Digging For Gold

Yesterday Raylee was sitting on Coreys lap watching a cartoon and I turned to look at her and saw that she had fallen asleep like this:

Easter

WARNING: PICTURE OVERLOAD

This year Easter was a lot of fun, and we were able to make it to both families which meant Raylee was lucky enough to do two easter egg hunts. We started the day off at church where Raylee got to wear her Easter Dress.

I love this next pose, the picture is really blury, but I still had to post it.

We went to my families house where all the grandkids got to go on an Easter egg hunt in the backyard. This was Raylee's first Easter egg hunt and I didn't think she would do very good, but she loved looking for the eggs and putting them in her basket.

Everyone watching the kids get some of the eggs that were in the garden.

All the grandkids and their loot.

Raylee and Ashlynn were just sitting on the grass looking at their eggs (by this time Corey had shown Raylee that their was candy inside).

Then all the sudden Raylee noticed that Ashlyn had some eggs, so she decided to help herself to them. Ashlyn was not very appreciative.

After the egg hunt we had a yummy Easter dinner with ham and potatoes and monkey bread and lots of salad and fruits. Mmmm! After dinner the kids dyed Easter eggs. Raylee didn't really understand what was going on and kept trying to drink the dye.

After that we had an egg cracking competition where all the adults took an egg and hit it against someone elses and only one of the eggs cracks. I ended up being the champ! This is really the only type of competition that I will ever win, so I will probably be bragging about it for awhile.

We left after the competition to go to Coreys family where we arrived just in time for another Easter egg hunt. Raylee was a pro by now!

But she needed a little help with the one up in the tree. She just wasn't quite tall enough.

Raylee and her cousins that were there for the Easter egg hunt.

It turned out to be a perfect day filled with lots of family and fun!

19 Months

We finally took Raylee in to the doctor for her 18 month checkup. She did really great. I always worry that I'm going to get in trouble for her not weighing enough, but I definitely didn't need to worry this time! She had gained 3 pounds in the six months and the doctor and nurse were really happy about that. Anyways here are her stats.


Weight: 19 pounds (still not on the charts, but getting closer)
Height: 30 inches (20th percentile)


A few other things about Raylee right now:

-She loves babies. She loves to wrap them in her baby blankie and rock them and pat their backs and give them hugs and kisses.

-She loves phones, or I guess I should say still loves phones. She loves to talk to Corey on the phone when he is at work.

-She loves cartoons. Her favorites are Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and My Friends Tigger and Pooh

-She loves purses and bags

-She still loves bracelets and necklaces

-She finally figured out how to give a closed mouth kiss

-She love shoes, anyones shoes. When she finds a pair laying around she always has to where them. If they are mine or Coreys she puts them on her feet, but if they are hers a lot of times she will put them on her hands and clap her hands together.

-She loves to sing songs, and will sing along with you and love doing the actions. I know which ones she wants to sing by the actions she shows me. Lately she is loving 5 little monkeys swinging in a tree, and Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree.

-When it's time for prayers when you are saying a sentence she says aaahhhhhhh at the same time like she is saying it with you.

-When she wants a snack she goes to the pantry and when I open it she will show me which one she wants, right now she likes pretzels.

-She still doesn’t do very good at feeding herself with a spoon or fork, but she is getting better all the time.

-I still don’t know if she’s right or left handed, she uses both pretty equally. Maybe she’s ambidextrous.

-She does really good with going to sleep when we just go lay her in her crib. She doesn’t even cry anymore, although it’s a different story for her nap. She will usually just fall asleep on the couch when she’s tired for her nap.

-She loves to play outside, especially when I blow bubbles for her.

-She loves to dip her food. It doesn't matter what type of dip either, I once saw her dip an apple in some A1 and then go back for more.

She still doesn't talk a lot, she is just a really quiet girl, but these are some of the words she says and how she pronounces them.

Mama
Daddy (da tee)
Yes
No
Please (pwease, pease, mease)
Thank you (ta du)
Ball (dall)
Doggie
Kitty
Bubble
Mickey (key key)
Love you (du oo)
Hi
Hello
Bye
Wow
Ought oh (uh oh)
Tickle, Tickle (ickle ickle)
Dip, Dip
Zip
Peek
Beep, Beep
done

Date Night!

Corey and I braved the elements last night and went to the Real Salt Lake Soccer Game. It was freezing cold, but the rain was nice enought to stay away until close to the end and because it rained we get free tickets to another game later in the year! I looked really stupid all bundled up, but I was nice and warm! It ended up being lots of fun despite the frigid temps and the downpour!

Raylee the Giant

We were at my parents the other night, and Raylee brought out a barbie couch and decided that it was just the right size for her!

She must have thought it was pretty fun because she kept doing it over and over again.

What a silly girl!

Nursery Time!

Today was Raylee's first day in Nursery! Hurray!! I wasn't too worried about how she would do because she loves to play with other kids, and I was right not to be worried because she did great! Corey stayed in with her for a little while, but then he left because she was doing fine, and when he went to pick her up her teachers said she did fine by herself. She's growing up right before my very eyes, and I can't believe it! We sure do love this little girl!

(I know it's really lame that I put a picture of the paper she colored at nursery, but she's my first so I'm allowed to do dumb stuff like that, right?)

