Father's Day

Father's day was so much fun this year. Normally we would just get my dad a gift card or something (which we did this year too) But this year we got to celebrate with Chad(: After doing some serious Pintresting I found some great ideas!

First thing that morning I got up at 6 am to cook Chad and my Dad Pigs n the blanket. (There fav). Then After church I gave Chad his presents(:

First I decided to get Payton to make something for him that was really "from him". I got the recipe for the salt dough footprint off pintrest and put it together for Payton to paint. The only thing I didn't like about the finished product was it was still kind of mushy after being baked. (I even baked it for longer and it didn't harden any more) Anyways it was fun to let Payton paint and Play. He didn't care much for the paint because he takes after his daddy and HATES getting his hands dirty lol(:

Then I made chad a frame of pictures with Payton holding the letters D-A-D-D-Y and then just wrote him a little note on the side. I picked up these Letters from Hobby lobby for a dollar, the frame is a poster frame it was only ten bucks then I just put scrapbook paper behind the pictures to dress it up a little. Chad Loved this idea. He actually teared up when (after 2 or 3 min) realized that Payton was spelling Daddy(:

Here are the pics I chose (they look better printed and cropped). It was so much fun doing this. We had to take almost 200 pictures just to get 5 I liked tho!!

                     

Then to top it off I went and bought Chad a bike trailer for Payton to ride in. He has been dying for one of these. He immediately took Payton out in it. We had to buy a small battery fan to put in it due to how hot it has been here, but even with the fan we rarely have been able to go because Payton just gets to over heated.

The summer has been great so far!We are headed to Galveston Saturday for Paytons first beach trip, Then on Monday we head off to Minnesota to hang out with the family for a week or so. I am super nervous about flying with Payton. He is a very rambunctious child and hates to sit still so I know he won't do well on a 12 hr trip (5 hrs on the plane). We will see!

The Photographer Himself

Well, today I will be giving my lovely wife a break from her blog posting and post a little something myself. As Jessica stated in a previous post, her uncle let us borrow his camera to try it out and work with it to see if we like it. It would be an understatement to say that we are, or I am, just "trying it out". I can honestly say that it has almost turned into an obsession for me as I have not been able to stop taking picture of cats, trees, bugs, floorboard, mosquitoes, and most importantly our dearest baby Payton. Jessica and I have decided that maybe I should cut the picture taking down to a minimum because the excessive amount of picture taking and camera flashes will eventually give him a seizure, ha! Anyways, here are some of the picture that I have taken...

Payton loves  to stand up on and hang on to his crib, but more so play hide-and-seek with his mommy and daddy! Hopefully in the near future we can play hide-and-GO-seek, that is if we ever decide to start walking or crawling!

Peek-a-boo!

Anyways, that is all for now! I will leave the long post and detailed writing to my wife! 

The Outside World

This week we took Payton to the park for the first time.. He LOVED it(: 

The first thing we put him on was the swing. (and yes I know he is sitting backwards but that was the only way he was comfortable!) He loved the swing more than anything. 

Daddy was a better pusher than me. I was just to scared he would fall out!

We tried Sliding but Daddys butt was too big to go down. And Payton didn't like going down alone at all. So then we just started snapping a few photos since we rarely get out of the house, and would like some pictures with a background other than our red walls. Here is a few good ones..

It is so hard to get him to smile. Every time he sees the light blink he stops smiling!

Daddy is such a good photographer!

I am so glad we got out of the house today. It was so nice (well early in the morning) we had to head home by about 11 because the heat started to get us:( oh well better than nothing! Hope you enjoyed!

Random Fun

The past few weeks have been quite boring.  We are finally out of school and pretty much slacking around most days.
Payton did have his first birthday party to attend but since he has not been feeling well for a few weeks he didn't have much fun:/

Here is the only picture I could get of Draidyn and Payton together. Once again you can really tell how big Payton is considering Draidyn is a year old and Payton is only 7 months.

We are still introducing the BLW, but he still isn't too interested. We recently started doing eggs for breakfast with stemmed carrots.

He thought it was quite funny at first..

Then he got bored and shy.. 

For snacks I have found the only think he loves (and that I don't worry about him choking on) is graham crackers! He loves them. I usually give him one a day but he makes SUCH a mess hehe.

I am excited to slowly introduce food to him little by little. He loves exploring new tastes and textures and it is so much fun to watch and teach him(: 

That is about all that is going on around here but here are a few pictures of random days of random fun!

This is Payton with his "Pappy" (My Daddy)

Here is him with Nana. Nana was recently put in a Nursing home due to having hip surgery. I hate seeing her like this she wants to hold Payton so bad but she can't. I pray everyday she gets better but it's not but I doubt she will ever be able to walk again.

