not getting too in over my head! Hope everyone enjoyed the pictures…I’ll try to update more often so I don’t have to do actual albums and can just post a few pics!!

ENJOY!!

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PS...I'm still learning with livewriter, so I apologize for the sideways pics...I'm workin on it :)