Raymie 16 Months

I feel like I post about Raymie a lot...and I'm not sorry about it.
Raymie is 16 months old...it's weird that in 2 months she will be old enough to go to nursery...and that can't come soon enough. She is a crazy girl. I can never get her to sit still. Today she sat in front of the TV and watched Lelo and Stitch for 20 minutes while I cooked dinner...it was a shocker. She never ever ever does that! She is always at my legs trying to climb up me to see what I am doing. She loves to help me cook and she knows that the stove and oven mean "hot". haha she says it every time I open the oven. She loves to put the oven mitts on and help stir the food.

Eating BBQ Sauce out of the lid...she liked it...

Loves oven mitts

I love how they go all the way up to her shoulder

BBQ Sauce

Helping Grandma and Grandpa with the leaves

Raymie now has 11 teeth. Two top molars are still making their way in and her bottom right molar is trying to come in as well. She is honestly a champ about it though. She has her good and bad days of course, but overall, I didn't even know they were coming in until I was playing with her and saw some of them poking through.

Teeth

Love this cute girl

Raymie loves her stuffed animals. She loves her pink piggy...we call him Mr. Pig. We try to keep it real formal around here. haha. She also loves her two dolls...that do not have names...but they are pink and purple little stuffed dolls. She loves to play with balls and read books too. She will sit and flip through a book all day if I weren't so worried she would accidentally rip it. She also loves to be outside.

"Reading"

That's not a hat...

It's a face mask.

Playing with the balls while dad plays basketball at church

Notice she is just a blur...never stops moving

Raymie and Mr. Pig

She loves her daddy

Raymie is a smart girl. We really have to start watching what we do and say...not that we ever do or say anything horrible... She knows where her nose, eyes, teeth, ears, belly, and toes are.

Combing her hair

Putting makeup on mom

Raymie doesn't like it when we change her...still. We do it at least 6 times a day...she really needs to get over it. She doesn't like bugs. She doesn't like animals...when they get close to her...she's her mothers daughter. haha. She also still has a hard time with baths (no wonder she was a kicker in the womb...she wanted out of there asap).
Raymie loves to feed herself. She loves hotdogs, bread, cheese, applesauce, cereal, Gold fish crackers, graham crackers, eggs, oatmeal, yogurt, bananas and peaches. She isn't much of a meat lover...I'm surprised when she does eat it.
We found out last week why Raymie gets really red and sometimes hives on her skin when you touch her bare skin. Raymie has a condition called Dermatographia, also known as "skin writing". When people who have dermatographia lightly scratch their skin, the scratches redden into a raised wheal similar to hives. These marks usually last 30minutes to an hour. Symptoms include: raised red lines, swelling, inflammation, hive-like welts and itching. We thought she was allergic to something at first...but we kinda narrowed it down to this. She doesn't get it often and when it does happen its gone within an hour. The doctor told us she will probably have it for the rest of her life. He said he has never seen it in children (it usually occurs in teenagers). We are hoping it will just go away because it came on so suddenly. We figure that babies often have sensitive skin anyways...and I didn't pass down the best genes either (I had super sensitive/allergic skin when I was little). So we will see how it all plays out.

Dermatographia

We think it is from her snack cup she has to reach her hands in to

Halloween

Our library here in Rexburg held a trick or treating thing inside the library. So that was the first thing we did on Halloween. Our plan was to be Peter Pan, Tinker Bell and Captain Hook. Jared didn't end up dressing up because he didn't have time by the time he was done with school. Darn. We will get him next year. But Raymie ended up being a fairy instead of actual Tinker Bell. I was Peter Pan.

Raymie the Fairy 

Fairy at the library

Library trick or treat

One of Raymie's friends Aria

Peter Pan and Fairy 

Peter Pan and Tink..you have to say it with a British accent or it's not fun to say

I was going for the Peter Pan chin up in the air stance. 

I decided that Halloween is just kind of uneventful unless you  have a child that actually understands the concept of Halloween. Don't get me wrong, it was fun to dress up and dress up Raymie, but she was done with that costume after the first trick or treating session and to be honest, so was I. haha. I have a love/hate relationship with the holiday. I love the costumes and the decorations. But I hate scary things and don't love trick or treating. I'll do the trick or treating...but only for the candy...and my child. Fun

Fact of the Halloween night: I found out that Raymie really really really loves candy especially suckers.

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