McWane Center

This morning we met my sister-in-law Becky and her three boys at the McWane Center.  The only other time that P has been there was back in February for nephew's birthday party so I was excited to see what she would think about it since that was several months ago.  We didn't get far from our house before I turned around to see this

Peyton took an 1.5 hour nap last night at 5:45 and didn't settle down until 9:30pm and then was up early this morning at 6:15 (she doesn't normally wake up until 7:30ish).  Needless to say this little girl was tired by the time we got in the car to meet her cousins and Aunt.  I woke her up once we got there and thankfully she was in a good mood.  I knew that we were in for a crowd when I saw three school buses lined up outside and it was confirmed once we made our way inside the building.  We headed upstairs to the Dora the Explorer exhibit first.  Peyton was pretty much all over the place, moving from one thing to the next.....until she saw the big yellow car.  The car was about the only place that she stayed for more than 5 minutes.  She didn't like sharing the car with other kids though.  If another kid came up and wanted to sit with her she would have a fit.  Likewise if she got up and went to sit back in the car and couldn't because the seat was already taken.  Looks like we are going to have a time learning to share our toys and give others a turn.

 P also enjoyed playing in the "rainforest" with her cousin Will.  Will loved to show me how easily he could make P laugh saying "It's easier to make Peyton laugh than it is to make Jack laugh."  Jack is Will's 9 month old brother who hung out in his stroller most of the time and barely made a peep.  She also really liked the little purple slide that was just the right size for her.

After we had had enough of playing upstairs, we headed down to the first floor to play in the indoor playground area.  Peyton started off wanting to play in the big water table but after she tried to drink the water and climb into the water I decided that we needed to find something else to occupy her so we joined Will and Andy in the giant spaceship.  After playing in there a little while we made our way down to the aquarium where we checked out the sharks and the octopus.  By this time everyone was starting to get tired and hungry so we wrapped things up and headed home.  I think that a great time was had by all!

Miss Priss!

Tonight after dinner Peyton was playing with her toys and before we knew it she had accessorized herself with her jewelry box, sunglasses, and purse.  If I didn't know better I would think this little girl was ready for a night out on the town!  

Laundry Fun

Who knew doing laundry could be so much fun?!?!

 



4th of July

This 4th of July didn't quite start or end as we had planned.  I woke up in the morning and realized I had fallen asleep with my contacts in.  Although this isn't the first time I've fallen asleep with my contacts in, this time was different.  My eyes were super red and were killing me and I could hardly keep them open.  I knew pretty quickly that something was wrong.  I tried calling my eye doctor but of course didn't get anyone since it was a holiday so we decided that we were going to skip going to the lake (our original plan for the day) and head to the emergency room at the Eye Foundation.  On our way out the door my brother called and said that they would take Peyton to the lake with them so we quickly packed her a bag and dropped her off at his house and made our way to the Eye Foundation. 

 

Once we got there we ran into my cousin's wife who was there for a scratched cornea.  She was leaving and shortly after talking to her we were called back.  The nurse gave me some numbing drops which helped tremendously with the pain.  Eventually the doctor came in and after examining my eyes he told me that I had a small infection in my left eye.  He acted like it was pretty much no big deal and that it might even get better on it's own but he went ahead and wrote me a prescription for antibiotic drops and we were on our way. 

 

Since the numbing drops had kicked in and I was feeling pretty good we decided to head on up to the lake.  We got to the lake just after lunch time.  Unfortunately, it didn't take long before the numbing drops wore off and I was right back where I started---in A LOT of pain!  I pretty much spent the rest of the day laying inside with my eyes closed.  Poor Peyton didn't nap all day and was exhausted when it came time for us to leave.  My mom asked P if she wanted to go lay down in her bed and she said "mmhmm" so before we knew it my mom had taken her into her room and she was sound asleep on the bed.  I think it was around 6 or 6:15 when this happened, and after much debate, Matt and I finally decided to leave her and let her spend the night with GP and Granddad.  

 

 

Much to everyone's surprise Peyton stayed asleep until after 7 the next morning!! Although P got plenty of sleep, she was the only one---my mom said that P was on top of her and my dad the whole night and that neither of them got any sleep haha.  While my parents made their way back home with Peyton, Matt took me to follow-up with my eye doctor.  My left eye was feeling much better but I was still having a lot of pain in my right eye.  After having my eyes examined again, my eye doctor told me that I had a bacterial infection that was contagious and it had spread from my left eye to my right eye.  Now doesn't that just sound like a lot of fun?!?!  The best part was that he told me that I couldn't wear eye makeup or my contacts for the next week until I were to follow back up with him.  I had gotten so used to wearing my contacts that I hadn't had my eye glass prescription updated since 2004!  Needless to say the next item on our list of things to do was to get some new eye glasses so I could see!  Hopefully things won't be quite so eventful on Labor Day!