Munchkin Bunch Ends tomorrow!

Peyton's Munchkin Bunch voting ends tomorrow and he is in SIXTH place. The kids in the top five become spokesbabies for Munchkin. If you could go vote for him today and tomorrow, It would be great! He needs a REALLY big push in the next day two days!

Don't forget that you can vote 5 times per day!!

Thanks everyone!

http://www.facebook.com/MunchkinInc?sk=app_159117397504600

7 months

I never got around to posting Peyton's 7-month update, but it is better late than never! Peyton turned 7-months-old on Sept. 3. He is getting so BIG. He is like a little boy instead of a baby.

We moved to a new house this month, and Peyton loved it. He especially loved to play with the boxes!

Peyton at 7 months:

• He can say Mama and Dada.
• He loves to stick out his toungue, and blow bubbles. 
• He laughs at Dad and Mom, especially when he gets tickled.
• He can pull himself up to a standing position on the couch, ottoman, pretty much anything he can reach.
• He loves to play with his toys. New toys are his favorite.
• He loves the bath. He sits up in the bath now, so he loves to play with the water when it comes out of the faucet.
• He is wearing 9 month clothes.

I love to see him getting bigger and bigger every day.

Vote for Peyton!!

So a few months ago, I was on Facebook and saw a contest from Munchkin, Inc, who makes many different baby items (including the mesh feeder that I LOVE). They were having a contest to find five kids for their "Munchkin Bunch." The Munchkin Bunch will be the stars of their Facebook page with monthly updates on how they are doing and what they are learning. You also get cool free stuff from Munchkin each month. I thought it would be fun so I submitted a few photos and didn't think anything more about it.

Today I got an email from them telling me that Peyton was chosen as one of ten finalists, out of 3500 entrants. I was so shocked!

The ten finalists are now in a contest against each other. You can vote for Peyton on Munchkin's Facebook page. You can give him 5 VOTES EVERY DAY until October 1! I would love your votes! Thanks everyone.

Click here to vote for Peyton!

Six Months

Peyton turned six months on the 3rd of August. I can't believe he is halfway to a year already. It is going so fast.

He has learned so much lately and it is really fun to see when him when he catches onto something.

 At six months, Peyton loves to:
- blow bubbles with his mouth. He will sit for the longest time blowing bubbles
- hold his own bottle. He does so well at it.
- crawl. He can get around soo fast. He army crawls anytime you set him down.
- suck on his own toes. I can't keep socks on the kid. He pulls them off and shoves his feet into his mouth.
- play with dogs. Anywhere we go that there is a dog, he can't stop looking at it.

- laugh. He has the funniest laugh ever.
- take baths. He loves to roll onto his tummy and splash with his hands.
- play with his toys. I usually dump out a huge pile of toys in the morning and he will sort through them until he finds the one he wants.
- Play with his friends at daycare. He gets so excited when he sees them in the mornings.
- He has also started giving hugs and kisses. His kisses are just him sticking his open mouth on your cheek, but it is still so sweet to me.
-eat. He especially loves, apples, bananas, peaches, pears and rice cereal.

He was sleeping through the night, but got a lung infection about a week before he turned six months and started waking up a few times a night.

I'm loving this age.

Check out the cowboy boots. I love them. 

so excited!

Wearing his big boy jammies.

Holding his own bottle.

Eating peaches from his mesh feeder.

Daddy love.

Sleeping in a tiny corner of his crib.

Too tired to keep his head up.

Messy little eater

Last week we tried giving Peyton rice cereal. He loved eating it, but only if he held the spoon. He would cry when I held the spoon. He ate pretty well.

 

 

Later in the week we went to grandma's and she took him out to the playhouse to play in the afternoon. He had such a fun time playing with Grandma.

Look how big I am!

I can sit up all by myself!

 

 He had his 4-month appointment this morning. He weighs 16.3 lbs and is 27 inches tall. That's the 95th percentile for height and 93rd for weight. I think he is going to be our little linebacker, but Shawn is thinking more along the lines of tight end.

My not so little 4-month-old

Peyton at 4 months:

Grabbing his shirt because it is the only thing close that he can hold onto.

•  He loves to grab things. Anything he can grab, he will put in his mouth.

• Anytime we lay him on his back, he automatically rolls to his stomach. He likes to be able to look around and see what is going on. 
• His cry is getting louder.
• He seems to be growing every day. I look at him and think each day that he is bigger than the day before. 
• When he gets tired, he rubs his eyes. When he drinks his bottle before he goes to bed every night, he has to keep his hand and arm over his eyes.
• He can sit for a little while on his own. He isn't sitting straight up, but he is sitting on his own. 
• He laughed for the first time last Saturday. His cousin Harrison was playing football with him and he started giggling. Shawn and I looked at each other to see if we both heard it, and then he did it a few times after that. 
• Most of the time, he will smile and laugh (just a loud squeal) when anyone looks at him.
• He finds looking in the mirror hilarious.

  

  Saying... Mom just get me out of this chair.