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Monday, April 30, 2012

Week 39, What does z r b t t spell?

Yep, I'm driving already. I'm cool like that.

Rayler Kellan Hailey is a chatter box. He really is saying "Momma" now, all the time, without necessarily meaning me. It means by thirds, "I'm hungry", "I'm just trying out different sounds" and the rest of the time he is really talking to me. He also has an array of syllables he strings together throughout the day. "Noo noo", "un un" "ba ba" "naa naa" and he says something that sounds a lot like "wow!" I know there are other sounds but that's all I can think of right now.

Bugs used to give me slobbery kisses constantly. However, in the past two months he flat out refused to give kisses. On Thursday I took Rayler over to Cathy Jo's for a play date with lots of his little church friends and when I came to pick him up he actually gave me a big kiss! Made my whole day.

Earlier this week I was cleaning in the bathroom and I didn't realize that Bugs was following behind me quite so closely as he was. I ended up whacking him in the forehead with the shower door. I thought that I had just barely got him but a while later I saw that he had a nice red mark down the middle of his head. Poor little guy!


I remember watching The Cosby Show once and he was helping one of his daughters with her spelling words. When they were done his youngest daughter crawled into his lap and asked him "Daddy, what does z r b t t spell?" "Zrbtt? (Zir-bit) THIS (blowing a raspberry on her cheek) is a zrbtt." Bugs can now give zrbtt's.

Saturday was Grandma Linda's birthday. So we had a surprise birthday party for her yesterday. She came home from church to a houseful of family.

"You didn't tell me you were coming when you called me yesterday!"
Rayler playing with Hannah and Madison




Grandma Linda with all her grandchildren, Hannah and Madison,  Rayler, Dylan and Noah




Uncle Marc and Rayler








Rayler just loved playing with and chasing Dylan


Aunt Bree and Rayler


Grandma tied a belt around him so he wouldn't fall off




Uncle Ray and Rayler

Hannah and Madison and Pa



This is the wreath I made for Grandma Linda's birthday


Some more fun from this week!









He stole my highlighter while I was reading my Bible

He's not fan of the hat






Sleeping with his foot up by his face. And yes, his shorts *are* on backwards. (blush)
Sleeping with Tootles

And last, but not least, I have entered a picture of Rayler into a Mpix photo contest. If we win we get a $100 giftcard to Mpix, which will come in super handy for his 1st birthday pictures! Please visit the link I have posted below and vote for us! His picture is titled "Just chillin". I will post the photo just below the link so you are sure that you are voting for the right entry. Thanks so much!

http://apps.facebook.com/contestshq/contests/215876/voteable_entries

He was about 3 months old here. So tiny!

Monday, April 23, 2012

Week 38

I am going to eat the camera.
Week 38. I was bad this week and didn't take lots of notes or pictures. That would be these guys fault.
Aren't they too stinkin' cute?
I was supposed to make these guys for my twin nieces Easter baskets but...I procrastinate like that. No, not really, I actually didn't have stuffing for them until this week. And while I had the sewing machine out I hemmed Tyler's work pants, mended a shirt that I bought at a garage sale, and made 18 quilt block pincushions.
This guy I am keeping all for myself

That's 85 blocks, it took me ALL day.
I still need to stuff and add buttons to 17 of them. Then I will be starting my own Etsy shop! I'm so excited. Anyway, this has nothing to do with Rayler, sorry, except he did try push the peddle on the sewing machine several times and he was excellent about finding any threads that I had dropped.

Bugs is getting pretty good at using his pincer grasp. And anything that he picks up is successfully transferred into his mouth. Which is not always the best thing. So I have to vacuum and sweep all the time. He is so funny when I vacuum. I always make sure he can see and knows that I am going to start the vacuum. When I first turn it on he usually crawls as fast as he can to hide behind one of the chairs. But then he crawls right back out and makes a beeline for it. He comes a sits directly in front of the vacuum and tries to catch it as it comes toward him. It takes a few extra minutes to vacuum because I have to keep moving him so I can vacuum where he is sitting.

Bugs has started making this funny choking sound now when he is happy. We went grocery shopping one day and he did it the whole way through Aldi and Wal-Mart. Everyone kept giving me evil looks because they thought I was ignoring my child in distress. I just smiled and laughed at his silliness.

Rayler really likes to taste handles and knobs. And hangers. If I am doing laundry he always finds a misplaced hanger and chews on the hook part.

Chewing on his dresser knobs



When Tyler goes to work in the morning, Rayler and I wave to him from the front window. I sit Bugs on the back of the couch and we wave and wave until we can't see him anymore. Rayler actually waved all by himself for the first time this week!

So far Rayler is a really good eater. He eats cereal for breakfast and supper, but he has table food the rest of the day. He usually has some of whatever we have when we have supper even if it isn't time for him to eat. Here he is eating beans from the white chicken chili I made this week. I wondered if he would like it because it was a little spicy from salsa verde but he scarfed them down almost as fast as I could get them onto his tray.

And I tried bananas out on him again this week. He liked them much better this time.



Here's some more random fun from this week.

Rayler's bath time mat. It was Marvel comics or Dora. No way  were we  getting Dora!


Getting ready to go on a walk



Look how tall he's getting! He can now get cups off the sofa and kitchen tables. That is how I discovered that he has a bit of a temper. He gets mad if he can't reach what he's going for and starts screaming. *sigh* So now I have to figure out how to address that. Ooo. One day when I was sewing he was trying to peek over the top of the table. After a few failed attempts he gave up and just swung from the table edge. I couldn't believe my eyes, he lifted his feet up and swung from the edge, the kid has some strong arms!




Painting with yogurt




After 30 minutes of being very sure that he was not tired he finally crashed.



My little prince, lounging on his cushions...

He so curious about how things work