Why Not?

Just for Daddy I bought this onesie for our little angel.....but I ask "Why Not?".

So here you go Daddy!

Apples, Kicking Elephants, Dog Toys and Screaching

Yummy Apples, mixed with cereal for breakfast

Today I tried some apples, I was going to wait, but changed my mind...nothing else until next week though, just to be sure that we don't have any allergies - I just couldn't stand the thought of the paste (aka: cereal) alone when she could enjoy something good in it!

Happily waking up from her nap! She had her little alphabet elephant pulled over and then pushed the button (quite by accident) and the elephant was kicking his legs on her head...she didn't seem to mind though :)

That little green toy belongs to Yancha Bozu - he knows that Sakura is a "person" and expects her to throw his toy for him, he is very patient - the other day he stuck it next to her and I think he got excited when she grabbed it, but unfortunately for him, she didn't throw it, she tried to eat it!

And finally a little video of Princess P discovering she can make this new sound....and she makes this sound ALL day long - I think she has found her voice :)

First Veggie

Green Beans!

Dean and I are not fond of many veggies, but know how important it is for Sakura to be a good eater, so tonight I made her some green beans.....her first taste of anything other than formula or rice cereal. I also made some apples for her first fruit, not sure when I'll try those, for now they are baked and pureed and ready for the freezer.

First bite!


Hmmm, not too bad...I'll have more.

I had intended for Sakura to try Edamame first, however upon closer inspection of the cooked and 'popped' beans (that I had popped) in the baby food mill, I spotted a floating suspect....what turned out to be a worm!

- Needless to say we won't be eating any Edamame for quite a while in our house, it all went into the trash can and my stomach is still churning!

Unfortunately I LOVE Edamame...

maybe someday I'll "forget" about that creature hiding out?!

This is what she does when she wakes up and you are trying to just give her the binkie so she'll go back to sleep, if she is on her tummy, she does a swoop of the air trying to catch your hand/arm and holds on, it's very hard to just walk away when you've been caught!

Just hanging out in the Bounce-A-Bout with my Muffy ladybug, I love to try and eat her paw.

Here is how she fell asleep tonight.....

buried in my arm, laying (sort of) across my lap while I was on Facebook! So funny!

A couple hours away

Today was the first time I have left the Princess with anyone (besides family). I had my hair cut and ran a few errands and Sakura stayed with my friend Katie and her kids. I got a good report (Thank Goodness!) - I wasn't worried at all about leaving Sakura with Katie - her kids are very well behaved and I know that she is an amazing Mom - I was more worried that she would cry hysterically (as she has when I've left her with Daddy!).

A very special "Thank You Katie" for offering to babysit! Unfortunately I forgot to take the camera, so no pics of Katie and kids :o( Next time!

A week in review

I missed a few pictures from last weekend and one of Peyton Sakura's Firsts - her first time sitting like a big girl in a high chair....guess where it was? Mimi's Cafe for Grandma's birthday! Our little angel sat quietly for almost our whole meal, starring at he waiter each time he came to check on us. Here she is!

I'm a big girl, I can sit in my chair and quietly play with my toys!




For breakfast I'm having some 'bug legs'!

On Tuesday morning I put my normally very happy girl in this cute Crabby shirt...turned out that it must have influenced her mood, because she was quite crabby a lot of the day! I'm not sure I'll be putting this on her any time soon. Typically Sakura is a happy go lucky little girl, go with the flow, always in a relaxed mood, but this day was definitely NOT typical. As you can see by the look on her face in the next few pictures - someone was CRABBY!

Not a happy camper!


I'll show you Crabby!

I went in to check on Sakura while she was napping and saw that she had pulled over her Pooh friend and was sound asleep on him like a pillow.

Pooh makes a nice pillow, notice all of the binkies in her bed! The other day I counted 5! She mostly has her binkie when she sleeps, so I just leave them in her bed...

Even though I'm crabby, my Mommy still loves me :)

Thank You Katie!!!

My friend Katie made Peyton's new shopping cart cover for me. It looks SO pretty.....about 2 seconds after Katie left, someone thought this was made for them -

Sorry Wrigley this is for your baby sister, like almost everything that comes into this house.

Wrigley says Nice New Doggy bed....Mommy said NO WAY and moved the shopping cart cover!

Peyton agrees...Nice New shopping cart cover - and says "THANK YOU Katie"!

I love my new shopping cart cover, Mommy picked the bright pretty fabric!

Peyton has really started balancing well, she loves to 'sit' and play with her toys, try to eat her feet, and grab things that surround her. I put the boppy pillow behind her just incase she falls backward, which she still does from time to time, but she doesn't even fuss when she is 'laying' backward over the boppy.

