It has been nine months since I have blogged... Every time I would think about writing I would think of something better to do like sleep or binge watch shows. Since it has been so long I just went through all my pictures and picked out a few (or maybe a lot) of my favorites to do a rundown of what's been going on! Mostly this is an excuse to look at all of my pictures and cry because Peyton is so big. Anyway, here we go.
September 2015
This was just a few minutes before my mom left after the baby. It was probably one of the hardest days I've ever had. She came two weeks before I delivered and stayed one week after. I was so lucky to have her for the hardest week of my life. Like seriously. Newborns are not easy. I am not one of those people who "miss the newborn stage."
Couldn't ever get enough of those cheeks! Still can't!
First sponge bath at home!
First real bath! She hated every second of it. I remember after we finally got her dry and calmed down, I told Scoty that I never wanted to bathe her again. Luckily she didn't hate it as much after that.
I love capturing pictures of Scoty and Peyton. They have a special bond that I can't get enough of.
October 2015
My sister in law had her baby, Dexter, a little less than three weeks after Peyton was born! Dexter was the first of three cousins that will be in P's same grade once they get older! She's a lucky kid.
I feel like this is how I spent my first month of motherhood. So tired, and knowing that I needed to wake her up to feed her but instead I would just stare at her. Soon after that I stopped waking her up to feed her and just let her wake up on her own and my life got 100 times easier. I remember one night I fell asleep leaning forward like that and when I woke up I couldn't feel my legs. So... so tired.
She has always made the funniest faces and she makes me laugh harder than anyone I've ever met. Blue steel!
Pey has always had a love hate relationship with her binky. I love this picture because most of the time she wouldn't just let her binky fall out of her mouth, she would spit it as far away from her as she could!
Officially 1 month old! My sister did cute monthly pics with this same giraffe for her fourth kid and I liked the idea so I wanted to do it too.
I love this picture so much! Snuggly warm baby!
Peyton's first Halloween! We kind of threw our costumes together last minute but I liked how they turned out! We were lumberjacks and P was our little tree!
November 2015
Peyton's baby blessing was such a special day!
P with her Auntie Sheybe and Lo
Pretty much everyone had a baby around the same time and it is the best! It was so nice to have friends and family that were going through the same things! These are our friends Rob, Hallie, and baby Anthony. We joke that Peyton and Tony are betrothed... So we take lots of pictures of them for the "wedding slideshow." This is their very first picture together!
This picture is so sad but so cute to me. She had just gotten her two month shots earlier that morning and when she woke up from her nap she was really not happy. They tell you to massage the area but this is what I got when I tried that. So safe to say I never did that again.
Officially 2 months old!
This is one of my absolute favorite pictures of her! I would always sit and talk to her on our bed and she would look at me with this face! Also, I was taking these pictures because she got chosen to rep these cute footie pants for a company that one of my friends from high school started! It's pretty much where I get all her clothes now because they're the best and I love to support people I know with their businesses! Her website is here! She seriously makes the cutest stuff!
December 2015
I caught all these faces during a morning session of talking and singing on my bed. She has really made me a morning person. Also, she found out that she loves to suck on just her index finger and she did that for like 6 months. I loved it!
I was really awful at tummy time... but when I would do it I obviously had to take all the pics.
Peyton and Dexter spending some quality time together... on the table of Nickel City.
So all but one of Peyton's cousins live in Utah county so we are lucky enough to see them all the time. And we are lucky that they're all so sweet and love her so much. Especially Jessie!
Officially 3 months old!
Sumo baby
Another friend that was born a few months before her! I think Nora and Peyton are going to be besties.
Of course I have to bring Peyton to all of my friends to make them baby hungry. She loves her Auntie Lo!
Peyton got her very first manicure from myself and her Aunt Sheybe!
We went home to Washington for Christmas and Peyton got to meet my best friend Shelbi! I love this picture so much because I just remember in high school how Shelbi would talk about how she didn't like babies/kids. Also, Peyton hardly ever falls asleep on anyone so this picture is extra special!
My sister Sarah is every baby's favorite. Peyton had giggled a few times before this was taken but this is like her first real belly laugh! I love that we captured this moment.
All of the cousins acted out the nativity so, naturally, Peyton was baby Jesus.
Peyton... Super stoked about her Christmas jammies.
We surprised my parents with family pictures for Christmas since the only family pictures we had ever taken were at weddings. Another friend from high school took them for us and I really loved how they turned out! Her website is here!
Peyton didn't really smile for her first 4 months of life... So that pretty much what we had to work with.
Carter has never really held a baby before...
As siblings, we don't really have the chance to get together and be silly all that often. I really love this picture because we're all kind of awkward but thats the way, uh huh uh huh, I like it.
My Loves!
January 2016
Peyton accidentally slept in her crib all night. She wasn't sleeping very well in our room so I just stuck her in her crib to see if that would work, and the next thing I know it's morning and she slept like 10 hours... and all the sudden she was big.
This doesn't really have any significance other than she's just cute.
Officially 4 months old!
