The Shannon's

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Payton's Blessing

We blessed Payton this last weekend on the 7th, so my parents came to town and Breanna and Landon came and stayed at the house with us. My mom made his blessing outfit and it turned out so cute. I love it. He did really during the blessing and it went great. After the blessing we had family and a couple friends over for a late lunch early dinner, and the food was really good. We had enchiladas (white and red sauce), spinach dip bread bowl, grapes, cake, chips, salsa and candy.

Payton in his blessing outfit

My mom and Payton

James, me & Payton

All dressed in white

Payton at 2 1/2 months (10.1 pounds 23 1/4 inches)

Sunday, August 10, 2008

6 Weeks

I had to take Payton in at 6 weeks because he was spitting up a ton. So they weighed him in at 8 pounds 12 ounces. I can't believe he gained 2 pounds in 3 weeks. They put him on a different formula to try to limit his spitting up. It seems to have worked so far but they also think he might have reflux. So in a week we will update the doctor and see if he needs medication for it. Overall he has been doing good, he is a really good baby and sleeps for 4-5 hours in the night. I also have made some birth announcements to send out and this is what they are going to look like:

Sorry it's small, it is from the website and I couldn't get it any bigger

My baby girl is getting so big!!

Madyson is getting so big, I can't even believe it. I guess when you bring a new baby in the house every one seems so big compared. But she is starting to pick up some more words, ball, momma(finally), bird, jadey(jayden), grandma, bubbles and some others. She also has started to run, which I think is funny and so cute. I got her this dress in the pictures from old navy and loved it, she had the perfect red shoes to go with it, so it was perfect for church! Then the other pictures were just for fun, I finally got all her hair in a ponytail. She is just my smiley girl!

Being a Boy

Just thought I would throw in a little collage of Jayden. He got a basketball hoop when the baby was born and daddy had to put a sweat band on him to make it real. He went swimming at a friends house and then decided to test out the babies bouncer and feel asleep in it in his closet. So he hasn't really be doing that much so we don't have a lot of pictures of him. He spend a lot of time in time-out because he learned to hit, push and lay on top of Madyson. Gotta love the 2 year olds!!

Madyson and Payton

Madyson is so fascinated with her baby brother. She wants to hold him all the time or TRY to push him around in her baby stroller(which we do not let her do). So one night James was holding her in our bed so I laid him down with them. She threw a fit when I took him away from her. But I had to take some pictures because it was so cute.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Payton at 3 weeks

I thought I would do a little update since we went in for Payton's check up , pku, and circumcision today. I felt bad for him but it needs to be done. He weighs 6 pounds 13 ounces now and is 20 1/2 inches long. He is growing quite well so it shouldn't be too long until he passes his sister in height and weight. He is still sleeping quite well, he will go 5 to 6 hours between feedings sometimes and sometimes only 3 hours between but he lets me nap during the day and is starting to stay awake for like an hour to 2 hours, which helps him sleep during the night. The kids are still adjusting but overall don't really know he is around unless they go into our room and see him. They are pretty nice with him. Madyson I have to look out for because she wants to stick his paci in his mouth when he doesn't want it and rock his car seat out of control, and push his belly. She wants to help it is just too much right now. But other than being on my own with three kids and trying to adjust not much else has happened. Hopefully I will go and get the kids pictures taken soon. I never got 1 and 2 year pictures for the other kids and they are 5 months overdue. Maybe that will be my next post!! Lets Hope

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Bringing home baby

We got to bring Payton home on July 3rd, it was very exciting for us. He spent about a week in the NICU because of breathing problems, then we found out he was cooms positive (my blood attacked his) which gave him a bad case of jaundice and then he needed to learn how to eat. We are so glad he is home and the kids love to look at him and want to hold him all the time. He is a really good baby he sleeps a ton and only stirs when he is hungry or poopy, so I can't really complain.