6 months old & our anniversary!

I can't believe how fast time has flown by. Rayleigh was 6 months old on the 13th, and Kit & I had our two year anniversary on the 17th. Our lives have changed so much in the last two years, and we feel so blessed! We have the most beautiful daughter, a wonderful home, good jobs, and great family & friends. We are so thankful for everything that we have! Also, Kit turns 31 tomorrow, so he is thankful for another birthday! :)

With Thanksgiving approaching, this is always a good time to be thankful for all of the blessings we have and mindful of those around us that are struggling and hurting. I encourage everyone to take some time this year to reach out to those less fortunate or help out a friend that is having a tough time. It can be anything from volunteering, to donating, to just lending an ear and saying a prayer with someone who needs it!

Here are a few pictures of Rayleigh from the last few of weeks. I have some on camera from her actual 6 months old birthday that I still need to download. I will add them soon!

Our 6 month old "stats"
Foods: We are actually eating food now!! She's had bananas, pears, peaches, sweet potatoes, and carrots. She still really likes her bottle, but we are gradually adding in more food every few nights!
Teeth: two teeth on the bottom, but I think she may be getting another one... She has been a drool monster lately!
New things this month: She is sitting all by herself now, and loves it! She has started taking a pacifier, or a suck-suck as we call it, which is odd because she never wanted one before. She has also started making funny noises with her tongue and lips. She constantly sticks out her tongue, blows air and makes noises. She thinks it's funny. She is also starting to get a little bit of hair!! :)
We aren't trying to crawl yet, but she does reach for things and can sit up if she falls forward. She's getting stronger!

A&M vs. OU game

Yes, I back-dated this post. I needed to make sure I posted this though, and I really wanted things to be in order.
Rayleigh, Kit & I went to Norman with our new friends The Merkel's to watch the OU v. Aggies football game. We had a great time with George, Sue and baby Nicolas!

The best part of the weekend though was that Paige & Piper went with us and got to experience their first OU game. Since they are big-time OU fans, it was very special that we were all able to experience it together, and even more special to them because they OU kicked the tar out of the Aggies. We got to see my Dad too, even though it was only for a little bit...
Here is a picture of Paige & Piper at the game.

Here is our little Aggie family at the game. We had to apologize to Rayleigh for having to witness such a butt kicking as her first Aggie game and that her first Aggie football experience was not at Kyle Field. We will definitely have to make it up to her!

RayRay was much more interested in watching the huge jumbotron behind us than anything else. She spent most of the game like this:

We'd heard that the fans at Norman can be pretty brutal, so we were a little nervous to go, especially with the little one. I can honestly say that we had a great time and the fans were a lot of fun and great sports! Next year, the game is in College Station, and we are ready for the whole Lee crew to come down and experience the glory that is Kyle Field!!

P.S. As always, we won half-time. Whoop!

Rayleigh: "Laughter"

Captured this clip with Rayleigh laughing at Momma. Momma was making silly noises and gestures towards Rayleigh. You'll love the responses, enjoy!

Hi Halloweens!

We had a fun Halloween this year! Rayleigh was a monkey. I hear her cousin Holt was a monkey too! I'm sure at Christmas we will have "two little monkeys jumping on the bed" at some point. :)  She had several Halloween outfits this year, including her "I love my mummy!" outfit

and her Happy Halloween outfit

and her monkey costume...

I had a work party on Friday night. I went as Sookie Stackhouse from the HBO show TrueBlood during the day, and I went as a pretty devil at night. On Saturday, I went as a NY Yankee and Kit went as a 1970's rocker...

At the party we went to Saturday, there was a little girl there that got so excited about the trick-or-treaters. She is 3 years old and was dressed as the most adorable bumble bee. Every time doorbell rang, she run to the door, throw it open, and say "HI HALLOWEENS! Here's some candy!"  It really was so adorable. Hope you all had a fun, safe Halloween!

Another trip out west

We headed out west for a weekend to spend some time with family and to give Matt one heck of a going away party before he deploys to Afghanistan. It was a great time, and Matt has a bunch of people praying for him and his troops.
Here are a few pics from the trip!

Baby Clothes!

I'm not real sure what has come over me lately, but I have had the urge to be very "domestic" and make baby clothes and other fun things... Now, when I say baby clothes, I mean I am decorating onesies and stuff I bought at the store. So maybe the correct phrase should be "spicing up" some baby clothes. At any rate, I have pleasantly surprised myself (and others, apparently) at how well they have turned out.

Here is Rayleigh modeling the first one I did. (You may have noticed that Rayleigh is sitting up all by herself in this picture. This is becoming a more and more frequent sight at the Langdon household!)  I am so excited and pleased with how the first one turned out! I have since made 2 more, one with a Christmas tree and one with an R on it. I will have pictures of those up soon.  I am thinking of maybe starting a side business by doing stuff like this and tutus and other fun stuff...
And I am also going to really put my very rusty sewing skills to the test soon by making RayRay a reversible jacket. We'll see....
I am extra excited about making baby clothes because I found out yesterday that I will have a new baby cousin to sew for in April! Congrats Jill & Aaron! The Langdon crew is so excited for the new journey you are embarking upon! You will be outstanding parents! Will I be sewing blue or pink? hhhmmmm.... we can't wait to find out!

Teeth!

I am proud to say that little Rayleigh Jean is the proud new owner of two front teeth!! They cut through yesterday on the bottom. It was so exciting. I was totally surprised because she hadn't really been acting any differently. She was gnawing on my finger as normal when, low & behold, I felt teeth!! You can see them cut through and you can definitely feel them. My little one is growing up so quickly! (Pictures soon to come)