Wordless Wednesday

©My Spunky Monkey-A walk in the park.

It's My Birthday!

On this 3rd day of April, 1979 I was born in to this world. Weighing in at a whopping 6 pounds. Little did I know what a chaotic life lie ahead. We all have our stories, I’m sure some worse then others but I can truly say my story has made me who I am today. I have been through so much and have yet to conquer it all but for now, I am content. I look forward to what tomorrow may bring. Live, Laugh, Love, and always remember everything happens for a reason.

Here are some pictures of me when I was younger. I use to be so cute! I'm sure you're wondering what happened? LOL! Kidding! A big thanks to my mom and Jay for providing these photos.





Happy Birthday to Me! Gasp! I can’t believe I’m 29! *tear*

Happy Easter!

We don't need the Easter bunny around here! I love this kid he's my cute bunny. I hope everyone had a great weekend, enjoying all the Easter festivites!

Today is Grandma's Birthday!

We love you and I hope you have a great day!

Click here to see the rest of the photo shoot!

Update on Rayce

Rayce is feeling so much better. His sickness didn’t last as long as I thought it would. With the way things started out I thought for sure I was in for a rough road ahead but thankfully him being sick was short lived. Thank you to everyone who sent get well wishes. Rayce is still not 100% but we’ll take anything we can get! He’s back to playing and jumping around and that’s all that matters. I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.

Grandmas Birthday photo-shoot

New Wheels

Rayce wants to show off his new wheels. Well, not really new, he got them for his birthday but it was nice outside today so we went for a walk. He was so fasinated by all the things passing by and all the dogs barking at him. I think it's safe to say he liked it!

And I liked it to! We are so ready for spring time and steady warm weather. It was so pretty outside today. It's time for green grass, flowers, pedicures, and flip flops. More sun shine also means sunglasses which Rayce isn't to thrilled about. He doesn't like to keep his sunglasses on but I tried to get a picture regardless. :/



So here's to warmer weather and hopefully more photos from outside to come!



Today's Mood

Tested

Straps? What straps?

Rayce managed to wiggle himself out of his highchair straps. I tell you this kid learns something new everyday. He continues to test me, day in and day out. Now that he is walking everywhere he constantly keeps me on my toes. Some days I just can’t keep up with him. I’ll turn my head for a brief second and he’s into something that I’d never thought he’d be into.

On the flip side, it’s so neat just to sit and watch him learning new things. He’s so bright. He can now relates different things to certain words. For an example I’ll say, “are you hungry, do you want to eat?” and he’ll either look or walk over to his highchair. Some of his other favorites are hot and bye bye. He associates the word hot with the stove. He learned that one real quick because when I bake he likes to touch the stove and I always say no, hot. He also knows when I say “bye bye” to go to the door. I can see those chains turning in there. It’s so cute.


I love this kid, his smile truly sets me free!

Odds and Ends

There's not really anything juicy in the tabloids today so I figured I just cover some of the odds and ends going on around here.

First thing is my flowers from Valentine'S Day have bloomed. They are oh so pretty!


Also Rayce got a package in the mail today from Grandpa in Las Cruces! Inside were some handsome Stride Rite shoes! I love love these shoes, they are some of the best made out there for babies. So cute!


Last but not least I wanted to share some pictures I've taken recently of Rayce. It's not easy to take pictures of him lately but I managed to get a few.

I think he's gonna be a vacuum repair man!


Look at all those teeth!


He loves his sippy!


I hope everyone is having a great week.

Wordless Wednesday

© My Spunky Monkey the 2 men in my life...doing dishes!

Wow what a day

Yesterday was the day from H-E-double hockey sticks. Within an hour Rayce managed to get into BBQ Sauce.

AND
Burn his hand on the 192 degree water dispenser.

Trying to eat his dinner with a wounded hand

That's all I have to say about yesterday...I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Welcome to the Dungeon

It has fun and games!

OK, so maybe it’s not quite a dungeon but when he’s in it, it reminds me of take the key and lock him up!

