We can't believe that our baby is 18 months old. It has gone by so fast. He went for his 18 month old check up Monday and is 24 pounds, 32 inches tall. He is saying 40-50 words and is able to speak in some 3-4 word sentences. He is a talker!!
I had our friend take some pictures of him at my parents house. It was a gorgeous day!! Again, she took about 180 pictures, so this slide show is some of our favorites.
Enjoy!!!
Dwayne and I finally decided on a name for our new little one. We have had quite a few people ask us if we were going to name him Eli. His name is not Eli. His name is going to be...
Brady Jack Seeber
Peyton can already say his name. We practice every day. By the time he is born Peyton will know who he is and be able to call him by name.
Please continue to keep the rest of this pregnancy in your prayers. We pray that he is a happy, healthy baby boy!
We went to the Dr. yesterday to have our 20 week ultrasound done. The baby looks great. Dwayne and I knew pretty soon into the ultrasound what the sex was. It was pretty obvious. We are having a boy!!!!! We are all very excited. We have not totally decided on a name yet. We will let you know when we do. I never thought I would ever be having two boys. My mother put a curse on me years ago that I would have two girls. Boy did I ever show her!!
Peyton and his little brother are going to have so much fun together.
Here are some pictures from the ultrsound. Sorry about the x-rated picture. This little boy is not ashamed of himself!! You can see from the second picture why it was so easy to tell he was a boy!
This last week has been a really rough week for Dwayne, Peyton and I. Peyton has been sick since last Wednesday. It started with just a fever, then went to coughing and a stuffed up nose. He was so miserable, and not sleeping at night. We went to the Dr. last Thursday and the Dr. check for everything. He just said it was a little cold. Well, the fever continued through the weekend. I was getting concerned that it was more than just a cold. I took him back to the Dr. yesterday and he has an ear infection. I felt horrible for him. Last night was the first night that he slept in his own bed in a week. We are all tired and now Dwayne and I are having allergy troubles.
This has just really been a challenging week for me as a mom. I hate seeing my child hurt and not feel good, and he is unable to communicate what it wrong. Their was lots of cuddling and " I want Mama" from Peyton.
Today he is much better. He has had 3 doses of the antibiotic. He has been fever free all day. I am hoping to be able to get him out in this beautiful weather.
Watch our blog on Friday. I have my 20 week ultrasound. Hopefully we will find out the sex of the baby!!
Hope all is well with everyone!!
Here is a slide show of pictures from my birthday and some pictures of the kids at church. Enjoy!! Pregnant belly pictures to come!! (maybe, it is not as pretty the second time around)
Sorry that it has been so long since I have posted. Not much is going on here. Dwayne has been very busy with work. Peyton continues to say more, do more, and get in more trouble. I am finally feeling better. I went to the Dr. yesterday and every looks good. The babies heart beat was 153. My csection has already been scheduled. It is August 14th at 7:30 in the morning. It is kind of wierd that I already know my child's birthdate! It seems so far away, but I know it will be here before we know it.
Peyton somewhat understands that I have a baby in my tummy. If I ask him where is the baby?, he will come over and lift my shirt up and point to my belly. Sometimes he will do the same to Dwayne though!! Dwayne does not think that it is so funny!
We really have not been up to much. I turned 29 last Saturday. I was able to pamper myself a little and go get a manicure and pedicure. It was soooo nice!! We went to dinner at my parents house. We ate what I have been craving, Mexican Food!!
I don't have any pictures of Peyton. I will try and get some soon.
Peyton is saying more words every day. My favorite word that he attempts to say is macaroni. It makes me laugh. Macaroni is his new favorite food.
Update: My Dr.'s appointment last week went fine. I am continuing everyday to feel a little bit better.
I just thought that I would post a blog to let everyone know how things are going. The last 6 weeks have been the most challenging weeks of my life. I have been nausious every day, all day, and very tired. I have been challenged with Peyton, who has decided to give me a trial run on the terrible TWO's!! I have also been challenged on keeping my house in order. I am very OCD about my house, but with being so nausious and tired it has gone out the window.
God has picked me up though and helped me every step of the way. Dwayne has also been a saint. He comes home from a long day at work and looks after Peyton and does things around the house. He is amazing!!!
As I am writing this blog though, today has been a much better day. I was actually dreading today, because I no longer have my miracle drug (Zofron). My nausiousness has been less, and I got the house clean!!!! I think that I am on the downhill slide of this first trimester, I hope and pray!!
I go to the Dr. tomorrow for another check-up. Please continue to keep Dwayne, Peyton, our "little one", and I in your prayers.
Peyton is talking so much more now. He is putting 3 words together, which makes me so proud. His favorite phrase though is "Where did it go?.
Peyton is trying so hard to ride his train. He does not give up. This video could have been 30 minutes. I guess we need to get him a train he can ride on!!
