Daddy Got Me a Giraffe Tricycle!!!

Daddy came home with a a giraffe trike for Rayna!! She just loves it when Daddy takes her for rides around the living room! Also note - you can see Rayna's two bottom teeth in the first picture!! Finally, I managed to get them in a picture!

We're getting ready for Easter!!

Our little Easter Bunny!!! She is such a good sport!!

She just keeps amazing me!!!

Well, it's official! Rayna Lynn is pulling herself up on EVERYTHING and standing now! I wonder how long it will be before she is taking that first step! It is simply amazing! She seems to be in overdrive when it comes to developing now! We are taking walks almost daily (weather depending) and she just loves it! She will ewwww and awww the whole time! We are getting ready for easter, and I'm hoping to have a mini easter egg hunt for her this year! Stay tuned for pictures!

8 months and growing

Rayna will be 8 months old on St. Patrick's Day, and I can hardly believe it! We've hit some major milestones in a month! Rayna is sitting herself up from her back, she's army crawling, and she's starting to pull herself up on things. She's sitting up completely unassisted, and we've made the transition from her baby tub to the sink/bath tub. She loves bath time, and loves being able to splash all she wants! Tonight she was attempting to stand up on her crawl and cruise jungle and fell down - smacking her face on the way down. It looks like she might have a little bruise, which I assume will be the first of many with our little adventorous diva! Rayna's hair is really growing, and I was finally able to get enough hair pulled together to put it in a bow. It fell out seconds later, but it still made for a cute picture!

She loves laying on her side - as you can tell in the picture above. I think she looks so funny and grown-up all at the same time. She also enjoys crawling into her exersaucer, as you can see above. It was so funny to see her do it the first time! Also, you may have looked at the picture of Rayna and Daddy and wondered - is Andy in Rayna's crib with her? And yes, it's not your eyes deceiving you - he really did get in her crib with her. I think he would have stayed in there if I didn't insist that he get out before we had to replace the crib! ha ha!

Rayna is eating about 3 meals a day now, too. She LOVES squash, sweet potatoes and chicken and noodle dinner. We've found she does not like Peaches, but that seems to be the only thing so far.

We've found Rayna sucking her thumb more, too, so I am thinking she's going to be like Aunt Susan. Although, I hope that if it is a habit that she has - she breaks it before she's 12. haha!

She's getting soooooo big....

Well, we are just a few days away from 7 months! Where has the time gone? Rayna is getting more and more animated by the day. We went to Grandma Long's house last weekend, and Grandma gave Rayna one of my old dolls. She also got them matching suitcases and outfits. Of course mommy wanted to take pictures, and Rayna was being awfully photogenic as you can see.

A few weeks ago when we had snow we got a chance to put Rayna in her snow suit and take her out in the snow for the first time. She really seems to like being outside, and I think she'll really enjoy playing in the snow this Christmas.

6 months!!

Rayna went for her 6 month check-up on January 19th. She weighed in at 16lbs and measured 26 3/4 inches long! She is in the 50th percentile in weight, and in the 75th percentile in height. I can't believe that she's 6 months already! Time just seems to be flying by! She is rolling over with ease these days, and she is pretty much sitting up on her own these days. From what I've heard and read, it won't be long before she's crawling and all over the place! She seems to really like eating foods now, and her favorite right now is Squash. She seems to love her veggies compared to her fruits. Rayna really enjoys playing with her toys, and she especially loves the dolly that she got from Grandpa Long. I think she might think the doll is real because she just lights up when she sees her! I think she thinks that her friend has come to play with her!

We went to her future husband's 1st birthday party on Saturday, January 23rd, and she enjoyed the party. She got her own set of Mickey Mouse ears, and she even tried a little icing from his birthday cake. She did not seem to like the icing, so maybe she'll be just like daddy and hate sweets. It was a fun day, and it made me realize in 6 months we'll be having hers. Geesch! That seems like right around the corner!

All is well here...just wishing for some spring weather so that we can play outside. Rayna really seems to like looking outside and being outside, so it will be nice to get her out there again.

We made it through the Holidays!

Well, we made it through the holidays, and Rayna sure had a great and eventful holiday season. In the month of December she started rolling over, and she is getting quicker and quicker each day! She also has started eating her first foods, and seems to really have the hang of how to keep them in better now. The picture with the Sweet Potatoes all over her face were how the first few feedings went! Needless to say - we had bath time about everyday then!

Rayna has really taken a liking to her Exersaucer. She LOVES to bounce!!! It is so funny to watch her really get going. Rayna also has discovered her feet, and can put them in her mouth now. Diaper changes have become REALLY interesting between her trying to eat her feet and roll off the changing table! And I can imagine they will only get better!

Rayna really made out at Christmas! She got toys, clothes, and tons of other stuff! And I was really surprised that she was able to tear the wrapping paper herself. She was more interested in the paper than in the presents. I guess it's true - a box and paper always seems to satisfy them more than gifts! haha!

Rayna has her 6 month visit on January 19th, so I'll try and post an updated weight and height then. We hope that you all are well and made it through the holiday season just fine!