Pretty in Pink

What a Doll

Peyton is hanging out with her friends. She is 5 weeks old now and I feel good about taking care of her and Tanner by myself. At least I was until Tanner got sick. When he woke up from his nap on Thursday he was so hot. His eyes were red and his skin felt like it was on fire. Like a new mom of 2 kids I called Kipp to come home early from work. And like a good dad, he did. I took Tan to the doctor while Kipp stayed at home with Peyton. Tanner had a temp of 102 and had pink eye. Poor guy.

Kipp spent 2 nights sleeping in Tanner's room waking up to blow his nose and give him drinks. Saturday Tanner broke out in a rash so this time Kipp took him to the doctor. They told us that the rash was a good sign and it meant the infection was leaving his body.

By Saturday night we were all feeling bad.Tonight Kipp is sleeping downstairs so he doesn't get me or Peyton sick. Tanner's fever has gone down but now Kipp has a high temp. As for me and baby girl we are just stuffed up. We are drinking lots of fluids and watching a lot of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. If I were you I would stay away from our house.

Our Princess Peyton and Prince Tanner

Today we went to our friend Emma's Birthday Party inside of Disneyland. Emma is Derek and Jackie's niece. Jackie and her family helped me with both kids. While we were having lunch several Princesses came by our table to say hello. It was all so sweet! Tanner LOVED seeing them. After one would leave he would say, "more princess." He gave them big hugs, kiss them on the hand and then blow them a kiss as they would leave.


One of the Princesses called Peyton Sleeping Beauty because she slept through the whole thing. It was funny that Sleeping Beauty was the one princess that Tanner didn't really like. I have no idea why.
This was Peyton's first Birthday Party so she wore her cupcake outfit.
This picture brought tears to my eyes. I just thought it was so precious!


Tale as old as time...

Snow White and two of her little dwarfs.

We ended the great meal with a plate full of different deserts. Tanner had such a good time. He was so tired after our day that he went to bed at 6:30. It was a day that we will remember for a long time. Happy Birthday Emma Rose!

Peyton's First Bath

Peyton is getting clean in her bathroom while Tanner helps wash her. She liked when we washed her back.
She is sleeping well! I am so lucky! Tanner is doing better every day and now he doesn't cry when he goes to the babysitter. We have been to church 2 times and he has cried both times. We are adjusting well to being a family of 4.

We have a 2 year old and a 2 week old!

Hi friends-Just a little update on the new life that we are living. Peyton is doing great! She is 2 weeks old now. She gained her birth weight back in 1 week. Tanner is adjusting to sharing his time with Kipp and I. Yesterday we went to church and Tanner cried so much that Kipp had to stay with him in his class. He has also started to cry when Kipp drops him off at his babysitter's house. He never used to do that. Poor guy. He just wants to be with us all of the time. He wants to make sure he is not being replaced. Like that could ever happen.

We had Tanner's birthday party a few weeks ago but Saturday was his real birthday. 3-7-07. We went to the Legoland aquarium called Sealife. We had such a great time. Grandma Lyons came with us and we were all so impressed. I thought it was perfect for Tanner's age. Everything was at eye level for Tan so we didn't have to lift him up. We were there for about 2 hours which was the perfect amount of time for me.

Peyton went to visit both of her grandparent's houses this weekend. She is doing so good and we are so in love with her. Last night we all went to watch Kipp play in his church basketball game. Tanner thinks that Kipp is playing basketball every time he is not with us. The funny thing is that he tells people, "Daddy Basketball." Then people ask me if my husband is a porfessional basketball player. Don't I wish.

My friend Christie posted more pictures if you would like to take a look.

Christie's Pictures

Please look at my friend Christie's Blog. It's called Christie's Pictures. There are som of the best pictures I have ever seen. Yes-they are of my kids! You will not believe how cute they are! Do it now!

Brotherly Love

Our friend Christie came over today and took pictures of our family. Kipp snapped a few pictures when the kids were posed. I love the way that Tanner is holding his sister. He really does love her.
He gets sad when she cries. He will bring us diapers or bring her a blanket. The only thing that he won't do is throw away dirty diapers. He is such a good brother.

