Sledding

Last night we took Peyton sledding. She had so much fun and didn't want to come inside when it was time to. This was Peyton's first real experience with snow. Last year we never took her out in it because she was too little. In the past 2 days we have gotten so much snow that we decided to buy a little sled and pull Peyton around on it and take her down the hill!! She was loving it till she took her gloves off and her hands were freezing. Here are some pictures we took while sledding. She was ready for the snow

She loved being pulled around

Getting ready to go down the hill by herself

She flew so fast down the hill she fell out. She was soaking wet and

freezing by the time we went in

Peyton's New Adventures

Peyton is such an active little girl and always finding something new to do. I felt like Peyton needs to get into something since she is so active and loves other children. I heard about this program called Kindermusik and thought it would be perfect for Peyton. It's a music class/dance class. Your child can start when they are only 18 months. I am excited for her to start this program. If you have a little one I would highly recommend looking into there programs. They have tons of different programs from sign language, to family classes if you have more then one child. Peyton will start in the next couple weeks!!

She is also starting gymnastics!!! I am so excited for her to be able to get involved with other children he own age and experience different activities. She will be starting gymnastics on January 21st!!

No More Stitches

Well Peyton got her stitches out 4 days ago. When we took her in to the hospital to get them out the same doctor looked at her. I was waiting for what he had to say hoping it would be good news.

Lets just say it wasn't great news or good news for that matter. He looked a little worried when he said "O it looks infected!" My first thought was how in the HELL did it get infected when I went through a whole tube of Neosporin, I was constantly cleaning it out with Hydrogen Peroxide, and she was on a 80 dollar antibiotic. As a mother I thought I had failed to do my job and not let it get infected. The doctor said that it is easy to get a wound with stitches infected because the sutures collect any bacteria.

So after removing the sutures the doctor put steri strips on because since it got infected it didn't heal together. So the doctor was hoping that the steri strips would help to hold it together. I knew those strips wouldn't stay on long with a two year old.

The next day Peyton pulled them off and since then haven't had them on her face. So to make a long story short her wound isn't healing together and it looks awful!!! The doctor said if this is the case then they would have to wait till it fully heals and then go to a plastic surgeon and have the scar cut out and re-stitched. I am posting pictures of Peyton's newest beautiful scar on her precious face. Let me know what you think. Joel thinks I am over-reacting about the scar but to me it looks horrible.

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9 Stitches Later

Last night was quit the adventure with Peyton. We were just hanging out at my aunt and uncles house just having a fun night of playing games when it turned into tragic!!

While Peyton was playing with Maddie, my aunts dog, and playing with Ali, a friends dog, Peyton tripped and fell on Ali. Ali's natural dog reaction was to snip and it just so happen to get poor Peyton's face.

So needless to say we spent 2 hours in the ER room last night and 9 stitches later we made it back home. Peyton had to get 7 in her check and 2 in her lip where the dog bit completely through her lower lip. Luckily the bit on her face was straight across and easy to sew up. I am just thankful it's not any worse then it is. Because I have seen cases where the dog has bitten a chunk out of a child's face.

Peyton is doing great!! Last night after it happened she only cried maybe 5 mins and didn't cry till the held her down to stitch it up. She is a tough little girl and I am grateful for that. It's hard to see your child in pain. I think I cried as much as Peyton last night while they sewed her up.

Here are some pictures of her sad little face. Two of them are from the hospital that I took on my phone. She had to put on a cute little yellow gown. I really just hope it doesn't leave to much of a scar.Here it is before they sewed it up. I know it might not look too bad, but trust me it was bad and was bleeding for over 2 hours until they stitched it up

Here she is in her little hospital gown reading a magazine

These ones were taken this morning. Poor girl!!

Rub-A-Dub-Dub....Fun-In-The-Tub

This morning Peyton was having so much fun in the bath tub!! She was laughing so hard about her hair when I put this foam soap all over her hair. She was looking on the little metal piece on the tub to see what she looked like. I had to take a picture to share her funniness!!

Look at This Great

action shot of her falling!!

Christmas Slide Show

Here is the slide show I promised!

Christmas Day

Can I just say "AWH"! (With a big sigh) I am so glad that Christmas has come and went. Don't get me wrong I love Christmas. It is actually my favorite holiday. I just love the feeling Christmas brings but also when it is over I feel so relieved that I can sit back and relax once again!!

Joel Peyton and I had a wonderful Christmas this year. On Christmas Eve we went out to dinner with my Aunt Sandy, Uncle Jim, and cousin Jeff. We had a great time. Then after dinner Joel, Peyton, and I came home to open our new pajamas and read The Night Before Christmas.

Christmas morning Peyton woke up with so much excitement as if she really knew what was going on. She loved all the great things Santa had brought to her. She kept saying Santa and smiling so big.

We had my aunt, uncle, and cousin over for breakfast and so they could watch Peyton open her presents. It was fun to have them over and share that experience with them. Peyton got a lot of fun things!!

In my next post I will post a slide show of Peyton on Christmas!! I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday!!