After everyone had left the party except us and the Segrest family, Renee and I decided to play in the space jump with Mary Bratton, Anna Claire and Raylin. So sad MK couldn't play. She was lounging with a hurt knee. Mary Bratton and Anna Claire took turns sliding down the slide holding Raylin. They were so sweet to her! These are a few pictures I took at the "after party"!


Nea Nea and Mary Bratton sliding... (Notice Renee that I cropped this picture just for you!)

After this picture was taken, Mary Bratton kept holding Raylin and was singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to her. Raylin was singing along in her own language. It was so sweet! We love you Mary Bratton!

Renee sliding on her stomach! She decided real quick not to try that again! :)

Jumping in the space jump with the girls... Notice the smiles on our faces. We had so much fun! Thanks to the Guest's for a wonderful party!

Eli's Tee Ball Game

Yesterday, we went to Eli's ball game. We had so much fun!

Batter Eli in action!

Raylin and Daddy watching the ballgame!

Gramp and Raylin - She threw a fit in Wal-Mart for this softball that she is holding and we gave in and bought it. Of course it was only 88 cents. As long as she likes cheap toys, she can continue to go to Wal-Mart, but when she starts going for the pricey ones, she is going to have to stay home with her daddy! :)

Raylin and Elle Elise

Playing at McDonald's!

Monday night, we went to McDonald's with Julz, Pops, Gabe, Neely and Aunt Cambre. We had a great time! We ate a little and played alot! This was Raylin's first time to play at McDonald's so she wasn't too sure about it as you can see by her face in these pictures. I think she liked the sliding, but she did not like all of the tunnels you had to crawl through to get to the slide. But Gabe loved every minute of it and Neely slept the whole time.

Sliding with Mommy

Gabe loved sliding!

Sliding with Daddy

In the tunnel with Daddy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULZ!!!

Today is Julz' birthday. We hope you have a wonderful day. We love you!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

PIctures from the weekend...

We went to Seminary Saturday for the wedding of Brigg's cousin, Brittany. It was a beautiful wedding and we had lots of fun. These are a few pictures I took after the wedding. Gabe and Raylin matched and Cambre and I didn't even plan it. :)


Raylin and Gabe... Isn't it so sweet how Gabe is looking at her and holding her hand?

Julz and Pops with their three grandchildren

This is Brigg's dog Apollo that lives with his parents.

This is sweet baby Neely. She is such a good baby and so beautiful!

Look at all my teeth!!!

I got this picture of Raylin off Ginger's blog. She took this Wednesday night and I just had to post it too. I love that big sweet smile and you can see almost all of her teeth!

Cheap Entertainment!!!

I was letting Raylin play in her room this morning for "room time" and when I went to check on her, this is where I found her. She had crawled in her closet, emptied the dirty clothes, and crawled in the laundry basket. She was laughing and having a good time! I don't know why she has so many toys. She would much rather play in clothes or with the empty diaper box than all of her toys. I love cheap entertainment :)!!!

Seeing Neely for the first time!

We went to the airport last night to pick up Cambre and Neely. They were supposed to be here at 4:00 yesterday afternoon, but their flight was cancelled and then they flew standby on a later flight. They finally got here about 9:00 last night. Gabe was so excited to see his mommy and sister. This is the only picture I got of Neely, so I will get more this weekend. She is so pretty. Raylin just loved her. She would kiss her head and then just laugh. It was so sweet.

Raylin kissing Neely! Precious!!!

Gabe giving Raylin a hug! So sweet!!!

Dinner with Friends

Wednesday night we went over to the McKenzie's for dinner. We had so much fun. Raylin loves to play with Baker. She loves all of his boy toys, like firetrucks (Baker's favorite) and tractors. Thanks Danny and Ginger for having us over. Dinner was great, especially the Oreo pie, and we had a wonderful time.

Baker and Raylin

I love this picture of Baker. He is so cute!

Raylin loved Baker's fireman hat.

And this bulldog...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIGG!!!

We love you so much! Thank you for being the best husband and daddy!

Raylin's first fish!!!

Today we went fishing with Brigg. Raylin loved it out on the water. She liked to watch the boat motor splash up the water. It was a little cool, but she had fun. She caught her first fish with her daddy's help. It was a big one too!

Raylin with her fishing pole

Catching the big fish with daddy

She wanted to touch the fish. She kept trying to poke his eyes out. Look how proud daddy is during this moment!

I just love this picture. This is definitely a Miss Priss even while she is fishing. I love that she has her feet crossed like a little lady!

Just updating with some new pics...

These are some pictures I took of Raylin before church this morning. Notice how most of the pictures of her she is sitting in her rocking chair. She loves to sit in her rocking chair so I can always get her to smile. Thanks to Gran and Gramp for the great photo prop! She also loves her baby! She will kiss her (open mouth slobbery kisses) and it is so sweet. She is into everything these days. I can't believe she is already 16 months old. She is still saying mama and has started saying ba ba ba ba. Not sure what she is talking about, but I would like to think she is trying to say Bye Bye. She will take a few steps on her own, but once she realizes that I am not holding on to her, she sits down. She is just not ready to go on her own and I am definitely not complaining :) ! She is very cautious and I am thinking that is a good personality trait to have. Not sure where that comes from because I don't think Brigg or I have that trait, but I hope she keeps it. I think I was a little more cautious when I was younger, but for some reason that trait didn't stay with me so time will tell
with Raylin. She is eating just about anything now. She loves Finding Nemo fruit chews, french fries, rice, ramen noodles, macaroni and cheese and anything SWEET like Oatmeal Creme Pies for breakfast! She loves to get out every toy. She can play with twenty different things in under two minutes. She still likes for us to read to her. Her favorite books now are "This Little Chick," still loves "Miss Spider's Tea Party," Baby Einstein Mirror book (not sure of the exact name, but I can quote the book word for word), and any book that plays music. She loves music. Last week, she was playing in her play room and I had left the Today show on and went to do something in my room. I went out to check on her and she was in the den dancing and watching the person singing on TV. She was standing at the coffee table and bending her knees going up and down. It was so cute!
She now has 10 teeth. You can see quite a few of them in these pictures.

Saturday night...

Saturday night, Brigg's parents took us to dinner for Brigg's birthday. We went to eat at Cazadore's in Ridgeland. Brigg really wanted Outback, but they were closed since they didn't have power after the storm. So he settled on Mexican - Yummy! Gabe was here also, because he came to stay with Julz and Pops. Brigg's aunt Margaret went with us too! We had lots of fun! Thanks to Julz and Pops for a great dinner!

Pops, Julz, Gabe and Raylin

Raylin and Aunt Moc Moc

Just riding around looking at the damage from the storm...

Saturday afternoon we rode around after the storm looking at the damage and trying to find somewhere to eat dinner. I turned around to talk to Raylin and this is how I found her. She loves to prop her foot up wherever she is, especially in her chair at the table. I do this too so I guess she gets it honest.