Peyton's Cookies and Milk 1st Birthday

Peyton's first birthday party was this Saturday. The theme was a Cookies and Milk party. I decided on the theme for Peyton's party a couple months ago, so it was really ironic when we found out that he has a milk intolerance the week before. It was too late to change the theme of the party, so we just went with it!  Peyton enjoyed his almond milk just as much!

I had so much fun decorating for this party. Unfortunately, it rained all day so we had the party inside. But, it made my day when Peyton woke up and stared at all of the decorations in amazement.  He kept pointing at everything really excitedly and saying "da da" "ba ba." He went around to each decoration and pointed to it and commented on it.  It was precious and I wish I had it on video! 

Peyton's Cookie Shoppe

I had a lot of help setting up for the party. Sharon and Michael helped me set up the night before and my mom helped with the sign. 

Vanilla, chocolate and strawberry milk

Birthday boy's high chair

How cute is he!?!?

Door decoration

Cookie decorating station

Hugs for daddy

This little boy LOVES balloons. Pretty sure he played with balloons his entire party

Peyton loved hanging out with Margaret and Gigi at his party

Giggles with cookie monster

Ready for cake!

Best family picture we could get

I thought Peyton would dig into his cake but just like Patrick, he barely ate any of it.  He did smear his hands a little bit in it though

This is the same outfit big brother Patrick wore for his first birthday. It was really sweet they could wear the same outfit.

Playing trains with Harper

Peyton hugged on Charlie the entire time at his party. These two are best buds at Margaret's house!

Unfortunately Patrick had a really hard time with Peyton being the center of attention.  So this is what I did for most of the party.

Sweet little Peyton cuddling after the party

A few pictures with my little buddy after the party. If you are wondering why he is wearing a different outfit, its because his outfit arrived at the end of the party (typical!).

I didn't get a picture with my boys during the party, so I tried to get one afterwards and this is what occured.

Not much better, but at least neither of them are crying :)

They both LOVE Oreos.  I hate oreos, so I was a little surprised!

Little hands in the cookie jar

Any more oreos in there?

Well at least he had fun with the oreos since he wouldn't eat his cake!

Such a fun day celebrating my sweet little Peyton!  Happy Birthday Peyton!

Party Details:
Cookie Jar
Brown Striped Paper Straws 
Blue and White Striped Straws
Polka Dot Balloons
Wood Framed Chalk Board- Painted blue
Blue Fluffy Tissue Balls
Cookie Monster Printables
Big Brother Chevron Custom Shirt
Favor bags- Party city

Peyton- 12 Months

How is my sweet little Peyton already 12 months old!?!? Time has just flown by!

Peyton is such a cuddly little guy! He really loves to give hugs and opens his mouth really big for open mouth kisses! He is really on the move and does not sit still for a minute! He is extremely curious and is always getting himself in trouble by getting into all kinds of things!

Peyton loves to play with the strangest things. At the top of his list is playing with shoes, dog bowls, phones, remote controllers and trying to get into the cleaning supplies!

We saw and ENT and an allergist this month. He continued to get ear infections and the medication did not do a single thing to make it better. I had a feeling something else was going on because he was getting ear infections without even being sick (i.e no runny nose, no cough, etc) After we met with the ENT we decided we needed to meet with an allergist to make sure that allergies were not causing anything. The appointment was really hard to watch. They pricked him in the back and then made him sit still for 30 minutes. Trying to keep a crying toddler still for 30 minutes is almost impossible!  When the doctor saw Peyton he immediately scratched his leg and it whelped up like crazy. He also touched behind his ears (which I feel like I was constantly trying to clean!) and could immediately tell that he was prone to allergies before even doing any tests.  The allergy test came back that he has a small sensitivity to dairy and a sensitivity to dog hair and dust mites.  The doctor thought he would outgrow the dairy allergy and said to give it a few more months. He said it was very possible that his eardrums were swelling because of the allergies, which was not allowing the fluid to drain properly from his ears. Unfortunately he thinks Peyton will probably have to get tubes because of his allergies. We go back to the ENT in a month, so I guess we will find out then!

