New toys and a little mischief.

"What, I'm not allowed to pull the register out of the vent?"

Helping mommy with laundry.

Riding on my new car. It flips up so that I can push it around and learn to walk; though I haven't quite figured that part out yet.

Mom & me at my friend Tyler's birthday party.

Taking a break from the party to kick back and enjoy my bottle.

Exhausted & cuddling with my beads.

Am I the prettiest thing you ever did see or what?!

My 9 Month Photos

Here's the web address to my 9 month photos at Picture People. Copy and paste into your internet browser and Enjoy!

http://smilestore.picturepeople.com/my/images?tk=2a72ba42-25b4-479d-9aeb-f277821d125b

9 months old

I'm nine months old today! So hard to believe that I've now been out in the world for as long as I was in mommy's tummy. I'm getting to be very good at pulling myself up to stand. In fact, a couple days ago Dad came to get me in the morning and I was standing in my crib just waiting for him to show up. :)

Here are a few fun pictures from this week...

Playing with my toys.

Pulling myself up.

I was crawling around on the kitchen floor and made my way right into the bottom of my entertainer!

Reach back to get Curious George.

It was over 20 degrees below zero a couple days this week...brrr!
Fortunately it wasn't so bad a couple days before, so dad took me out to
play in the snow. I enjoyed trying to catch new-falling flakes in my mouth. :)

Slow week for pictures

This week was slow for taking pictures. I transitioned back to Kiddie Academy well after being home with mom and dad for two weeks. I'm getting my second tooth in and am having fun "worm crawling" all around and playing with all my new toys. :o)

I love these door stops...

Daddy was lowering my crib now that I can pull

myself to a standing position. I wanted to help him.

We had a fun evening with a bunch of mom's friends

from college for their annual Christmas gathering.

Recent Videos of Rayna

Grumpy Eater!

Giggle Factory :o)

Pulling myself to a stand.

Two weeks at home with Mom & Dad

The last couple weeks have been great -- Mom & Dad have been off work and have spent so much time with me. While Christmas was a great highlight, we also had our bouts of weirdness around here -- everyone got hit with the stomach flu at some point over the last two weeks (including me). Not fun! But in the midst of it, we did make several memories...

Mom & Dad have a New Years' Eve Tradition of watching 24 with our friends Kevin & Jamie. This year they got together again...Kevin & Jamie got me this sweet t-shirt!

Helping Mom pack away some of my old clothes I've outgrown.

Playing with one of the new toys I got for Christmas -- I love this one -- I can stand up to play!

My crazy daddy put my pants on my head.

Opening Christmas presents.

I got one of those pre-loaded credit cards...my first plastic! (Note the ear-to-ear grin on my face over this thing. Daddy says I'm not allowed to learn the words "Visa", "Mastercard", "American Express" or "Discover" until I'm old enough to pay the bills myself.)

I got this book, too. Mom needs to hold it a little lower so I can see the pictures.

Santa brought me this puppy...I'm tickling his toes with mine...sort of a modified "E.T. Phone Home" moment.

Just happy ole' me in my entertainer. :)

Am I pretty or what?!

My cousins Dessa and Eli.

We wouldn't sit still long enough for the picture, so the parents decided to step in and try. Didn't work so hot either. The three of them used to play all the time as kids. Now we're the next generation of three musketeers.

I got this cool certificate in the mail today. Mom's alma mater (Monmouth College (the Fighting Scots)) said that I'm a "Wee Scot" and gave me preferred admission. Dad kept digging through the envelope looking for "preferred finances" too. No luck there; but we did think this was pretty neat.

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