Branson Vacation

At the beginning of October our Family took a little vacation to Branson, Missouri with Corey's Parents. We had a lot of fun! Here are a few a lot of pictures from our vacation. That was your warning!  Here they all are:

Payton playing on the deck of our cabin one morning

A Rare picture of Momma and Payton

Daddy & Payton

Payton had fun playing with all of the landscaping!!

Grandma & Grandpa & Payton - I love this picture

Payton trying to get the butterfly

You can see the butterfly better in this picture

Big Cedar Lodge in Branson - this is where we stayed

We had to Cheer on the Hawkeyes on Saturday as they took on Penn State

Family Photo Op - Payton isn't looking of course (it was very sunny)

Payton loved playing at the playground - you can see his little feet kicking

Corey and Ed grilled Ribs for us all one night - they were delicious!

The fall decorations were so pretty and I wanted to take Payton's pictures by all of them!

I love his stocking hat with the overalls!

This pictures is so sweet and I love his eyelashes!

Daddy & Payton - this is the face I love to see!

Taking a walk by the lake

Time for a nap after our walk

We got to visit my Grandparents - here Payton is with his Great Grandma Janice

And Great Grandpa Jerry

He liked "Riding" the Goose the Grandma had in her laundry room

We even got to visit my Great Grandma - Payton's Great Great Grandma Macel

Payton in the big chair

Smiley Guy

We watched this squirrel eat corn one day and Payton thought he was playing Peek-A-Boo with him it was so cute!

Payton really enjoyed his bubble baths in the whirlpool tub

We even got to go swimming one day in the heated pools - this is the kiddie pool - he really liked being able to walk in it himself

and really enjoyed playing with the water fountains

Here is in the big pool with Daddy trying to catch the water from the waterfall

I really like this picture - I like his little feet peeking out of the water

Doing the back float

Later we went to the stable to visit Festus the Horse and this has to be one of my favorite pictures ever! It looks like he's yelling Yee-Haw!!

More Fall Decorations

Turtles we watched one night while we were walking

Daddy showing Payton the Turtles

Payton checking out the corn - he liked holding it!

We had a great time in Branson, as we do every time we go there!! Thanks again Grandma & Grandpa!

A Laugh

After the week we had last week, I thought we could all use a laugh. Payton had been sick since September 18th. He ended up getting a pretty high fever. I called the Doctor a couple of times and they just  told me to keep giving him Tylenol and Ibuprofen and reassured that he probably just had a virus that was going around. He also had diarrhea for like a week straight! So there were a couple of days I didn't even bother putting clothes on him. However, it was kind of chilly in our house for some reason and I felt like he needed something on him, I found this robe in his closet and it is a size 9 Month. He never got to wear it before, I'm not sure why, I think I just forgot it was there. So anyways, I decided to let him wear the robe even though it was a little small and he found these shoes in his closet and brought them to me to put on him. I think the outfit combo with this music and dancing is just hilarious!! I hope you enjoy this little video as much as I did, I'm sure Payton will thank me for this someday! Also, I apologize that this pictures isn't upright, I have not yet figured out how to rotate videos. It took me awhile to even figure out how to post videos, so maybe you can just turn your computer screens until I figure it out!!

1 Year Old!

Payton's Birthday was one September 4th and we celebrated with a big party! I can't believe he's a year old, I know everyone says that, but it's true! I can hardly remember what it was like to hold him as a tiny baby in my arms, he hardly lets me hold him anymore! *Tear, Tear*

Before I go and get all sentimental and mushy let's switch gears and talk about the party! He had so much fun opening presents and had a lot of help (help was okay this year because he wasn't really in to opening the gifts but I'm sure next year will be different!)

   

All of his Cousins made it to the party, he loves playing with all of them so much! He was pretty tired and also got a cold the night before his party so he wasn't his usual smiley self but he still had fun!

Garek

Madison, Mckenna & Jenna

Hayden

Levi

I decided to go with an Owl theme because I think owls are just cute and I know that Payton will probably be picking his own theme's every year after this so I just went with what I wanted this year!

We ordered a couple of banners online and I made the table decorations. Corey and I made the cupcakes (Corey actually decorated most of them!) we even made owl shirts for the 3 of us!

Of Course one of the best parts of any 1st birthday is watching the Birthday Boy eat cake!! I think he liked it but I would say he enjoyed the punch more; We filled his sippy cup with punch and he guzzled it all down really fast! He did enjoy the cake too!

All in all it was one great day! Thank you everyone for all the well wishes!