9 months

Payton is 9 months old and

SHE IS NOW...
28.25 inches long {50th percentile}
18 lbs 3 oz {50th percentile}
She is perfectly average...haha!

AND SHE...

rolls around everywhere

crawls in circles, scoots backwards, and is starting to "crawl" forward

LOVES my parents' dogs (Tootsie and Toby)

says bababa, dadada, & mamama

points to things

likes to blow raspberries

reaches for EVERYTHING

loves to watch videos of Elmo and Cookie Monster

will pull her blanket over her face and pull it down to play peekaboo

bounces when she hears music

waves "hi"

will sometimes sit and concentrate on one toy or book or show for a good 30 minutes

claps her hands when she gets excited

8 months!

Payton is 8 months old and

SHE NOW...

loves to smile and giggle
is starting to eat more solid food

uses her "pincers" to pick up cereal puffs to feed herself

LOVES her baby food
now likes to hang out on her tummy
is starting to "crawl" backwards and in circles

is very easily distracted and is getting much more difficult to breastfeed

likes to sit in the grocery cart like a big girl and gets LOTS of compliments

LA LA LOVES my keys

is starting to take just 2 naps a day

has two teeth JUST about to surface

{but OH can I tell they are there when she chomps down on my finger when I try to feel them!!!}

still loves Baby Einstein

LOVES to watch concerts on Blu-Ray even more

{Coldplay and Celine Dion are her faves...no joke}

Baby Jayne

Tannis and Thomas Manning have welcomed their new bundle of joy!

Jayne Manning

July 30, 2013

12:03 AM

7 lbs 5 oz

20 in

She is absolutely adorable and I can't wait 'till the end of the month 

when I get to see her and give her kisses!

Instagram Updates

I know these are on Instagram and Facebook, but I feel better knowing I have them on here too!

Loving this cherry outfit on baby girlfriend!

Celebrated Princess Pay's 7 month birthday by getting her ears pierced and taking her to Home Depot for the millionth time this week!

Someone didn't get the memo that it was nap time.

Sweaty, nakey, happy baby!

Look who mastered using a straw! Maybe now she'll leave mine and daddy's drinks alone.

I can't help it. This outfit on this girl is one of the cutest things I have ever seen!

Just chillin' by the pool.

Lunch with cousins!  Love those lemons.

And this is how I'm able to get ready in the morning.

Dressed in her Sunday best.  I love dressing her up.  She's my little doll!

Ears Pierced

On Pay's 7 month birthday she got her ears pierced!  

IT IS SO CUTE!!!!

She did awesome!  She cried for about a minute and then was happy as could be.

7 months

Payton is really beginning to develop her own unique personality.  She is such a fun, happy, and chubby baby!

SHE NOW...

sticks her tongue out A LOT

will grab a toy in each hand and hit them together to make noise

still doesn't enjoy being on her tummy

but is beginning to push up onto her knees

grabs my hands when I'm clapping and thinks it's the funnest thing in the world

has a real hardy laugh

LOVES it when people give her attention and will get excited and smile back at them

rolls both ways {back to tummy...tummy to back}

is quite the cuddler

It is rapidly getting more difficult to take this little ball of fire's picture!  She doesn't want to hold still or look at me/the camera.  Plus, this day that I took these picture, she wasn't in the best mood.  I was able to capture a few smiles, but not as many as usual.

Independence Day 2013

This 4th of July we had Nick's parents, Cory, Amber, Brooke, and Tatum over for a BBQ!  Shay got called out to work so he couldn't make it.  We had yummy ribs, potato salad, chips and homemade green salsa, veggies and dip, jalapeno poppers, strawberry cheesecake ice cream, and peanut butter ice cream.  The weather wasn't bad so we spent the majority of the afternoon outside hanging out in the grass.  I even got the kiddie pool out for Payton, Brooke, and Tatum.  And, of course, I took some pictures.