Birthday Weekend

24 years old. I am so blessed to be where I am and who I am with in my life. I love being a stay at home mom. It's hard sometimes. But I am so very blessed to watch my little Raymie grow everyday and to be able to welcome Jared home from school everyday...sometimes with dinner ready. But not always...that's pushing it.

Friday my Sister-in-law and Mother-in-law came to Rexburg with the three kids to celebrate with me. We all went to the park, ate lunch, and than had dinner and cake. We also went to Cully's soccer game and watched until we got waaaay too cold. It was so cold. It was a lot of fun.

Saturday Raymie and I were home while Jared went to school to study and get some homework done. Raymie was taking a nap and I was cleaning up the house when Jared walked in with a bouquet of pink roses in one hand and a big box in the other. I was so flattered! He never gets me flowers! I loved it! In the other hand was a.....sewing machine!!!! I was super duper excited. I have such a fantastic husband! We then drove to Idaho Falls and went to the mall. Than we went to Pizza Pie Cafe...because I love the dessert pizzas so very very much! It was a good evening.

Sunday we went to church...tried and failed to cook dinner and tried and pretty much failed to cook apple crisp. hahaha. I really struggled that day....and was not to happy with the outcome of my cooking. Other than that, it was a good day. haha.

24 things you may or may not know about me:
1. I absolutely HATE moths. They are just stupid ugly butterflies and they freak me out.
2. I have very little patience. I'm working on it.
3. I love musicals
4. I'm extremely jealous of people who can sing.
5. I'm not very good at dressing myself. I can't really figure out what goes together.
6. I hate noise when I get paranoid with my drive. No SOUND during scary drives.
7. My right leg is shorter than my left.
8. My left knee is numb...i tripped 5 years ago.
9. I am very very jealous of people with long hair...why did I cut it...
10. I have tiny ears.
11. I really don't like scary movies...or anything scary. Why was I born in October?
12. When I was a kid, I wanted to be an artist when I grew up...no artistic talent what so ever. haha
13. like clothing...I'm not very good with make up...I have to ask my younger sister for help with both. haha Raymie doesn't have a chance...
14. My hair is getting darker as I get older...it make me extremely sad.
15. My favorite colors are violet purple and bright/sky blue. Both great colors.
16. I love Disney movies and music (my favorites are Tangled and Hercules)
17. My favorite music is in the genre of Awolnation, Imagine Dragons, Lorde, Cage the Elephant and Florence + The Machine. It's a wide genre. haha.
18. The song, Someday by Sugar Ray makes me happy...every time.
19. My hands get claustrophobic if I get them stuck in something.
20. I hate watermelon and cantaloupe...I try it once every summer...still hate it.
21. I hate doing laundry...worst chore ever.
22. I was born in Omaha Nebraska.
23. I don't like water...I don't like not knowing whats beneath me. Even if I'm in a pool. I just don't like it ok back off.
24. My actor crushes are Liam Hemsworth, Chris Hemsworth (honestly their parents made some super attractive children) and Ryan Reynolds. Don't worry, Jared knows about my crushes. haha.

Welp, now that you know more about me than you probably wanted to...that's all I've got for now.

Raymie: 15 Months

Raymie. Haha. Oh she is a handful. Recently she has been wanting all of the attention all the time. I'll be trying to cook dinner while she is trying to climb up my leg (which is honestly somewhat successful at times). haha. I love this little girl and her crazy personality.Sadly, she has been sick the past couple of days...which I hate. I feel so bad for her because she has a hard time breathing with such a stuffy nose. The one good thing about her  being sick is I get snuggle time (which never happens...she was done with snuggling after being 3 weeks old) and it kinda slows her down..which helps me catch up.
Raymie has such a lovable personality. The other day she spilled her cup of cheerios, on purpose. So naturally I got mad at her and told her to pick them up. She cried a little but wasn't picking them up so I go over and show her by putting some cheerios back into the cup and she looks at me with her arms held open, grabs my face and gives me a hug....I wasn't mad anymore.

She loves to eat eggs,watermelon, bananas, bread, cheese, yogurt, hotdogs, and pretty much whatever we are eating.

This was fun to clean up.  

Raymie LOVES to be outside. I think she would live out there if we let her. Whenever Jared goes to leave for school she cries, not because Jared is leaving, but because she doesn't get to go outside too. 

Raymie also loves books. She loves to turn the pages and just sit and listen. 

I know shes ready for bed when she won't just sit and listen to me read her a book. Weird I know. She also gets super terrorizey...not a word...when she gets tired. Like she will start throwing and ripping up anything and everything I give her. 

Playing outside, in the dark, with her friend Aria. 

Raymie is trying to talk. She says words...that I don't understand. But she almost has the word "book" down. The thing that makes me laugh is she doesn't say "dad" anymore, and that was her first word. haha. She calls Jared and I both "mom". Haha payback. 

Raymie loves to try to be like mom and dad. She got a hold of a makeup brush and she started rubbing it on her cheek. She is so smart! I didn't realize how much she really watches and learns from Jared and I. 

She is just learning how to give kisses and "pound it" and high five. She can blow bubbles with her mouth...we did not teach that to her. Raymie loves to dance...she will dance to all most anything but she loves that "What does a fox say?" song. haha. 

Raymie has 6 teeth with the 7th is still trying to come in. Raymie is always trying to put her own socks and shoes on...it gets pretty fun to watch because then she just gets super angry that she can't do it. haha poor thing. I give her credit for her persistence though...she never gives up.

Don't you just love this face!? I love being her mother and getting the opportunity to spend so much time with her. She has such a sweet spirit and great personality. No day is ever the same with this little girl and I'm loving every minute of it.

Girls Weekend

Every year I get together with my husbands side of the family (Girls only) and we go on a weekend together to hangout, shop, craft and have a good time. This year we went to Bear Lake and I absoultley loved it! We had so much fun! We went on a hike, made crafts, played games, and went swimming. I made the wrong choice of swimming in extremely cold water. We hiked to Bloomington Lake and I had never been there before and so I wanted to explore. Well I found a tree with a rope swing on it...so what do I do, strip down to some lesser clothing and I swung in. There was snow on the ground there...so the water was EXTREMELY cold. I honestly couldn't breath for the first 5 seconds of coming out of the water. Luckily Jordan was there to save me, just in case anything went wrong. Everyone else was on the other side of the lake watching. haha it was fun and I'm glad I did it. I made my sister-in-law pee her pants because it was so funny. haha. It was beautiful there and I LOVED seeing the snow...it made me so excited for SKI SEASON!
We made some super amazing crafts too! We made a Christmas decoration that said "PEACE" in wood letters and the "A" was baby Jesus in the manger. We also made a Halloween wreath and it is currently hanging on my door.
I loved spending time with my family! They are all so fun and sarcastic...it's so awesome! haha. I seriously love Jared's side of the family...it's as if they were my family from the very beginning. They treat you as if you have been there the whole time, and I love that. I honestly think that I know Jared's side of the family better than he does. haha. I'm looking forward to next year!

Made myself a snowball 

Bloomington Lake 

Bloomington Lake 

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...?