Today Payton Ann is 21 Months!!! Where does the time go? You are doing SO much more each day.
Payton, you are very particular about your shirts. You have to wear long sleeves, and your sleeves have to be pulled down. If they aren’t, you are not a happy camper!! I am not sure what you will do when she starts wearing shorts sleeves come spring and summer!! You also hate when your shirts ride up (don’t we all, HA) but you will start saying “SHIR, SHIR” so I know that her shirt must be our of place!
Payton, you let me know when you “poo-poo”. If you haven’t already pooped then you are getting ready too and you let me know. (I know maybe I should start the training.. we will soon enough, I am in no rush). (One day she told me “Mommy, tee-tee potty” and I asked “Do you want to go sit on the potty?” She replied with “No, yeah” (Which means YES) So I took her to sit on the potty, she didn’t do anything. But I will not tell her no when she asks!!
You love to eat your snacks in bowls from your kitchen. You have started saying “Bowl” now. Before, all you would say is “In there, in there” and we knew you wanted it in a bowl. I still offer you snacks from bowls from our cabinets, but you usually will transfer them into a bowl from your kitchen set.
Each night I rock you before bedtime. (The only time I don’t is when you are throwing a fit and won’t sit still, then I just go and put you in your bed, we will cover that story in a minute). Anyways, I tell you “I love you” and you reply back to me “i wove you” OH I can’t say it enough…… MELTS MY HEART!!!!!!!!!! So stinking sweet!!!!!!!!!
You will open her arms as wide as you can and say “HUG” and you smile when you do it!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
When you wakes up in the morning, you are not always in the best mood. Some days are better than others. But, you always wants to change your clothes. You pull on your sleeper and says “Off” and then says “Shir” You want a shirt and pants on. You are also going through the stage where you will pick out the shirt and pants you want to wear, and they do not always match. MOST of the time I can pursued you to change your mind.. but not always. So I let you wear it! (That is why most of her outfits are repeated in pictures on the blog posts)
When you say “Daddy” you aren’t saying “DADDY” anymore.. it’s more like “Dayee, Dayee” You will yell it from one room of the house to another. It is so funny. I guess I yell across the house for him, so maybe that’s why you do it too! :) You also say “Dayee wor'” for Daddy is at work.
It is always a challenge for me to brush your teeth. But the past week we have been doing this each day. I gave up for awhile because it was such a battle. But, your teeth were really starting to bother me.. so I hold you down and sometimes have to pry your mouth open! But, it gets done!! For your own good!! :)
When you want us to hold you.. you now say “Hold me” just last month you were saying “Hold you.”
When you are watching Word World, you can tell us who all the animals are. We usually don’t even ask you, you just
say yell it!
You love
Minnie Mouse "Miiii mouuu” but we don’t watch Mickey’s Clubhouse that often. You always want to watch Word World or Barney.
Three of your favorite things to eat this past month has been cheese, red grapes, and raisins. Never leave the house without these things!
You still enjoy chicken nuggets and pizza. Very particular about what you try… You usually want to try what we are eating, but when we go to give you a bite, you inch up to taste it. Pretty funny.
When we tell you something you usually say “Otay” for “Okay”
Or you will say “Otay Mommy” SO SWEET
You say “No, yah” for “yes” Maybe soon you will leave the NO out of it!!
You are making lots of sentences. Well 3 or 4 words. I consider that sentences. And most of the time they do make sense.
Loves talking about Darter and Tay (Parker and Grace).
You love to color. You were doing pretty good with not coloring on things that you weren’t supposed too… but you have started becoming more brave and wanting to color on things…. So I have to watch you very closely!!
Payton is very shy. When you are around people you don’t know very well or know at all you will usually put you head down on Mommy or Daddy. Takes you a little bit to warm up.
Loves to play “Mommy” she feeds her baby, lays her in the baby crib (for a doll), and tells us to “shhh”. Priceless.
Becoming more of a battle to get her in bed. It is always hard because right before it’s time to go to bed it seems like she always gets in a good and playful mood! So some nights, her bedtime seems to get later and later. She doesn’t want to be still anymore so that I can rock her. So most nights, I have to just lay her down.. and she cries for a bit.
Loves to sit at your little table that we got you for Christmas. I let you eat there if you want too.
Wears size 24 month/2T clothes.
Wears size 4 diapers (Pampers)
Size 7 shoe (But just purchased a new pair of Nike’s today size 8)
I am starting to get sad that she is growing up so fast. I know that is part of it, but seems like only yesterday we brought her home from the hospital!!
We love you Payton Ann, you are the best thing that has ever happened to Mommy and Daddy!!