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Merry Christmas!

What a WonDERful day! As you can see, Christmas couldn't have been better! Christmas Eve was even great considering the surgery and all. Rose, thank you so much for opening your home to us and letting us come and eat your food! It was good to feel at home!
It has been fun starting up some new traditions w/ our family. We started by making sugar cookies and decorating them on Christmas eve, opening up our Christmas p.j.'s, setting the cookies out and watching the anticipation on Payton's face as he is waiting for Santa to come.
This Christmas has been the first Christmas in a long time that it has actually felt like Christmas. Kids make all the difference in the world. It was so much fun watching Payton come down and realizing that Santa had come to his house. It was pretty funny watching him open his present's and finding out that none of them are the train that he has so desperatly been waiting for. It finally got to the point that he didn't want to open any more. He just wanted his ChOo-ChOo! Finally I asked him to go and get me a blanket on the floor covering his train, he pulled it off and to his surprise Santa really did come! He was so excited and hasn't left it's side yet.
Xoie was content watching her brother and trying to get all of his toys. The comment of her hating her hair was for you Tiff. Don't you recognize that face? Remember the red brush?
We had a great day and enjoyed creating new traditions. We did miss all the family back home and we hope ya'll enjoyed the holiday's. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

My Man!

I need to take a minute and express my love and gratitude for a GrEAt Husband. With the events of this past weekend, I have been able to see what an AMazInG man I married!
Mike is a very talented person. He works very hard w/ school, his family, and establishing relationships w/ others to help them feel accepted in any situation.
I am so excited to spend these next 4 years and all of ETeRnITy with my BeSt FRienD! We are in a WoNDerFul point in our life right now where we have only ourselves to rely on, and I couldn't have asked for a better person to rely on. I LoVe you babe!

Thank you Grandma & Grandpa Warner!

Payton and I were sitting on the chair watching his Christmas movie before he took a nap when SuDdENly there was a knock at the door. We went to get it and there was a package on the porch. We brought it in, opened it up, and we saw packaging peanuts (It's popcorn if you ask Payton)! I got the gifts out & Payton placed them under the tree. Yes they are still there, and then Payton JuMPed into the box!
He was burrying his legs and then popping them up and laughing because "PoPCOrn" would go everywhere!

As you can see he was throwing them EveRY which way and having a BlAsT doing it!

He thought it was a SwIMmINg pool for a little bit and he even KiCkED his legs as if he was in water.

Xoie even had a turn. She was okay for a little bit but then this happened...

As she started crying, she kept falling deeper and deeper into the "PoPCoRn"she wasn't aMuSeD, but it was kinda funny watching her slowly disapear.

Now Payton put's his toys in the box and burries them. He has put his BinKI in a couple of times and then cries when he can't find it. One of these times we won't be able to find it either!

Anyway, thank you Grandma and Grandpa for the gifts which again are still under the tree and also thank you for the box that is going to make our house a mess, but will keep Payton entertained for hours! It will drive Mike CrAzY but oh well! He came home from school and the first thing he said was " Okay, let's ThROw the BoX away now". Payton and I won for a little bit. I aSsURe you that the box will be outside ToNiGHt after Payton goes to bed.

Our 1st day playing in the snow!

Xoie was all BunDleD up ready to play in the sNOw. All she wanted to do was watch. She hated the snow coat, but did very well sitting and watching Payton and Isaac PlAy.
Here is Payton SliDInG down the slide. Notice the hands? Well he went down OnE time w/out the gLoVEs and wanted to go HoMe because he was cold.

Payton was trying to PuSH Isaac, but there wasn't enough snow, and Payton isn't as strong as he thinks!

Ohh, a piece of snow in front of my face, I think I will eat it despite what my Mom says.

It comes up pretty easy and it's not all that bad!

Oh man, she has the camera and caught me! I have to learn how to be more sneaky w/ these kind of things! I really like snow.

Merry Christmas

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HaPPy BirTHday Payton!

He is 2! All week we have been talking to Payton about his Birthday, we would ask him whose Birthday it was and his response was Mommy, Xoie, Rose. He would never say Payton's, that is until last night when he saw his CaKE and PreSenT's...
He is so SUrPrISeD!


He thought I wasn't looking anymore, so he tried to get away w/ pICkINg at the cake. Little did he know that I had the camera pointing right at him.

Payton checking out his cake w/ his RoCK ON hair do, which he LoVes by the way!

Here is Payton's cake. It was so much fun to make and I think it tured out pretty good. It didn't taste bad either for being fondant!

Here is Payton opening up his present, he saw that it was a truck and didn't want to finish opening it. He just wanted it out of the wrapping paper so he could play w/ it!

