Peyton's Trip to Clinton

Peyton and her Parents Visit Clinton

Saturday was fabulous. Peyton and her parents arrived around 10 a.m. for a fun day in Clinton. After she had a little snack from her Mommy, Peyton, Amanda and I went over to Great-Grandma/pa Mintun's house. Peyton was very happy to see them and was quite entertaining with her new trick of chewing on her toes! She is so flexible. She thought Great-Grandma was quite funny and enjoyed playing with the measuring spoons and measuring cups that Amanda had played with when she was a baby. After having a Subway lunch, Grandpa, Chad and Amanda went to play golf with Dennis Sieger (Amanda only played 9 holes) - Grammy got the best gig - I had Peyton all to myself for a couple of hours!!!!! She is such a joy. Her laugh is contagious. Kelly came to see how Peyton had grown. After Amanda returned from golfing, Great-Grandma Arthur came by for a visit, as did Debbie Sieger. They were quite "taken" by Peyton, as are all of us. Amanda thrilled me by joining me at an adoption celebration party for one of my co-workers and her babies. We weren't gone long, but it was nice to have Amanda with me - I am so proud of her. When we returned, Grandpa was right where we left him - in his recliner with Peyton sleeping on his chest. He quite enjoys that, as does Peyton. We enjoyed a nice dinner together before Peyton's Mommy got her ready for bed and fed her so she could sleep on the trip home. It was an absolutely glorious day - Grammy and Grandpa were so glad they came to visit and hope they come again soon!

Pics from Visit to Olathe

Peyton Visit

Grandpa, Great-Grandma Mintun, Murray and I motored to Olathe Sunday after church for a great, but too-short visit with Peyton and Amanda. Chad was playing golf, but we saw him for a few minutes before we headed back to Clinton. We enjoyed pizza for lunch. Peyton was a little fussy when we first arrived as she had been refusing to eat since 8:30 a.m.! Shortly after lunch, she took a little nap which refreshed her enough to nurse, which made her Momma very happy. We were all happy afterward, as she was a blast! She laughed, kicked her legs, held her foot (only her left one), "talked", showed off in her new jumperoo, smiled, smiled some more, anI d basically made four adults melt at her very presence. She still loves to watch "Rockin' Elmo". Spending the afternoon with her reinforced what I already knew - we live too far away from her!!! It had been 10 days since I last saw her, and that was for 3 days in a row, and I missed her terribly. I also have been missing Amanda - I got used to seeing her a few days a week for 3 months, and now....... I do feel fortunate that they are only 1 1/2 hours away, and we can see more of them that a lot of grandparents - and Amanda is so very good to call and keep us up-to-date. And that blog of hers is great - I'll bet our visit will be posted sometime soon. We had an uneventful drive home and had fun talking about all the fun we had visiting. We appreciate Amanda, Chad and Peyton welcoming us to their home and sharing Peyton with us!

Peyton & School

Peyton's first day of "school" on Monday went well. She has been adjusting better each day - even took a 3 hour nap this morning and a 2 hour nap this afternoon - unheard of for Peyton! When I stayed with her, I was lucky if she took a 40 minute nap in the morning and an hour in the afternoon. I must have been more fun than the Goddard teachers - ha ha. The Goddard teachers have managed to get more milk down her each day - the faster flowing nipples for the bottles seem to be helping. Pretty soon, it will all be old hat!

Tuesday was my worst day for the cold I seemed to get last weekend. Not over it yet, but today was sooooo much better than yesterday, and I slept better last night. I need to be well by the weekend so we can go see Peyton and her parents. I wouldn't want to give them any germs.

Had a big crowd at choir practice tonight - good rehearsal. Mom, Debbie Sieger and I went to the church for a pre-garage sale venture - found a few things. Not sure how our church people come up with $4,000 worth of junk year after year, but we seem to find it somewhere.

It has been hard to adjust to working every day this week. I liked having Peyton Days 2 or 3 days each week - I miss my little sweet pea!

Murray has been happy to see me each day when I pick him up, but he loves staying over at Mom and Dad's.

Weekend

Be sure to check out the new pics of Peyton - have you ever seen a cuter baby! That smile and those dimples are priceless - and the rolls! She is certainly healthy!

I'm missing Peyton so much and am already having withdrawals from seeing her every few days. She starts school tomorrow at the Goddard School for Early Childhood Development - I know she will thrive there and that her parents lovingly selected a great school for her. She is learning so much already and changing every day - holds onto things now, plays with her crib toy, rolls over both ways, smiles and laughs, talks, etc. Can't tell that I'm a proud Grammy, can you?

Our weekend was pretty uneventful. We went to a fundraiser dinner for the Christian School on Saturday night - very unorganized and the food was just "okay", but at least I didn't have to cook! We had 6 inches of snow on Saturday, but they came by and scraped our driveway around 4 p.m., and the roads were scraped and dry by the time we left the house. Church attendance was way down today too due to the cold weather/snow. Mom and I had planned to run errands on Saturday morning, but she didn't want to get out in the snow. Ron and I went to the grocery store after church and took them their groceries, so they should be good to go for a few days.

I have been fighting off a sore throat and cold this weekend - feeling a little better now. First time I have been sick in 2 years, so I'm not liking it much.

Busy week ahead - our office is hosting Business After Hours (a Chamber of Commerce Event), so it will be a long day tomorrow - then I go to Bolivar on Wednesday for a lunch meeting and somewhere else on Thursday, but right now I can't remember where. The first of the month is always busy for me with reports, etc. We hope to go see Peyton and her parents on Saturday.