That's life...

August, is that you? How did you get here so quick?? Seems like just yesterday I was still toting around an infant, and now I have a full-fledged toddler on my hands! A toddler that never stops moving. Have you ever heard of one of those? :)

Payton is very curious about how things work these days, and into everything. Just the simplest task, like taking a cap off a water bottle and trying to screw it back on, will entertain her 10 times longer than the million toys I have set out for her to play with. She wants to know what you're doing, too. If we're in the kitchen making dinner she wants to stand on a chair so she can watch, and in the morning if I'm putting on make-up before work she wants to sit on the counter and play with my brushes and stuff. She recently learned the word "mine" (which I was very careful NOT to teach her!) and now likes to scream it if she thinks you're touching something you shouldn't be. She also says "puppy" and "baby" a lot, she thinks anything on four legs is a puppy. We saw a squirrel in the park the other day and she started pointing at it and yelling "puppy!" We're starting to call her Miss Independent, because she wants to do everything on her own, she doesn't need your help thank you very much! If she needs your help she will ask YOU! Below are some pictures of an afternoon outside with the sprinkler. She was pretty wary of it at first, and then she couldn't get enough!

















Life has been a little stressful for us lately. The buyer on our house retracted their offer, so we're back to square one. We've lowered the asking price a little bit because we're really motivated to sell it, but can only afford to lose so much money. I'm trying not to lose a lot of sleep over it, but it's hard. We have to sell it to qualify to buy a home down here, so we're kind of stuck. I just keep telling myself to take a deep breath, and pray every night that this will work out for us soon.

My (newly employed!) sister and parents are on their way down to visit us for the weekend. Kyle is gone camping with the boys, but let's be honest, they only come to see Payton anyway :) I'm looking forward to relaxing and hanging with them. We're going to go out to dinner tonight to celebrate Chelsea's new job (she got hired as a full time contracted biology teacher at White River High School in Buckley, WA!), I am so proud of her.



I promise I won't go so long between blogs next time!