Family Outing!!!

Today we had our first family outing to the ocean!! We went to the Kema Boardwalk by Galveston. The weather was perfect today and the ocean was sooooo pretty! It was the first time Paytie has ever seen the ocean and let me tell you, she loved it!!! All she could talk about was the water and the birds that were flying around. She points and yells, "bir...bir". (She doesn't put the d sound on the end of the word.) We ate dinner at Saltgrass and had an ocean front view. Then we walked around the pier and ate Marble Slab ice cream. There was a band playing so the atmosphere was really nice. On the way home we got to drive by Nasa. It was pretty neat looking. I tried to talk Matt into moving closer to the ocean so Paytie and I could play in the water all day, but he didn't think it was too good of an idea. :) Daddy and Payten were racing on the pier. She thought that was the funnest thing ever. I must say my daughter is a really fast runner!!!! :) She runs everywhere she goes. I just keep praying that she doesn't fall and bang up her knees! She only knows one speed!!! Payten was not too fond of this shark. She was holding onto me for dear life!! :)

My Favorite Sisters!!!!!!

I just have to say that I am so blessed to have two great sister-in-laws. Growing up I always wanted a sister and prayed that one day I would get one and God blessed me with not one sister, but two!!!!! Love you girs lots!

Theses pics were taken at Brooke's baby shower on Saturday. It was lots of fun and turned out really well!!!

Easter Weekend!!!

My beautiful Granny who I love very much!!! Paytie LOVES her cousin Hailey. They played together all day on Sunday. Payten loves to give kisses!! That could be a potential problem in the future!! haha My mom got Payten a bubble machine for Easter. It is the cutest thing and Payten loves bubbles. That is by far her favorite word to say. So all day she was shouting, "bubbles,bubbles, bubbles." It was pretty cute! My poor mom was pooped and I made her take a picture... She made the best food for lunch!!! Fish and lots of other good stuff. I ate way toooo much, but I don't get to be spoiled by her cooking now that I live lots and lots of miles away. So when I do come home, I plan on eating. Oh ya, and Jan made amazing Meat Balls on Friday night along with a delicious pie!!!!! I think I gained a few pounds over the weekend. Oh well, it was definitely worth it!!! :)

Easter Pics continued...

Friday night we colored Easter eggs. She seemed interested for a few minutes, but like usual got distracted and went on to something else. :) I think us big kids enjoyed it more than the little Paytie. Easter 2007 Family Picture

More Pics of Easter Weekend

I think Grandpa looks pretty happy in this picture!! :)

I guess she thought the Easter egg looked pretty tasty!!??!!

Little Paytie

Here is another picture I took from today. Usually I can download them all at the same time but since lightening struck our house my computer has been acting really crazy. Here is little miss Paytie sitting by the sink while I was cleaning some veggies for lunch. She likes to sit and play in the water. (I am always right by her) After I get done cooking dinner I have to change her clothes because she has gotten herself wet from head to toe. I used to get mad b/c I would have to change her again, but now I just let her have fun. Anything that has to do with water and babies will put a smile on her face!! :)

My Sweet Daughter

I am so excited my computer let me download more pics. I can't believe it!! Here are the other pics that I took today after we got home from church. We were playing outside while Matt grilled out steaks for fajitas and grilled chicken for salad. We are going to try to start eating healthier. We have been eating out tooo much lately. I have to admit that eating out is so much fun and it is pretty nice not having to clean up a dirty kitchen!!! :) I can't help thinking how blessed I am. I have the best husband in the world and the sweetest daughter ever!!!! We will all be upstairs in the gameroom and Paytie will come lie down next to Matt and I. She will not stay there for long, but she wants to give us kisses and hugs. I feel so special when she leanes over and gives me a kiss. It's like someone just gave me a million dollars!!!

