Fun With Bob and Larry

Tonight Payten and I went to see Bob and Larry at the Chick-Fil-A by our house. Payten was beside herself and was in awe that Bob and Larry were there. She stood and looked at them for over 30 minutes. Finally I had talked her into believing that it was there bed time and that we had to go so they could go to bed..... So she thinks that Bob and Larry were really tired and that their mommy told them it was bed time too. :) She had so much fun and it was so cute to watch her laughing and a couple times Larry took her blanket and played with her. She also stole a kiss from Bob the Tomato. I think she will be talking about it for days. Enjoy the pics!

Mommy's Little Helper

Payten loves to help me do the dishes! She pulls her little chair up and will wash bowls, cups and silverware for hours. I have to make her get down and do something else. The other day I had just got all the dirty dishes in the dishwasher, so she decided to get every clean spoon, fork, and tupperware out of the drawers and wash them. I couldn't help but think it was so cute that she was imitating me. I told her in 10 years we are going to look at these pictures and laugh when she is complaining about how she hates doing the dishes. :) Congrats Chris and Jenn on your new precious baby boy who decided he wanted to grace his presence in the world 5 weeks early!!! And praise Jesus he was completly healthy and over 5lbs. God is so good! I can't wait to meet the little guy. Hopefully we will make it to Oklahoma soon. Here are a couple pictures of my new dining room. I thought that I was just getting the dining room table and chairs but Matt surprised me and got me the cabinet as well. I was so excited to get out all my China and finally have a place for all of our wine glasses. Everything was still wrapped up in moving boxes. Now the trick is keeping it looking nice with a toddler who likes to ride her tricycle in the house and a cat who loves to jump on top of the table and sleep on it!

Payten and Jonah

Well it has been quite a while since I have written on my blog. Things have been crazy around the Pregler house. Hannah and Jonah came to see us for a night and let me tell you the kids were CRAZY together. Payten was sooo excited to see him.... she acted up the entire day. She acted like I had given her a dozen spoonfulls of sugar... which I did not do!!!!! :) They had so much fun together and I definitely think they remembered each other. Here they are swimming in the bath tub with their clothes on.....which they did twice by the way. Hannah and I were in the kitchen talking and all of a sudden it got really quiet and we heard them laughing. We knew they were into something....and of course they were. I was kinda mad b/c water was everywhere, but they were having so much fun. They had cups and were throwing water on each other and they both found it to be hilarous!!!! And after the day Payten had she was fast alseep in 5 mintues. She was sooo exhausted. After the kids fell asleep Hannah and I went out for dinner at Los Cucos. She was craving Mexican so we had fajitas and wonderful conversation. It's amazing that Hannah and I don't talk a whole lot and it seems whenever we do get together we pick up right where we left off. So..... I got paint to paint Paytie's walls tomorrow and I am painting her "payten" letters an expresso brown and her walls a light green color. I hope it turns out cute. I will post pictures of the finished product.

Christmas Recap

Here are some pictures that were taken over the Christmas Holiday. Thanks everyone for a wonderful Christmas..... the week was so much fun and we really enjoyed visiting and catching up with all of our family. I must say it was nice to get back to warmer weather. It has been in the 70's here and everything is still green with the sun shining most days!!!! I will update more later.....I have to go cook dinner. Thanks again for everything. Payten has been playing with her new toys non-stop. I don't know what to do with all her toys. I think I am going to put some up for a while and get them back out in a couple months and then she will think she got some new toys.

Answered Prayer

Just wanted to let everyone know that for three days the Pregler family has been on a very strict routine and IT'S WORKING WONDERFULLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) And Payten has been in bed by 8:00, lights out. We cut out her afternoon nap, which is fine because we now have quiet time. She usually lays down on in our bed and watches The Mickey Mouse Club. That is her favorite show right now. She is really into Mickey and Minnie. :) I think it is pretty cute b/c I loved Minnie Mouse when I was a little girl. I can't wait to take her to Disney World. Okay....so we have dinner at 5:30, we play until 6:45 and then by 7:00 she is in the bath tub. After the bath tub we brush her hair and teeth, get a drink of water, and then I now read her the bible from 7:30 in her big girl bed and then I let her know that at 8:00 the lights are going out and it is time for bed. She loves reading her "Jesus" bible. That is what she calls it. We also say our prayers before we go to bed and it is so cute to see her put her hands together, shut her eyes and say, "dear Jesus". It melts my heart. and then tonight I was praying and she was just watching me and she said, "love you Jesus.....amen." I am so happy that she loves the Lord at age 2 and I hope that I can show her through my every day life that I love Jesus too! WILD HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!! Every morning I joke with her......telling her that she has big huge rats in her hair. She really thinks.... literally real rats. :) Payten has developed a love for looking at Baby Kennedi on the blog. She loves to come in the computer room and use the mouse to go through "baby tennedi" picutures. She loves the one that Aunt Brooke is in...the one of them on the swing. And she really is fascinated with her adorable bows. She is always telling me to look. I think she is hinting that she wants some big bows too! :)

