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!

Mmmmmmm Mangos!

Rayden loves loves loves loves loves mango!! Here she is with a whole plate full of it just happy as a clam! Yummy yummy!

Bed Time!!

This past weekend Daddy changed Rayden's crib into a toddler bed!! Rayden was SO SO excited when she saw it and played all over it! She did really well at nighttime and went to sleep right away....nap times are a different story because she just wants to play with all of her toys in her room instead of sleeping. It is getting a little easier everyday though. The other night she did end up turning herself around and ended up falling off the bed....it mostly just scared her more than anything though. What a big girl!!!

Big Girl Cup

At mealtime Rayden now drinks from a big girl cup!!! She LOVES drinking from a regular cup, but we do have to tell her to drink slow or else she goes too fast and ends up with milk all over her!

New Hairdo's

Rayden's hair is getting so much longer now and it is so nice because now we can do new things with it! Here are a few things!! We can now put little braids in Rayden's hair, I tried to french braid it but she will not sit still long enough!! We can also put ALL of Rayden's hair up in one or even two pigtails, here is a picture of it all up in one. I love it!!

Cute Hat

Great Grandma knitted Rayden a new hat! Rayden loves her new hat...in fact it is the only hat that she will actually keep on her head! Such a nice hat and it keeps her nice and toasty warm too!

Our Little Chef

We got Rayden a kitchen for Christmas that she just loves to play with. She always has a chicken in the oven in case company stops by!! She loves to play with the blender and pretends to pour it into her cups and she always has a sink full of dishes!!

Little People

Rayden got quite a few Little People sets for Christmas. Here she is playing with some of them. The preschool one has a mat on it that talks and sings....Rayden thinks that it is to sit on!! She sits on it all the time and wiggles her butt to hear all the neat stuff!!

Shop til She Drops

Rayden loves playing with her shopping cart that she got for Christmas! She pushes it around all over the place and puts her groceries in it. I think her favorite thing in all the groceries are the potatoes!

Ray's New Car

Auntie Shawna got Rayden a new car!! Rayden loves her Little People bus. It plays music and the Little People in the front move. She rides all over on it or just likes to sit in front of it to watch the people moving.

Still Fun

Rayden still loves playing with her Learning Home from Grandpa Larry and Grandma Becky. Here are a couple of pictures of her playing with it. She is learning new words from it too!! She can say "light on" and "good-night" and all kids of other things that is says. Such a good toy!