I love this picture of P and Dexter! She looks like she's doing a little lady pose and he's flexing his muscles! It'll be fun to show them this when they're old and think they're really cool.
Another one of my friends had a baby a few weeks after me. Yes, another one. I wasn't kidding when I said everyone had babies around the same time as me. Carter and Peyton get to play together pretty often and its pretty wonderful.
Close cousin number two! Jadyn was born a few months premature so Peyton didn't get to meet her for a while. I just love this picture of them! Pey is massive compared to her!
February 2016
Peyton and I took a quick trip down to St. George and she got to meet a few of her great grandparents! Funny fact. I can see Scoty's grandparents house from my grandma's house.
Pey was pretty stoked about her first letter/valentine from cousin Carter in Washington!
Officially 5 months old!
First picture of all 3 close Stobbe side cousins! Its going to be so fun to see what they're all like as they grow up and become friends!
March 2016
One day Peyton decided she wanted to sit up...
Sorry this isn't a picture of a baby. But I decided to dye my hair back to blonde which was the first step in dying my hair a crazy color.
Peyton and Tony have Matching jackets. And they're in love. #fortheweddingslideshow
Officially 6 months old!
This is really probably tied for my favorite picture ever. She is just too sweet!!! Also, she pretty much lives in this romper. It is my favorite!
She discovered that riding on Dad's shoulders is the best thing ever.
First Easter!
Peyton's first swim didn't go very well... it was too loud and echoey so we only stayed for about 15 minutes and left. #fail
April 2016
This was the first time that I actually thought Peyton looked a little like me. Maybe its just the baseball tee!
Sheyene, Lorin, and I all got Justin Bieber tickets from our husbands for Christmas!!! It was so fun to be crazy again and have a night out with my besties!!! Someone later pointed out that I was a mom at a Justin Bieber concert... and that was a little embarrassing. Still had fun though!
Peyton LOVED her first swing! And her first pair of sunglasses that don't even rest on her tiny nose!
#fortheweddingslidshow
A puppy wandered into our yard and we had a pretty great time playing with it! Peyton really LOVES dogs and I have no idea why. It doesn't matter if they're big, small, real, cartoon, stuffed animal, drawn, etc. She knows it's a dog and she loves it.
Classic four generation pic!
Officially 7 months old!
Another... #fortheweddingslideshow. They're really gonna hate this when they get older.
Third close cousin!!! Peyton already loves little Blakely!
Pey can chew on her toes all day. They're her favorite toy!
Because, come on!!!! #fortheweddingslideshow
May 2016
Loves dogs!
So, I try to motivate P to crawl... It never works. This video was like 5 minutes of her kind of scootching.. she's such a chill baby that she really doesn't care to move.
We took a sort of last minute trip to Disneyland with some of our best friends! It was so fun to act like we were kidless again! Even though sometimes it was hard, I thought it was worth it and a perfect little break!
While we were gone, Peyton got to stay with her grandparents and her Aunt Sheybe and Uncle Brent! They sent this picture to us and I just loved it! So sweet!
Officially 8 months old!
June 2016
Her second time swimming went much better! It was outside and I took a lot more time getting her used to the water! She ended up splashing around and loving it!
We went to have lunch at Scoty's work and discovered she cut her first tooth! I was pretty sad when I saw it because I always felt like once babies got teeth they weren't as cute. Luckily I was wrong. She's still cute.
Peyton's hair is finally starting to get thick and long! She gets really sweaty when she's eating or sleepy so I like to stick it up when that happens!
Sweet Jessie blocking sun and splashes from crazy kids!
Officially 9 months old!
Pey has always been super flexible... but sometimes it just looks freaky! She is completely comfortable this way and thats usually how she tries to crawl.
I did a little mini photoshoot for a Father's Day present for Scoty! Unfortunately I didn't get it printed out in time... and I still haven't... Sorry, Hon.
Scoty's very first Father's Day! We sure are lucky to have him around!
Peyton's first baseball game! Also, her outfit is my favorite! She got a million pairs of really cute shoes before she was even born and pretty much none of them fit her because her feet are really tiny but really fat! Luckily, her Chucks fit!
She can't quite pull herself up yet, but she really loves to stand by herself in the morning!
We went to the Natural Curiosity Museum and they had this awesome water table that Peyton loved! And she got to play with all of her Katz cousins!
July 2016 (so far)
Peyton has started doing this cheesy smile all the time and its the best! She also loves herself...
Her first Fourth of July!!! She's perfect!
We watched a big firework show with some of mine and Scoty's family. Peyton yelled and squealed the whole time! Hopefully she loves fireworks as much as I do!
So after chickening out for months and months, I dyed my hair blue!!! I feel like a crazy person but I also kind of love it!!! It's only been two days but I think I'll probably keep it for a while!
Nothing better than a box!
Congrats if you stuck it out to the end!!! If you follow me on Instagram, most of this is old news. I really want to get back into blogging and I just didn't want to miss anything! Hopefully now I'll be better and keeping up to date!!!
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