Here are ALL of Payton's friends. They are all helping him open up his present's and they all gave him GrEAt gifts! Thanks guys!

Matt and Jane knew just what to give Payton. Matt has a Thomas train that Payton never put's down if he is at Matt's house. Well, when Persey was opened up he didn't put it down either. He even SlEPt w/ it.

Isaac, Thank you for coming to our house and playing w/ Payton on his Birthday! He thinks he has some pretty CoOl FriENds, we think so too!

Isaac was very proper with eating his CaKe w/ a fork, but Payton was trying to teach him how to eat w/ his hands!

Matt, Payton had so much fun w/ you at his Birthday, thanks for coming and playing w/ him. He LoVEs his new train!

Jane, thanks for coming and sharing Payton's Birthday w/ us. You are a GrEAt friend!

Mrs. Rose gave Payton a HuGE bag w/ his present and he LOveD it! He was the perfect size to become a present, so we put him in the bag put some paper over him and gave Mike a gift. Payton was ExcITed to be the present until Mike opened it up! Check out his face.

Our tree and it's WonDerFul leaves!

So this is our MaPLe tree on the side of our house. It is BeAutIFul. We love to look at the colors and enjoy the shade it gives us. The only down side of having such a wOnDerFul tree, is that it has a LoT of leaves, and you know what that means...

Today was the day that Mike and I have been DReaDIng for a LoNG time! The leaves fINallY fell off the tree. The leaves on the ground are about 2 InCHheS thick, and we have the priviladge of CLeAnINg them up. Dad if you want to clean them up we will give you $5.00!

Payton had a BlAsT playing in the leaves w/ his dad. Today was the first day that he has really played in the leaves and I think the SMiLE on his face say's it all!

The first SnoW FaLL

The other day, Payton, Xoie, and I woke up to this! Payton LoVeD watching the snow fall. He had to go and touch it. He didn't like it so much because it was CoLD! As you can see, we didn't get much and it melted w/in a half hour, but it was fun to see.

Static anyone!

Xoie was playing on the floor the other day, I had to go into the kitchen for a minute I came back and this is what I found...

I guess this is what you get when you have a child rolling all over the place w/ a head full of hair!

Children's Museum!

Payton, Matt, and Jane stayed in this maze forever. They couldn't get any higher than the first level, but they loved it. This maze is AmAZiNG! It is two stories tall and you can crawl from the bottom to the top w/out worrying about falling out. I told Mike that I would LOVE to have one of these in our house, but all he could do was laugh at me. I think that means no! It was a fun idea anyway. I think I will continue working on him and we will see who wins!

The Water Room!

Payton loved the WaTeR FlOOr! He wanted to jump in the WhOLe time. The little fountains on the floor are AweSOme! They have little pipes that you can add onto, or take away from. Payton and his friend Matt were playing w/ them for a while. I guess Payton was working way too hard, his face was in the water practically the whole time. We took a change of clothes for him, and it's a good thing. By the time we were done, he was SoAKeD! This place is a BlASt! If any of ya'll come over w/ your kids we will definatly have to take a trip to the museum!

HaPPy HaLLoWeeN

So here it is! Can you tell who Payton was? Look really close. That's right, none other than a member of LiGHtinG McQuEEn's pit crew. Payton loved his bucket, he wouldn't let it go. Sorry there is only one picture, but Payton was so excited that he was running around all over, that I didn't even think to get the camera. I was having too much fun watching him enjoy the night.
We LoVe the way HalLoWeEn is done here. Everyone sit's out on their porches and wait's for trick-or-treater's to come. At 6:00 the town fire alarm goes off and let's everyone know that it's time to start, and at 7:30 it goes off again and everyone goes inside. It allows a great family atmosphere to the holiday.

The downside of living on Woodlawn Ave., is that it is the only flat street on Munhall. Our neighbor count's the number of kids that come around and at the end of the night the count was around 200 kids. Needless to say, we ran out of candy. It was a great night and we can't wait until next year!

In the tub really?

After the water ran out of the tub, Payton didn't want to get out. I had to run into my room quickly and when I came back to the bathroom, all Payton could say was PoO PoO. That's right, Payton PoOpEd in the tub! He was embarassed until his dad came in and assured Patyon that he did it when he was a little kid as well. Payton smiled!

Massage anyone?

After I was done giving a massage, Payton JuMPed on the table thinking it was his turn. I think he just wanted to play w/ tha head rest!

Gotta love the hair!

Can we say Cindy lou hoo?

I decided to try something new w/ Xoie's hair, and this is what I came up w/.

I love it!

Mom's little helper!

We made ChoColate PoPcoRn and Payton loved it, if you can't tell!

When he knew that the popcorn was on the counter, he pulled up a chair and ate away.