Peyton and Ayi

Our househelper (Ayi means auntie) has been with us for over 3 years now - Mason was only 4 months old when she started working for us.  Now she is so happy to help me with Peyton in the mornings when she is here....

Would you please pray for her and her brother? Her brother was diagnosed last week with colon cancer and had surgery today to remove the cancerous portion of it.  I don't know much more because she's been off to be with him.  She is like-minded and I long for her brother to also know the same joy and peace.  Ms. Liu is a precious gift to us and we are so thankful for her help.  She is broken over her younger brother's diagnosis. He has a 4 year old daughter and makes a living driving a three wheeled electric bike taking people around town (so he doesn't make much).  Please ask Father to heal him and to provide for all their family's needs.

Peyton - 2 weeks to 2 months

2 weeks

2 months

Thanksgiving 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!

It wasn't really Peyton's preference to take a picture at that time but, hey, we rolled with it.

We went to some friends' house and had a nice traditional Thanksgiving meal. They made the turkey. I made the cornbread dressing (my mom's recipe), green beans (my Mimi's recipe), and a corn casserole (my friend SB's recipe).  After dinner Mason had a major #2 accident and if it hadn't been for another Mom having an extra pair of pants we would have had to leave early or go buy some at the supermarket nearby.  We enjoyed the company of several other families and friends.  We shared what we were thankful for, played a few games, ate some good food & dessert.  Unfortunately when we got home Micah really started feeling bad and has been sick the last 2 days with an ear infection of some sort.  But we did manage to get the Christmas decorations up. This year Reister was really excited about doing that and kept pushing me to keep going. He couldn't wait to put the star on the top of the tree but I made him wait till we had everything else on. Any other moms of little ones out there just give up on having a "pretty" tree? I have some prettier decorations, but Reister kept pulling all the old, cheap ones from the box and putting them up. I couldn't bring myself to deter his efforts.  So I just accepted the fact that for the next few years our tree will look haphazard rather than 'classy'.  I'd much rather have that kind of a tree and have three amazing little boys!  I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving wherever you are in the world!

Daddy Date - Reister

While we were in Thailand Micah took time to take each of the boys on a special "Daddy Date"to do something really fun.  Reister's was to go zip-lining.

On the way - he was super excited

All geared up and ready to go

Micah said Reister was so brave - he wasn't scared at all

"Daddy and me"

The were several guides that stayed with the group of people that went through the whole course together.  Reister got to know them and the other people in the group and Micah said they all enjoyed having him along

One of the many lines of the course

they also got to go across sky bridges

Just hanging out

Having fun

Micah said Reister only cried one time and that was at the end - because it was OVER! I think I can see a hint of this here - they did the "Jungle Flight" zip-line course outside of Chiang Mai

Reister 1
Reister 2
Reister 3

Check out these blog posts from 5 years ago to see if you think Peyton looks like Reister when he was a baby...

I've heard through the grapevine that pictures are being requested ( sorry Leslie for being slow!)

Here's a recent one of Peyton during bath time. 

Things are going well, I guess. Peyton is precious, but sometimes likes to exercise his lungs (i.e. cry, scream). We think he might be a little collicky but we've learned to utilize the paci as much as possible, try different positions (especially on his tummy), and give him the gas drops!  He seems to be growing a lot - (look at those leg rolls!)  I'm trying my hardest to get him on a schedule of eating and get him sleeping for longer periods at night. He's does pretty good most nights, but those hard nights are HARD!  Fortunately, God gives grace and I'm not feeling too exhausted.  i'll try to get some more pics posted soon!

Peyton Justice - ONE MONTH

We're back in our city and trying to get back into a routine of life with three kids.  The big boys have started back to their preschool in the mornings. Peyton is 5 weeks now, but this picture was from when he turned one month old.  He is becoming a pretty fussy baby, but a sweet and cute one. He doesn't sleep too long at night and sometimes thinks it's time to have "wake time" at 3 am but ... what can you do?  Sometimes during the day he just won't wake up! I don't remember that being the case with my other boys!  But thankfully I'm not feeling too exhausted, just still pretty sore from the C-section (sneezing and coughing are helping that!).  We sure love our little guy and are amazed at how he's growing and changing.  What an incredible blessing!

