Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Santa Claus!

Raina visited Santa Claus yesterday for the first time. He concluded that she'd been a good girl more or less. Here's the photo before the crying started. In hindsight it's amazing that she kept it together as long as she did. :]
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Thanksgiving!

Grandma and Grandpa Sheldon and Grandma and Grandpa Moo joined us in DC for Thanksgiving. Raina was a little under the weather but still enjoyed turkey dinner. Thanks to the grandparents for celebrating with us and giving Mommy and Daddy a night out.
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Sunday, October 31, 2010

First Halloween!

Today was Raina's first Halloween. She saw her friends Quinn and Grey and got to wear her Penguina costume for real. Miscellaneous pics from the evening. Note to self: buy more candy next year.
Halloween

Friday, October 29, 2010

Halloween Practice

Raina got some practice tonight wearing her Halloween costume. Apparently it was more excitement than she was prepared for.

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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Pumpkin Patch, Take Two

Went to a pumpkin patch this afternoon with Grey and Grey's friend Helena. Awesome weather, good pumpkins and donuts for everyone.
Pumpkin Patch, Take Two

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Poconos Getaway

Back to back trips for the fam! This past weekend we went to the Poconos with Ashlyn, Uncle Andrew and Aunt Jackie. Great vacation!
Poconos

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Dancin'

Babies apparently love music. Here's Raina dancing to her favorite song. She's got a ways to go if she wants to be competitive in the field though... this kid is raising the bar.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Rochester Vacay

Mom, Dad and little V spent a long weekend in Rochester with Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Jon. Perfect Fall weather.
We saw Aunt Jan, Uncle Jek, Lis and Dave. Uncle Dan came by and made us breakfast. Awesome.
Pics from the trip .. . .. .
Rochester Vacation

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Aunt Kimmer!

Aunt Kimmer and Granny Diane were in town for a visit. Raina loved the extra attention and was happy to share her latest accomplishment: giving kisses!

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Apple Puffs

Raina loves these flavorless apple puff things. Here's a video of her gobbling some. We need to work on slowing down the rate of consumption clearly.

Tutu!

Mom playing dress up with little V. The latter sporting a yellow tutu.
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Friday, October 1, 2010

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Raina wanted to wish Grandma a very happy birthday. We were a touch slow in airing said wishes. Better late than never I'm told.
Without further delay, Raina, Mom and Aunt Kimmer wishing Grandma Sue a happy birthday.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Pumpkin

Raina tried pumpkin this week. She was more or less a fan. Well, actually we mixed it with pears and sweet potatoes so maybe she didn't know the difference.

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Monday, September 20, 2010

Accident Report



Action Taken: Ice; TLC; Hugs;

Heh. Too cute. Ray's first accident report from day care.
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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Babies-sittin'

Mom and Dad watched Ashlyn on Saturday while Uncle Andrew and Aunt Jackie went on a date. We borrowed Crick and Kate's double-wide. Ashlyn, taking in the sights. Raina, too pooped to party.
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Runnin'

Raina, Mom and Dad go for a run on Sunday morning... which is really just an excuse to get coffee on the way back. Raina was pleased with her Fall getup, clearly.
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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Bathtub w/ Momma

Mom decided to get in the tub w/ Raina the other night. Everyone had a blast.
Raina still hasn't eaten the rubber ducky, but it's only a matter of time given the amount of time she's devoting to the task.
Bathtub w/ Momma

Friday, September 17, 2010

Happy Hour

Happy Hour with Kate and Grey last Wednesday. Grey showed Raina how he walks. Raina lounged on Kate for a while, then crashed on Mommy.
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

The Wave

Raina has learned how to wave hello and goodbye. Mostly it consists of her slowly raising her arm up and then letting it down. Occasionally we see a little hand movement. It's officially our new favorite trick.

Mo' Scootin'

$300 in stuffed animals, toys, blocks, blankets, jumperoos and whatnot. Still we go after the water bottle. Babies. Anyway, full up crawl devolves in to a scoot.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Pulling Up

Eventful week. Dad put Raina in her crib for a minute to clean up the sink and walked balk in to find her pulling up on the crib rail. Guess we should've lowered the mattress a few weeks ago...
And some pictures ...
Pulling Up Pics

Raspberry

Raina learned how to blow raspberries from her friend Grey. Now it's all raspberries all the time.

Scootin'

Raina start scootin' a few feet at a time this week. Caught her on video chasing Dad's water bottle this weekend.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Fashion Show

Raina and Mom sorting Fall clothes. Hat organizing turns into a fashion show. Girls.
Fashion Show

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Tub Time

Raina getting the sweet potatoes and squash scrubbed off.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Beach Ball

Raina plays with Mom and her beach ball.

Skills?

Working on our scooting skills. Lots of work to go nowhere... and then we get tired.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Jacob's Birthday

Raina wore Mommy's favorite dress to Jacob's birthday party. Lots of other kids to play with. Yay!
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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Jumperoo Foot Work

It probably seems like Raina is in the Jumperoo all the time. Not really, but it's still hilarious.

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Granny Sweet Potato

Grandma Diane handled lunch today, which consisted of sweet potatoes. Surprise! Raina is all about it. Note we discovered that peas are not among her favorite foods. We'll revisit this issue in a month or so. Next on the list: green beans.

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Friday, August 6, 2010

Story Time

Grandpa Terry broke out Mom's copy of Spooky Old Tree. Funny that he used to read Mom the same story. Here's Raina being a good listener:
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Wacky Wednesday

Raina's getup for Wacky Wednesday. Mohawk with her 15 hairs is surprisingly effective.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Slumber Party

Aunt Jackie and Uncle Andrew lost power at home and spent the night with us. Raina and Ashlyn had a great time in the bath tub chewing on rubber duckies and eating suds.
Slumber Party

Monday, July 26, 2010

Jumperoo!

We got Ray a jumperoo off the listserv for her 6 month birthday and man was that a good buy. Here's a pic of her enjoying newfound vertical freedom.
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Saturday, July 24, 2010

Party Time

Mom and Dad had some folks over for a drink and some socializin'. Ventured out with babies to Good Stuff and everyone was sweating profusely.

Pic of Jackie and Ashlyn, Mom and Raina, Kate and Grey:

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Nap

Raina has been a little cranky with tooth number two. Dad spent 30 minutes getting her to take a nap Friday afternoon with ultimately positive results.

Raina napping on the boppy pillow...

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