Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

With the weird weather in Utah it is no wonder that everyone is confused about which season it actually is!  This afternoon I went with Mommy to the Black Bear Diner to pick up some take out.  While we waited, the cashier asked Mommy if I wanted a balloon.  She was expecting your run of the mill balloon on a string but instead she handed over this black bear snow shoeing!

Maybe that is what got me thinking, but I decided to pull out my bag with my winter accessories - gloves, coat, boots and hat - and try them on.  Then I got down on the floor and made a "snow" angel.  The boys even participated (unwillingly) and they sure are cute!

Peyton Nicole Smith

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Because that is just how we roll in my household just over 48 hours after the princess birthday party I am now sporting a fever, massive sneezing and a runny nose.  Hmmm...let's see how many colds will this make for me in less than a year?  TOO MANY!!!!

So despite the beginning stages of another cold I had a task to accomplish tonight.  The reason the bean ended up in my nose a few nights ago is that I found some beans in the pantry and after watching too many Caillou episodes decided I needed to plant my bean seeds.  Daddy soaked them overnight and today I hit him up as soon as he walked in the door after work to get those suckers planted.  Hopefully they grow as fast as Mommy remembers from her elementary school years otherwise it could be a long painful process of checking every few minutes to see if anything has changed!

Peyton Nicole Smith

Sunday, March 27th, 2011 Part 2

A note from Mommy:

Just after Michelle arrived tonight, I received a text on my phone.  It read:

"So just to make you giggle before sleep Peyton just stuck a bean up her nose that we had to fish out it was funny.  I'll save it for ya!! Sweet dreams"

To which I texted back:

"OMG I really don't want the bean but thanks for fishin it out!"

The life of a three year old!

Sunday, March 27th, 2011

With a few inches of snow on the ground this morning my hopes were dashed of getting to ride my big girl bike outside today.  Yesterday, Daddy let me ride it around in the garage with the door closed to keep warm.  For not really riding it since getting it for my birthday last summer I am already a pro racing around and around the garage.

So today it was a lazy day at home.  We didn't accomplish much of anything besides catching up on the laundry.  Mommy was noticing today how much of a talker I have become.   She needs to listen really closely and still only gets about 50% of what I am trying to say but I have a lot to say at this point!  It used to be that our conversations existed mostly in one or two word signs/words that Mommy would then piece together into a sentance.  Now I really am talking in sentances.  One of our conversations went like this:

P: "You sit there"
M: "Why?"
P: "You be the kid and I be the teacher"
M:"Is your name Miss Peyton?"
P: "No, Peyton Teacher"
M:"OK Peyton Teacher, can I go to the potty"
P: "No, not right now"
M: "Why not?"
P: "You need to hurry"

There was a time Mommy wasn't sure I would ever be able to develop the skills to produce speech.  Even though I am difficult to understand I have demonstrated that I am not only perfectly capable of producing speech but I am doing it pretty close to what a typical three year old would do despite hardly making any sounds before the age of 2.  In fact, Mommy is noticing that it is sometimes difficult to get a word in edgewise, she has to point to her ear and ask me to "listen" while she talks! 

Peyton Nicole Smith

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

My parents got to have a date night last night when they went to see Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and Jeff Foxworthy at the Energy Solutions Center.  I was just fine with that because I got to spend the night at Grandma and Papa Smith's and Coco, Pandy and Sadie kept me company during the night.

Mommy came to get me right after I woke up this morning because we had some things to get done.  We had to go home and get me ready so I could go with her to pick out a birthday gift for Sophia.  We had fun shopping in the girly aisles and ended up with lots of fun Disney Princess items.  I am not really into the Disney Princesses just yet but I am all about the shopping.  We went home to grab my feeding and then headed to the party.  Jackson was already there and he and I got spend some time outside playing before the party was in full swing.  I wasn't interested in playing the games but once the pinata was up (it was the ribbon pulling type) I was excited to help and Traci helped me get my fair share of candy! 

After all the excitement of the party there was definately no hope for a nap.  At 7 pm, Brandy the supervisor with the nursing agency stopped by for a supervisory visit.  Mommy signed the paperwork and said to Brandy, "It won't be long until she is signing these herself.  Well, once she learns how to spell that is."  To which I promptly replied, "P-E-Y-T-O-N, Peyton!"  Smart as a whip I am!

Peyton Nicole Smith

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Happy Happy Birthday to Mommy!  You won't see a picture of her because she is usually on the other side of the camera.  But she is happy to report that she got a brand new camera for her birthday so maybe sometime in the future she'll post a photo of her (yeah right)!  Until then she will take more pictures of me!

Mommy's day started with cards from Daddy and I waiting in her car.  Then on to work where Wade and Paul presented her with a card and a beautiful purple orchid.  She got lots of well wishes from people at work and even a few offers of a nice birthday lunch but she was a little too busy and will take them up on it next week instead. 

After work was over she came to pick me up and I helped her open up a bunch of fun gifts with an Easter theme. (So now Mommy has figured out how to get me to open my own presents - let me see them ahead of time and then wrap them up)!  Then Grandma and Papa Smith gave her a gift certificate to The Firehouse to get her car washed.  Now that Mommy's car has gone through 3+ years with me it is in dire need of a good detail.  Daddy got home later and all three of us headed out to dinner together.  Mid-week it was nice and quiet and I had a good time sampling sugar, salt, pepper and the butter on the table.  Daddy let Mommy open up her new camera which she is excited to use - but unprepared to read all the instructions.  Luckily, Daddy reads up on these things and tells her what she needs to know.

Happy 36th birthday Mommy!

Peyton Nicole Smith

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

 

It was just one of those days - the kind that leaves Mommy and Daddy ready to pull every hair out of their head because that can't be any more painful then the long minutes until my bedtime!  When Mommy came to pick me up today it was pretty clear that I was in a mood.  Earlier in the day I had a "hissy fit" when I wanted to wear a particular sweater despite already being dressed for the day.  When Mommy tried to get me ready to go it took several attempts to wrangle me to get my shoes and socks on and several more attempts to keep them on long enough to get to the car. 

On the way home, Mommy said I was being so crazy that she should drop me off at the zoo.  That got me to thinking and a few minutes later I asked Mommy, "where are we going?"  Mommy let me know we were headed home and I piped up, "go to the zoo?"  Mommy had to try to backtrack and explain that she was just teasing me but I thought it sounded like a great idea!

Shortly after arriving home, I demanded bunny fruit snacks, Dora fruit snacks and popcorn.  Although I only lick them a few times before throwing them to the dogs, I wanted more bunny fruit snacks.  When Mommy explained that we didn't have any more bunny fruit snacks but how about Dora fruit snacks I freaked out - throwing my HME across the room, throwing my bowls of snacks right after them and finally throwing myself on the floor in protest.  Mommy tried to explain that we could go get more from the store the next time we went but that was just not soon enough!

This was one of those nights that my parents count down the minutes before my favorite nurse Michelle arrives.  35 minutes and counting.....

Peyton Nicole Smith