Peyton at 1 Year

Peyton is such a sweet little girl! She has really blossomed in the past week. She has become so playful, fun, and a tease! She'll pretend to give me her paci, and right when I reach for it, she pulls it back and laughs! She also loves playing with her daddy. He'll lay on the floor and pretend to be asleep, and she will go up to him and attack him! She'll fall on his back, stick her finger in his ear, touch his nose, and pull his hair! It's so funny and they both love it! The other night, I was getting her bath ready, and Peyton was with me in the bathroom. Then, Matt peeks his head in, Peyton giggles, goes after him, then comes back to me in the bathroom. This is repeated a couple times until Matt goes to sit down. Well, I guess Peyton wasn't ready to stop playing because when she came back into the bathroom, she kept looking at the doorway, waiting for Matt to peek his head around. When he didn't, she walked out and looked all around until she found him. I don't know why, but I thought is was so cute and sweet how she was just walking around trying to find him. It was one of those moments that I think I will remember for a long time.

Peyton's favorite things (other than Mommy and Daddy, of course) are books, cups, and string. Weird, I know, but she has really loved cups from a very young age, and she loves to put string in her mouth and just suck on it while she plays! She also loves, loves books! It makes me so happy to see, and I hope her love of books continues. Peyton also loves her stuffed animals (which is good because she has a lot...thanks party to my stash that I pass on to her)! She falls all over her big stuffed puppy dog and gives him lots of hugs and just lays on him. We also started giving her stuffed animals while she sleeps. She sleeps with her sheep and turtle. She has preferred this sheep from a very young age; so, once we finally decided it was okay to put stuff in her crib, this was an easy decision. It's fun to watch her as she's falling asleep, or after she's woken up because she'll play with them :) Peyton also loves birds and dogs (real ones). She squeals and points when she sees either one. We were around some dogs a few days ago, and we let her walk up and pet them. She loved touching them and getting licked in the face :) It was pretty cute!

Peyton also loves food! We've finally made the switch to all grown up food! We're still super paranoid about her choking; so, her bites are pretty small, but at least she's moved on from baby food! She pretty much likes anything! If she really likes something, she'll say "mmm mmm" the entire time she's eating! She definitely enjoys eating (like mother, like daughter).

Peyton's stats:  30 inches (75%), 23 lbs 15 oz (90%), head size is 97%!!

Here are her bear pictures! One year old!!

(Don't worry, we got the hat off of her before she let go of that string and popped herself!)