Noni's bonds with Peyton

Because Genentech is so generous and gives it's employees 6 weeks to decompress every 6 years, I was able to spend some quality time with Peyton. It was not rushed like the quick weekends are, and it was not tiring with traveling times. I had him alone for at least 3 hours a day, and sometimes all day if Daddy had to go into work early. It was nice to spend mornings with Brian and evenings with Heather also. It is nice to have someone to eat dinner with, right Heather???? While I was there, Peyton and I did some Christmas shopping, took a lot of long walks, and had lots of visits with my friends and some of Peyton's friends. In the pictures above he is being big on Daddy's shoulders, playing with Mommy and cousin Taylor, and learning to sit up like a big boy. We visited one of my favorite places, Rancho los Cerritos, where he was invited to follow Uncle John and "be Harry Bixby" in a few years. He met Daddy's boyhood friend and his daughter Lillian, and lots of Noni's friends at the Fiesta at St. Cornelius where Daddy went to grammar school. Peyton loves to take rides in the car...it will usually put him right to sleep except at night. He still has only his two bottom teeth. Those top two are right there...but not through.