And now she thinks shes a dog ...

Yesterday she was a horse ... and today she is a dog ... oh the life a 2 year old. Look at Missie ... I think she wants her bed back :)

Payton playing Horsey .....

My kiddo is just so funny .... Now she thinks shes a horse too!!!

Dinner with friends!!!!!

On Thursdays we had a little dinner potluck with some friends. It so nice to be able to relax and eat dinner and let the kids play. We have the most wonderful friends here and are so lucky to have them in our lives!!!

Gybson, Christopher, Payton and Ava playing dollhouse!!

The kids eating dinner....Running around the kitchen playing with Becky ....
Jill falling into Becky too .... hehehehe (Loves these girls!!!)

Painting ....

On Monday we meet some friends up at Color Me Mine for a afternoon of painting and fun. Payton decided of course to paint a horse ... she sat right down and started painting right away. She loved it ... After the kids painted to their hearts content .... they played behind the stools being silly and then we went out to lunch to chick fila so the kids could play some more. Payton was tired so she wanted to go home and take a nap ... so we didn't really play much at Chick Fila, but we had a great day!!!

She was so focused ....

Painting her horsey!!!

The Gang!!!

The finished horsey ...

Christopher, Jesse and Payton playing behind the stools...

Our Perfect Valentines Day!!!

Well ... first off ... Happy Valentines Day everyone!!!! For those who know me ... you know this is not a holiday that I really celebrate. I think its a artificial hallmark holiday that gives women a excuse to make men do as they please. For me ... if a man doesn't treat you like that all the time ... making him do that one day a year isn't going to change anything. Luckily I have a amazing husband that shows me how much he loves me and our family on a daily basis ... I don't need this day for him to prove it to me.

Anyway... Now that we have Payton ... I do celebrate our love for her. I think it might just be a excuse to spoil her even more ... but why not!!!! So today was her day ... we started the day off at Build A Bear ... one of Paytons favorite places. She decided to make a puppy and baby puppy!!! She had a blast making it and then carried it around all day long!!!

Picking a heart for her puppy!!!

Stuffing her puppy!!!

Giving puppy a bath and getting him ready to come home!!

After Build a Bear we were off to Barnes and Nobles to pick out some new books and play with the trains. Payton picked out 2 different books ... both Wonder Pets (I thought she was moving out of the Wonder Pets phase but I guess not). We headed home, ate lunch and both took a nice long nap!!!

Playing with her new Wonder Pets books!!!

After nap we played Dollhouse, puppies and hung out until Daddy came home. Daddy came home and brought Payton some flowers (which she LOVES) and a card. Payton played with the flowers until they almost died ... she tortures them!!!

Kissing Daddy!!! My 2 loves!!!

This was a perfect Valentines Day!!! I couldn't of asked for a better day!!!! I have the best family ever!!!! I love you Nick and Payton!!!!

Daddys 1st time with Playing with play-doh....

So this afternoon when Payton and I were playing play-doh ... Daddy came in to play with us. At first he was like "what are you guys doing?" ... then he proceeds with "what is this stuff? ... its kinda gross..." I was like ... you have never played with Play-doh before and he said NO. Now I am just not sure how someone makes it through life and doesn't play with play-doh .. ever. Hmm .. Maybe Carol can answer this one for me ... how come you never gave Nick Play-doh? ... such a sheltered boy!!! hehehehe.

Anyway ... we played and played ... making spaghetti, animal shapes, footprints, etc ... and Nick got to see how much fun it can be :) Of course ... Payton just loves the stuff!!! I am sure Nick will be seeing much more play-doh in his days to come ....

My two favorite people!!!!

Paytons 1st time bowling!!!

Today we decided to take Payton bowling for the 1st time. She LOVED it. She bowled 2 games and ate nachos, played with grandpa and grandma and just had a blast. She even got a strike!!!! In the 2 games that she played ... she got 1 strike and 2 spares... I would say thats not so bad for a 2 year old. It looks like this will have to be a new outing for The Sham Fam.

Its so nice being able to take her to try new things now. I am loving this age more and more everyday!!! She is one amazing little girl!!!

Look at her!!!

All smiles and having a blast!!!

Look who good she did!!!

Playing with PawPaw
Playing with Grandma
Trying to do the worm with her hands....

Happy Birthday Caden!!!

Last Saturday we celebrated Caden's 1st bday ... I still can't believe that he already 1. Time sure does fly by. Anyway ... Caden's birthday also brought the old college gang back together again. It is kinda strange with most of us having babies now ... but its so neat to see the kids all together. Who would of thought after all of our crazy years together ... we would all be married with babies ... I just hope that one day, Payton gets to experience friends like this in her life!!!

Anyway... Caden birthday was wonderful, the weather was great and the kids all had a blast. Caden wasn't a big fan of his bday smash cake ... but I haven't really meet alot of kiddos who are. Payton was one of the "older" kids at this party ... it was weird ... we are usually on the younger side, but she played with the older boys and had a ball!!! Happy 1st bday Caden!!!

The gang!!! I miss you guys!!!

Payton actually tasted the cake... I about fell over!!!

Payton, Tyler and Caroline
Payton and Austin!!!

Superbowl!!!!

We were blessed with wonderful weather the weekend of the Superbowl and decided that we would put the bounce house up to keep the kids occupied during the game. We had The Consers and Winters over and the kids just played and played. Nick cooked up some hot dogs and we all just hung out and watched the game. Nick was in a SUPER mood as the Steelers won ... so that made it a even better night. I would of rather watched the Cowboys win ... but if my team can't ... Nicks team is the Second best(even though his real team is The Cowboys ... he just won't admit it!!!)

The Girls LOVED the bounce house 10X more than they did last year. It is going to be the hit of the summer this year!!! Now I just need to convince Nick that we need a water one too :) Wish me luck!!!

Payton's 1st movie

So on Sunday Payton and I met up with our friends Becky and Gybson to take Payton to see her first movie. I was really not sure how she would do at the movies as she likes to watch them but.... she likes to play with toys at the same time. She isn't really a kid that just sits and watches the movie. Anyway ... I chose Hotel for Dogs to be her first movie as she LOVES movies with real dogs in them. I figured that that would be the way to go!!! So as we enter the movies ... we are walking to our theater and Payton gets so excited and starts screaming ... " Mommy mommy mommy ... TRISTMAS LIGHTS ... THRISTMAS LIGHTS. I looked at her like "What are you talking about" and she proceeded to show me the running lights in the walkway of one of the theater rooms ... I was cracking up.

So we get seated for our movie, ordered our lunch and waited for the movie to start. I brought some toys, sucker, m&ms and all to entertain in case she gets restless ... but she did great. The first 10 minutes she was not feeling the movies as there were no dogs in it yet ... but once the dogs came on ... she LOVED it. She watched the whole movie .. laughing and "arfing" right along with the dogs. After we left the movie ... she said "Mommy I loved puppy movie, can we see it again?" .... I told her to put in on her bday list. :)

So our first movie experience was a hit ... lets just hope I pick winners all the time :)