Yes, you are all reading the shirt correctly. Peyton is going to be a big brother!! We are expecting our second child August 24th 2008. SURPRISE!!!
We have known since before Christmas, but we wanted to wait a while to blog about it. I am 8 1/2 weeks along. I went to the Dr. last week, and so far everything looks good. We got to see the baby and the heart beat.
We are having a lot of mixed emotions right now. We are excited, nervous, and I of course have been very sick!! This pregnancy so far has been a challenge. I am nausious all day long and very tired. I did get some medication that is helping the nausiousness a little bit.
Please keep all of us in your prayers as we start another journey. We can't wait to complete our family!! Peyton is going to be such a good big brother.
Well, I think that this is longest I have gone without posting on our Blog. Sorry everyone. We hope that you all had a wonderful Holiday Season and a Happy New Year.
We started our Holiday by flying to Oregon to visit Dwayne's family. We had a great time. We actually had a white Christmas. It was so pretty!! Peyton did not like that snow and cold weather. I think that he prefers wearing shorts and tee-shirts in 80 degree weather.
Peyton had a good time playing with his cousins Elyse and Luke.
When we came home, we celebrated Christmas with my side of the family. Our new family craze is Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Dwayne got Guitar Hero for Christmas and my dad got Rock Band. We will be going on tour soon!!!
It was a wonderful time with family and friends!! I am looking forward to the new year watching Peyton grow and learn so much more. Here is a slide show of our Holiday!!
Well, Peyton is doing much better now. I am now just trying to get him eating solids again. He is only wanting baby food, or soft things. I am hoping that he will get back to eating anything in a few days.
It is just Peyton and I this weekend. Daddy went hunting. We are just staying in and catching up on our rest. It is actually suppose to be cold here this weekend.
I am hoping to get a post up this week of Peyton singing. He is now interested in trying to sing songs. It is so cute. This will not be a surprise to my family, but he actually sings in pitch!!! He is going to be the American Idol 2025!!
Have a great weekend!!
This past weekend has been very eventful. Friday night, Dwayne and I went to a couples Bunco night. Peyton stayed at my parents house for the night. We had a great time spending time with just the two of us.
Saturday night Peyton got sick and has been sick since. He has a stomach bug. He is pretty pitiful. The last 24 hours has been all about pedialyte, and plain oatmeal. I am hoping that we are on the downhill slide of this bug though. It is kind of weird to not have him following me around the house. He is just laying on the floor or is sitting in our laps. The only thing that I kind of like about this bug is that he is wanting to cuddle.
Please keep Peyton in your prayers, and Dwayne and I. Hopefully this bug is not something that is going to hit all of us!!
Peyton has learned a new word this week. I have a collection of Santa's on a table. Everytime he walks by them he looks up, points and says "Santa". Here is a short clip.
Lezlie and I took Addison and Peyton today to see Santa at the mall. We had them both dressed in their Christmas outfits. They were both so cute. I was really curious as to how Peyton was going to do sitting on Santa's lap. I first took Peyton over to Santa and introduced them. He said Hi and waved. Then I put him on his lap and Peyton just looked up at Santa. He was great. He did not cry at all. In fact, Santa called me over to him and asked me how old he was. When I told him he was 13 months old he was very surprised that he was not crying. All the kids before him screamed. I was very proud of Peyton and so was Santa. I have attached some pictures that I took of him waiting patiently in line to see Santa and pictures with Santa. Enjoy!!
It is tradition every year with our family to put up Christmas decorations the weekend of Thanksgiving. This year, was a little different with a little 13 month old helper. He was adorable. He calls the ornaments on the tree, balls. He helped us decorate the tree by handing the ornaments one-by-one to Daddy. He did not throw or drop any of them. He was very proud of himself when we were done.
So far, no ornaments have been taken off the tree and no stockings have been pulled down. It will be interesting to see how many of my Christmas decorations stay up this year.
Everytime Peyton walks by the tree he says "Oh pretty". So Cute!!!! As you can see in the pictures, we have a fire going. Yes, it was cold this Holiday weekend in Houston, Texas. It was rainy and in the 40's.
We are really looking forward to this Holiday season!
We decided to make a last minute trip to NYC. My mom was going to be alone in New York, so she thought it would be fun for us to come and visit one last time. We had a great time, just the girls and Peyton. We layed around every morning in our pajamas and drank coffee and watched the kids. We did not get out till the afternoon because it was cold.
The last night, Lezlie and I went to watch Mary Poppins on Broadway. It was really good!! Mom watched the kids all evening (thanks again mom!!).
Here is a slide show of our trip. New York is beautiful in the Fall.
Here are a few pictures of Peyton eating his cake. Sorry for those who have been waiting for it. He did not get as messy as we thought that he would.
