Payton is One!!!

Payton enjoyed having some cake made with love by Gwynn and Mom! Gwynn was so excited to make Payton birthday cake. We also sang happy birthday all day long to Payton. Gwynn was so excited to celebrate her brother! She is sweet!

Opening a few presents from Mom, Dad, Gwynn, Aunt Libby & Uncle Brian and The Allonzo's.

I think Charlie and I are still processing that Payton is one! The time flew by. He is such a sweet little man. He let me rock him to sleep today. He fell asleep on my chest the way he did as a newborn. It melted my heart and made my day. It was exacly the same time I held him the day he was born a year ago. I think we have babies to make us appreciate all the little things in life..like rocking a sleeping baby.

Payton spent his birthday sleeping mostly. He took two two hour naps. He also played with Gwynn outside with his trucks. He loves being in the backyard on a blanket with all his trucks. He makes truck noises and pushes them all around. He occasionally stops for a small snack of dirt!

We decided to make Payton a sand box with matching picnic table for his birthday. I found one I really liked in Pottery Barn. Charlie is duplicating it for him. He will have a great place to play with all his trucks very soon!

We are also having Payton's birthday party this weekend for all our friends and family...we will have many more photos to share. I will also post some of our camping trip this past weekend. It was such a blast!

Mothers Day Weekend!

We had a really great mothers day weekend. On Friday we had dinner with a group of friends in Sherwood. Gwynn and Payton got to play with a bunch of kiddos. The adults chatted and had really good BBQ. Our friend Matt made some amazing stuffed burgers.

On Saturday Grandma and Aunt Sasa took Gwynn and Payton to watch Elmo live. They also packed a picnic and visited a park near Grandma's home. Then Charlie and I went to pick the kiddos and had dinner with the family. Gwynn told us all about her super cool day. This is one of her new words as well as "its a deal mom"! When I ask her to do something she says" o.k. cool" or "its a deal". I love her new catch Fraze. She and Payton really had a good time with Grandma and Aunt Sasa.

On Sunday I woke up to coffee and presents in bed. Charlie, Gwynn and Payton had a whole day planned for us. After I opened my presents and had some coffee. I went for my long run for the week and had a personal best for time.... thanks to my new running watch I got for mothers day! I did 16 miles all at 8.5 minute miles. Charlie and Gwynn made some really good french toast with berries and whip cream for our Mothers day brunch. Then Charlie and Gwynn packed a picnic and we headed for Hagg lake where we hiked and had our picnic. It was so beautiful on the lake and the hike was really fun. Gwynn and Payton where both so happy to be outside. Gwynn found a hiking stick and wore her back pack the entire time. Inside she had cookies and band aids, two of her favorite things. Payton just kicked his little legs and talked most of the hike. It was such a sweet and thoughtful mothers day! I have a pretty amazing family. I defiantly felt appreciated.

Payton is walking....Gwynn is talking with choice words!

Payton showing off his new skills!

Charlie and Payton helped some of our neighbors with some yard work.

Gwynn and Payton giving me something to do in my spare time.

Payton is officially walking! He started over a week ago but finally is really walking! He still crawls a bit but mostly around Gwynn & Cami. I think he has been knocked over one to many times by the wild duo. He is so wobbly and cute! He gets so proud of himself every time he walks across the living room and smiles and laughs. He is really showing his personality off these days. He is a boy for sure! He loves his bucket of trucks and cars and will pick one and take it with him all over the house. He also loves to dance all the time and screams really, really loud a lot! He loves to hear his own voice. He is a definite firecracker! He is always busy with something full of energy. When he is paired with Gwynn they can do some serious damage!

Gwynn has also been pretty funny these days. Last Friday I was driving home from the gym and a man walked across the street and Gwynn said "Oh Sh**&t, Mom did you see that guy!" It took quite a while for me to process what had just come out of her mouth. She has really loved saying her new favorite word, Sh**&t. I try not to make too big a deal of it because... if it gets attention any three year old will continue to say it to get a reaction. I just say in a calm, no big deal voice,

"we don't say that word". She also picked up Shut Up and loves to tell me to Shut up if she doesn't like what I am saying. When I tell he we don't talk like that she says "Oh, come on Mom I am just joking!" or " Mom, your killing me!" I never really thought we cursed much and I know we never tell each other to shut up...I guess we really need to watch what she is exposed to as well as our own mouths! Despite how bad it is that she says these words I truly want to die laughing because it is priceless to watch and hear. She is so carefree and happy and thinks their just new words to add to her vocabulary.

This weekend we had a nice dinner with our neighbors on Friday and a banquette at the Portland Children's museum for businesses who donate to the Museum on Saturday. We went to represent Walsh and had a great time. We sampled many local restaurants and did a lot of wine tasting. There were also many different silent auctions to bid on as well as games to play. Aunt Tarah came up from Corvallis to watch Gwynn and Payton. It was fun to have a little date night.

We also went to Al's garden supply this weekend and Gwynn and I picked some flowers to plant. Gwynn loves to run around and check out all the plants. She wanted one of every pretty flower especially if it was little.

The month of May is going to be very crazy for all of us. With all the big upcoming events

Payton's first birthday, Libby's baby, four weddings, parties, mothers day, guests and a camping

trip with the Alonzo family. I am excited for all the fun to come this month!