Thanksgiving 2010

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

It’s been a pretty busy couple months since we last posted, so we have lots to update and lots to be thankful for this Thanksgiving!

So far, it’s been a much milder winter than last year---it’s only snowed once so far and it was just a couple inches and gone the next day. Besides the fact that it’s SO dry here, we really like it----the fall leaves are beautiful, the snow never stays that long, and the deer are so much fun to watch. We have had up to 9 deer in our yard at one time...they just come everyday to hang out and munch on the trees....here is a picture of a huge buck that likes sitting right outside our front window!

Halloween was really fun this year because it was Lawson’s first time to go trick-or-treating. Our neighborhood is great, so we had a fun time watching Lawson say hello to all the neighbors....he would say hello and goodbye louder than trick-or-treat and would then proceed to welcome himself in on several occasions. He loves people and therefore thought he could walk right in...we had to keep reminding him that he can’t do that if it’s not his house :) We also went to a friend’s Halloween party which was a great time...Lawson is still asking to go back! He was one of his favorite characters, “Bob the Builder” and Peyton was a giraffe, of course! We actually got this little giraffe outfit at the hospital gift shop in Houston when he was only about 3 lbs. I couldn’t imagine then that it would actually fit come October, but what do you know, it did!

The big “festivus” (Jaime’s Birthday) was this month as well, and we celebrated by getting away for a nice dinner---it was so fun and a much needed date together! Steven also surprised the B-day girl in October by getting her Glenn Beck VIP tickets! Not sure if you even know who he is, but we are big fans at our house, so getting this surprise as we walked out the door felt like going to the Oprah show or something! Plus we got to meet him, thank him, shake his hand, and take a picture! We had a great time!

Lawson continues to enjoy going to school and is a great big brother to Peyton. He talks more and more everyday and always amazes us with his memory. He also loves helping his daddy do anything and everything! He was just about fully potty trained for about a month, but has now decided he wants to be a baby again (we think it’s finally hitting him that Peyton is now the baby), so he has regressed some, but hopefully he will change his mind again soon! :)

And finally, we have lots of great news to report on Peyton. He is now 11 months old (7 months corrected), 17lbs 2oz and he is up to lots of wonderful things....He is now:

-Sitting up really well for long periods of time
-Crawling on his hands and knees
-Eating more and more solid foods and loving it all
-Teething and got his two front bottom teeth in
-Getting his baths in the big bathtub and loving it

And for the biggest news, he is now pulling up to stand on everything! For over a week now, we cannot keep him down...he loves to stand and will pull up on just about anything and is starting to even cruise just a little. He is already getting a lot better at it, but still takes some pretty hard tumbles on our hard floor....he’s a fighter though so it doesn’t phase him at all! You can just tell that he wants to walk so badly....it’s cute to watch him look at his big brother....he already wants to be just like him :)

As for his health update, he is only 3% points away from being off of oxygen at night....in fact, they could have taken him off after the study in late October, but decided to keep him on at night just little longer to be on the safe side. So, we are really praying that he’ll be completely off by the next study in mid-December in time for Christmas and his 1st Birthday! He has stayed really healthy so far (praise the Lord!) despite putting his mouth on everything and having a big brother that goes to preschool twice a week. He got his first RSV shot the other day and will continue to get them once a month till April, and he got his flu shot so hopefully these will help him to remain healthy and out of the hospital this winter. Because he is doing better and better with the oxygen, we decided to cancel the sleep study at Denver Childrens later this month, as well as the ENT procedures the next day. Hopefully he’ll never have to have the sleep study (assuming he gets off the O2 in Dec), and we will just do the ENT procedures in the spring when he’s a little bigger and stronger.

I think that is it! We continue to be amazed at what God had done through Peyton and because of your prayers. Thank you so much for keeping us in your prayers, and we hope you have wonderful and joyous December! Stay tuned for Christmas and Birthday updates....can’t believe he’s almost a year old....what a difference a year makes!

In Christ,
Steve, Jaime, Lawson & Peyton