Virginia Beach

We spent a long weekend away with our best friends in Virginia Beach this month. It was freezing, but we all had a great time in the house playing cards, cooking, enjoying the jacuzzi, watching football, playing football on the beach and just being together.

 Peyton and Jovie spending some Q-T together

Owen's Moon Dough was a huge hit!

The guys enjoying a little football on the beach (please note the lack of shoes on someone in particular which will soon result in a case of frost bite!)

 Everyone got a chance to enjoy the nice indoor pool!

And of course, we forced all of the kiddos to pose for a picture before we left...

We are so blessed by our friends and always have such a great time together. Who knows where our adventures will take us next year? ...or how many more babies will be added to the group!? HA!

Growing Peyton-3 months

Peyton turned three months old on January 6 and she is growing and changing so quickly! We do not have a doctor appointment this month so there are no stats for her weight and height, but a quick look back at her here just 4 weeks ago shows how much she has grown!

Sweet Sleeping Baby

Peyton loves to sleep snuggled up with something near her face. She will pull a blanket, teddy or even your hand up to her cheeks and forehead and just hold it there until she is asleep. She still loves her paci, her swing, her activity mat when she's on her back and she still hates tummy time. Several times she has even rolled from her tummy to her back in order to get out of doing tummy time! We've heard her laughing a few more times in her sleep and though she is very smiley and responsive, we have yet to get her to laugh like that in response to us when she is awake.

She continues to be very laid back and just goes with the crazy flow of our life. She rides happily in her carseat and stroller and often falls asleep and stays asleep while we are out. She greets most anyone with a sweet smile and likes to be held and talked to.

In the past four weeks Peyton celebrated her first Christmas, rode in a taxi, took her first airplane trip to IL, met all of her uncles and Great Grandparents, and went to the zoo for the first time to see Zoo Lights. It has been a busy busy month for this little one, and through it all she has been amazing!

Peyton & Ellie at 3 months-

Ice Skating

This January we had several days of very mild weather so we decided to take advantage of one of them and take Owen ice skating for the very first time! We headed over to the little ice rink at Pentagon City where it was not very crowded. Owen was fearless and did a great job skating around the rink. Sometimes we held hands, and sometimes he pushed around the upside down buckets for support, and he only took a few accidental spills (and a few purposeful ones as well!)

 Checking out the Zamboni at break time