Peyton's Birthday

Peyton celebrated his second birthday on February 8. Here are few pictures from that day:

2 years old

Well, my baby is 2 years old already! How fast its gone. I started blogging just a few weeks after he was born and I can't believe I have been doing that for 2 years either. Peyton was lucky enough to be born during the family birthday time. Grandpa Mowat's birthday is Jan 29, Aunt Lara's Jan 31 and Great Grandma Mowat that day too, and Grandma Mowat's birthday is Feb 2nd and Peyton's is Feb 8th . We decided to have a combined party for Peyton and Grandpa Mowat who turned 60 this year and what better theme than Shrek! Both Grandpa and Peyton's favorite! It was cute. We had it at Grandma Jan's house and had a really nice turnout (even though we missed a few important people who were sick and couldn't make it). Peyton actually wasn't feeling the greatest that day either. Well, here are a few pictures from that day:




Peyton and Papa:








Opening Gifts:

The boys with their cousin Sara

Aunt Bonnie & Uncle Neil

Birthday boys

60 years young

Shrek Cake

Peyton and Aunt Lara

Peyton's talk

Sorry this is sideways but here is an example of Peyton talking in sentences.

Behind as usual

Well, for anyone who has been checking for a new entry you have been seeing that it was December already well now its February! Where do the months go? I guess I will try to catch you up on our lives the past few months. December was a busy month. We had a Richardson Christmas party again where our van got ran into. We came back home for Christmas and got to spend time with Net and Dave for a few days and Brian's mom and my parents and Lara. Every year gets more fun with the boys. Jensen set out cookies for Santa which was cute. Here are a few pictures:

Mom & Dad

Dave and Lynnette

Lynnette & Lara

Sisters

Jensen & Mommy

Jensen & Aunt Lara

Aunt Nut ( as Peyton calls her) and the boys

Grandma Jan and the boys

January was a really snowy month around our new lake area. They said that during the month of January there were only one or two days with no precipitation. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures, we didn't get out much, both boys had bad colds. Jensen had his first field trip to the Fire Dept and has been talking about fires ever since. Peyton is talking in sentences now which is exciting. The first sentence he said was "I like (yik) Dogs". Now he is saying that he likes all kinds of things, its cute. I got it on video but for some reason it is sideways and I don't know how to change it but I will post it on here too so you can see.

November's gone and it's December already

Wow, I can't believe it is December already. November flew by. I don't even know what we did in November to tell you the truth. I guess we have just all been adjusting to our new home and new schedules. Jensen is loving his new preschool. He even had a girlfriend already ( much to Moms disappointment). Peyton is getting bigger and talking more and more. The boys are enjoying having each other to play with, at least most of the time. I have been trying to get involved in local groups around here to make some friends. I have joined our local MOPS group which has been really great. There have been some great speakers that have really shown me that even though sometimes as a stay at home mom you don't always feel like you are contributing much to society but rather the job I do everyday as a mom is so important in the lives of my kids and how they will turn out in the future. Anyways, we are getting ready for the holidays around here. We have our apartment decorated and most of my shopping is done already. The boys are enjoying watching Christmas movies, hearing Christmas music and seeing lights. Peyton loves Santa and calls him Isa for some reason but he just lights up whenever he sees him. We took the boys to see Santa at the mall the other day and he could not wait to get up on his lap. They both went up together and Peyton was just as happy as could be just sitting there while brother told Santa everything he wanted for Christmas. Here are a few pics from that day!

Trick or Treat

We took the boys out trick or treating around our apt complex. Jensen was Elmo and Peyton was Tigger. I wanted to give Peyton some whiskers so Jensen had to have something on his face too so we wrote Elmo on his cheeks. They both had a great time. This was Peyton's first time going to the door himself, last year he was too little. He did a great job and was telling everyone "Tank you" and "Buh bye". He could have gone all night long but Jensen got tired after just a half an hour. Here are some pictures:

Jensen -Elmo & Peyton - Tigger

Jensen and his pumpkin

It was windy and a little rainy so we had to bring umbrellas with us. We took them around in a wagon which worked out great.

Peyton couldn't wait to check out all of his candy. He was digging through his bucket after every stop to see what all he had so he was so excited to dump it out all over the floor.

Apt Tour