We celebrated Peyton's Birthday last Friday. He had a great time with family and friends. I can't believe that he is 1 years old. This has been a very fast year. Enjoy the slide show of his Birthday!
I took Peyton today to the Dr for his 12 month old check up. He is 20 lbs 11 ounces, and 30 inches tall. He has grown a lot. Of course his head is still BIG!! He had to get 5 shots today. It was pretty tough for him and I! He was a big boy though.
He is now eating anything and everything. He is also drinking real milk. I now can (have to) say that he is a little boy and not a baby anymore.
We are looking forward to another year to watch him grow and learn so much.
We will be posting 12 month old pictures soon!!
Peyton is really enjoying having a little cousin. He is not to sure about her though when she is crying. He gets very concerned. He loves to give her wet kisses on the head. He is surprisingly very gentle with her. There have been some car rides when Addison is crying and Peyton is covering his ears, but other than that they get along great.
Here are some pictures of Peyton after we got home from lunch at my parents. Our favorite meal after church is roast with potatos, carrots, and gravy. Peyton got to eat some this time. It does the same thing to me too!! 
Peyton loves to do the hand motions to this song. He is so proud of himself when he does it.
Peyton has been doing lots of new things over the last few weeks. I have attached four videos of Peyton. The first video is of him saying his favorite word COOL!! He does also say "Oh, Cool". He says this all the time. He has also said it during the prayer at church. He was looking up at the lights.
The second video is of Peyton trying to say SO BIG!! He is at the stage where he is trying to imitate everything. I love it!!
The last two video are of Peyton taking his first steps!! He has taken about 6-7 steps total. I think that it will still be a few weeks till he is walking by himself. He loves to practice though.
This last weekend Dwayne, Peyton and I went to Bartlesville, Oklahoma for my 10 year high school reunion. We had a really good time. It was really weird to be back in Bartlesville, and especially being with high friends. Quite a few of my friends were there. It was good to visit with them and meet their children. Here are a few pictures of our trip.
I can't believe that Peyton is 10 months old. It seems so unreal to me that he will be 1 year old in 2 months.
Peyton has changed a lot over the last 2 months. He is now crawling, pulling up on everything, walking with a walker, opening cabinets, talking up a storm, and is getting his 6th tooth. He also throws a ball really well with his left hand. Daddy is very proud, and already in his mind has him drafted in the NFL. We think that Peyton will probably be walking in the next few weeks. We have a bet that he will be walking by his first birthday. He wants to walk so bad!!!
Peyton is also starting to eat table food. He is not really that good at it. He is really good though at gagging and throwing up the whole food!!! I think that he is going to be on puree foods until he is two.
Well, the summer is almost over. It has been a great summer. We have done lots of things and even traveled a little. I have to say though that the best thing about our summer is the new addition to the family. Addison is getting so big. Peyton is ready for her to get up and crawl around with him.
I have attached a video clip of Peyton getting his teeth brushed and talking to himself in the mirror. If their is a mirror in the room, Peyton is content!!! Enjoy!!
Today I went to get my hair done and decided that Peyton could use a little trim. He did so good. He sat on the booster seat all by himself, and did not cry once. He is such a big boy. 
My sister Lezlie and her husband Scott have been through so much over the last 5 years to start a family. Our whole family has been with them every step of the way through this adoption process and infertility.
Through many many prayers, they were blessed with Addison Elisabeth. Scott and Lezlie have been in Kansas since last week, and will hopefully be returning home this week sometime as a family of 3!!!!
Here are some pictures of their new bundle of joy. Peyton, Dwayne and I were in Kansas over the weekend to see Addison. Peyton liked her, other than she woke him up from his naps a lot. He just smiled at her and of course tried to pull her hair. I am so excited for them to come home and watch them experiece what Dwayne and I have experienced with Peyton over the last 10 months.
Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.
No, it is not a Baby Ruth. I wish that it had been. Grammy was giving Peyton a bath and he decided to give her a gift. This is definitely the first time that Peyton has done this. He was pretty proud of himself. I thought that it was so gross. Grammy of course had to give him another bath.
He was just having so much fun, plus I think that he is going through a growth spurt. He ate 3 jars of baby food and 4 ounces of milk for dinner. He had a lot to unload!!!
Enjoy these classic pictures!!!
We just got back Monday from visiting my Grandma and Family at Grand Lake in Oklahoma. We had a great time. I was really neat to take Peyton to the lake that I grew up at and learned to ski. We did not make Peyton ski this time, but next year he will ski!!! I actually surprised myself. I skied for the first time in 5 years. I was really hurting the next day though.
Enjoy the slide show!!
We spent the 4th of July visiting my parents in Manhattan. We took another couple from our church with us. We had a great time. I think that Peyton was a little over stimulated with everything that he saw, but he did great. Grammy and Papa had a good time with Peyton too.
Here is a slide show of our trip to NY. Enjoy!!