My Sweet Daughter

Here are some pics I took earlier today. I have tried four times today to download pics and I finally got 2 pictures to work. Hopefully I can continue to download more later. It is 12:35a.m. and I cannot sleep. This weekend I have learned a lot of things. #1. Life is sooo short. God has put us on this earth to love Him and serve Him. #2. Things of this world do NOT matter one bit. Things that do matter are family and living a life that pleases the Lord. Please be praying for my neighbor and her two little boys. The husband died Sat. morning. She is not doing well. It's a really long story and I think most of you know what has been going on, but they need lots of prayer!!! #3. I am so selfish. Matt and I watched The Pursuit of Happyness on Saturday night and we both agreed that we need to start giving more!!!! If you have not seen this movie, I reccommend it!!!! Will Smith is a great actor and plays a man who is extremely poor trying to raise his little boy.... he doesn't make but $200 a month and is trying to get a job at Dean Witter. well, I guess you will have to watch the rest. :) On a lighter note.... life is good. I have so much to say but don't even have the slightest clue on where to begin. Payten is growing up tooooo fast. She has such a personality. Her favorite thing right now is playing with her babies and being a little mommy. She burps her babies, feeds her babies, changes her babies, and of course rocks her babies. If we see a baby or even a baby stroller she yells "BABY"!!!!!!! It is pretty funny because she is still a baby herself. Well, she will always be my little baby. She says lots of words now and is talking more and more. She loves to sing and dance. Tonight we had music playing and she was dancing all over the place. Her new word is giraffe. I can't believe it.... we were walking by a stuffed giraffe in the nursery today and she started pointing and saying "raffe, graffe"!!! I always point and tell her what it is and today she pointed it out to me and wanted to go and pet it. She was sick this past week and had a 103.5 temperature. That was pretty scary for me, but everything ended up being fine. We are soo excited to come back to Oklahoma in less than 2 weeks. I can't belive it has already been 3 months. We are excited visit with friends and family!!!! Payten loves to point out airplanes that fly by so I know she is going to have a blast riding in one I just hope she can sit still for that long!! :)

Hangin' out with the Girls!!!

Brooke and Jan came to visit us!!!! We are having too much fun. Tonight we went and ate at Rockfish. (Really good seafood...) And then we had cheesecake for dessert! Yummy!!! Tomorrow we are going to go shopping and probably eat some more good food. Brooke is due in a couple months so it has been awesome feeling the baby move around. She looks super cute!! :) Paytie is enjoying hanging out with her Grammy and Auntie....they are sooo good to her! Well we will post some more pics later.

I got a job!

I am soooo mad right now. I have just tried to send a new post twice and each time my computer shuts down. I have some really cute pics so I guess I will try again tomorrow. Long story but we had a HUGE storm come through and our house was hit my lightening. Everything went black and some of the tiles around our fireplace cracked because of the pressure!!! Crazy, I know!!!! We had to get a new modem for the comuter and our security system completly shut down so they are coming to fix it tomorrow. Payten and I were hanging out in the study watching the storm and then all of a sudden lightening struck and I have never in my life heard anything so loud. I heard something cracking so I ran into the living room and saw that tile in front of the fireplace was completly shattered!!!!! SO CRAZY! Glad its over. Storms here are sooo loud. Not fun!! I got a new job! I am now a floor trainer at a gym near my house. I am just below a certified personal trainer. I have clients but I don't get paid as much as they do. Darn!! :) I am planning on getting certified soon. I teach people how to use the equipment properly and educate people on different weight lifting exercises. People can come up to me and ask me what they can do to work out this muscle or ask advise on fitness plans... I LOVE IT! I work 20 hours a week and Paytie is in the room next to the wellness center. I usually peek in and see what she is up to every once in a while. I just found out tonight that I am going to start teaching the Ab Lab class two nights a week. I am nervous because I have never taught a fitness class before. Once I get my certification I can start teaching all different aerobics classes. It will be so much fun! I am always at the gym now. You can't teach an ab class without having good abs, right?? :) Yep, I am either at the gym or home with my Matty and Paytie! I really like my hours too. I still feel like I am home and can spend lots of quality time with my family. Well, I have lots more to say, but unfortunately it all got deleted when my computer shut down!!! I hate computers! Life is wonderful. I love living in Texas. I have made lots of great friends too! I go to Bible study on Tuesday morning, so I run around with a couple girls from that class and then we also go to Sunday School so I have met some really nice girls in that class as well. The neighborhood I live in has a women's get together once a month and this month we are going to eat and play Bunko. My whole neighborhood consists of young people with kids so we fit in pretty good!!! :) So I have also made some good friends in my neighborhood. Some of us are starting a neighborhood scrapbooking club. Anyway, thats whats been going on in my life. I will write more tomorrow! Talk to you later.

