Busy, Busy!

We have been pretty busy. Charlie has started traveling and I am getting increasingly busier with Posh Bride with four weddings this coming month. The past week and weekends have been very full. This last week we had our first week with Charlies new travel schedule and it went well. The new little one and a toddler add to our busy life.

Gwynn and Payton are growing and changing everyday. Gwynn's vocabulary increases every day and she is such a sweet big sister. Gwynn also received a cute bob on Friday night. Last week she had a fun packed week with many park visits, a sleep over with aunt libby, a trip to OSU to watch aunt Kirstin cheer lead, the movies (space chimps, Gwynn loves her monkeys), Charlie's company picnic for the kiddos as well as a wonderful new play house that Grandma Sherry and Grandpa Jim made. Gwynn spent most of Sunday in her new play house and it was hard to get her to come in for dinner and a bath.

Payton is growing so fast and changing everyday. He is gaining weight and starting to have longer awake periods in the day and sleeping longer periods in the night. He is charming Charlie and I on a daily basis with adorable smiles and cooes. He has been much more mellow lately... much like Gwynn was as a baby.

We are all doing very well and loving life and all it has to offer.

It's a Boy!!!

I am so excited to announce Tarah is having a boy!!! I am so happy. The picture above is Tarah's baby bump at almost five months. Tarah had a feeling it was a boy and really wanted a little boy. We are so excited Payton will have a cousin his age. Payton and Dallas will be six months apart. I am also so happy to start all the fun of planning the baby shower now that we know the sex!!!

Bug whisperer!

Gwynn has been keeping us very well entertained this past week. On Friday when I put Gwynn down for her nap it was very quite and then all the sudden she started yelling and screaming from her room...GET OUT, NO, NO, STOP, OUT WITH YOU!!! I ran in thinking someone had climbed into her bedroom window and was hurting her to find her yelling. It took me a moment to realize what or who rather she was yelling at. Gwynn was yelling at the fly in her room. A couple weeks ago we watched Charlottes web and ever since she has been very into talking with all the insects that fly into our home...well mostly she just yells at them.

Gwynn also has been extremly in love with her brother. She copies every single thing I do to care for him. She gets him diapers and wipes she also tries to change his diaper by herself if I turn around. She loves to help me with his bath and getting him dressed. She also informs me when ever he starts to cry by shouting... "oh no Payton sad or Payton is hungry". She trys to undress me to help feed him faster then proceeds to climb all over me while I am feeding him to make sure I am doing a good job and then burps him with me. If I ever put him down Gwynn runs into his room gets a great big armful of toys and brings them to Payton and shakes them in his face. I am so amazed at how incredibly much this little one loves her new brother. It really makes my day.

I am also proud to announce Payton is doing much better since I haven't been eating dairy. He is turning into a mellow baby much like Gwynn with one exception....He definanltly prefers Mom over anyone else. He has been waking up once sometimes twice a night. We are all figuring him out and loving it. He also has started smiling on a daily basis... love it!

4th Fun!

We had a blast this past weekend. We traveled to Seattle for the 4Th to spend time with Joe, Jessica and Selina as well as my uncle's wedding. We had a great time spending time with the Alonzo family. Gwynn and Selina played so well together and really enjoyed each others company. Joe and Jessica were amazing hosts. Joe and Jessica made wonderful meals and provided great company. On Thursday we got in and had pizza from Jessica's favorite pizza place. Then on Friday Charlie and Joe went out to do some wheeling. Jessica, Tarah, myself and the little ones had a relaxing morning and went for a nice long walk. We then went shopping at the super mall. In the evening Joe and Jessica made a wonderful BBQ spread and we all watched fire works on there back lawn. Gwynn and Selina ran around together with no shirts on until it got to cold and they had to put pj's on. The following day we went for a walk and Starbucks on the waterfront and then we went to my uncle's wedding in the evening. The wedding was simple and classy with a little of Seattle's flair. There was a live band and my uncle's friends were all amazing dancers so we had good entertainment. It was great to see all my family. Then Sunday we traveled. We made a stop at Libby and Brians new place in Long view and were really impressed with all the work they have done on there diamond in the rough. The house is looking very good and were excited to see it change.

My sister Tarah spent the entire weekend with us and we enjoyed her company. I felt like I had a live in nanny and she was getting some good practice before the arrival of her little one. I do have to say she is one of the cutest little preggers I have seen.