2 weeks

Peyton 2 weeks old (october 14th)

Peyton has 2 big brothers that LOVE him!

Reister truly loves his baby brother and wants to hold him all the time!

Mason is generally gentle but has a lot to learn about how to handle baby Peyton! He loves him too and the first time he held him started singing Jesus Loves Me to him

Peyton's first 5 days

We are "home" from the hospital. Micah's parents are here helping us, which is such a blessing. Peyton was born at 1:10 am Wednesday and they arrived at noon on Thursday. Before they arrived we had 2 other families who were helping us watch the big boys. Those families are/were here to have babies too. We left the hospital Saturday afternoon. I was ready to get back - laying in a hospital bed gets old fast. but on the other hand I was very thankful for the longer stay because I was in a LOT of pain because of the surgery and was very slow to get up and around.
We just went back to see Peyton and my doctors this afternoon. He is almost back to his birth weight (he lacks 30 grams), has normal bilirubin levels and is healing well from his circumcision. I looked good too and got my bandage off. I'm still sore, but feel better each day.
I'm posting from my phone and took all these pictures from my phone so they may not be the best quality. The big brothers love Peyton as you can tell from the pictures. We are overjoyed to have this beautiful blessing from the Lord. I already can't imagine life without him.

More Peyton

Pics from my phone - 2 days old

He's here!

Sorry about my last post... I got interrupted because they wanted to change my bed sheets and I needed to sit up and also try standing [PAIN!!] here is our little man - we think he's beautiful!

Peyton Justice Webb

He arrived at 1:10am Thailand time on Wednesday morning. He weighed 3.53kg (7.7lbs) and was 54cm (21in). They had to take him by c-section because when my water broke there was quite a lot of meconium in it and he was showing signs of distress. He had some meconium in his stomach, but not in his lungs. He has done well nursing and has only lost 6% body weight. I am still in quite a bit of pain but hopefully will only get better. I will try to

Reister's 5th Birthday

 On September 1st Reister turned 5 years old! Wow!  But we celebrated early with his party on August 20th because my parents were visiting and we wanted them to be a part of the party.  For months, Reister had been looking forward to having a "Transformer Party".  I'm not super good at planning a themed party, apart from buying some party supplies and making a cake that go with the theme. It gets way too overwhelming way too fast.  He agreed to have it at the pool so that relieved me of too much planning as far as games/activities go. Plus, everyone loves a good pool party, right!?  We limited the party to 3 families to keep it simple.  Reister was super excited to celebrate with 3 of his buddies and their siblings. 

Kids of 4 families (excluding one 2 year old who wasn't in the pic)

Reister and his buddy Micah - who is already 6 years old!

Brothers

Reister with LiLi and Poppo (my parents)

Mason and Momma

Lighting the candles

Blowing them out

The happy birthday boy with buddy Jacob at his side

The Transformer cake featuring Optimus Prime and Bumblebee - toppers, pan and food coloring to make the icing are thanks to my Mom who brought them across the ocean in her suitcase!

Opening presents - would you believe every present was a transformer of some kind? That seriously made Reister happy

More transformer presents

Sweet handmade cards from friends

Reister with Luke (far right) who is almost 6, and his little brother Jace who is 2

Family Picture - Look at that 8 month prego belly!

It was a fun party with good friends.  We love Reister Laing Webb! He is such a joy to have in our family.  He is smart, funny, energetic, bold, loving, and loves God and desires to understand Him and the world He made more every day!  Thanks be to God for giving us this amazing little boy who is growing up WAY too fast!

There is so much to update on, but for now, I'll leave you with this super duper cute picture of the boys.

Reister is officially 5 years old now and we successfully had a Transformer themed party at the pool.

We leave in 3 days for Thailand to have baby boy #3! I will be 36 weeks tomorrow.  Here's a recent pic from 34 weeks...

We also had a great time when my parents came to visit and I need to post pictures from that!