Peyton has become a pickier eater and won't just eat anything anymore. He will eat most meats and some vegetables. He has decided he isn't going to eat any fruit at all anymore. We started him on almond milk last week and he loves it. He is not happy that I have decided to start and wean him. He would nurse for much longer if I would let him (and I would if Michael and I weren't going on a vacation soon :) )  I have to say that I am really proud we made it nursing (with no formula) for a year. I could barely keep up with him while working and we had no back-up supply so we were day to day which made me a little nervous. I would frequently end up pumping at 11pm at night or later to get enough to feed him the next day. It was tough, but I am glad we made it especially because of all of his allergies!

Giving his daddy hugs…just precious!

He is still waking up once a night, but eats and goes right back to bed (normally).  He goes to sleep around 8pm and then wakes up at 6:30am.  I have been bad about letting him sleep with me after he wakes up in the middle of the night.  I only have so long while they are so little and want to cuddle in the middle of the night anyway :)

He has 8 teeth and hasn't gotten any new teeth for a few months. I have a feeling they are coming soon and I am not looking forward to it!  He is constantly chewing on his hands all the time!

His hair has grown so long and it really needs to be cut, but I just can't do it! Maybe we can hold off a little while longer!

This sweet little boy is growing like crazy and I swear each day I pick him up from daycare that he has gotten taller and bigger! I really had trouble finding shoes that would fit this sweet little guy! Unfortunately, they don't make soft-soled shoes in a size big enough for him that are also extra wide. Luckily, I found some hard-soled shoes that aren't very heavy.  Although I think he is about to outgrow them after only a week of wearing them!

He has the best giggle!  It is so deep and adorable! He is trying really hard to talk, but can still only say a few things. He mostly says dada (dad and dog- which sound the same), mama, pa pa (pat pat), and boo (balloon).

Peyton, I love you so much and I have really enjoyed watching you learn and grow. You are such a blessing to this family!

Happy Birthday Peyton!!

My sweet little Peyton turned 1!  To celebrate, we took him to his own special breakfast.  He doesn't get to have all the attention focused on him much, so it was nice for him to get some undivided attention.  We tried to go to Pancake Pantry, but since it was a Friday the line was crazy and we had to change locations.  It worked out well though, since this is also where we took Patrick on his first birthday.

The line was long, so we walked around and played while we waited

Peyton got a little hungry and decided he needed a snack before breakfast

We got him pancakes and he DEVOURED them!  He decided he couldn't wait for us to cut up the pancakes and decided to munch on the whole thing!

Mom, these are so good!

The rest of the day he helped us run errands for his party.  He was a trooper! We also had a few giggles while setting up for the party :)

Cannot believe this precious little boy is one! 

Patrick Pictures

A few pictures we have received from Patrick's school over the past month.  Patrick is really exceling in school and I could not be more proud of him!

If you give a mouse a cookie day

Jumping with friends

Cat in the hat day at school

There are only two girls in Patrick's class (and 11 boys!) so he mostly plays with boys all day.  But this sweet little girl loves Patrick and tried to give Patrick a kiss last week as we were leaving. He was not into it! It was quite funny!

 

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day was a school day this year, but the boys still dressed in their green and had a great time. Michael made the boys green muffins in the morning and green milkshakes that night. Patrick thought it was really fun! I have been terrible about getting my camera out recently, so I dusted it off and took a few St. Patrick's Day pictures of the boys. 

 

 

Love these two!

 

Peyton alternates between being terrified of Patrick or laughing hysterically at him.  Fortunately this time Peyton is laughing at his brothers antics

 

My big boy and his lucky necklace he made at school

Hope everyone had a great St. Patrick's Day!