baby peyton

we didn't go trick-or-treating today nor did we get any trick or treaters.  i dressed up in my halloween suitable outfit that auntie amber gave me when we were visiting dallas.  yup it still fits.  it actually fits perfectly now.

this is how i woke up this morning.

today was a big day for greenock.  it's not every day a cruise ship comes to dock in the town.  it was a pretty big deal.  it was in the news this morning.  queen mary 2 is one of the largest ships ever built.  it even has a planetarium inside.  daddy called mommy and told her that there were going to be fireworks at 6:00 pm today before the ship sails at 6:30.  i woke up from my nap at 5:45.  mommy got me dressed real quick and we headed out to the esplanade.  there were tons of people out there.  we took a few pictures, but 6:30 rolled around and nothing was happening.  i got bored.  plus it was cold outside, and i was hungry.  mommy took me home.  right when we walked through the door, we heard a ship horn blow, and the fireworks started.  mommy took me to the back garden to watch my first fireworks.  it was pretty, but i was still hungry.  we heard another ship horn blow around 7:15.  apparently that's when it sailed away.  i hear everything started late because the tours that the cruise had was 45 minutes late.

i woke up today and daddy was gone.  mommy said he went on another business trip, and he will be back tomorrow.  so it was mommy and me day today.  the weather here is crazy.  when i woke up this morning, the sky was blue and the sun was shining.  after i was done with breakfast, it had rained.  mommy puts me down for a nap before lunch usually.  these past few days i've been calling for mommy after 30 minutes.  maybe i should tell mommy that i don't need this nap anymore.

we had lunch and then we went for our walk.  here are some pictures...

nothing much going on lately.  today mommy and i went for a walk.  i lost one of my hello kitty shoes.  =/  daddy, mommy, and i went to retrace our steps and we found it on top of a trash can.  that's nice of someone to put it there so that we could spot it.

i had a small accident with my picasa account.  so the links that weren't working before should work now.  here are some bathtime fun pictures.  thank you mommy for not putting the naked ones of me online.

i got a package in the mail today.  it was from auntie emily!  my first b-day present!  yay!  i can’t wait to open it tomorrow.  mommy got me a present today also.  she ordered mine last week, but it seems to have gotten lost or something so she went to mothercare to get it for me.  i can’t wait to see what daddy bought me.  i can’t wait for tomorrow.  here are some pictures from yesterday and today.  the iphone is always so handy.

my dinner consisted of many finger foods.  i ate some broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, pasta shells, and for the very first time... i tasted baby jar food.  she gave me fruity jar food, cuz i only ate a few bites of the veg.  i alternated between the fruity jar and pastas.  it's weird.  with all the veggies in front of me, i only picked up the one that was circular and put it in my mouth.

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i had a bad day yesterday.  daddy and mommy dressed me up all pretty and took me out to see what was going on at the west end festival.  we got as far as the botanic garden when i started to get upset at things that i don't normally.  daddy was smart and said we should go home.  i fell asleep on the way home, but as always, the elevator in our building always wakes me up.  it'll say..."ground floor", "doors opening", and "doors closing".  we get into the elevator and just as i'm falling back asleep it'll say... "3rd floor", "doors opening", and "doors closing".  we got inside and mommy was going to put me in bed.  she felt my stomach grumble.  she knew what was coming.  i blew chunks all over her.  daddy and mommy cleaned me up.  i took a very, very long nap, so long that mommy was worried and had to check in on me.  she worries too much.

we're still not sure what it was.  might have been bad chicken and carrots i had for lunch.  mommy threw out the rest of the chicken.  or it could have been the heat.  mommy dressed me quite warmly, but then the sun came out.  i didn't eat anything for the rest of the day.  when i woke up, mommy tried to give me some milk... bad idea... she gave me a rice cake... another bad idea... water... still no good.  i ended up going to bed without eating at all.  i woke up around 3:30 am.  mommy gave me some water.  it took a little while for me to fall back asleep.  i woke up very hungry this morning at 8:30 am.  mommy mushed up a banana for me to eat, but i was still hungry.  she mushed up another half of a banana.  it stayed down!!!  good thing too cuz i don't think mommy could handle me being sick all by herself.  daddy had to fly off to southhampton this morning.

this video is for daddy...  i want to show him that i'm feeling better and back to myself again.  don't worry about me, daddy!



