Peyton playing or eat toy

Peyton loves playing with her floor gym that Audrey is letting her borrow. If she gets in the right spot right under this orange toy rattle she tries to eat it. I have to laugh at her because it never fails that she wants to eat it. She is just to cute that I couldn't help it and had to get a video of the whole thing.

Watch Peyton play and eat her toy.

Lots of Pictures...sorry have been busy

Here are lots of pictures of Peyton over the past several weeks. Things are getting really busy at work with the first football game on Saturday, so I am sorry that I have not been able to post as often as I would like. Plus, Brandon has been really sick the past couple of days and I have not been able to get on the computer at home. Sorry that I can't go into detail about what has been going on with us, but I wanted to get the pictures up so you could see Peyton. The pictures go in order as they happened and they include pictures of our family trip to Iowa.

Peyton playing and you can see the focus on her face to get that orange rattle.

Family trip to Iowa. It was so nice to be up there with family and to enjoy the peace and quiet. We had lots of fun fishing, riding around on the 4-wheeler, and just sitting around talking with everyone. Peyton got lots of love from her Grandparents and she gave them lots of love too.

Peyton hanging out with cousin Cody. He loves her so much and they have a great time together.

Grandma Yoder getting lots of smiles out of Peyton.

Peyton looking cute in her pink overalls.
Hanging out with Grandpa Yoder watching TV. Wrigley wiped out after the fun weekend up in Iowa getting to run all over the place on the farm. Sorry Wrigley that we don't have that much land for you to run on.

Peyton also looking very tired after the car ride and getting some good cuddle time with Daddy.

Daddy reading a book to Peyton.

Clean Baby!

Peyton looks ready for her baby massage. Life is good!

Here is my troll baby...Crazy hair!

K-State has it's first Football game this Saturday, so Peyton will have her first trip to a football game. We'll take lots of pictures and I will do my best to get them posted quickly.

Peyton Update

Last Friday we had Peyton's 4 month well check-up and she is doing great. She had to get 4 more shots and she cried for 7 seconds and then was fine. I think that Dad had a harder time with it then she did. Brandon was unable to go with me the first time she had to get her shots and the exact words that came out of his mouth were "I never want to see that again!" I think that hardest thing for him was watching her face and the flinch that she gave after the first shot. Peyton is a trooper and such a tough baby.

Here are Peyton's updates:
Head: 41 1/2cm 50%
Height: 24 3/4in. 57% (She is long and lean)
Weight: 13lb 9 3/4 oz. 24%

We talked about starting her on rice cereal, but we are going to hold off until she is closer to 6 months. I was a little worried that she was too skinny, but the doctor had no problem with her weight and said that she was looking great. I have been very happy that I have not had to give Peyton any formula yet and have been able to provide enough breast milk while at daycare. Not the case on Monday. Peyton has still only wanted 4 oz. and on Monday she decided that she needed to have 7oz., so she had her first taste of formula. I was a little disappointment and felt like I let her down, but she was great and had no problems. Dirty diapers now...Wow!!

Pictures of Peyton at 3 months.

4 Month Well Check

At 1:15pm today we go to have Peyton's 4 month well check with the doctor. I am very excited to see how much she has grown and how heavy she is now. We are also going to talk about starting her on the rice cereal. It is a little scary that we are already at the point to start feeding her, but Brandon and I are excited too. Peyton also has to get 4 more shots and I am sure that she is not going to like it. She did pretty well last time, so I am hoping that she will handle it the same. She has good lungs on her now so I am not looking forward to the screams. I'll update as soon as I can.

We are heading up to Iowa to see Grandma and Grandpa Yoder this weekend and looking forward to a great weekend of relaxing by the pool.

More of Peyton!

Here are two more videos of Peyton that I was not able to post yesterday.

Peyton hanging out and talking to Daddy last week. She loves to sit in her bouncy chair and will just give us big smiles and lots of this type of talking. When she gets started it is funny because she will keep doing this over and over again. I am sure she is trying to tell us something, but there is no way to understand this language.

This a happier Peyton on Friday night before we took a bath. She is getting so good at holding her head up and is starting to use her arms more to hold her weight. Really I just love this video for the smiles that Peyton gives while I am talking to her.

Lots of pictures from the past week

Peyton has had a great week. We made it through the first week of daycare with no problems. Peyton was only fussy on Monday night, but was great to rest of the week. Both Peyton and Renate are getting use to each other still, but Renate is learning quickly what Peyton really needs when she gives her little cries. I have added lots of pictures from this past week since I was really busy last week and was unable to post new news.

