walkin around the house

i bought raya a puffy vest and she thinks it's the coolest thing ever and wants to wear it all the time! She likes to put clothes around the back of her neck :)

Halloween

Birthday Card

Birthday card from Grandma Mary and Grandpa Dave!

Happy Birthday Sweet Raya

yesterday, (oct 6) was Raya's first birthday. It was a beautiful fall day. Happy birthday my love!

Raya's first pony tail....from above :)

yummy tofu

cookout and fire in our backyard

steak and fire we humans like

So serious today...11 months old this week!

I think Raya is missing her Daddy today. He is in Alabama doing an artist talk and visit at the university, but luckily he is coming home tonight! Raya is so serious. she also is about to cut two new teeth any day now ! She is finally over her cold: her very fist cold--she was such a trooper. I made her herbal tea to help and she really liked it:)

Hickory Hill Park...a hike through restored prairie

Backbone State Park

We went camping yesterday--the park was really cool. The bugs and heat were bad, and today it was thunder storming so we decided to come home a day early. Raya slept SO good in the tent. I was up wondering what was wrong with her she was sleeping so soundly.

yum. grass
The Gap wants you, Anthony

Raya learned how to wave hello on our trip!

no hair

Anthony and I are twins again :)

Da da da DA

We moved to Iowa! pictures from our first iowa adventure

Wild Cat Den State Park is about one hour East from our new house in Iowa City. We took a nice hike, and Raya seemed to love riding on Anthony's back! It was a beautiful walk, and made us excited to do more exploring in this new area.

The move ended up being really sad for us. We are sad to be so far away from our family--we miss them terribly. :( We love our new house though. Daisy loves her back yard....and Raya loves her wood floors! We are pretty much unpacked and feeling settled!

Toledo in June

Raya and I are visiting my family in Toledo and are having a great time. I am going to start taking more photos! My brother Randy has been taking a lot of AWESOME photos of Raya, you should check them out: http://rockinphoto.blogspot.com/

We are moving to Iowa City soon, and Anthony is traveling there to find us a place to live! We miss him lots....:(

New Daddy, extraordinaire!! Uncle Randy has a 6 week old baby, Aiden Joseph Lemle
Grandma Alice and Grandpa Mark like to stare at Raya all day long!
Little Aiden sleeping !
Raya and Grandpa doing da bonding

Ponte Vedra, FL

We spent a couple of days with Anthony's family at the beach--Raya loved it! We love her!