I'M A BIG GIRL NOW

Am I suppose to be inside or outside of this walker?? HMMMMM....

Well I think my baby is a genius. She has only had these finger foods 3 or 4 times and she does it by herself. Of course at first she would rather have had me feed her but I made her do it by herself and I think she was pretty proud of herself. As for the sippy cup who knew?? She did not really understand it, I had to put her hands on it yesterday and show her. She really didn't care and wanted me to hold it for her. Well today I walked in and she was holding it like this and drinking, just a fluke?? I don't know, but I like to think she is brilliant. I guess we'll see if she continues to do it right?!?!?!!

I thought this would be nice to add this for all of the friends and family out of state. Payten is growing so fast!! She has been crawling for about a month or more and for a few months been scooting and army crawling, but she has really got it down and getting faster and faster. She loves her new found freedom. I find her all over the house now. I leave the room for a couple of seconds and I have to go room to room to find her. When I do she looks at me and smile and laughs. She loves it and I do too!! I know parents usually don't like it when their children start getting mobile, but I LOVE IT! I love watching her advance and grow every day. I can see it in her eyes that she knows and understands everything she does. It is wonderful. I just have to keep on my toes, but I don't mind. I love her more and more everyday!! I am the luckiest mother in the world!! I LOVE calling myself a MOTHER, MOMMY, MOM, etc... HOW WONDERFUL is my life?!?!?!!! (I forgot to point out that she loves to pant. She only does a little in this video, but in real life she does it whenever she is excited, happy, sad, etc. It is really cute)

BEACH BABE

Yesterday (April 11th) we went to Ventura Beach with my mom, Mike and Abby. It was Payten's first time at the beach. She was soooo cute in her bikini, the perfect body of course!! She did not like the cold water for the first little while. Then after 30-45 minutes she did not mind it any more. It was a nice warm day, I thought it would be cold or I would have put my swimsuit on too, oh well it probably would have scared people. Linus and Abby buried her feet in the sand and she loved that. She tried tanning with me for a while but that was short lived!! Not exciting enough for her. All in all she had a blast especially with Linus, she loves being with her daddy. And Linus IS the best daddy ever!! We plan on coming back to the beach again next time we come.

COOL SHADES

We were invited to go to the park to meet Lynsey and some of her friends (mine too from Lynsey) for her birthday. Payten loves to wear her hat and does not take it off. I had tried the sun glasses before (Aunt "B" gave them to her for Easter) but it was in the house and she took them right off. HOWEVER in the sun she seems to keep them on. Doesn't she look sooooo ADORABLE!! OHHH how I LOVE having my little girl. She is the love of my life and her daddy too!