Family weekend

We had a big weekend full of family and friends in the harbor! We don't get to go up there enough, so when we do we try to pack in as many people in our day as we can :) I have Friday's off this month (which is very nice!), and so we headed up to Gig Harbor in the morning after touring and visiting Wee Care (more on that later). It was an uneventful car ride, Payton is awesome with road trips by now! Friday night we were visited by my cousin Carissa and her husband Chris. They hadn't seen Payton in 3 months, so she had definitely grown a lot since then! It was a pretty low key night with pizza and conversation. We miss those guys!

Saturday we were visited by the Book family. Payton did great... must be hard to be the center of attention everywhere you go! :) She slept a lot this weekend, but she saw a lot of faces and it was a lot of activity. Certainly more than she's used to with just me and Kyle! She was very smiley with everyone, and when she got cranky we just put her down for a nap and she went down without a peep. It is SO much fun to get her from her crib, she gives you the hugest grin and starts kicking and squealing in excitement! We would all fight over who got to get her when she woke up :)

I took my camera one time, couldn't pass up a perfect photo op!

My Great Aunt Tanya helping me stand. I do not like to sit!

I do like to smile though :)

Great grandma feeding me lunch. It's really funny to watch Payton with a bottle, I need to get it on video sometime. As soon as she sees it she reaches for it and opens her mouth up really wide, and grabs it and actually guides it to her own mouth! I have a feeling she'll be holding it on her own before we know it.

I was really aware of the dogs this time, and they were pretty curious about me too.

With Grandma after my bath

Kyle, crazy guy that he is, drove down to Vancouver and back on Saturday night to go to a concert that he was really excited about... I told him he could just stay in Portland, but he didn't want to miss any family stuff. He had a blast, they saw the Scorpions! Didn't get home until about 2am though, so he was definitely tired... on Sunday morning my bestest friend Elena and her hubby Dan dropped by to say hello. We chatted and laughed over pancakes and coffee. Anytime I'm with Elena it's like old times. We made a pact when we were in high school that we would at least be engaged by the year 2010 (we both got married in 2008), so we always laugh about that! We planned a Portland trip at the end of September for lots of girl time and shopping, and I can't wait!

Sunday we got to visit with the Casebolt family, some of whom hadn't seen Payton since she was one month old!

Hanging with Great Grandpa!

Daddy likes to goof around and do stuff that makes mom nervous :)

Three days flew by way too fast, and before we knew it, it was time to head home again. Thank you to everyone who came out to visit Payton!

Grandma and Grandpa C <3

In other news, Payton has officially been on the propranolol for two months now. Time for another comparison!

Before we started treatment...

After one month...

... and two months! It looks really flat, and is a much lighter red. We're definitely pleased!

The one on the back of her head before...

This one has definitely changed a lot! It's a LOT smaller and flat, and also a much lighter color. She has a couple follow up appointments coming up, as always I'll keep you posted!

Like I mentioned before, Kyle and I took Payton to Wee Care Friday morning to take a tour and check it out. It was a great opportunity for us to meet her "teachers", and for them to get to know us as well. We were really impressed, it is definitely a well organized machine! It's very secure, you can't even get into the building without a badge or typing in a password, and once there I have to check her in on a computer and start to fill out a little sheet with anything she's already eaten or medicine she's had that morning. They record everytime she eats, has a dirty diaper, or does anything exciting, and I get a copy of that when I pick her up. There's a big play area, with a side area that has a changing table and a kitchen. There's also another area with a couple rows of cribs, so Payton will get her own crib to nap in. I got a huge packet of stuff to fill out, they want to know as much about her as they can before she starts to help ease her transition. Her main teacher's name is Cheryl, and the other teacher that we met was named Christine. They were both really nice! When we were visiting there were only three babies for the two of them, but there are three more babies starting later this month, and we're planning to start Payton September 1st. It will be fun to watch her interact with other babies, although I'm not looking forward to the sickness (they call it the Wee Care cold) that I'm sure is coming... oh well, building immunities right? :)

I'm really excited because my sister is visiting us next weekend from Spokane! Her and a friend are coming to check out the University of Oregon's masters program for teaching. She's only gotten to see Payton a handful of times, so we're definitely looking forward to seeing her! Just got to get through the rest of this work week, to the time that I live for... the weekend :)