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while daddy's gone, mommy sends pictures of me to him every day.  it's just to let daddy know what i've been doing.  here's some of the stuff i've been doing... sorry if these are a little fuzzy.  they were taken on mommy's iphone.  oh yea, one more thing.  the health visitor came by on friday.  i now weigh 14 lbs 10 oz.

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daddy and mommy don't get the fact that i'm not so entertained by the tent anymore.  see i'm trying to escape now.  also, here's a video of me from last month.

 

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i went to the hospital today.  just a check up to make sure my growth is ok.  it is.  my current weight is 13 lbs 13 oz and length is 24.3 inches.  i go back for another check up in 3 months.  we had the first appointment for the day.  it's quite nice that way cuz we don't have to wait in a crowded waiting room like we did the first couple of times.  we even had two doctors this time!  so much attention for little me.

mommy took pictures of my head again to compare the ones that she took of me about three weeks ago.  good news.  my head is definitely not as flat as it was before.  i'm kinda surprised.  i guess all this time sitting up is helping.  i'm so close to sitting up by myself.  well... it's more like me hunched over holding myself up with my hands, but i'll get there.

in case you're wondering what i had for lunch today.  mommy gave me mangoes.  it was yummy.  i didn't make too many faces while i was eating it and i ate almost all of it except for one bite... and whatever was on my bib.  i think i'm starting to get use to this spoon feeding business, but i still like my milk better.  it's just easy, and i'm use to it.



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daddy fed me sweet potatoes today.  it was a great success.  i didn't get it everywhere like i did when mommy fed me.  i also ate more than half of what mommy made.  maybe daddy just has the magic touch.  mommy made mangos and apples for this week.  yay!

 

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i had carrots again yesterday.  i did a little better today.  i still wouldn't open up for mommy, but mommy gave me the spoon today and i put it in my mouth by myself.  i took about 5 good bites.  mommy made the carrots mushy enough to stick to the spoon.  of course, it still went all over the place when i started to bang the spoon on the table.

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it was a beautiful day yesterday.  it was one of those days where when the sun was shining on you it was perfect.  daddy and mommy took me to the botanic gardens.  there were lots of kids playing around there.  i can't wait till i'm old enough to join in.  i saw a lot of pretty flowers and tons of different colors.  daddy says great grandma would love it.  we didn't stay too long.  a cold breeze came through, and daddy and mommy thought it might be too cold for me.  we went home and i took a very long nap.  so long that it kept me up till 11 pm last night.

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so it was a growth spurt i was going through.  i'm not eating as much anymore, but i am eating more than before.  speaking of eating, mommy order my highchair.  it'll get here on wednesday since it's a 4 day weekend over here in the uk.  i'm not 6 months yet, but mommy is going to start me out on some baby rice next thursday.  i'll be 5 months and 2 weeks corrected then.  i wonder how it's going to go.

what am i doing these days...  i like to grab both my feet at the same time and make a v with my legs.  i can rotate 360 degrees on my mat... not all at once of course.  it takes me a little bit.  daddy turned around for a second and i moved myself off my mat and onto the carpet.  what's strange about that to him is the fact that i moved down towards where my feet was, and my feet were still facing the same direction.  i can hold my own bottle for a little while, but really... why would i want to when someone does it for me.  

i'm trying really hard to move around.  all i seem to be able to do is arch my back and wiggle around.  mommy is concerned because i'm doing this in bed.  daddy and mommy said that they were going to stop swaddling me when we got home from the states.  they postponed that because i was sick.  they didn't want to introduced something new to me until i got better.  i guess i will be sleeping unswaddled soon.

here's some more pictures from texas...

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[caption id="attachment_393" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="new friends!"][/caption]

while we were in the states i got to see my great-grandparents.  aunt amber and my cousin riley took us over to their house one of the first days we were there.  they have a dog that doesn't like children.  something about being traumatized by aunt emily when she was younger.  riley insisted on getting near the dog many, many times.  i wonder what the dogs will think of me when i get older.  i miss my great-grandparents.  i wonder when they're going to come to scotland to visit me.

i'm still have a bit of a stuffy nose.  it's not fun.  makes it hard to sleep and eat sometimes.  i have to turn my head to one side to sleep, and i can't sleep with my pacifier in my mouth.  this makes me wake up crying more often at night.  it's also affecting my naps.  i take more naps, but they're shorter.  hopefully my stuff nose will go away.  mommy and daddy are losing sleep taking care of me.

 

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