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I guess I've been blogging a lot lately, but there has been so much going on I can't help it :) Now that Payton has started rolling back and forth, she has also started to scoot a little bit! When she was on her tummy today she pushed off with her hands and scooted backwards a little bit, and she's also figured out how to scoot when she's on her back (which looks very awkward), but she loves it. She'll scoot, play with her feet, reach for something, babble, scoot some more, shake her head, kick her feet... you get the picture! She is so much fun, and Kyle and I are just enjoying watching her grow. She's starting to exhibit signs of separation anxiety, which she's never had before. It makes me feel like the most special person in the world, and also the worst when I have to leave her. The other night after her bath I was getting her dressed for bed and Kyle left the room; she immediately got upset, so he walked back in and she started smiling and laughing. He kept walking out, and kept getting the same result! We know it's normal, so we just try and smile and give kisses and tell her we'll be back soon. Payton hasn't tried a whole lot of new foods lately, just blueberries and apricots. I put a couple cheerios on her tray yesterday to see if she could pick them up, and she didn't even notice they were there... I'm wondering if she had a hard time seeing them, since they were a similar color to the tray. When I held it in my hand, she reached for it but had trouble getting it to her mouth, and then when she did I worried the whole time about her choking on it. So, I've decided to shelf finger foods for the moment, and maybe try again in a few weeks. She is still babbling a lot, her teachers at Wee Care joke about how much a talker Payton is. Still no "mama" yet, lots of "dadas" though. I got a book on sign language, and I'm going to start signing a little bit to Payton so hopefully she can eventually pick it up. Just words like "milk", "more", stuff like that. We'll see how it goes!

Hehe doesn't it look like I'm trying to say something?!

Look how much hair I'm growing!

Mommy's little ballerina :)

This last weekend my grandparents came down to visit. They were on their way to Sunriver, and I'm really glad they got to stop by!

Hanging with Great Grandpa Casebolt... I am fascinated by facial hair! Lucky for me, the Casebolt men have lots of it :)



Thanks for visiting me guys!

I went out and bought Payton a couple new toys, I think she has started to get a little bored at home. She always gets so excited when I drop her off at Wee Care, they have endless new toys to play with and explore. I haven't really bought anything new for her in months, so most of what we have are teething toys and rattles. I just got a couple things that light up and play songs, and are more interactive. I was instructed not to go overboard, as the Christmas season is fast approaching :)

My first cellphone!

We're headed to Gig Harbor this weekend! I'm excited, we haven't been back since the beginning of August, so it's way overdue. We're going to visit with family, maybe carve some pumpkins... hopefully it's as beautiful there as it has been here! My day off is Wednesday, and Kyle and I think we're going to take Payton to a local pumpkin patch. I always love a perfect photo op :) Payton is also getting her second flu shot on Wednesday, apparently the first year you get it you have to get it twice, which is a bummer. She didn't even make a face last time though, let's hope this time is just as easy!