Three Kids and a Dog: Happy Birthday to Peyton!

I may have been a little delinquent in posting this holiday season but for good reason. Aside from hosting Xmas dinner at our house, we took off to Mexico for a few days after Xmas. We were there when Peyton turned 1 on Dec. 30. Today, back in the U.S., we celebrated her first birthday with friends and family.

It's hard to believe a year has gone by since she came into our world. Right now, she is really starting to show her personality. She wants to be held. She doesn't want to be held. She wants to walk but isn't doing so yet. She wants to talk but instead let's out these high pitch shrieks that has our ears ringing. She likes to raise both her arms when we ask how big is Peyton. She blows kisses and claps her hands. She has recently refused to be fed and proclaims through vigorously shaking her head that she will feed herself which she has begun to do. Bye, bye baby food! She still prefers her beverages from a bottle but likes to also practice drinking from a cup (a Montessori thing - they go right from bottle to cup).

She is getting better about napping but you wouldn't have known it on the plane to Mexico where she refused to sleep for the 3 1/2 hour flight even though she woke up at 4:30 a.m. But still we love her because she's so darn cute and because she's ours.

Here are a few pics of our little Peyton on her actual birthday in Mexico and then at her party stateside!

Opening presents on her bday...