Peyton's mobile!

So Peyton took over six steps on his own yesterday. Wow! It's gone too fast, at least from a mother's perspective!

He's been cruising around tables and the wall and the fridge for a few months now, but unlike before where he would take a step and just fall back on his bottom, now, he proceeds very cautiously with his hands out beside him for balance. Sooo cute. Such a precious site.

I've been a terrible blogger since Peyton has been born, so now that he's 10 months old, I figured I would write some things about him (I don't want him to think that just because I haven't written as much that I love him any less!).

Peyton is such a sweetheart. Last night for example, I woke him up at 10:00 pm to nurse him, and afterwards, he played in bed with me and Shane for about 40 minutes. He LOVES to play peek-a-boo and pull the blankets off his head to find us. He also loves to rough-house. I guess he has to be this way since his sister is tackling him all the time, but he sure loves it with us. He will climb all over me and Shane and grab our hair, our noses, our ears, whatever. He is also VERY ticklish and just has the sweetest little laugh about it. He definitely likes to play with people and to laugh A LOT. Such a joy.

Peyton is also very content to play with his toys. He likes to know we are around, but unlike Elizabeth who wants us there watching her while she plays, Peyton is content just to know we are around somewhere. He will go from toy to toy to toy and will be content to do this FOR HOURS!! It's wonderful to have a baby like this because I can get other things done when I'm with him. Don't get me wrong, he loves that F2F interaction, but he also loves to entertain himself and discover all the new things he sees, most of which happen to be pink wands, princess shoes, purses, and the like. :)

He also really likes trains and cars. Shane and Granbarry built Peyton a train table for Christmas (it's amazing!), and Peyton will play at that thing as long as he can. If I could find the thing to download my pictures, I'd post some. Hopefully soon. Finding the missing camera was the first step.

Peyton is also a really good eater, just like his sister. He is a bit underweight (only in the 10th percentile), but he still likes to eat. His head is still a normal size, so we aren't too worried. Anyway, he likes all "colors" of foods, including Mum-Mums (thanks, Robyn!), Cheerios, peas, sweet potatoes, white meat chicken, and anything else he can eat with his hands. He never really liked baby food and since he had teeth at 5 months, he was eating finger foods early on. And as Granna observed, he could pick up food with his pincher fingers from an early age. Very coordinated (unlike his sister).

Peyton is also very smart (like his sister). He is more engineer-smart, though, if you know what I mean. He can figure things out and put things together in ways that surprise and please me. We'll see what he decides to do when he grows up.

I'm still nursing Peyton, except during the day. I made it longer with him than I did Elizabeth, and I'm actually quite proud of myself. Am I allowed to boast on here?!! I just went down to two feedings a day the week Pawpaw (Shane's grandfather) died, which means that Peyton still clings to his Mommy and wants me (or my chest) whenever he sees me and is hungry. It's no hello or anything. It's just lean to the left and try to get the milk (even when I'm fully clothed). We get big laughs out of this.

Well, we love sweet Peyton and are so glad that he is apart of our family. I know that some of this may come across as boasting. Well, you know what? So be it. We are proud of our children and we like their traits and personalities. Of course there are (and will be) other posts where they don't come across as so angelic, but this is one that may. Have a good one.