Katie's ONE

Katie's first birthday was this past Sunday (Feb.1), I wish I could say she had her cake and ate it too. She had other plans. She didn't cram, she didn't get messy all she did was daintily pick at her cupcake and sweetly sampled. Andy and I were posed and ready to capture the moment of our first big mess, it didn't happen. She just simply sat and enjoy picking at the icing and putting little bites in her mouth. It was too sweet. She loves her gifts, a grocery cart, telephone, clothes and a butterfly. However, she is a girl who loves diamonds more and loves to play with my jewelry. She especially loves to put them on her toes. Well, you know girls have to have one for every finger and TOE. Can't wait to see what is in store for us this year.

January 09

Not too much going on at the Peay house these last few weeks. The weather has been pretty typical, warm and cold. We have a beautiful day and then the next is cold. Therefore everyones allergies have been running ramped. If Kleenexes stocks were down because of the recession we have given them the boost they need. Katie hates getting her nose wiped, she will single handed shred a tissue into a hundred pieces before it come close to her nose. You have to be very sneaky when you want to make your attack. In just a few short days Katie will turn one. My how fast it has gone. We have loved every minute of this precious miracle grow and change. I got so excited the other day, I can put a tiny bow in her hair. Just a few strands have grown out, not many. Andy and Katie have their first official date coming up. Our church is hosting a Daddy-Daughter dance and they will be attending. She was so young last year, she could not go. How adorable she will look in her pretty dress and how handsome her Daddy will be in his suit. It is quite the event here. The boys are up to there norm. Clayton has vowed to change his birthday, he hates being last and has informed us on many occasions. Caden will turning 4 on Feb 19. He would like a blue rocket cake and that's all, he does have bit of a sweet tooth. Hopefully by next week I can have everything from Katie's birthday uploaded.

January 2009!!!

Happy New Year ! Time sure has flown in 2008, we have had many adventure, discovery and love for this wonderful life of ours. All of course has been guided by our great Lord and savior... Our most recent adventure was in the mountains of New Mexico. We loaded up the truck and took the kids to Ruidoso for Christmas. Wow, what a beautiful sight. The mountain was just gorgeous with new snow, we of course did not ski. I thought it was best for this novice cold weather family to check things out first, before diving in. Plus that the kids are just too small to be left with an Indian tribe. However, we did tackle the mountain, Andy drove a whooping 10 miles an hour up the 12 miles to the top. You should have seen the line behind us, be glad you were not in it! The point is he got us there safely and in one piece, yarn would be a better guard rail as to what they had. At the top it was just spectacular, the kids loved throwing snowballs and making snow angels. Caden loved watching the airplanes fly over and yes you could actually read the name of the airline. We felt Katie wasn't bundled up enough, so we wrapped her in Andy's jacket. All you could see was her sweet head. Both boys had to take snow back with them and yes it has made it all the way home into my freezer. We were so blessed that we got a sprinkling of snow Christmas night at our house and the next day was a full on snow shower. I think we ended up with about 6 inches. The boys got to break out the sled and go sledding. We played in it, ate it, made snow angels and anything else you could think of we did it all day long. My apologies go to the home owner, some of the cookie sheets aren't exactly the same. Its amazing how far you can slid on one of those, just ask our friend Sarah...Then after a good day of playing in the snow, it is always a necessity to get comfy in your pajamas and have a PJ party with great friends. Enjoy are pictures and I wish you love for this incredible and beautiful new year

November update!

Can you believe today is the last day of November. Wow, where has the time gone? Hope every one's Thanksgiving was a great and everyone could reflected on why we are so thankful and blessed this time of year. Our day was terrific, Andy fried 2 turkeys and I fixed the sides, all turned out so good and tasty. Of course leftovers are always the best! The boys had a great time playing with their friends and the night was ever so prefect for chasing each other in the dark with flashlights... Clayton lost his first tooth on the 21st, so the tooth fairy made her approach at the Peay household. Clayton was full of questions as to how does she get in, and what does she do with all the teeth? He was even more excited to get $3 for it... Caden has had many lumps this month, he is one tough boy. He is doing his best to keep up with brother and unfortunately it has cost him some head injures. All in all he is well, his new nickname is Lumpy or Knot Head. So in a recap, I have a child who is getting teeth, one losing teeth and one I pray will keep all his teeth until age 5 or 6. Clayton had his school program on the 18th, he was an Indian. Pilgrim he said are boring, therefore we were an Indian. He had to come up with a "Indian name", position in the tribe and in general a little narrative. He did a great job presenting his presentation in front of 30 adults and 14 kiddos. The best part is when he volunteered to say the blessing for the entire group. Our hearts just grew tenfold, how proud we were of him. Katie is up and going, she so much wants to walk. She stands and cruises the furniture, and will stand alone. That first step is not quite there yet. We love to put on music and watch her dance. She is truly our little dancer. We got our family portrait pictures back and boy they are fabulous. Our photographer does such a wonderful job capturing the image of the kids and their personalities. What a blessing to have those little moments of time captured in a bottle of sorts. On the 9th, Andy and I ran our first 5K run, so it was 3.2 miles. It was great to be out and enjoy the morning running, I think that's my new favorite sport. We had fun and plan to do it again. enjoy all the moment of the upcoming holiday season. We will be busy rounding off the semester and getting ready for our ski trip at the end of the month. Look in your mailboxes within the next few weeks, I will send out our yearly Peay christmas card. It has some great pictures in it, and you are assured a good laugh our two. Enjoy the Christmas season...love to all

