It literally happened over night. One day it was pouring, then the next day (Monday) it was sunny and warm and... there are blooms on the bushes and trees! Just overnight! We've all been enjoying this sunny weather so much. I'm not delusional, so I don't expect it to stay this way, but man we've sure loved it. I even caught Tinky outside lounging in one of our chairs, sunbathing for a half hour.
In other news, Peyton has become quite the Prima Donna. The girl has an opinion about EVERYthing. She now insists on picking out her own clothes (usually a dress- and she begs for her fur coat and snowsuit), her type of sock (leg warmers, ruffley socks and bright pink socks are the favorites), and which pair of shoes to wear (usually her pink sparkly Chucks or her pink jelly shoes). She picks out exactly which bow she wants, whether she wants a hat or headband, and which bracelet (or bracelets) she wants to wear. She chooses which food she wants, and loves fishies but only in the package- she will not accept a handful of fish under any circumstance. She picks which book to read and what toys to play with. She chooses songs on my IPod (She tells me "no please" when she doesn't like the song or "more please" when she wants to hear the song again). The girl knows what she wants! It's a little unnerving at times, but at least she didn't inherit my indecisive gene.
Also, Peyton reached a big milestone- she's finally in a convertible car seat and not just a baby carrier. The poor girl is still 15 pounds away from the baby seat's weight limit, but she was getting so tall that she looked like she could use a little more leg room. The new car seat can go front facing or rear facing, and even though she weighs (barely) enough to go front facing, after a great deal of research, we've made the decision to keep her rear facing until she is too big to do it safely (our car seat caps out at 45 pounds), as it is by far the safest way for her to ride. I'm just hoping that she doesn't get too sick of facing the back seat. I am counting on the fact that she has nothing else to compare it to, so maybe she'll just think that's the normal way to ride. I can see the whining in my mind's eye... I hope we'll never be in a bad accident, but if we were, and something happened to her because she was forward-facing just so I didn't have to listen to her whine, I would never ever forgive myself. I know not everyone feels the same way I do- everyone has their own opinion, and everyone does what's right for their own family. Hopefully I'm not known as the mean mommy for it!
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Sunbathing
Big girl chair
I don't know if this picture is gross or cute. She loves Tinky so much!
Priceless picture.
5 comments:
It's so cute how good of friends Peyton and Tink are! Cracks me up! Also...I've totally been dealing with the same dilemma about the car seat. We've had Sawyer in a convertible since about 6-7 months-ish. It was actually because we thought he hated his baby carrier--turns out he just hates the car! :) Oh well...But anyways, so he's just barely over 20 lbs now and I was so excited to turn him around at 1 yr, hoping that would stop the crying that goes along with each and every car ride. But then my pediatrician told me 30 lbs was the new recommendation. Ugh. So we'll see what happens. But I think I'm going to suck it up and just leave it rear facing for now.
K so that turned out to be really long. But I'm glad you guys have had some nicer weather up there! Good luck with all of Peyton's decision making! :) Haha...
Hey, there is nothing wrong with a girl who knows what she wants! Sounds just like her mama!! I want to see more pageant photos, that pink dress was amazing. Where do you even find clothes like that for babies?
We still have Eva rear facing in her car seat. We read that it's better to keep them rear facing as long as you can. I love the pictures! I wish we could meet Peyton, she sounds like so much fun and I know Eva would love to play with her! I'm glad you guys are doing well!
hahaha that's so funny that she has become so opinionated. i'm sure i can be expecting that form kirra any time soon! we got the same carseat and we love it! i think kirra loves it too. she was just a tad bit uncomfortable in the old one. i'm glad you guys are doing well! :)
p.s. r we scratching the trip? i haven't heard? we're still cool but it sound like no one else can make it?
I can't believe how big your baby is getting! She is a doll. We live in Vancouver but are in Portland quite a bit. We should definitely get together. You guys will have to show us all the good places to go in Portland. Right now I am in Utah and it seems you travel quite a bit so we'll have to figure out a time and meet up!
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