Today was our "go to work" day....She was at work with Mommy today most of the day, and behaved very well when we went visiting all of the people we hadn't made it to see yet!

Here is the Princess 'relaxing' when we got home.

Here's my feet!

Always chewing on her hands!

Our Precious baby girl!

4th of July = 5 months old!

From our Family to Yours -

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July to everyone...a day late! Sorry about that, we were in Phoenix, spending the holiday, and I forgot my laptop and also my camera cord so I couldn't post any pictures.....so here is an update from our weekend!

5 July 09

Happy Birthday to Grandma !




Barley, Grandma and Peyton

Today is my Mom's birthday so we went to spend the weekend with her. We spent the weekend doing what Grandma wanted, two malls and having lunch with Grandma and her friend Susan at Elephant Bar.

Here is Grandma and Peyton with the Build-a-Bear horse that we got Grandma for her birthday, complete with a sound chip of Peyton laughing. Back when we were at the Dosokai at Disneyland we bought the sound chip so we could capture Peyton talking or making noise, but we were able get a great clip of giggling - so all Grandma has to do is push a button and she can listen when she misses Princess P!

Peyton received a present too - some cute Janie and Jack clothes. She has always loved blue - she concentrates on anything blue, so Grandma bought a really pretty new blue shirt for Peyton - here she is wearing it, and I must admit, she does look good in blue....

"I love my new blue shirt"


Hanging out with Papa before heading to Mimis for Grandma's birthday breakfast

4 July 09

Daddy and his little Sparkler

Patriotic Princess P

Happy 5 month birthday to our little angel!

Peyton Sakura turned 5 months old on July 4th. We are amazed at how much she has grown and changed in such a short amount of time.

We are so blessed to have such an amazingly good baby.

A few stats on Peyton.

• Eats every 4 hours - 5 ounces of formula
• LOVES her bath and now splashes
• Gives hugs and kisses (or grabs and baby licks)
• Loves when Daddy comes home and gives his the BIGGEST smiles!
• Pulls Mommy's hair, so most of the time it's in a ponytail
• Studies everyone and everything, but is still selective about who and when she gives out smiles - but is a very happy baby
• Laughs out loud
• Reaches for everything and then puts everything that she gets in her mouth
• Goes to bed around 9 p.m. and wakes up around 6 a.m - most days!
• Hates her car seat (so we tried the larger one this weekend, but I think she's too small for it still, it looked very uncomfortable)
• In most clothes she is still in 3-6 months

For her 5th month birthday she enjoyed a couple of firsts -

1. First ride in a swing (besides her baby swing) - she says Thank You to Zakkary (our nephew), since this was his swing from waaaaay back when he was a baby almost 16 years ago (where does the time go? I still remember Zakk in this swing for his first swing ride...).
2. She also enjoyed her first 'real' swim in a pool - her first time in the pool was at Sierra's birthday party in early June, but she just got her feet wet then, this time she enjoyed her float (it was dusk, I didn't want to put her in the pool when it was SO hot outside like 108 degrees, fearing she'd burn), and
3. First fireworks - although that didn't turn out quite like I'd hoped, we spent a lot of time driving around, but before we left we watched some of the nearby fireworks.

Ready for the pool

Testing out the water

In her ladybug float

Sitting up tall

Layed back

A girl's best friend...a trusty companion!

Just a few pictures of Peyton hanging out with her buddy - Yancha Bozu.

Really 'hanging' with Yancha...she had been on her Boppy and rolled over to get closer to Yancha

This week (especially) Peyton has been noticing Yancha (he is always beside her) and trying to 'get' him. Luckily he is pretty gentle, and even when she pulls his hair, he just "cries" a little - he doesn't try and bite her.

And reached him......

I always take her hand and "pet" Yancha (or Wrigley, whichever is close) and tell her "gentle", hoping that she is gentle with them - I don't want them to be afraid of her, and I don't want her unintentionally pulling their hair...right now I'm sure she doesn't understand - but hopefully she does when it counts.

He is a Jack Russell so we weren't too sure how he would react, afterall he is the one that chases my niece and nephews around the pool, and when they jump in he "bites" at their butt and pulls their pants down....
I think he's trying to "save the world" and that is his way of doing it - LOL!

Later in the day in her Bouncy chair watching Baby Mozart with her friend by her side

Then her binkie was more interesting....notice she had her beads ON her arm...so fashionable! LOL!

Then her binkie was on her tummy .... waiting for the next round of inspections.....