Happy Birthday Mary Peyton

Mary Peyton turned 2 yesterday. It was such a special weekend. She woke up to a brand new trike, that she can’t really reach the pedals on yet. We spent the morning getting ready for her Baby Doll party. Her party was so cute. All the little girls brought their favorite baby doll and stroller. She had a baby doll cake made by one of our great volunteers at church. It was so cute and SO good. Chocolate of course. She’s been asking for that for months. All the girls took their babies and strollers outside for a little baby doll parade. Too cute. She is such a precious treasure to us and we love her. Happy Birthday MP! You are so special.

opening presents

pushing baby

the parade

the cake

couldn't get her to blow

birthday morning

the trike

friends

ring around the rosie

Finally made it to the beach

We just got back from a great family vacation down in Destin. Well, I don’t know if you can really call a week at the beach with a 2 year old and a 6 month old a vacation, but it was a vacation in the sense that we weren’t working our “other” jobs and had a great change of scenery. We really had a great time. The weather was perfect and almost made us forget that it was mid-October. Mary Peyton loved the beach. She kept calling it the pool. London did well too by taking naps most every day in her little beach tent. Steve’s parents were with us for a few days and then my mom came down at the end of the week. Here are a few pictures of our week. I always feel like I never captured enough moments. We were thankful for the time together.

lovin' it

snack time

London

visit to the gulfarium

so sweet

visit to air force base

sisters

been a long day...

so sweet

baytown

What a difference a year makes!

I took Mary Peyton and London to the pumpkin patch today. MP loved it of course. They had a corn maze for little kids, hay bales, pumpkins, old tires to climb on…she was everywhere. The whole time I was there I was remembering that we were just here together a year ago and she was figuring lots of things out. Here are a few pics of our day and one from a year ago! You can see how much she has grown…and she’s grown in lots of ways. Hopefully next year London will be chasing her big sis through the corn maze!

"Heaby mommy"

Last October

Uncle Shuck's

not really posing for pics yet

 

she climbed right in and said cheese

more pumpkins

"dis one mommy"

p.s. London says Hi!