Life of Pay

I cant believe that Payton is over 10 months old! She is going to be a year old in a blink of an eye! Where did all the time go? I cant believe she is pretty much a toddler and no longer a baby! I feel like her life is rushing by me.
I love the stage she is at right now (although it keeps me super busy) she is walking around all the furniture and grabbing everything she can get her little hands on. We bought her a musical play walker that she walks all around the living room with. When she pushes it, it sings music to her and she loves it. Payton LOVES music! When a good beat comes on she stops and starts dancing (which looks like mini squats, its adorable.)
She likes to pull all the books off my bookshelf and takes the book covers off and then when I tell her 'no' she gives me a crooked smile that looks just like Levi. She stands at my desk and pulls the mouse and keyboard to the floor. Anything that is within reach she pulls down. And she is tall for her age. She stands at my printer (which is touch screen) and pushes all the buttons and watches it light up, so I have to shut it down after each use. We have a stool next to our bed as our night stand since we gave our bedroom set to Levi's brother, and Levi kept his hand gun there. Key word is 'Kept.' Past tense. She started reaching for it and I was terrified she was gonna pull it down on top of her head and knock herself out. Now she just pulls the stool over on top of her, then cries for me to free her from her trap. Right now as I type she has found my box of envelopes and is pulling them out and spreading them all over the living room :) She pulls on the bottom of our curtains, she stands up in her pack n play and pulls everything off her changing table, she stands at my dresser and tries her hardest to open the drawers and when she is unsuccessful she starts pulling anything she can touch off the top of it. We can no longer keep anything on our tall lamp which has 3 shelves; we cant keep anything on our coffee table; nothing on our little drawer shelf thingy...Ive started packing things away. My thought process: "Were not gonna be able to have this again till she's about 5years old." So I just pack it away.
Payton also loves peek a boo and starts playing it on her own until you catch on. When she wants you to play patty cake she starts clapping her hands until you start singing it to her, then she smiles really big. She loves food. If you are eating around her she will beg like a little puppy until she has some food too. She likes to stick her tongue out in all directions. Which I think she gets from both my Mom and Dad. When they concentrate real hard they either stick their tongue out or bite their tongue. She LOVES to wave to people like Miss America, its pretty cute. *Off topic-She has a LOT of ear wax. IDK where she gets that! I clean my ears maybe twice a month and hardly ever have any wax but I have to clean hers weekly and its gross!
She is not a good sleeper. She gets up about 3 times a night, which is miserable for me. She goes to bed around 10-10:30pm then wakes around 1:30-2:00am and levi brings her to me in bed. When she is finished eating Levi usually brings her back to her bed. Then she is up again right around 4:00am and when she is finished eating I just let her stay in our bed (which is not a smart idea.) She thrashes around in her sleep. She tosses and turns and I end up getting No sleep after she is in our bed. Then she is up around 6:00am to eat and then falls asleep again until anywhere between 7:30am and 10:00am. Then during the day she will nap anywhere from 12:00pm-3:00pm and again usually around 6:00pm-7:00pm. If you have any advice on how to make this more manageable please feel free to share!
Potty training is going really well. She goes PooPoo in her potty almost every day! Ive also started putting her on her potty first thing in the morning, a few times during the day, and right before bed, and almost each time she goes TeeTee. Its exciting! She doesn't ever tell me when she has to go but I think that will come when she starts talking more.
She isn't all perfect. She does throw her fits and cries often. She doesn't like to be held by Dad if Mom is around, she will cry until I hold her and then smile at Levi. I think its kinda funny/cute but it bothers Levi :( She LOVES to play with Levi when you hear her laughing really hard its usually because her Dad is playing/picking on her. And its really cute and fun to watch but I cant get too close because if she sees me then all she wants is me to hold her and all the play is over :( She loves to be chased. She will crawl really fast to you and smile then crawl a short distance away and look back at you and smile again, as if saying "you cant catch me, nah nah nah nah" then if you crawl really fast towards her she  squeals and tries to out  crawl you. Its fun.
Do you feel like you know Payton? That is my objective. Since none of our family is around and no one knows Payton I hope this blog has helped (sorry It is so stinkin long!). We love all of you and miss you very much!