My little walker

Don't know why this is sideways. I couldn't figure out how to flip it. But anyways, here's a little video of Peyton walking!

I'm back!!

Wow, it has been forever since I have posted anything on our blog! So much has happened since I last posted. We have had the holidays and are almost to spring. Christmas time was so exciting this year for Mackenzie. She was really into Santa Claus coming to deliver her presents and helping with the Christmas tree. It was so much fun to relive the excitement of Christmas through the eyes of a child. New Years was spent at Lauren's house celebrating Sydney's 4th birthday. We had lots of fun. It's hard to believe the girls are 4. How time flies! Fast forward to this past week....Peyton finally started walking!!! Yay! We never thought it would happen because up until this week she really didn't care about walking and had no want to even try it half the time. But this week she decided she was going to do it and boy is she such a good walker now! We've also been researching preschools for Mackenzie for next year. I can't believe my little girl is ready for preschool. How sad! She is such a smart girl and has been really into learning her letters and writing them and her name. It's so fun to see her grow and learn.

Today we went to the pediatrician for Peyton's 15 month check up and Mackenzie's 4 yr old check up. Everything went very well. Here are their stats:

Mackenzie:
weight: 42 lbs (80th percentile)
height: 42 1/2" (95th percentile)

Peyton:
weight: 24 lbs. (85th percentile)
height: 31 1/2" (80th percentile)

Peyton didn't grow a whole lot from her last appointment at 12 months. She is about a pound and an inch behind what Mackenzie was at her age. Mackenzie grew like 3 or 4 inches in the last year. She's growing like a weed! I think she's going to be tall and skinny! Dr. Kain said she's really tall for her age. Not surprising since her Grandpa Black is like 6'5"! Peyton also had to get 3 shots today which she cried the entire time, but big sis Mackenzie was right there by her side consoling her! It was so cute!!

One Crazy Week

I know I haven't been on our blog in such a long time. It has been the craziest week this week. It's hard to believe that last week was Thanksgiving. So let's start at the beginning.....last Thursday was Thanksgiving. We had a great day with our families, spending time laughing and talking. It was also somewhat of a sad day since that was the last time we got to see Shana and Jim before they set out to move to the sunshine state of Florida. We will miss them living so close to us and having all of our Sunday cook outs in the summer. Moving on to Saturday....Parker's Grandma Rosie passed away. What a sweet lady! And boy could she talk your ear off. She always had a story to tell or something to say. So then we had to work Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday brought in the cold, rainy weather and Grandma Rosie's viewing. Such a sad time and it didn't look like the Grandma Rosie we all remember. Thursday was the funeral and burial. Not exactly a good day to say the least. So today we decide we are going to run errands and then go get our Christmas tree. We always to go the Boy Scouts Christmas tree stand in Fishers at Marsh. Cheap live trees and the money goes to the Boy Scouts. So we get home, get it in the stand, and takes about an hour or so to decorate it. Then all of a sudden we hear a loud crash only to find out the tree had fallen over and ornaments were scattered onto the floor- some of them were broken. So we rig it back up and tie it to the window!! Dad would be so proud! There were so many trees when I was a kid that we had to do that to keep the tree up. I think Dad became a pro at keeping the tree standing. So, needless to say, I think next year we will have an artificial tree!!! Maybe tomorrow morning I will tackle redecorating it!

Halloween

The girls had fun trick or treating on Halloween. Or should I say...Mackenzie had fun on Halloween. Peyton didn't really care about Halloween. She just wanted out of her Elmo costume. It was soooo cute though!!

Diaper change

Mackenzie wanted to be a little mommy and help me out by changing Peyton's diaper. So, I let her just to see how she would do because she is so good at changing her baby's diapers. I wanted her to see that it isn't as easy changing a moving baby!! She actually did a pretty good job and Peyton just smiled and had a great time. Mackenzie is such a great helper!

Mackenzie's self haircut

Here's the nice new hairdo that Mackenzie gave herself last week. She decided to take it upon herself to cut her bangs. Isn't it so pretty?!!