Merry Christmas All!!!!

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope that you all have a wonderful and safe holiday with lots of love and family time! This is the best time of the year! I hope to see some of you over the holidays!!

2009 Christmas Card

Fun Times!

On Sunday, we went to breakfast with Christopher Hansford (Mike's best bud since age6), CJ (his son) and Jeanette, Chris' mom. CJ and Peyton had so much fun playing. Below are some pictures of the duo after we were done eating. They always fun together.

Bug Hug

Happy day :)

Going in for a smooch

CHEEEEEEEEEESE!

This was taken at Granny and Papaw's house on Thanksgiving. She was walking backwards and trip on the monkey grass. She laid there for like a minute cracking up. It was hilarious!

Peyton blowing out birthday candles at Grams and Grandpa's house on Thanksgiving. She did a great job. And as you can see, Mike wanted to help out. Cindy made a pumpkin cake with cream cheese icing. It was FABULOUS!!!!!!!

Birthday Girl

I can't believe my baby girl is TWO! The past two years have been so exciting. Full of laughter, fun and new adventures. Sure, we had our rough spots with Peyton, but she is a joy and I adore her. She is so darn smart. I swear, she is going to be smarter than her parents :) She is talking ALL of the time, running around, climbing and loves a great adventure.

Mike took her to the doctor this morning for her two-year check up and she is doing fabulous! Here are her stats:

• Head Circumference - 18.75 (20-50th percentile)
• Height - 34.5 (50th percentile)
• Weight - 30 (70-90th percentile)

Doctor Joe said that she is doing great! We think so too!!

Here are just a few pictures from the wonderful two years that she has been here. Every day is a new adventure with her and I usually can't wait for her to wake up every morning! She is just perfect, at least I think so :) Oh, once I get the pictures from her party this past weekend off of the camera, I will post them.

My favorite picture! She was about 2.5 months.

At about 8 months.

Nine months

Her first birthday

The other day in our back yard. Such a big girl.

Happy Belated Halloween

Happy Halloween a bit late this year! Hope everyone had a great time. We went to my parent's house and Peyton went Trick-or-Treating with her cousins Jenna and Jude. They had SO much fun. Below are some pictures. Peyton was a cupcake - one of her favorite things right now. Yes, I made the costume, so be nice to me... :)

The Holidays are right around the corner and we can't wait! I just love this time of year. Extended time with family, great food and football. Life doesn't get much better than this!

Peyton will be two in just a few weeks. I still can't believe it. Crazy how fast time has been flying. Happy early birthday my sweet angel! Stay tuned for pictures from the party.

And for Halloween pictures...

Frankenstein, Cupcake, Hippie Chick
(AKA: Jude, Peyton and Jenna)

Little Cupcake

Peyton with her hero, Gingerbread Man (AKA- Austin)
They were so cute running around at the school carnival. Too cute!!

This knitted cap has a GREAT story.
My great-aunt, Sister Justin, knitted this for Peyton. She is 92 years old and has just taken up knitting. I LOVE the hat, as does Peyton. She looks so cute in it and runs around the house saying, "My hat is cute!" Thank you Sister Justin, you are very sweet to think of Peyton and send this to her. I love you!

ABCs

Peyton is talking up a storm and singing all of the time. I was actually able to catch her in the act of singing her ABCs the other night, which is pretty hard to do. Once she sees a camera, she gets all quiet and shy. And sorry for the side picture, but oh well. But as you can see in this video, she loves her ABCs and loves to sing. Enjoy!

Been a While...

***WARNING - THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG POST***

I know, it has been a REALLY long time since I have posted anything on here. We have been busy, busy, busy. Peyton is growing up so fast! She is talking in complete sentences and has hit the "terrible twos" a little early. But, we are working through it :) As frustrating as it can be with her, Peyton has a way of cracking us up. The other night Mike was getting on to her for doing something, and she looked at him and said, "Daddy, hush!" We both had to walk into the other room so that she wouldn't see us laughing! She is seriously hysterical!

Peyton is now in the "Big" building at school. It is the pre-school side. She is having a rough time adjusting when Mike drops her off. Once he leaves, she is great and by the time I get there at the end of the day, she doesn't want to leave. I am sure it will get better, but I hope it is sooner than later.

I seriously can't believe our baby girl is going to be two years old in about two months. Peyton is so much fun right now. But, man, she is into everything! My parent's were reading my grandmother's (Dad's mom, Grandma Rose, who passed away a year ago) journal the other day and she had an entry about a time when my sister and I stayed with her. She said Erin and I were so sweet and wonderful. But, that I was a "smiling tornado". Always happy and always in motion. Mike and I think that is the perfect explanation of Peyton. She is always smiling and laughing and in constant motion. Thank you Grandma Rose for describing Peyton perfectly!

Here are some pictures of what has been going on lately in the Lloyd family. We went to Corpus Christi for Labor Day weekend. We had a blast. We went to the aquarium one day on the trip and Peyton had a BLAST looking at all of the fish and marine life. We also went to Beaumont to visit with my Mom and Dad. Peyton always has fun with GiGi and Papa! As do Mike and I. Enjoy the pictures!

Yes, that is a swim diaper on Peyton's head.

Peyton and cousin Jack playing golf against each other.
They both just hit the ball and ran after it. Very amusing :)

Playing at the beach.

Gotta love the tushie! This was in between diapers.

Peyton was really hungry here... Can you tell.

This was an exhibit at the Aquarium. We were in the fish tank. Cool!

Peyton took ALL of her toys out of the bin and climbed in.
She has discovered this and does it quite often.

Trying to drink water, but very unsuccessful.

I LOVE this picture of her. She was helping Mike water the flowers.

Helping Daddy

Still helping!

Coloring with Jack-Jack. They are only 5 months apart,
so they have all sorts of fun together!

Boy, I LOVE the beach and chilling in Momma's sunglasses. So FUN!!!

Daddy and Pey-Pey in the surf. Love this picture!

Family picture at the Aquarium. If only Peyton was looking at the camera...
Oh well, maybe next time :)

In front of the shark and fish tank. Very cool. Peyton called all of the sharks, Bruce. Like in Finding Nemo, her favorite movie. She TOTALLY freaked out when we saw clown fish. She kept screaming, NEMO, NEMO!!! It was great!

Peyton eating Nutella with Papa. GROSS!!! At least I think so.
As you can see, Peyton liked it :)

I LOVE NUTELLA!

My brother came into town and we were able to meet us for lunch. Peyton actually had a great time with Uncle Matt, even though this picture doesn't look like it.

Ms. Talks-a-Lot

So, Ms. Peyton is now talking and talking and even talking some more! Here are a few clips of her. The first is her saying her ABC's, then saying her name and then singing. I was able to record her on the way home from school the other day! My co-worker put this picture montage together for me! Thanks David!!!