So many new things...

Payton is doing so many new things since I last wrote! She has started developing her little sense of humor which makes us laugh non stop. On the other hand, she's also developing a little bit of a temper. Although she definitely doesn't like being told "no" which results in a number of tantrums - I think that the other part of it is that she just gets pissed that she can't tell us what she wants. But that's getting better too...she's repeating EVERYTHING! Soon enough she'll be speaking in sentences and I'll be making up other excuses for why she's throwing tantrums ;). We had a bit of a rough week last week when she was consistently waking up at 5 am on the dot. Not to wake up for the day though - we're still not sure why. We're going on two nights in a row of back to sleeping straight through so we'll take it! We were going in to check on her the first few nights then realized she doesn't ever really NEED anything. So one night we let her cry herself back to sleep (which never gets easier) and she went back to sleep for another 5 HOURS!!! So clearly she wasn't ready to get up at 5. I'm nervous she's been battling allergies or a sore throat or something and we've just been letting her cry. But she seems ok other than that so hopefully it's nothing! The other day Payton and I went to the store to buy....A POTTY! Can't believe we're already in the very early phases of that process. Time is going too fast. We bought an Elmo one since that's the only character that catches her attention. She tells us when she has to poop or when she's pooping so we figured, hey, if she knows it's coming, may as well see what she does with the potty. Sure enough, the first night she peed! i know it was just a fluke but it was still pretty cool and she seemed to be fairly proud of herself :) She's talking sooo much now. She's a little parrot. One of my favorite things she says is "ah-KAY" for "ok". If i say: we're doing this, then this, i don't even have to ask "ok?" she just says "ah-KAY!". It amazes me that she knows when to say it and it's so damn cute to hear it. She's finally starting to say memere, grampy, grammy, and grandpa which is awesome. Her new obsession is taking champ for a walk. She points to where champs collar hangs and says "Ka" then grabs his leash and tries to put it on, says "walk" and points outside. Another obsession BUBBLES. If she sees a bottle, we're stuck. But that's ok, I love hanging out with her outside while she sits on her step and watches the bubbles. I wrote this in two different sittings so my thoughts are a bit jumbled but I wanted to get some stuff down before I forget them! I'll be writing again soon b/c she does something new and worthy of writing about every day :)