A Great Day!!!

Today was my birthday and I had a wonderful day. It started off Matt woke me up to Shipley's Donuts. (He is soo sweet!!) They are soooo good!!!!! We got ready and we went to buy bikes. We have been wanting them for a long time and finally decided to get them. And we knew that Paytie would love riding around too. Tonight we took Payten to Itty Bitty City and Matt and I went to P.F. Chang's for dinner. It was sooo good and I got free desert at the end too. We had a fun time and I am so full right now. We love our baby girl so much, but let me tell you eating just the two of us is sooo lovely sometimes!!!! We actually got to enjoy our food and have an adult conversation. Yaaa!!! We went back and picked up our little girl and went home and rode around the neighborhood with our new bikes. It was kinda cold so we didn't ride for long. Well, I will type more later.... Matt is fixing to give me my birthday massage and we are going to watch Monster-in-Law. Have I mentioned that I have the best husband in the world???? I LOVE massages and he told me that tonight would be an extra special massage!! haha Thanks everyone for calling me and emailing me cute internet cards. I love friends and family!!!!!

Fun at the Park!!!!

Matt, I and Paytie had the best time this weekend. Chris and Jennifer came to visit us!!! We picked them up from the airport and then went straight to the Cheesecake Factory. Jennifer and I split a piece of Dulche de Leche cheesecake. It was soooo good! That night we went to the park and played with Paytie. Here are some pics of us playing with our little girl. By the way, I am sure that everyone will notice her nose... she scratched her nose on our next door neighbors wood play tree house. She missed a step and sraped her nose against the rough wood. It was pretty sad!! She didn't even cry. It is finally healing now!!! She looks like a little mouse. :) Anyway, just had to let everyone know what happened! That night we all went and got Marble Slab ice cream. Have I mentioned that I gained a few pounds this weekend?? Saturday, the boys went to Buffalo Wild Wings and watched the OSU Cowboys lose again! When they got back Jennifer and I went to the mall. We found Nike and Aasics running shorts for $4.99!!!! They are sooo cute too. I was pretty excited since they were regularly $38!!!! We all had a wonderful time! We have been trying to get them to watch the Notebook since Matt and I love that movie and always get teary eyed watching it. Saturday night we watched it and I was surprised to see that Chris and Jennifer didn't shed one tear! :) I had such a fun time. We love having people come visit us and we love family!!!!

Pics of little Miss Paytie!!

Here are some pics that I have taken the past couple weeks. She is growing up way toooo fast. I feel like she was just born yesterday. She is at such a fun stage and it's great that I can finally communicate with her. She is talking all the time now! It is so funny to hear her talk. She loves Sonic ice, so she is constantly walking around the house saying, "ice, ice, ice"! I think she would rather chew on ice than eat her food. She also loves going to Memorial City Mall. Well maybe not the mall, but the playland inside the mall! She plays her little heart out and all the bigger kids love to chase her around and mother her. I have found out that my little precious baby girl is a HUGE dare devil. There is nothing that she will not do, especially if the older kids are doing it. Well, Paytie is taking a nap right now so I thought I would add more pics to my blog. I hope everyone has a great Valentine's Day!!!!

Daddy just put her tricycle together and she could hardly wait! Her legs aren't long enough to reach the pedals, but she loves for us to push her around!