One Month Doctor's Apt

I took Payton to his one month Doctor's appointment yesterday. Yes he is already a month old!!! Payton is a very healthy boy! He now weighs 10 lbs 7 oz and is 21.5 inches long. The Doctor was very impressed by his ability to roll himself over from his tummy to his back and how he is holding his head up for short periods at a time. He is going to be a smart, strong boy (Mom's opinion)! ;)

Just wanted to let you know that he is growing and doing great!

Month in Review

We had so many things going on last month that I wasn't able to write about much, so I thought I would do a quick review of a few things we did in October. The majority of the month revolved around welcoming Payton into the world on October 2nd and adjusting to our new life of minimal sleep, new challenges, and the best additional to our family!! But along with welcoming Payton, we also celebrated Trav's 29th Birthday on October 8th, Leah's (Trav's sister) birthday on October 10th, and my Mom's birthday on October 15th. By the way, Happy belated birthday to all the Friends and Family with October Birthdays that we missed!

Trav's sister, Leah, graduated from FIT in New York this last May and left for France shortly after. She finally came home from France two days before Payton was born, which was so wonderful. After 10 longs months we were able to see her for the first time since she returned just an hour before Payton was born at the hospital. We are so excited she is finally home and hope that she will stay in town for a while; it is so fun having her around.

The weekend before Halloween, Trav and I took Payton to the pumpkin patch to get his first pumpkin. I carried Payton in the Baby Bjorn and Trav picked the best pumpkins for us. We got three big pumpkins and had great ideas for carving them; Travis carved one and the others never got touched. We didn't have enough time or energy before Halloween to carve all three and get them out in time for the trick-or-treaters. At least we tried though! :) We had lots of trick-or-treaters on Halloween and Payton got to wear his "BOO" hat to his first Halloween Party at the Sperry's House, but that was the extent of his costume. Next year we will have more energy to carve pumpkins, dress Payton up in the best costume, and stay over an hour at a Halloween party!

We are getting ready for the holidays and have lots planned for November and December so there will be plenty more to report soon. I hope you are all well!

Pictures

I have been promising more pictures, so here they are. We have been busy trying to keep little Payton happy and get some rest at the same time! He is so fun to have around, just a huge challenge! We love him so much! Hope you enjoy the pictures our friend Alicia Jerome took of Payton at 3 weeks old!

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Quick Update

Hi Everyone! We are all doing really well, just super tired. I haven't had much time to post new pictures but I promise to get some up this week for sure! Payton is now three weeks old (4 weeks on Thursday!!) and he is filling out and changing just a little bit every day. He loves to eat and sleep and only has one fussy period in the late evening that keeps us up for a while. Other than that he is perfect and our little angel! The grandparents have been wonderful. They watch Payton every once in a while so that both Trav and I can get out of the house at the same time or take a nap. Trav and I even got to get away last Friday night for a dinner-date night which was much needed for the two of us! We will probably be utilizing them much more as time goes on; for now it has been great that they are so willing!! Payton has his one month appointment next Tuesday, so I will be sure to let you all know how that goes. Keep an eye out for more pictures this week! Thanks for all the calls, emails, and visitors! Love you!

More of Payton!

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Payton's Visitors!

We have had so many visitors over the last week and a half! Here are pictures of only some of our visitors!

Family Update...

Hi Everyone! Wanted to check in and let you know what we have been up to for the last week and a half. We have been busy adjusting to our no-sleep, new baby schedule! We have been busy watching him eat, sleep, poop, cry, look around, and just be! He is so adorable and we love him so much!

We had lots of visitors last week to check out our little guy and it has been so fun seeing everyone! Everyone that has stopped by has been so wonderful to us by bringing over dinners and little gifts for Payton. We have such great family and friends! Thank you!

We celebrated Travis's birthday last Wednesday, October 8th. Great-Grandpa Tom, Auntie Leah, and both sets of Grandparents came over for a Taco Bar dinner and fabulous mud-pie dessert prepared by Jeanie and Leah, plus fun presents for Trav!

We took Payton to see the Pediatrician on Thursday and the Doctor said he is very healthy! Payton weighed 7 lbs 12 oz, which is so great since he lost some weight after he was born, but has already gained it all back, plus some. He has been a great little eater which is helping him to be so healthy!

Travis is going back to work this Wednesday. It has been so great having him home to help out with late night and early morning feedings, changings, and just being involved with everything so we can go through it together.

There is not much planned for this week except for my mom's birthday on Wednesday so we are going to the grandparents house for dinner that night. Things are moving along and the more we get adjusted to our sleeping schedule the more we are able to move towards functioning for everyday life once again.

Thanks for all the calls, visits, and emails! And thanks for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers! We love you all!