Meet the newest belly-button!

We have a belly-button! Peyton's umbilical cord fell off last night. This has been the second most-awaited event in our household this year, the first was her arrival, of course...
She seems to be quite tickled with what a big girl she now is!
Dad had surgery on his other eye yesterday. I hope that no news = good news... I haven't heard anything. We aren't as worried this time around. We now know what to expect.
I am enjoying my new-found freedoms...
Freedom from scraping my belly on the shower doorway.
Freedom from awkwardly leaning over, well, everything.
Being able to comfortably move around and get out of bed! No more pulled muscles!
Freedom from having to take an antacid... El Matador was so fun last night (we saw you J & J Mayes!). But not having heartburn was funner.
The most hormonal moment I've had yet, postpartum, came a couple mornings ago while I was watching GTU, they were having a maternity fashion show. I seriously started to cry! I am very happy to be out of my maternity clothes, but I miss them at the same time.
I need to make my "embrace" blocks, like bad...

Great Grandpa & Great Grandma

We had an eventful day yesterday. I was trying to be wise last night and put blogging to the side and get some much needed sleep. On pre-school days, I feel totally tapped! Lynn had fun dressing-up as a mom, yes, I forgot to snap a pic... she did get a treat for filling in her reading chart. It was mostly B.O.M minutes. After getting her from pre-school, we went to see Grandpa and Grandma Wallace. They haven't seen Peyton outside of a picture. I thought it might help Grandma, she hasn't been doing too well. We got there around noon, and mom had just managed to get her out of bed, she was eating her breakfast, and scaring the girls. She thinks that the girls should want to kiss and hug her immediately... she was looking pretty scary, that's why her pic isn't posted... ahhh!!
Grandpa was so cute with Peyton! I have felt like this is really important, that they see her... the blessing might be just a couple of weeks away, but that might be too far.
I love Grandpa! Even though he knows the girls look just like Mer, he tells me what beautiful girls we have. He looks for me in them!

And three days later...

Yes... it took me 3 days... One to get the pics ready, one to do the sewing (by hand...), and three to do the journal spot and to glue it all together. I've had one cute distraction the whole time...
Today we had the homework to do. Pre-School homework... the "c" sound bucket. The triangle project. The reading chart. The career day scrapbook page (which is really just an old one with new journaling...). And a career day costume. Lynn wants to be a mom for her dress-up day. You'll have to wait for a pic tomorrow to see how creative we were. I asked her who she wanted the scrapbook page to be about, me, Mer, or both. She got really sassy. She told me that to do the page on a parent with a job, it has to be a parent that leaves the house, and goes to another place, like a building. So I was basically told that being a mom isn't a "job". Mer told her what was up. She got even more sassy when I told her that she said that was what she wanted to be. She told me to "Shhh... Zip it." Merrill told her to go to her room...
So I thought it was even funnier that Ash prayed this morning that they would "be acceptable today"...

Notable happenings of the day...

Somethings of interest that have been going on...
Like the muffin? This is a much more appetizing version of me... I can fit into my jeans! One pair is much more flattering than the others... either I'll make you insanely hungry or ill with my muffin top...
I printed off my blog entries from the beginning of the bloggin' times to the end of January. I feel like I should have the physical record, since I am keeping it as a journal.
I also got the pics all organized and burned to cds before my fear comes to life and my computer crashes and I lose them all!
Lynn had a good day at pre-school. We have three homework assignments though, all to complete before Thursday...
Poor Ash... she was begging to go and get Lynn by 10 am... then they bugged each other to tears for the rest of the day.
Peyton is just getting chubbier...

All about Lynnie...

We had homework for pre-school. Tomorrow is Lynn's turn for the "all about me" poster. She had to write her own name... extra backwards "N"... Draw a picture of what she wants to be when she grows up... a mom, aawww... Draw a picture of her mom and dad... Merrill got bonus lines on his "E"... I have spiky hair... I really fixed my hair today... Her favorite food, broccoli and corn... something she loves, she first colored a leaf and then decided that wasn't exciting enough, so she drew bread... Her favorite color, black, white, and pink... and she had to include at least one picture, so she chose on of her and her sisters. I think she really chose it because Freddy was in it... I had to help her write their names, she was sick of writing all by herself at that point.
A miracle took place in our home today...
I got a nap!!!
I was woken by the call of the child... "Mom! Come wipe my buummm!!!"

Ahhh... Sunday...

Peyton's first Sunday at church. It was quite exciting getting all of us there, and then, she is the star, of course...
I didn't post last night, Peyton couldn't get enough of anything! Pooping, eating, playing. I just couldn't leave her to come play on the computer, although, Mer would have been happy to have gotten all the fun... He did tease me about not posting...
"You're not posting tonight? Won't everyone think you are in labor if you don't post?" He's such a smart alec...
We had a fun Sunday evening together. We made soft-serve ice cream. By far, the best birthday gift Merrill has ever gotten from me! We all love it. He loves making us all the perfect cone, and he loves eating them. I love having weekends when it's slow, and he doesn't have to go to work. I love the springtime, and I hate it. I feel like we just don't get enough time together when everyone is thinking about their newly exposed backyards and how to best spend their tax return. On Sunday nights, like last night, I feel sad. I don't want him to go back to work! I love us all being together.
I have to say how much I love my presidency. They took care of leadership meeting. They planned it and carried it all out. They even planned the next activity! What a nice thing to do. I should relinquish power, relax, and let them do more, more often. I love 'em!

Saturday is a special day...

This little girl LOVES to have her hair washed! I love to smell her after her bath... love that clean baby scent! (But breast milk poop is pleasant too...)
Today Peyton and I went to a baby shower and a baptism. Yep, we're out there now, and loving it.
We also went to the mall. The "boosies" found a new home. Mer's feet, sadly, did not.
We'll have to see about finding those hard to find steel toes without holes in the soles next week.