Peyton is not a happy camper in the bath. I am not sure what has happened for her to hate taking baths, but I have added a video at the end of this post so you can see just how unhappy she is about this whole thing.
Tummy time!

Peyton is getting so much better at playing on her tummy and not fussy about it. She is getting so much stronger and is able to keep her head up.

Hanging out in my Bumbo working on getting stronger so I can sit up on my own one day.

Peyton and Mommy watching the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics Friday night.

Taking a nap Saturday morning with my doggy blanket that Uncle Drew got for me. Peyton loves this dog blanket so much that she will cuddle up with it and fall asleep.

Peyton has found her tongue! Now when we get big smiles we get the tongue with it too. I am working on getting a picture of this, but Peyton just looks at the camera with this face most of the time.

Peyton has always loved to stand up from the time that she was only a month old. We knew that we had a strong baby since while we were still in the hospital she was already trying to hold her head up. Peyton is a happy baby when we let her stand up to see what is going on around her and last night Brandon let her stand on her own on the coach last night before bedtime. Here is are big girl standing up on her own for a few seconds.

I didn't think that the picture would cut it, so here is a video of the whole thing.

Good thing Dad was close by and we had pillows around, but no worries she was just fine after the face plant.

Peyton not happy about taking a bath!


Again no worries she was just fine as soon as I took her out.

Peyton goes to Daycare

Today was the first day for Peyton to go to her Daycare. She was very happy when I left and I was hearing her coo to Renate. I am doing alright today and it was easier because I had everything ready to go this morning so when I dropped her off we went over things quickly. I thought that I would be alright since I have been back to work for 2 months, but it was still hard and I needed to get out quickly before the water works started. It was very nice this morning because Peyton was wide awake and was giving us big smiles and little laughs while we hung out for a little while.

Peyton and I this morning before we left for Daycare. Her face doesn't look so happy, but she was just fine. I am sure that she is wishing just like me that I could stay at home with her all day.

Swimming

On Sunday we were in Kansas City to celebrate birthdays for Peyton's Aunts Elsa and Stacy. The party was at Uncle Michael and Aunt Elsa's new house on a scorcher of a day so we went swimming in their pool. The pool was great and it was fun to watch the cousins swim together with the help from Grandpa.

Peyton swimming with Grandpa Reiff and Cousin Audrey.

Jon making good splashes while Audrey is trying to take a dive. Peyton just sat there and I think that she could have fallen asleep.

My nephew Jon having a lot of fun in the pool and it was so exciting to watch him put his head under the water.

Peyton soaking up the sun with Grandpa and looking like it is time to go inside and take a nap.

Peyton turned 4 Months old on Saturday

Peyton turned 4 months old on Saturday. She is getting so big and everyday there is something new that just puts a big smile on our faces.

Things that Peyton is doing:
*Coos and Awes
*Rolls over onto her belly and sometimes back onto her back.
*Gives little laughs. She opens her mouth so big and one of these days I know that she will just let out a huge laugh.
* Reaches out to grab for things with both hands.
* Loves to suck on her fingers and tries to put her whole hand in her mouth.
* While holding and looking at her she will reach out and touch your face. Which I really love!
* Loves to stand up with our help.
* When sitting on our laps she tries to pull herself up to a sitting position. I am sure that it won't be long before she is sitting up by herself.
* Grabbing for her feet.
* Drooling has started.

Love her smiles and those cheeks are too cute!

Peyton showing us her good side because she is really starting to lose her hair in the back and on the top left side. It is so sad:(

No more smiles just drooling.

Sleep is Good!

Peyton has been sleeping through the night for the past week! We are getting close to 8-9 hours of sleep every night. It has been a very smooth process. We only had to listen to her cry herself to sleep for three nights. The only problem that we get into is that Peyton will roll over onto her belly and get mad, but I know that she can roll back over if she wants to.

We are excited for Peyton to start daycare on Monday because we feel that we are very fortunate to have found such a great place for her. This afternoon I went over to the daycare to drop off papers and talk about what we needed to do to make things go smoothly on Monday morning. I know that we are going to go through a transition period with her getting use to everything, but Peyton is a good baby that seems to adjust to things very well. She is going to a home daycare and will be the only baby out of six kids. The older children were very excited to see Peyton and have been counting the days down until she joins them at daycare.

Our summer officially is over this Monday as football practice starts at K-State. Now our schedules will get very hectic until Christmas. Feel free to come visit anytime as we always love to have visitors.