Ready, Set, Go!

May was so long ago, which means so much has happened to the Leavitt family! Before I tell you about our summer I would like to let the few of you who actually read this little blog that Chad and I are expanding our little family by one next March! That's right, Peyton is going to be a big sister!!! We are pretty excited to be having another one. Well, I am excited on the days that I am actually feeling good. I will admit that there were about 4 weeks in the beginning that I felt crappy everyday, which meant that my house was always messy. Oh well :)

Now to get on with the fun stuff. At the end of July we celebrated Peyton's 1st birthday and let me tell you it was a huge celebration. We did a little ladybug theme which was so much fun. I made my first themed cake, a little ladybug of course with frosting that had to be piped on. That alone took so long, but for my baby girl I was willing to keep going. We had a little swim party with our immediate family and all of my extended family, so it was a pretty big bash. I may have gone a little overboard :)

In August we decided that we wanted to get away from Vegas for a few days so we went down to Cali. Who doesn't love Cali? We took Peyton to Huntington beach for the first time. She was a little hesitant about the sand at first but she warmed up pretty quick. She liked to fill her little bucket up and then dump it out and start the process all over again. We did some shopping and eating, but most of all had so much fun with just the three of us.

In September we went up to Truckee, California to visit my dad who has been working up there all summer. It was kind of weird to be back in the Northern Nevada area since I had been there in about 4 years. So much has changed. We had fun just hanging out since there isn't a whole lot to do in Truckee. We ate at some pretty weird places since there are just little local places up there. On Saturday we decided to take a drive through Tahoe so that we could see the Lake. We decided to get out at one of the scenic overlooks. There were some trails that we walked down to get a better look at the lake. I knew that we were going to have issues when all of us were wearing sandals instead of tennis shoes. Well, right after we got done taking some really nice pictures with the lake in the background, Chad had Peyton on his shoulders and started walking down another trail to see the lake. Next then I see is Chad's feet slip out from under him and Peyton falling on her back. I started freaking out and yelling so loud, other people had come over to see what was going one. Chad ended up being fine, but Peyton was hysterical by the time I got to her, but I thought she had just landed on her back. When we got to the car I noticed a bump on the back of her head. She hit it on the rock as she fell back. She was acting super tired and wanted to fall asleep right away so we immediately felt that it would be best to get her to the ER and checked out. Well, after 2 hours in the ER and xrays she turned out to be fine! I must say that was the scariest moment of my life to see my husband and daughter fall like that.

Hopefully I haven't bored you with this novel, but I did say it was an eventful summer!