More of Peyton

My beautiful friend Christie Hobson came to visit Peyton in the hospital. She is coming over tomorrow to take family pictures. She is so talented and takes amazing pictures. I am so excited for her to come over. I will post the pictures as soon as we see them.
Her blog is under Matt & Christie, click on the picture of her holding a camera to see the amazing pictures that she takes.
Here is our girl on her first night at home. She is sleeping pretty great. She wakes up 2 times a night to eat. Sometimes she goes right back to sleep and sometimes she likes to stay awake for a while. When she stays awake Kipp takes her downstairs for a little daddy time.
Stephanie and Madeline came over for a visit yesterday. Steph brought us a great meal and brownies. It was such a nice treat!
I'm sorry-How cute! I think these two will be friends for a long time. Stephanie couldn't believe how big Madeline Grace looked next to Peyton Elizabeth. The girls are in P's room on her chair.

My Girl LOVES Her Friends

I am so in love with this girl! Her shirt says I LOVE my auntie! Peyton is such a dream! I love holding her, looking at her, feeding her and listening to her.
We were so blessed to have so many visitors at the hospital. Ashley, Jaime and the 3 girls were visiting for the weekend and came by the hospital to meet our new little girl.
Ashley prayed for baby Pey before they left. My prayer for Peyton is that she has amazing friends like we do.
Jennifer, Brian, and Emily brought us a pizza dinner on night in the hospital. It was nice to get a break from hospital food.
Just the girl: Tammy and Jackie were excited to meet Peyton. Jackie babysat me one night while Derek and Kipp had a basketball game. We watched HSM3 and loved it!
Dusty and Andi are 2 months away from having a baby of their own!
Jafta and India are loving their baby cousin!
My best friend Beth and her mom Cindy came for a visit. Tanner calls Cindy his Mimi. Beth couldn't visit Tanner in the hospital because her son Landon was 5 days old.
Tanner came to visit his sister every day.
Kristi was our first non family member visitor.
Derek and Jackie came to see us 2 times.
This hat is from her Grandma Lyons. I think she looks so cute in it.
Tanner loves his sister.
Here we are going home form the hospital! It feels good to be home!! Our first night was pretty good. We are all just getting used to being a family of 4. Tanner waves at Peyton all of the time. He brings her things that he thinks she might want. He is such a good brother.
Thank you friends for all of your prayers. Keep them coming!

HERE SHE IS!!!!

Peyton Elizabeth is here!!!! She was born on Friday, February 20th at 7:38am, and weighed 8lbs,1oz and was 19 inches long. She is doing great, eating and sleeping throughout the day and night. Sarah is also doing great. She started walking around today, and we even took Peyton on a walk today around the wing of the hospital. Thank you all for your prayers, gifts, visits and love.

I scrubbed in for the procedure. I told the Doctors if they needed any help I would jump in. Little did I know that I would almost pass out in the delivery room 1 hour later.

Sarah got to hold Peyton for about a minute right after she was born. Tears of joy.



A very tired momma.

Big Brother.

Family of four.

More pics to follow.

Tomorrow

A new mommy and baby Tanner 3-7-07.


"Before you wer conceived I wanted you. Before you were born I loved you. Before you were here an hour I would die for you. This is the miracle of life. " -Maureen Hawkins

Tomorrow morning I go in for my c-section. I can't wait to meet my little girl!

Love

This is a picture is at our rehearsal dinner before our wedding almost 7 years ago. Kipp and I were laughing at how young and skinny we were! One thing that hasn't changed is that Kipp still makes me smile.

Happy Valentine's Day

This morning Kipp let me sleep in while he and Tanner made me a heart shaped cake. Tanner had made his hat earlier this week at his mommy and me preschool class. His shirt says "Official Heart Breaker".
Every Valentine's Day my parents host a breakfast. My mom makes heart shaped waffles and we give Valentines to everyone there.

Will You Be My Valentine?
One of our last pictures of our family of 3. Mommy is looking B-I-G!
Tanner is checking out his new book.
What a cutie!!
So This Friday is our C-Section date. We are in the final count down to see Peyton Elizabeth!