On a positive side, My other grandma bought Payton this hat the other day and I think it is SO adorable!! Everyone tells us how cute it is.. I think he looks like a little fisherman!:)

Grandpa introduced Payton to ice! Now every time we go to see them he gets so excited to sees the red cup. 

So last Saturday Grandma Sims found a GREAT deal on a little 3ft pool. It wasn't much but that other one we got was just to hard for me and chad to get in with Payton to make sure he didn't fall. Anyways so Chad decided to go down and pick it up and give it a try. It was so fun. It was deep enough we went and got Payton one of these floaties and he loves kicking back and forth! It was so much fun for us all three to get into. I think Chad liked it more than Payton lol.

Payton's baptism and Mommies day!

Today has been a great day so far! Chad got up with Payton this morning, cooked me breakfast, and gave me my present... He booked me a massage for tomorrow!! I'm so excited. I have never had a massage but always wanted to so bad(: After eating breakfast we started getting ready for church. Today Payton got Baptized. He looked so darling in his little outfit. Apparently they do not do "christening" gowns any more so we just got him a little suit.

Here is his little suit. I know this picture is awkward but I just needed a full body photo!

Here is granny and papa(:

And the whole family (other than great-grandpa and great-grandma who had to leave a little early, and nana who is still recovering from surgery) Payton is just off in another world lol

Then we got all the mom's together for a "mother's day" photo!

and of course just out little family(:

After church Chad and I went and seen my grandma in the hospital who just had surgery. She was so excited to see Payton in his little suit. After there we stopped by Wal-Mart and picked up Payton's first little pool! It was even on sell for A QUARTER! talk about a deal...

It was kinda cold out only because we had a good breeze and unfortunately the water was still cool but all in all he liked it..

He splashed forever..

 Chad looked like he was having Oh so much fun lol He just liked spraying the cats with water haha

It was a little chilly out but he loved splashing.. After about 45 minutes you could tell he started getting tired so we took him upstairs and he was out in about ten minutes! Anyways hope you enjoyed.. oh and Happy Mother's Day(:

Just a summary..

      So I never really get to post one whole post about just one topic because there is not one thing with a six month old that is THAT interesting haha. So here is our life from the past few weeks. I recently started BLW (Baby Led Weaning) and it is going great! Payton is finally learning his motor skills of putting his hand to his mouth. They say most babies are putting everything in their mouth by now, but Payton... not so much. Here is a few things he has tried.

Here is an apple. He actually liked it, it was just cold..

And here is a vanilla wafer that we let him suck on until it got soft and he decided to stick the entire thing in his mouth lol.

And here are just a few random cute photos we have taken lately..

Since Payton has learned to sit up all by himself he LOVES riding in the buggy. I hate setting him in there without his cushion but it was so dirty.. but he laughs at Everything we pass!! People just laugh right back at us. I have no clue what he sees thats sooo funny haha.

 He also has an "obsession" with the cartoon "Wow Wow Wubbzy". I bought him one on valentines day that I just happened to find at Wal-Mart. They are so hard to find because they are just the little short cartoons played on Nickjr. But he watches the same one over and over and over every day lol he Loves it.. Anyways we went to H.E.B. to get some baby food and I came across a different episode and he went nuts (only because he seen the character on the front) and this was what he did the rest of the grocery trip. It's so cute he acts like he can really read the cover.. 

 

I thought this was an adorable picture(: Chad was making pancakes (best ever btw) and he turned on the mixer. Payton is still very jumpy when loud noises come along, especially vehicles. Well he was playing with bear and as soon as Chad turned on the mixer he hugged bear and just watched Chad until he was done.. Makes my heart melt, I'm tearing up. lol He is defiantly getting a personality and realizing his surroundings!

As far as Chad and I go, we are great, stressed, but great. Finals are this week and next so we are studying hard core. We are also both working full time all week plus having fun with Payton. I'm so ready for classes to be out so things can calm down (somewhat). ugh. I am having horrible separation anxiety lately from leaving Payton so much.  Anyways here is the latest, I'll update next week or so. 

Oh and on top of all that we are starting to plan his birthday! (I know still 5 mo away, but budgeting goes better when spread out!) I can't/can wait. It's going to be.... over the top I guess you could say(:

Poor baby..

So today Payton had his 6 month check up. It was a little late because his pedi was out of town. But he is officially 30 in 20 lbs he Is in the 100%for height 80% for weight. He also got his shots today. Let me say I cried just as bad as he did!! He had just woken up from his nap and was in a great mood then the nurse went and stuck him. He screamed and screamed. His poor little face was covered in tears and I couldn't hold it in any more.
So when we went to leave the other nurse took him from me and have him a "sucker" it was some sugar free baby candy thing. It was so cute but he really didn't care for it. Luckily it kept him occupied enough to forget about the shots though(: