Here’s some photos for those who have been patiently waiting. More to come in the following days I promise! But for now… our outfits for October 31, 2011.
Bonus Picture from earlier today… pre nap Rayleigh on Halloween Day.
Happy Halloween Everyone!
Summer has officially arrived with today’s high in the 90’s here in upstate New York. We have been busy (like the rest of the world) visiting family and seeing the sights this summer.
Rayleigh has been a good sport as usual, enduring 16 hours in the car for the July Fourth weekend, and a mirade of other trips and treks.
We are all getting geared up for another fun filled weekend at a bluegrass festival with good friends and what is sure to be a good time. www.greyfoxbluegrass.com
In other Rayleigh news, we haven’t been back to the doctor yet but she is starting to stretch out. Mid June showed the emergence of some more teeth, bringing the total mouthful to 8 chompers. She is an eating machine- with very few “dislikes” in our cupboards. Currently the big hit is greek yogurt- with just about anything added- broccoli yogurt anyone? On some recent family outings she has been introduced to the water – she LOVES it! And as anyone who knows me can attest, this is a good thing for her and I both. We joined the Fodness clan at Schroon lake where she got her first boat rides and lake swims in for the season. And over the Fourth she spent many hours splashing and napping in the kayaks as we paddled on the Juniata River.
Nothing else is terribly exciting here in New York and I’d love to post photos but the camera is far far away (in another room) so perhaps later this week you will get another dose of Rayleigh and her antics.
Night All-
Kelsey
Oh me! Oh my! How the months flew by!
Here are some of the highlights from the past few months.
Rayleigh sprouted teeth! The bottom front teeth were the first to show up.
Creeping backwards-She starts getting where she wants by pushing herself backwards around the room.
Second Tour de Pennsylvania Highlights:
Stop 1 Danville:
Playdate with Jayden
New Enterprise:
Visit with Great Grandma Lois
Visit with Great Uncle Rory and Great Aunt Nancy
Visiting with Guyer clans and watching (or sleeping through) wrestling matches
And cookie baking with Cousin Keyan
Friendly brunch visit with Jim, Natasha and Rory
Reading Books like Mom and Dad
Rayleigh also attended her first tea party the Saturday before Easter
Here are few pictures from the celebration…
Pretty Dresses
And Easter Sunday…
Kevin and I got her an Easter Wagon instead of an Easter basket.
Spring has Sprung in upstate New York
A first walk in sunshine to get ice cream this year
Recent visit to PA included the a playdate with friend Ailey
Newest trick Rayleigh has shown us climbing stairs
Well that’s the highlights from the past few months. More detailed posts will follow in the next few days without updates. More posts (including videos of new tricks) to come on a more regular basis. Happy Spring!
NOTE: This blog post was started on December 15, 2010 and it has taken more than a month to finish with links and photos. A more complete update of the holidays and new year to follow shortly.
First the statistical updates: Height (length really): 25 1/2″ putting her in the 90th percentile, she weighs 15lbs 5.5oz which puts at the 75th percentile and her brainiac head is 16 1/2″ in circumference, the 70% percentile. The pediatrician gave her a clean bill of health and us a verbal pat on the back. She received some vaccines by injection, which she took like a champ! She had stopped crying by the time the nurse walked out and shed only a single tear. Pitiful but quickly recoverable.
We celebrated by buying a Christmas tree.
For those of you who have asked or who are curious but not bold enough to ask here are some of the details of the babe.
Yes we are still giving her exclusively breast milk and yes we are still cloth diapering her. We plan to introduce solids (really purees) at about six months.
Cloth diapering- we did not go with a cloth diapering “system” but rather use a home grown system we’ve created to fit our and Rayleigh’s needs.
We use cloth prefold inserts with separate shell. The shells we’ve decided on are Flip, they are a line from bumGenius. They seem to contain everything and stay dry- as a bonus they are a “grow with me” type system which means we should, with luck, be able to use the same shells from now until she’s potty trained. A real bonus when looking at the cost savings. She has been in cloth since we came home from the hospital. While some people use them only at home, if you are reading this you probably know that would severely limit when we use them, but we use them on the go, vacations, family visits or the mall. We’ve been very happy and since we haven’t had any issues with diaper rash we assume Rayleigh is too.
Stay tuned to see what Santa has in store for us. Until then, feel free to read all about Rayleigh’s first year in her letter to santa.
