Our Little Monkey and her Pumpkins

Tonight - Tuesday, October 28th - we carved Rayna's pumpkins. It sure was fun carving her first set of pumpkins! We carved one with her name in it, and the other just has a happy jack o lantern face. She was quite interested in them - especially once I showed her them lit up in the dark. As you can see from the pictures, she is going to be a monkey for Halloween. I wish I could have caught one of her smiles, but she was more interested in chewing on her costume - haha. Smile or not - she still makes a pretty cute monkey!

Rayna has her pumpkins!!

Saturday we went and got our pumpkins in Brookston. Rayna didn't quite know what was going on, but she kept looking around at all the orange things on the ground! Now we just need to get them carved...

Rayna's first trip to the Zoo

We went to the Indianapolis Zoo Saturday to celebrate Andy's birthday, and to take Rayna for the first time. Although she did not know too much about what she was looking at (or what was going on around her) she did seem to enjoy the zoo. We went through the "Oceans" exhibit, and she was intrigued by the colors of the fish and followed their movements. The "Plains" area was our favorite part, and our little monkey Rayna enjoyed the monkeys! We completed over visit with getting Rayna her very own stuffed Giraffe and Monkey. Daddy rode home with her in the back of the car and introduced her to her new animals, and she just stared at them the whole time! We also got her the book "Curious George Visits the Zoo," and figured that one day it would be a good memory to share with her. Saturday evening we had Andy's family over for cake and ice cream to celebrate his birthday, and Rayna asked me if she could wear her fancy headband with her outfit. She looked so darn cute, if I do say so myself.

I got Rayna some new patent leather mary janes, and Andy decided to dress her up for me. What a surprise that was! I think she looks like little Bo Peep! She's such a good sport at letting mommy and daddy play "dress up" with her.

Tomorrow night we are going to Grandpa's to celebrate his birthday. October sure is a busy when it comes to birthdays. Just think...next year Rayna will be enjoying cake at all of them!

She is continuing to "talk" more and more to us, and I have never seen a baby smile so much! She has also started making "raspberries" with her mouth (basically it's spit bubbles that come out in clusters and look like raspberries." The development article I have said it is a sign that she is learning how to use her tounge and will later help her in forming words. It's amazingly wonderful to watch all these milestones!

We had a picture day! I'd have to say that Rayna took some especially cute pictures! She even got to ride around the garden with dad on the tractor. And she and I played with her glow worm and learning bug all night long! She is just enthralled by the blinking lights!!!

A Night with the Fam....

Rayna and I went to Grandpa Long's house last Monday. It sure was nice to have some family time! Grandpa Long also had us over tonight, Sunday, for a Chinese themed dinner. One word - DELISH!

Rayna seems to have discovered that she has a voice within the past week or so. She is constantly "talking" and you can tell she thinks she's talking to you! It is so nice to have a conversation with her (haha). She LOVES her mobile, and seems to really like music a lot. Who knows...maybe we have an American Idol in our midst. Also, I've noticed that she seems to be quite intrigued with TV. All the colors, noise and movements really catch her attention. It's hard to believe that she will be 12 weeks old on Thursday! Her sleeping habits are GREAT! She generally goes to bed between 9-11 and will sleep until 5:30 or 6 the next morning. We have a busy week coming up, so look for another post next weekend!