Playing with Auntie Shawna

Rayden had a fun time with Auntie Shawna too!! They read some books together and Auntie Shawna was being silly by playing on the foam rocking horse!!

Lunch Time

Here are all the kids enjoying their lunch together!! What a fun day they had!

Our visit

We all headed over to Grants Pass this weekend to visit with Bryan, Renée, Rayna and Brady! We all had a great time and it was SO nice to hold the baby....what a little cutie he is!!! The girls had a ball playing together and we had a very nice visit. We will get to see them all again this weekend too!!! Thanks guys for letting us come over to visit and play!

Rayden and Brady

Oh my goodness did Rayden love Brady! She wanted to give him tons and tons of hugs and kisses!! She got to hold Brady with Auntie Renée's help and she loved it!! She got a little rough with him at times because she did not understand....we just told her she had to be nice and then she would pet his head! Too cute!

A good ole time together

Rayna and Rayden once again had a great time playing together! They spent a lot of time in Rayna's room playing and we snuck a few pictures of them in when they were playing with Rayna's camera. They always have such a fun time together!!

Pretty pretty

Rayden got a new necklace and she loves to wear it!! She says it is pretty. Here are a few pictures of her with it on!

The future Broadway star!!!!

Ahhhh what could be more fun than naked dancing???? It is one of Rayden's favorite things!! As soon as someone takes off her clothes she is running around wild singing and dancing for everyone. It is quite the sight....and hilarious!!!!!!!!! She is such a great singer and dancer!! I wish we had a video camera so all of you guys could see it too!

Daddy's Big Helper

Rayden got a new "My Little Mermaid" table and she loved helping daddy put it together! Not sure how much help she actually was.....but she sure had fun doing it! She wanted to put the table legs on the chairs....I guess she wanted a really tall chair!! What a big helper she is!

The Finished Product

So here is Rayden's new table all finished!! She loved it and played with it until it was time to go to bed. She likes to move the chairs around to different spots around the table and she likes to put things in the toy bin in the middle of the table! What a great table!!

Rayden and Mommy

Rayden at 18 months old
Mommy at 26 months old

18 Months Old!!!!!!!

Create Your Own

Rayden is now 18 months old.....time is still flying by and it is amazing to watch her grow into such a big girl! Rayden is just one big ball of energy and does not stop often!! She definitely makes for a fun and busy day!! She is talking all the time now and learning new words everyday....some of her favorites right now are "NO" and "MINE"!! Yes she does have quite the big attitude but we are trying to stop it! But on the other hand she is really good about saying "please" when she wants something.....but she also thinks she can get ANYTHING if she says please :) We just got her a potty chair and she loves to sit on it and say "poo poo" I am sure we will have some pictures soon. She is such a fun and happy girl. She LOVES to read books now and if you do not refuse she will come up to you ALL day long and say "read" and have a book in her hand, the majority of the time it will be the same book that you have already read again and again and again! Rayden loves helping around the house by helping with laundry and especially vacuuming! We cannot wait to see what the next 18 months have in store for us!

Curlers

I put Rayden's hair up in some sponge curlers for her 18 month pictures. She was actually really good and sat still until the last two! I had to get some pictures because she looked so cute with them in!!

Imagination and Discovery

They have a really cool place here in Medford called "Imagination and Discovery" This place is huge and there are so so many things for kids to do there. They have a gated in toddler room that has a ton of stuff to play with and on and a ball pit and a whole kitchen. They also have a big stage with tons of dress up clothes so the kids can pretend, a pretend grocery store, a pretend resteraunt, a hugs craft area with chalkboards and marker boards.....and so so so many more things! Rayden LOVES going there and will play and run for hours!!! She is always exhausted when she gets home though! What a fun place!!

Playdate with Matthew

Every weekend we take Rayden to the mall to play in the morning before all the big kids get there. This weekend she had a playdate with her new friend Matthew. He is SUCH a cutie and they had a lot of fun together. Rayden was such a little flirt. She gave him so so many kisses!! (Yes in the one picture she is trying to get him to kiss her...she is not trying to strangle him :) lol) Thanks Matthew for the great time!

More playing

Here are a few more pictures of Rayden playing in the mall.....so much fun!

Baby "Juice"

Last week in the mail we got a Christmas card from Dennis and Rose. Rayden saw the baby on the card and was going around saying "baby baby" I told her that it was Baby Jesus.....now she goes around pointing at him and telling everyone "Baby Juice, Baby Juice!" It is pretty cute!