ChaChing

We sold Brett's piece of junk truck!  I posted it on KSL online classifieds and 9:30 pm expecting it to be there for a couple of days then eventually get an offer for a couple hundred less than I was asking.  Crazy thing happened.  1 minute after posting the ad my phone rang, then brett's phone rang and they didn't stop ringing.  We had to shut down the ad after 16 minutes and the truck was gone within 2 hours.  We ended up getting $200 more than we were asking and a week later I am still getting calls about it.

Tonya, you were a good truck but you will not be missed.

Payten Style

My little Miss Payten is getting so big!  She thinks she is two already. She steals everything and says, "Mine" and throws some amazing tantrums.  Payten has also become interested in dressing herself.  Her best outfit so far; one snow boot, hat, and a bib.



Time Flies

My little Miss Payten is growing up so fast!  She is so stinkin smart.  The other day she wanted a drink of apple juice from her cup sitting up on the counter so she pushed a kitchen chair over, climbed up and got her juice all by herself.  She also says please, thank you, dog, cat, mom, and dad in sign language.  I just can't believe how much she has grown and how smart she is.  She will be 1 and a half in a couple of weeks and before I know it she will be going to preschool. 

AAHHH!

Next semester starts Monday!  At least I finally figured out what I am actually doing now.  If I schedule everything right I should have my BS in Microbiology with a Chemistry minor in 3 more semesters.  Then hopefully on to PA school. 

And so it begins

*before I begin the story everyone must know that Payten can go up and down stairs well and has been for a couple months.

I knew tantrums and power struggles were coming but I did not think that it would be this soon.  She is only 16 months old!  She has thrown tantrums before but it is usually over pretty quickly.  Not today.  We had just gotten dressed upstairs in our room and were about to go downstairs to have breakfast.  Something, not sure what, provoked Payten to get in her fit throwing position (sitting with face on the ground) and proceed to scream.  I was not going to give in.  I waited and gave her plenty of opportunities to get up and ask me please to carry her downstairs.  She, however, was not giving in either.  So I went down and had my breakfast.  I did go check on her frequently to see if she had changed her mind with no such luck.
Finally after this went on for 50 minutes she decided to come down and grace us with her presence. 

This is going to be a hard couple of years with both of us being SO stubborn.

On another note, Camille gave Payten her first haircut.  We just buzzed it all to a uniform length.

Where did the time go?

Christmas is next week!!  I have all my shopping done and wrapped and I am completely ready but I just can't believe it has come so quickly.
We just got back from visiting family in Idaho which was great!  
I just took my state CNA test and will hopefully start working soon.
We have had a great 2010 and are looking forward to 2011!

Feliz Navidad y Prospero Ano

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone thinks this is as funny as I did!