a Sun-BEAM!

 JESUS want me for a "SUNBEAM"!

January if here, and the New Year is off to a good start!  Brightlie advanced in church now that she is 

3!  She is now a "sunbeam", and now has her own class, instead of being in the nursery. She was so brave, and went and sat on her row in primary with her fellow friends, and didn't even cry! And she really likes her teacher, who seems very nice.

Sometimes I can't believe she is already 3!  And yet, 

she is very advanced/independent for her age in many ways.

She is a kind hearted girly-girl, who loves to paint her nails with mommy,

 play soccer with daddy, and build blocks with Peyton.  She

is very smart, and likes to explore,  and loves to play with her friends. 

 Brightlie is awesome at helping clean, 

and loves to help with anything she can- especially making food, she

loves to stir. She is a good big sister, and loves to 

play with Peyton. She is also very good at 

helping with laundry, vacuuming, picking up, choosing her own clothes to wear,

buckling herself in the car, etc.

She's also silly, loves to laugh, and is a goof!

We sure love this cutie!  I love her strong personality, 

and the fact that though she will always be my baby,

she has never really acted "babyish", and i'm proud of her 

desire and love of learning and being her own confident self!

And we can't forget our sweet little Peyton!

This is how i find her almost every morning! Happy girl.

 I love seeing her standing up in her crib!  :)  She is getting so big, even though 

she is 9 months old and 17lbs., which seems small to me (but i guess she is

actually pretty average for her age). 

"Peyter" has become her nick-name, and we are continuing

to fall in love with this sweetie.  She is all about standing up

on furniture right now, which is fun and leads to lots of falling, but that's ok. 

Peyton's personality is starting to grow and develop, 

which is fun to see.  {She is very different from B.}

  Peyton is pretty needy.  She is clingy, but not cuddly.  She is happiest when we

are out and about, or if she is being held.  She is very picky on her bottles/sippy cups.  

She giggles a lot, and loves to army crawl around the house.

She has her two bottom teeth, and this week her top one started to come in,

so lots of tears, but that's to be excpected.

We sure do love her, and are excited to see her personality grow