Getting this play yard (or dungeon as I like to call it) for Rayce was almost a necessity. Trying to get things done around here with a toddler on the loose has become almost impossible. I’ve been on the look out for something like this for quite sometime now and I finally came across one so I quickly snatched it up. So far it has been a hit and it keeps Rayce entertained long enough for me to get the things done that I need to.

Hooray for Rayce’s new play yard and lots of thanks to grandma for the birthday money which made it possible to get this.

A new form of entertainment

Rayce has found a new form of Entertainment, toliet paper! Lately he has been on a path of discovery. He wants to learn and know about anything and everything. It's so darn cute. I love the expression on his face when he has discovered something new and analyzes its every being. He's such a curious little guy. Without a doubt he brightens my day.

Smash cake part duex

Ray and I felt really bad that Rayce didn't get any cake at his birthday party so, we decided to have a smash cake part duex. Lets just say it went a lot better then the last attempt. He wasn't crying this time nor did he have a bunch of people staring at him. He only got a few licks in and decided he was done with the cake. He must not have much of a sweet tooth like his mom.

Happy Birthday Rayce

Baby boy. Mommy can't believe you're 1. One year ago today I was having my last breakfast before surgery. Carzy how time flies when you're having fun. I made this video to share with everyone at Rayce's party but I couldn't figure out how to get it on CD. Anywho I hope you enjoy it.



UPDATE: Ok so I can't figure out how to get the darn video to work.

You'll have to click below to view it. Sorry.

http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/raynlaura/?action=view&current=c78d8cba.pbr

Christmas photo-shoot outtakes

After waiting for almost 3 hours to take pictures for Christmas, it was almost a given that there would be several outtakes. Some of them are funny but some are just a reminder of how hard it was to get Rayce to corporate for the photo shoot. Anyway, I thought they were worth sharing so here ya go.

1st Christmas

Didn't go so well. He was Mr. cranky pants for the most part and cried almost the entire time. I mean if you think about it, it was to be expected. He was around a bunch of people he didn't know and every time Ray or I were out of sight he freaked out. I'm not talking just a little whimper, I'm talking full-blown hold his breath for forever freaking out. Poor little guy. He was totally clueless as to what was going on. On a positive note, we did have a great Christmas morning as a family. We were up before 7 a.m., turned on Christmas music and opened presents together as a family. Rayce wasn't thrilled with the opening part but it was great to see the look on his face when he finally saw what was inside all that paper. All in all our day was ok and I can't wait to do it again next year.

Rayce's scrapbook

Rayce's Scrapbook

I've been working on Rayce's scrapbook and I hope to have his first year of life done by his first birthday. It has really been fun and has kept me occupied while without Internet. I'm starting to run out of supplies but while at Wal Mart today I looked at thier scrapbook stuff and basically it sucked. I didn't like any of thier stickers. I didn't like any of thier stuff for that matter. I sense a trip to Hobby Lobby soon but for now this is what I have so far.

I don't have a scanner, these were just takin with my digi. Of course they look better in person, these are just to give you an idea.

11 months

11 months old

My baby boy turned 11 months old today. I love this kid more and more everyday. We have so much fun together and without a doubt he keeps me on my toes. As usual he’s into everything. His latest thing is swinging on the kitchen table and pulling pots and pans out of the cabinets. There is never a dull moment with this kid, I’m not even kidding. He’s still working on those two front teeth. I estimate he will probably have them by Christmas. Speaking of Christmas…I cannot wait! It’s going to be Rayce’s first but most of all I can’t wait to spend time with my family again.

Here are some 11 month photos, kind of Christmas style to get you into the Holiday spirit.

Yum mom!

Handsome

Such a goofy boy!

Baby Jett

Yesterday I held baby Jett for the first time. What a little guy he is. When he was born he weighed in at a whopping 4 pounds 14 ounces. One little peanut indeed! He is so sweet and innocent, it was a great feeling to hold an infant again. I took some pictures to share with everyone...

Baby Jett

Me and Jett

Dara, Sha, Jett, and Chris

Congrats to Chris and Dara on a job well done. :)