Payton is really keeping us busy and we're having a blast. She's saying so much now, talking up a storm. She's also loving football season. We took her to her first "friday night lights" game at Xavier a few weeks back and she cheered and danced and sometimes actually seems to be paying attention! Yesterday we were watching it on TV and when someone caught the ball she yelled "good catch!". Choate games are on her list of favorites. She cheers on Daddy as if he was on the field playing. We're also noticing how smart she's becoming! She was counting pumpkins the other day at school when Brian went to pick her up and she said "1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!" - we lose the 4 every time but still think that's pretty good! Her colors have also seemed to click recently - she does a great job identifying the majority of them - her favorite at the moment is "owange", we think that's b/c it's pumpkin season and she's a bit obsessed with "punkins!" She's also getting pretty good at knowing her left from her right. when we ask which one is her left foot, right hand,etc. she's at about a 90 percent success rate, not bad for 21 months! Her humor is also developing at a rapid speed. Every night we enjoy playing around with her and letting her entertain us with her dancing, singing, jumping,etc. She can sing the majority of her favorite songs and is extremely proud of herself when she's done. Each song ends with an exuberant "yaaay!!!". In the car the other day on our way to school she yelled from the back seat "moo it peopoe, goin to cool!" - I guess i better watch what I say while driving! Payton is definitely still a fan of food. These days she's in to "punkin munkins" - keeping right along with the Fall theme.
As for her habits, for my own records, she wakes up and has milk while getting dressed, tries to go on the potty (we're on and off with that), we hang out and she eats a small breakfast, usually dry cheerios - she doesn't have much of an appetite in the morning surprisingly, then we either go to the library for story hour, gymnastics, or music class. After that it's off to school for lunch, a nap and some play time until Daddy picks her up after football practice. Then we head to the dining hall for dinner, which she loves. She eats pretty well there, it helps that there's a variety of stuff to choose from, although we try to pick a few things and have her just eat those b/c we don't want her to get used to choosing something else if she decides she doesn't like what's on her plate. After a fun walk, or run home as she likes it to be, we hang out with Champ and get ready for bed after milk and maybe a story or two. she's been sleeping great, a solid 12-12 1/2 hours and a 2 hour nap. We're all ready for bed time at the end of the day!
