Happy Thanksgiving

We hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We felt so blessed to be able to spread ours in 2 great days of food and family!

Here are some pictures from our Sunday Thanksgiving with my family. We had a great meal and enjoyed spending time together. Payton got some Nana and Papa loves and Riley had fun with her Auntie Bika!(And a few other miscellaneous pictures from November.) (Please pardon the lack of Riley photos....she was off hanging out with her Auntie Bika and has also entered the "don't take my picture phase" sometimes.)

On Thanksgiving day we headed to Granny and Papa Dan's. Sorry but the camera never came out:( The cousins once again had a blast playing, the men had fun watching football, and the ladies planned Christmas:)

4 months!

On the 19th, Payton turned 4 months and my how she has changed in the last 4 months. She is now a pro at holding up her head and has good body control when she is sitting up, being held on your hip, or holding hr straight out in the air. She can roll to the side...always seems to the left and if you give her a little nudge she can go all the way over. She is beginning to tolerate tummy time and giggles an babbles up a storm. Lately she also wakes up in the middle of the night, happy as can be, and entertains herself. Mommy can sleep through this but daddy does not enjoy these awake periods. Needless to say we have all been a little tired lately.

At her doctor appointment today, she got the all clear to begin solids. We will try cereal for a bit and then there is no specific time we need to wait for veggies and fruits. I am even going to try my hand at making some of my ow this time too:) She is a super happy baby and fills our house with so much joy! The girls complete us and make us a happy family! (I am not closing the door on more later down the road....even though Mike doesn't agree with that:) )

Here is how Payton measured up at her check up:
16 pounds, 4 ounces (93rd %tile)
25 1/4 inches ((84th %tile)

She is bigger than what Riley was at 4 months...but who is surprised?! Not to mention that she started off almost 2 pounds bigger:)

(And since I am posting these after the fact....I can cheat a little:) Here are some of her first attempts at cereal.)