November

Holy cow, its already November. We went trick or treating this Friday at the elementary school. Boy the kids racked up, lots of goodies. It was fun, the school had a carnival and lots of locals came up and opened up their car trunks for Trunk or Treating. I say there was probably around 30 participants. The bags were full by the time we finished. plenty of sticky fingers, Andy's especially. Katie got to enjoy, she got a sucker and she didn't let up. Her little face was incredibly sticky, along with her hands and just about everywhere else. She loved it. Saturday was our big family portrait day, our photographer was great. She had to cancel the week before due to illness, so this week we got an extra hour and free session. I will be counting down the days until the CD arrives... Andy and I got a sitter to watch the kids on Saturday night, can you believe it was our 13 year of 'dating'. Our very first date was Nov. 3, 1995. We went to a new Mexican food restaurant and then just poked around some shops. The area we like to go is already getting ready for the Holidays and all the trees are lite up, its so romantic. If you can believe this Andy and I are getting ready to run a 5K this Sunday (nov.9). I think we can tackle the 3 miles. I have been training on Mondays and Thursdays so I feel ready, I don't know about my hubby. Tonight is our last baseball night, the kids are all meeting for a pizza party. Its our finale until Spring, Clayton is excited he gets his trophy. And Clayton has big news, a new milestone, he has his first loose tooth... He keeps asking why does the tooth fairy take my tooth and what does she do will all the teeth? Just because, isn't a good answer I can see we now have to get creative. There is never a dull moment with our 3 year old. Today, he managed to get 8 inch of duct tape in his hair, from the crown all the way to the nape of his neck. There were tears and scissors involved with this one. All turned out OK, and the moral don't put tape in your hair...Many hugs, until next time.

Show Stopper!

We have had quite a few funny moments this week. Caden our sweet 3 year old decided to pee in the right field during Clayton's T-ball game. Well at least his back was turned, however field number 5 (the one directly in front of him) got the full view. I guess it truly is a blessing they keep the little kids toward the back of the ball park. Clayton decided that his hair cut wasn't up to pare and did a little snip job of his own. He did it at school, right before his school pictures. It will be a photo that will not be forgotten and posted as soon as we get them. And Katie, well she is learning to get her licks in while she can. If the boys are in grabbing range, she's got you. She doesn't care if it's a shirt or hair, she is holding on. Life is never a dull moment around here ! We took the kids to the pumpkin patch last Friday, they had a blast putting pumpkins in the wagon and rolling them. Katie had fun tasting them, she has started teething again. I think her top teeth are coming in and she is kind of cranky. Last night we had a fall carnival at church. The kids got to play games and eat hot dogs, all around good fun. This halloween they are going as Tom & Jerry and of course baby nibbles. They look so cute in their cat and mouse costume. This week is our last week of fall ball, the boys have had a blast playing. It will be different having my Saturdays back. It truly feels like Fall this year, the temperatures have been much cooler than normal, truly getting you into the holiday mood. Until I write again, happy fall ya'll !!!

October

Katie has taken to the fast lane, she is moving. Up on all fours and crawling all through the house. Of course this has not impressed her brothers. They have taken all the toys to the high ground (upstairs). This of course has motivated Katie to use the stairs. The gates are going up this weekend. T-ball is going well and Clayton still loves it. He played pitcher and 3rd base this past week. He loved getting almost every ball and throwing to first. It was my turn this week to be dug out mom. I had to organize the batting order, get helments in order, get the 5 year olds in line for bat, then send them out. And of course then it started over in getting gloves, and hats then out to the field to their positions. Which of course they don't know, the coaches then directed them to their posts. Too much fun, they are so cute in the field picking flowers and chasing bugs, ours makes dirt angels when he is outfield. Caden can't wait to be on the field, he tries to sneak in when we aren't looking. He thinks that dirt is the best for his trucks.For anyone who wonders what Cadens expression this week is, it is " what you talking about." Example, "Caden can you pick up your toys", " What you talking about, Mommy."... We have a birthday today, Andy turns 41. I haven't let him get out of his chair and he has control of the remote all day. The kids and I have made a cake that doesn't look like the picture its suppose to be, but the important thing is that it tastes great! The boys think he needs ALL of his candles on it, I think we will start a fire. I finished the blog on Sunday, October 5, I started the 3rd...Not too much going on this week, Andy has to work late Monday and Tuesday. Our next game is Thursday. Until then we are sending our love....