Raymie 14 months

I can't even believe how quickly my little girl has been growing. It makes me so sad. But I am LOVING the awesome personality she has.  I think one of the best things about being a mother is watching your child grow and learn. Watching how her personality form is so amazing. She is just so dang smart! Sometimes that's not a good thing because now she understands the routine of going to bed...that never really turns out well.

Raymie only a few days old

She loves: eggs, beans, milk, her dolls, playing at the playground, going down the slides, other little kids, her grandparents, mommy  and daddy [she cries every time he leaves for school], she loves books, trying on shoes, helping mommy cook, emptying anything that is filled with clothes, putting on and taking off necklaces, brushing her "hair", trying to go down stairs like a big girl, BIKES [she doesn't have one but we play with them at Walmart and she doesn't ever want to get off. We have even pushed her around sitting on mine or Jared's bikes and she loves it], swinging in the swings, helping Jared or I with whatever we may be doing at the moment, and playing with balls [she even tries to kick them].

swinging with Grandma Bringhurst

swinging 

Pink BIKE

Blue BIKE 

Going down the slide

Helping dad 

Thinking she is helping dad but really just making a mess

Her feet: Raymies feet are probably the grossest things ever. I can never keep them clean and she always has this nasty sticky lint in between her toes. Her feet get so sweaty too. It's bad. Even with sandals on, I'll take her shoes off [which she probably has only been wearing for a total of 1 hour] and her feet stink bad and they are super sweaty. So I thought 'hey if I put socks on her feet, maybe that will help soak up the sweatyness' WRONGO. Bad idea. That made it WORSE. I take her shoes and socks off and her feet are literally wet, her socks are wet, and her toes are wrinkly from being wet for so long. It's killing me. I don't even know what to do anymore. haha I promise she did not get this trait from me.
Her Hair: is coming in thicker. It's growing more on the top and in the back. Bright blonde like it's always been.

She Hates: Getting her diaper changed...we do it a billion times a day, everyday and she still freaks out every time. Laying on her back. Going to sleep [she will fight me almost every time]. Chocolate milk and Chocolate in general...no idea why. Her carseat...never ending hate for that thing.

A normal day for Raymie: Wake up around 9am. Eat some breakfast, usually consisting of eggs or cereal and milk. Have mommy get her dressed and than from there it's pretty much just running around and playing [don't worry she is constantly eating by carrying her cup full of cereal....I refilled it 4 times yesterday]. Until it's 12 or 12:30...than it's time for a  nap. Wake up around 1:30 or 2. Eat lunch...which isn't much because she doesn't sit still long enough to do so. Play some more, maybe go to the park or for a walk. Eat dinner [if she stays up long enough to do so. She gets pretty grouchy anywhere from 4-6pm]. Go for a bike ride or walk. Eat a snack and some milk. Brush teeth [7 of them...one on the bottom is partly in and she has been hurting. :( ]. Have mommy read her a book or two while brushing teeth or drinking milk. Get the binkie and pink blankie and its time for bed any from 9-11pm...I never know when she will finally sleep.

Just waiting on our World to change...Really just waiting for school to start.

REXBURG. 
Oh Rexburg...how I kinda loath you. That's right...we moved to Rexy. I miss Pocatello. I miss knowing where everything is, I miss my families and my friends. I miss HOME. I really am ok with Rexburg, it's just not my home yet. We have been here for almost 2 weeks and I've done absolutely nothing. Well it feels like nothing. 

Our apartment isn't as small as I thought it would be, but it does suck moving from a home--->to your in-laws--->than into an apartment. It's all hard transitioning. The people in our apartment complex are really nice. When we were moving everything in we had about 4 people come and ask if we needed help. But thanks to our FRIENDS AND FAMILY we pretty much had it all. Thanks guys love ya! 
Raymie Marie. Oh Raymie. Still a little skinny gal. But don't judge ok...I'm feeding her I promise. She had a hard time sleeping here the first few days. So we were lucky to have her sleep with us...such a cute little snuggle girl.Oh and at our first Sunday at church...I seriously wanted to beat that child [it's a good think she's cute]. She was super grumpy and screaming non stop. I thought to myself "first impressions are AWESOME when you have an absurdly loud screaming grumpy child". I'm guessing everyone else was thinking "great...they are one of those families". 

Anywho...Raymie is so dang smart. She is now in that climbing stage and she just wont slow down one bit. We have a little kids park right behind our apartments and she loves the slides. She had a hard time the first couple of times, but now she can sit-up while going down the slide and get off at the end of it. Super proud of that girl. She's eating really well with her fork [one of those "you know your a mother when you say..." sentences]. Raymie has 4 teeth on top, 2 on the bottom and one more trying to come in on the bottom. She loves to eat beans, EGGS [she loves those...which makes me want to yack] and watermelon [not my child if she loves that gross crap..."It can only be Jareds." (in a musicy singing voice...get it? haha)]. She is extremely fond of both of her grandparents [spoiled]. She loves to follow me and try to do everything Jared and I do. We are currently leading her towards potty training. She has gone in her "pooper" about 5 times in the past few days but we are just trying to get her used to it. Not trying to push potty training on her but I'm not waiting by any means. She's really smart, she will figure it out. 

Our Days in the last two weeks honestly consist of waking up at around 9 or 9:30ish. Working out [that does not last long]. Eventually getting around to showering. Doing some cleaning. Eating. Watching The Office. Eating. Playing at the park. Going for a bike ride. Watching movies. Eating. Bed time. I've kinda been going crazy. It's weird going from being busy all of the time to absolutely nothing. I've brought my resume around to 12 different places so someone better be taking me soon. Hopefully. 

Love my Jared, love my Raymie, you can be jealous because honestly I have it all right now and life can't get any better than where we are now. It's fun being a wife and mother. Stressful...but fun. I can't even express how much I absolutely love my wonderful Jared and of course Raymie. I can't get enough of either of them. The two of them are honestly God's greatest gift to me. I'm pretty sure I was given to them to test them through out their lives [good luck]. 

Our usual Bike rides! 

First time going in the potty! 

She loves the slides 

She kept throwing the wood chunks on the slide. At least she learned to use both hands...?

One year old Pics

So I decided to take Raymies One year old pictures because....you guessed it JARED is cheap. haha just kidding. But seriously they get pretty spendy. So Chelsey (my awesome younger sister...who is pretty much more like my big sister) took them one day. And I do have to say we did a pretty good job. I'm proud of them and you can be too...by looking at my adorable little close-to one year old. I bet you can't make cuter babies than Jared and I...and yes that is a challenge....ready.....set.....go. You have 9 months. Hahaha.