A Look Into Our Life: January 2009

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

First of all...

I am thanking God that my cousin Curtis is okay. I'm not going to go into details, but I am very thankful! I just wanted to throw up a quick blog before I head to bed....yes it's 8:00pm but Payton is sleeping and I haven't been sleeping well, so I'm tired!! Payton hasn't been taking a nap during the day, which seems to be working for him. He falls asleep about 7:30 now and wakes up about 7:30am. So if it's working for him, then it's working for me. He hasn't been crabby at all, he's been super good since we got back from Christmas break and there hasn't been a struggle at bedtime since he started refusing his nap. So I am not complaining! I've been working on his baby book a lot. I love it. I'm hoping he will feel the same when he's older and can understand what it is. I haven't had to babysit all week. It has been so nice!! Just being home with Payton all day long. I like babysitting Eric, Payton has fun playing with him and the extra money is nice, but it's so nice to just spend time with my baby! Payton actually asked for Eric today, which is a good thing. No worries, he'll be back next week! My post wouldn't be complete without some pictures....and of course fireman pictures, so take a look!

Oh no, a kitchen fire:)

Fireman Payton

Inauguration Day! We spent the morning watching our new President talk about CHANGE! GO BARACK!

Payton's favorite part was Aretha Franklin singing! (see her in the background on the TV)

We're ready for CHANGE in the world! How bout you?!

Payton's favorite book. He got 2 for Christmas and I thought about giving one away, but I'm not going too. Josh already has it memorized!

Homemade ice cream sandwiches! Yum!

Mint chocolate chip ice cream and chocolate chip cookies!

Our little chef!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Missing Emma

This is what Payton does when he is missing Emma (my parents dog). He says, "I see Emma?" And he goes to the computer chair and wants to see a picture of Emma! Then he touches the screen petting Emma saying "niesh niesh" (meaning nice, nice!)

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Birthday Weekend Review

Well, all of my winter excitement is over. Now I'm just patiently waiting for spring. Spring? Are you out there? No. That's what I thought. I've never liked winter. The cold and snow is just not for me, never was. I do love Christmas and I especially have always loved the time from Halloween until Thanksgiving, Christmas and finally New Years. When Payton was born in the winter his birthday was one more thing to look forward to during the cold winter months. We celebrated his birthday this past weekend. We had plans on Friday night to run all of our birthday party errands then to come home make chicken broccoli Alfredo pizza and have brownies with mint chocolate chip ice cream and sing happy birthday. Things didn't go quite as planned. Our vans blower motor broke, we have bad luck with cars on Payton's birthday. (Last year our Saturn got totaled by a drunk driver) So, we went to the post office so I could get my passport, and then went to see if we could get the van fixed. No one could do it because it was 5:00 on Friday night. So after calling around for awhile we decided to go to Applebee's to eat with Josh's parents! Applebee's is always good, so that wasn't really a disappointment! The staff sang happy birthday to Payton and he got an ice cream sundae, so he was happy! Then we ran our birthday errands and got home pretty late. Our guests arrived the next day for the party and we had a blast! After the fireman party we went back to my parents hotel to swim and have pizza. We had so much fun! Megi and Jake stayed at our house and we need to do that more often! We're hoping to visit them in February! On Sunday we went to the Harley-Davidson Museum with my family. It was awesome. We ate lunch at the restaurant there. Payton was such a good boy! I was so proud of him. We came back to our house and my parents picked up Emma and left for home. I always get super sad after they leave. Yes, I'm almost 25 years old and I'll still admit that I miss my mom, every single day. Oh, van update.....we couldn't find a blower motor anywhere, seriously. 2 of my brothers work for the NAPA company and even they couldn't find one. Seriously. We called the Kia dealer for the part number and, get this, they can't give out part numbers because they're afraid that people at the Chrysler dealer in Chicago will steal their parts. Honestly that's what he said, and Josh asked if he was kidding and the guy said "no." Ridiculous. Anyways......it's 2009 and the Internet has everything, so in I typed "blower motor for a KIA sedona 2002." The part number popped right up. Sorry KIA dealers, you better guard your parts cuz your secrets out! So we found a blower motor on eBay, yes eBay, hopefully it's the right one, and hopefully it gets here and works. For now, that's as far as we've got. Here are some pictures from the birthday party and the Harley Museum! Enjoy!

The birthday boy eatng breakfast!

Cake!

Party favors!

Happy birthday to you!

Yay!

Blowing out the candles!

Swimming with Grampa!

Payton and his new tool belt!

Josh & Randy at the Harley Museum!

Casey, Autumn and Payton listening to the motors!

Looking at the first motorcycles and listening to the commentary!

My favorite bike, the V-Rod

Payton riding!

Casey & Autumn..hehe!

Family motorcyle ride!

Uncle Tom helping Payton ride the Buell!

Payton by the police motorcycle!

Payton and Grampa!

Payton and Gramma!

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Happy 2nd Birthday Payton Joshua!!!!

Happy Birthday Payton! Daddy & I love you so much! Every year on my childrens birthdays I plan to write them a letter. I did it last year for Payton and I'm going to post this years letter on here since this is our scrapbook. I also have a printed copy in his baby book, but just in case something happens to it, here it will be in cyberspace. 1/9/2009 To Our Little Love, Happy 2nd birthday! You have grown so much this year and you're so ready to turn 2! A lot has happened this year. We got a new van, moved out of Nonny & PopArts house, went to a couple weddings, took swimming lessons, made new friends, visited the zoo, Mommy & Daddy got engaged and we took a train trip to Chicago! You still have the most beautiful blue eyes and a laugh that is contagious! You hate getting your hair cut and going to bed but you are completely in love with all things firefighter. You love ice cream but you're also really good at eating vegetables. You know what you want and are talking so well. You enjoy playing with little Eric, a 4 year old boy who Mommy babysits, and you enjoy time with daddy when mommy is at work on Monday and Thursday nights. We enjoy our trips to Stevens Point and you especially love to see your Grampa and play with the dogs! We don't go far without your "beebee and kiki" (blankey & nukey). You also went to your first Brewer game with Grandpa and Grandma Koback and Mom and Dad. You were really good and you loved watching Bernie Brewer slide down his slide. Grampa & Gramma have visited us a couple times and we really enjoy spending time with them! It's also nice to live close to Nonny & PopArt and all of your cousins on daddys side! You enjoy singing songs, especially "Old McDonald" and "Jingle Bells." You like Elmo and Cars and you're really good at puzzles. You can also count to 3 and you can almost sing your ABC's! You like to paint and you've made some really great art projects. You love to play outside no matter what the weather is! We try to visit the library once a week and you like to check out fire movies and books. Sometimes you spill things on purpose but you don't mind picking up your mess. You're a good helper and mommy appreciates that. They were right when they say that there's no love like a parents love for their child. We've had a very fortunate year. You're healthy and happy, we have a nice home and daddy has a good job. Mommy loves to spend her days with you. You are so special. You just started saying "love you," which melts our hearts. I still rock you to sleep and know that soon you won't want me too. I'll be glad that I snuggled you extra long because these years go by way too fast and you'll have plenty of years to fall asleep on your own. We love you so much. There's so many people that love you. We want you to know that we will always be here for you. We want you to live a happy life. May all of your dreams come true. Happy Birthday big boy. We love you! Love, Mommy & Daddy

Just some pictures from the past 2 years!