Our BUSY 14 Month Old!

Peyton has some CRAZY hair in the morning before we get it all combed out! I love that Peyton has so much hair! We have already had to cut her bangs 3 times because they were so long!

I just cant believe my little girl is 14 months! It sure is crazy how time flies! Peyton is such a happy, outgoing, BUSY baby! She sure keeps me moving all day long! She keeps us well entertained with her big personality! She has a fairly large vocabulary for a 14 month old and she is a SPONGE! We now know we have to be very careful what we say around this little girl!

Example #1: Peyton woke up one morning about two weeks ago and had a very large, wet, saggy diaper! So I told her to come get her diaper changed but she ignored me. So I started poking her diaper and said "Peyton has a big butt"....... wrong choice of words! Later that day Ryan came home from work and Peyton starts chanting "big buh! big buh! big buh!" Ryan looks am me and says "Courtney.... Is Peyton saying what I think she is saying?" Sure enough, every day, several times a day for the last two weeks she walks around chanting "big buh! big buh! big buh!" I told Ryan I deserve mother of the year award for that one! He agrees! :)

Example #2: We spend a lot of time around my family and my little brother Kaden, who is 6 can be very temperamental and dramatic at times, as most 6 year olds are. He is in a phase now where the world and everyone in it are against him. So when ever my mom doesn't let him do something that he wants to he screams "You're a mean mom!" (Several times I have been "the meanest sister in the world" and on a lighter note, "the meanest sister in Boise) So Peyton has been around him enough to pick up on this and she now thinks this is what you scream at your mom when you don't get what you want. So now whenever I take things from Peyton or I stop her from doing something she either yells "meeeeee maaaaaaa!" (mean mom!) or she chants "mee ma, mee ma, mee ma!"

So to say the least.. we really have to be careful around our little Peyton Jo! Despite the occasional tongue lashings we get from our baby girl, she is very very sweet. She loves giving hugs and kisses and cuddling!

Peyton has so much energy, which causes her to run everywhere. It is very rare to see her walking. Peyton thinks that she can do anything and everything all by herself. She refuses to be fed by anyone but herself, she always wants to brush her hair and teeth herself and put her clothes and shoes on herself. And she has now decided that she can walk down stairs all by herself, which is completely terrifying, because she really cant quite do it yet.

Peyton loves being outside more than anything. She loves playing with balls, and with our puppy Bella. Bella does take an occasional beating from Peyton, but she handles it well. I often hear Peyton yelling "Baya NO!" (Bella NO!) and smacking Bella. She also pulls on Bella's ears and her tail all the time. Bella is such a good puppy, she just allows it.

This is Peyton getting mad at Bella..

And then telling on Bella!

Peyton loves her little basketball. She found a little tool outside and worked on it for quite some time!

Very concentrated!

Peyton showing off her work :) I love her cute little face!

Such a sweetie!

Peyton is an ENTERTAINER! She loves singing and dancing and being the center of attention. She always sings in the car. Its always very loud and very high pitched, but very cute! Whenever she hears music of any kind (including hymns at church) she feels the beat and she cant help but dance! She really gets into it! We love watching her awesome dancing skills!

This is where Peyton likes so watch sponge bob square pants and Grama and Grampa Christensen's house! So comfy!

Peyton Jo is such a special sweet little girl and we just are so happy to have her in our lives! We love our baby so much!