Mr. & Mrs.

Well Phil and I are officially married as of last Friday!! The wedding turned out beautiful. I couldn't be happier.

We left for our honeymoon Saturday morning and returned home late last night. We were so excited to get home to see Payton. This was my first time to be away from her for longer than 12 hours!!

Here are pictures from our trip. I will post wedding pictures as soon as I get them.










These are beer drinking pigs. Phil fed them beer, I didn't because I was scared. :)








This is a fish we saw while we were walking on the boardwalk in town.

Super busy!!!

We have had so much going on since Phil got home. Everyone keeps asking me to make a new post and so I figured I would try to squeeze one in before we leave for our honeymoon. Tomorrow is our big day! I am excited and stressed all at the same time. We have been going and going all day everyday for the past week.

Payton turned 4 months last Friday. She weighs 16 lbs and is in the 95 percentile in weight. She is 26 1/2 inches long and they said she is off the charts in her height. She is definitely a growing baby.

We had dinner over at Phil's dads the other night and decided to take Payton for a short swim. The water was a tad bit cold but she still enjoyed it!

He's home.. & lots going on

Phil made it home this past Tuesday. We are so glad he is home safe. But since he has been home things have been kind of crazy. Last Saturday my aunt passed away. The viewing was Tuesday and the funeral was Wednesday. So as soon as he got home we had to deal with all of that. Then yesterday we thought that our lives would go back to as normal as it possibly could considering all that has happened with my Aunt. Little did we know.. We got a call from Phil's mother early Thursday morning and Anthony's girlfriend was in labor. So we spent a lot of our day at the hospital yesterday! It was just one thing after another!!


The plan was that Tuesday morning Payton and I would go to the airport to pick up Phil. We were going to already be inside and waiting on him, but his plane arrived before we got there so we never got out of the car. Which was probably better since Payton had fallen asleep on the way there. So I don't have any pictures from the airport, so we took some when we got home.

Daddy & Payton reunited!!!!!







Remember this....



And this is now....




Here is our new niece and Payton's new cousin. She is just precious!!!

Kylie Isabelle Wells
8 lbs 19 inches long

Long long day...

Payton and I got our day started this morning at around 8 o'clock a.m. and did not return home until 8 o'clock p.m. I had a long list of things that I needed to get done for the wedding and before Phil returns home. I have to brag on Payton, she did so well for my mom and I. I was so proud of her. That is a long day for an adult to be gone, much less a 3 month old. But she did great.

Before we left I had sat out a onesie in which I thought was cute for Payton to wear. I went to finish getting ready and my mom was going to get her dressed. Next thing I know my mom is saying "don't you have anything cuter for her to wear?" Of course me I think the onesie will be just fine because in my head I am thinking well Payton needs to be comfortable since we will be gone all day. But I guess that doesn't make a whole lot of since. My mom tells me how she used to dress Marla and I all cutesy. So I said "Well do whatever you want, go look in her drawers and closet and see what you can find."

This is what she puts her in....



And if I must say so myself.. she looks pretty darn cute!!! Heads were turning at her, people were ooing and ahhing, smiling at her, saying look how cute she is..more than any other time we have gone any where.. so I guess my mom was right, and she needed to look "cuter" :)

Our Thursday evening

Last night Payton and I went to Rockwall to meet my mom and Ginger for dinner at Snuffers. I took some pictures of Payton before we left. She was in such a great mood I couldn't resist!!






And then she started to put her dress in her mouth.. these days there isn't much that doesn't go straight to her mouth :)

It's getting close....

Phil will be home soon!!! I am getting super excited for me and for Payton to see her daddy!! I keep telling her everyday, "you get to see your daddy soon." Not that she knows what that means, but I still tell her. Please keep our family in your prayers, as this will be a happy time for us but also a big adjustment and change in our lives.

This is how Phil last saw Payton... look how small she was



And this is what he will come home to



P.S. that is Payton's glow worm, it is her best friend, really... she LOVES it!!!

I really can't imagine being away from my child for 4 months of her life. I know Phil is so ready to be home and hold his little girl in his arms once again.

First time swimming!!!

Today Payton I went to my friend Kristina's litte girl's first birthday party. Then, we headed to Michelle's to let Payton swim!!! She loved it. We would have stayed in longer, but she was getting very tired from her long day. But it was fun!!!











I don't think she wanted to get out :)

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