Bear River Ball Game

For the last 15-20 years, Corey's dad has done the scorekeeping for the Bear River Boys Basketball team. Since he has to go to all their games, Corey's mom always goes with him and she always asks Corey to go to the games with her and Corey always says no. This basketball season was no different, but Corey finally told her that if they made it to state he would go. So last night Bear River played in the state championship against Logan at the E Center and Corey made good on his promise and went to the game and Raylee and I tagged along. It turned out to be a whole family event and was lots of fun, and of course Bear River won! Raylee had lots of fun playing with all her cousins, and she loved our drink. She wouldn't put it down, even though it was almost as big as she was!

Corey and his brother Chris

Corey's dad is on the very left, and on the very right of this picture is Thurl Bailey. It's a terrible picture, but we were sitting very far away!

Our LOVE Day!

We celebrated our Valentines Day a day early because Corey and my brother in laws and my dad made special plans for us but it worked out better to do it on Friday. So, on Friday when Corey got home from work he surprised me with these gorgeous flowers. So sweet!

Then we went and dropped Raylee off at my parents house where my little sister watched all the kids for us so we could have a night out without the kiddies, and then we went and had a super delicious dinner at The Roof at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. It was supposed to be a surprise, but I think we all ended up finding out where we were going before hand.

I haven't ever been there before and it was definately the nicest place I have ever eaten and had the best view of the temple. It was lots of fun to get dressed up and go somewhere nice and I can't say enough good things about the food. It was absolutely amazing and we all stuffed ourselves as full as we could. I was really excited about trying the creme brulee because I've never had it before and have heard amazing things about it, but I was kind of dumb and tried it after I had a mint dessert and so it tasted kind of weird to me. I will definately have to try it again. Anyway, everyone else loved the creme brulee and this picture only shows a portion of all that we ate. I guess we were all trying to get our fill of fancy food like this since we don't get it very often.

The view of the temple from up there is gorgeous and so of course we had to snap a couple pics!

On the actual Valentine's day, we just had a lazy day at home and had a little movie marathon. Corey was sweet enough to watch a bunch of chick flicks with me, although I think he likes them as much as I did. I am a lucky girl that my hubby loves me enough to do all this for me!

Guilty as Charged Tag

1. Sometimes (or a lot of times) when I read a book to Raylee, especially if it's like the 100th of the day or a really long one, I only read the first page and the last. I don't think I'm going to get away with it for much longer!
2. If Raylee wakes up before I am ready to get up I bring her back to my bed and lay there and play with her there until I'm ready to get up for the day.
3. I watch Judge Alex almost every day.
4. I have no self control when it comes to sugar. If there is any sort of dessert available I eat it for breakfast, and lunch every day until it's gone and then I'm sad when it's gone.
5. I feel guilty throwing food away, so I put it in the fridge as leftovers even when I know no one will eat it, and then it ends up staying in the fridge until it's covered in mold.
6. I have such a brown thumb that I can't even keep bamboo alive. I was looking on the internet to find out if you could bring bamboo back to life and one website said that bamboo is only one step above having a pet rock. I probably couldn't even handle a pet rock!
7. I love to buy shoes, but I hate wearing them. I never wear shoes in my house (and it's not to keep the carpet nice) and I've even been known to tell other people to take their shoes off because just looking at it makes my feet feel claustrophobic.
8. I make Corey do the laundry, and he's such a good hubby that he doesn't even complain about it.
9. Sometimes we don't eat dinner until like 8 or 9 at night. Last night it wasn't until 9:30. Most of the time it's because Coreys working late that night, but sometimes it's just because I'm lazy and I hate making dinner so I procrastinate.
10. I have started wearing spring clothes already in hopes that it will make it come faster. It doesn't, and I just end up freezing all day, but it makes me feel like I'm helping speed things up.


I tag anyone who wants to air some dirty laundry!

Are you ready for some Football??

Corey's family has some really fun traditions and a lot of them have to do with sports. Everybody in his family has picked an NFL team as their team and almost everybodys team is different. Corey's team is the Miami Dolphins, my team is the San Diego Chargers (I picked this team entirely based on the colors, since I knew absolutely NOTHING about sports.), and Corey is trying to turn Raylee into a fellow Dolphins fan although according to him she has no choice.

Every week during the football season all the adults do picks on all the teams that play that week and then at the end of the season the person with the highest total gets the money from the pot that everyone contributes too. All of these things lead up to the big super bowl party at the end where everybody comes decked out in their team gear. Corey's been wanting to get me Chargers jersey for a long time, but I keep telling him that I would rather spend the money on cute clothes that I will wear more than once a year. I have recently started telling him that he can buy me a jersey when the Chargers are in the super bowl. So far so good.

I really look forward to the super bowl party every year. Not so much for the game, as for the yummy food, the usually funny commercials, and the good company. This year was every bit as good as I was expecting! I didn't really care which team won, so I didn't pay much attention to the game, and unfortunately missed out on most of the commercials, but the food was delicious and we all stuffed ourselves silly!


I only took a few pictures and none of them turned out. It probably had a little something to do with the fact that Raylee had just woken up from a nap and was super ornery. I always pick the best times to snap a picture! Below is Raylee and her cousin Morgan who is about 10 months older than Raylee.