HELP!!!!!!! :)

Little Miss Payten has decided that she no longer wants to sleep..... period!!!! The last three nights have been absolutely a nightmare! She will not stay in her crib. She refuses to lay her head down.....and she will instantly climb out the second you put her in it. I have spent many hours looking up information on the internet and trying to find out what I can do to get her to go to sleep. She hasn't napped in four days and Matt and I spend over 3 hours battling her to go to sleep at night. We have tried rocking her MANY times, loving her, calmly pleading with her to be quiet and go to bed, spanking her (that definitely doesn't work), time out, putting her in her big girl bed....that lasted a few minutes but the second we left the room she went crazy and climbs out and comes running up the stairs to play!!!!!! We had Matt's Christmas party tonight and she spent the evening at my boss's house from the YMCA...she never went to sleep there and she is now asleep in our bed..... it's 1:05a.m.!!!!! She finally gave up....Matt and I have about 6 inches of the bed and she has the other 10! :) I am scared to move her b/c if she wakes up no telling what will happen! :) Anyway.....we are going to make some adjustments at our house. First thing is we are going to get on a strict routine at night. No more staying up until mommy and daddy go to bed stuff.....we are now going to eat dinner, let her play for an hour or so, take a bath, and then have some quiet time before bed.....bed time will now be at 8:00... NO LATER!!!! So Grandma's when we come to visit for Christmas......you better obey the strict schedule! haha If anyone has advice on toddlers and sleeping issues, PLEASE let me know. Matt and I are in desperate need of a good nights sleep!!! Also keep us in your prayers and specifically pray that God gives me more patience...because ladies the past few days I could have used a little more of God's grace and mercy!! :)

Body Combat Training

Body Combat training was amazing, and was the most exhausting weekend I have had in a VERY long time. It was the entire weekend 8 hour days.....working out the ENTIRE time!!! I passed and got me certification with flying colors. I had to memorize the entire Body Combat 55 minute program and present it in front of my other teammates. I was soooo nervous but by Sunday night I was over any previous fears I had had of being front and center! Not only did they work us hard, Saturday morning at 8 a.m. we had to go through a BC Boot Camp! Have I mentioned I lost almost 5 pounds this weekend? :) I guess the things in life that are most challenging usually will be the most rewarding!!!! (I think that is how it goes) Anyway, I am scheduled to teach my first class this Sunday. Meme came to visit and help with taking care of Paytie. Thursday after we picked her up from the airport we went to the Galleria and ate at The Cheesecake Factory and Meme took us shopping. We stopped in at Pottery Barn to look at a couple things and Payten had to have the PB stroller. It is very nice and should last her a long time. Thanks Meme!!!!! Payten and Meme also went to Chuck E Cheese's twice!!! :) They went to the park and played outside, took a couple walks and ate ice cream. She was pretty upset when we had to drop Meme off at the airport. I reassured her that we would see her again very soon. Thanks again Meme for being so good to us!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. We had such a wonderful time in Oklahoma visiting with everyone and eating way too much! We love our families dearly and we are already looking forward to the trip home for Christmas. Thanks again for giving us places to sleep and for making our bellies extra happy!!!!!!! :) Did I mention how much I love to eat??? My favorite food lately has been corn and mashed potatoes and there was plenty corn and mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving Day. I love my Meme. We had so much fun together. Here we are after she got done cooking. I decided to give her a hug and thank her for making us some yummy food. She looked like she needed a hug!!! haha just kidding mom.....you look fabulous in this picture. :)

Here is Mommy and me cuddling on the couch together. We were both soooo full from all the good food that we needed to rest for a few minutes. It was almost time for my afternoon nap, but I was fighting it because I didn't want to miss any of the action. My good friend Ady came to visit me for a while. We had so much fun and played so well the entire time. We chased each other around the house and played dominoes. Oh ya, and we also read some of the sale ads for the day after Thanksgiving. Ady and I especially liked the Toys R Us ad. They had lots of neat Dora toys for sale. I was so sad to see her go that I decided I would get all upset and cry. After about 5 minutes I forgot what I was crying about and started playing again. :) Family Photo. It is so hard for me to calm down and sit still for 2 seconds. I hate taking pictures and I like to see my mom get all excited.

My Daddy is swinging me around in this picture and of course Mom had her camera right there hoping to get a cute picture. Here I am with Aunt JJ's boots on. They fit perfectly! I am with out a doubt 100% girl. I love shoes, especially sassy boots with lots of style. :) "Bye Bye" Memaw.....thanks for all the good food. We enjoyed visiting with you!