Who needs sleep anyway?

Poor little Payton, he just seems to catch everything, he's like his mom I guess. I was up all night with him last night dealing with a fever, cough and body aches, it was so bad that I even had to wake up my mom and dad to see what I should do. It is so hard to see your little ones sick like that and feel so helpless. He has had some symptoms for the last few days but last night he defiantly got hit hard. It is only October and I'm already sick of the "sick" season.
We went to the Doctor first thing this morning and they said that he probably has the flu and the croup, poor thing, but nothing that a little steroid and TLC won't fix.....right.
I feel so bad, it's not exactly the best timing with Halloween and his first preschool Halloween party tomorrow. I love that little kid so much and I am so grateful that we have been blessed with him. Feel better soon buddy, we love you!!
P.S. I ended up going to the doctor today too and I have the swine flu. I started to feel really crappy, it hit me like a ton of bricks so I went to see Steve and sure enough I was sick. Luckily we caught it at the start so he put me on tamiflu and antibiotics because he was worried about it turning into pneumonia. Hopefully it won't last long and we won't pass it to Reed!

Yesterday was Payton's first primary program and he was so excited. All I can say is that I am one proud mommy! I help teach CTR 6 so I was able to be part of the program too. At first I was a little bummed because I really wanted to see Payton sing, but when I found out that my class sat on the front row up on the stand and that I could see Payton's Sunbeam class perfectly on the front row of the benches I was so excited.
Those of you that know Payton know that he has a great memory, especially when it comes to knowing songs. He knows and sings (not to mention his awesome dance moves) tons of songs from Miley Cyrus and High School Musical, to Rascal Flatts, it really is the cutest thing. He also has learned and knows all of the Primary songs, and he did not disappoint, he stood up on the bench and sang his little heart out. He also did a great job with his little part, he had to say "I can be a good friend" and he did it all by himself. It was perfect, plus he had his little fan club there to watch him too, thank you everyone for coming!
I sometimes had a hard time watching him because he was doing so good that I would start to cry, especially when they sang "I Feel my Saviors Love" along with the sign language, it was the sweetest thing. It was fun looking at all of the proud parents with tears in their eyes too. It was a great meeting, there really is something about the children that brings in the spirit so much. We love Payton so much and I truly was so impressed by his little spirit and how well he did. Good job buddy, we love you!!!!

I finally decided that it was time to start to blog! I've wanted to for a long time, and with help from my cute sister Courtney we got it up and running. Hopefully I will be good about updating on what is going on with our little family.

My first blog post family picture!!!

Reed, Stacie and Payton

at Ryan & Courtney's wedding