We finally got a picture of the Laugh

Okay, so after lots and lots of trying and a bit of time, we were finally able to get a good laugh of Charlotte on camera. I (Bryan) have not been able to get her to laugh since the first time until now, Danielle was able to do it a couple of times, even an Uncle making funny faces did it. Danielle was able to hid behind the couch so that Charlotte could not see her, and then I was able to find a word that made her laugh, and as you will (hopefully) be able to see it is "Mommy."

My Little Relaxed Mover

So, it has been a little while since we blogged(thanks for the little kick in the rear Derek to help us get more up). For Christmas, Charlotte got a Wiggle Worm Gym, and at the time it seemed like a toy that did not really match up with her. She did not wiggle around much, she would just lie around and fidget. Well, she has learned a few new tricks. At her Dr's appointment (where everything went well by the way) the Doctor asked if she was rolling over or starting to roll over, and we said not really. The Doctor's response was that often calm babies took a little longer to get moving around. Just as he was saying this, she stuck both of her feet high up in the air and rolled over to her side, I think it was just because she wanted to show that she could. Well anyway, she tried to do the same thing in her Wiggle Worm Gym, but the problem was that she got her feet caught up in the toy, got her self twisted around and then stuck, and did not know what to do. She kicked her feet and that made it jiggle, but she was still stuck, so then she just started crying, it was the cutest thing.

Charlotte, realizing that she got herself stuck.

Charlotte realizing that she can't get herself unstuck.

As I was saying, the Doctor said, and we have noticed that Charlotte is a very calm and relaxed baby, and she really is an amazing little girl. I wondered what a really relaxed baby looked like and then I got this next picture of Charlotte that I thinks sums it up, she is so relaxed that even her favorite sleeping position is showing her extra relaxed nature.

How much more relaxed can you get?

And just to end off I just needed to throw in a picture of my two favorite Ladies!!!!!!!!!!!!

Charlotte's Laugh!

Well, she is starting to laugh!! It is to die for! We just caught a little of it because she see's our camera and gets distracted! Anyways, we have some blogging to catch up on, Christmas and New Years and such. We'll get to it, but for now just enjoy her laugh! :)

Santa, friends, sleep and Christmas! Can't get better than that!!

We have been sleep training Charlotte, and she does great during the day! She is great at napping......not so great at night! Up until recently, this is how she would sleep at night. IN MY ARMS. She would throw out her arms and just own the space on that recliner! I loved having her sleep in my arms and miss it A LOT sometimes. But, alas, I have to go back to work in a couple weeks and she needs to do this on her own. But to document this, I had to have Bry take pictures of us sleeping so I'll always be able to remember those early months.



Having a baby is one of those life altering moments that really shows you who your friends are and who you can rely on and I was pleasantly surprised to have some new people come up to the surface. Like my neighbor, Jeffani. She is just a doll, and is always so willing and nice!! She bought this outfit for Charlotte, and you know I would just die over it since it is polka dots! Plus, isn't this just the cutest picture!!
Lastly, we finally brought Charlotte into my school for everyone to meet, and she was ADORED!! She smiled and was pleasant and made everyone fall in love with her. She even got to sit on Santa's lap when he came to our classroom (special shout out to Janelle who set that all up for my students, SO COOL of her) She was getting so tired of being the center of attention that when I put her in Santa's arms she just snuggled right in and went to sleep!

So Christmas is on the way and here in this house we love Christmas Specials, like Santa vs. The Snowman, Prep and Landing, and all those wonderful claymation classics like Rudolph & Frosty!! But we discovered a new one this year called Cranberry Christmas. The plot is lack luster, and the animation juvenile, but any true Raynes will accept it as gospel once they know all the songs and narrations are done by none other than BARRY MANILOW!! Now, I couldn't just tell you that and not let you taste some of that heaven, so enjoy the clip! But if you want to watch the entire thing come by the house, we have it on DVR, or it is on ABC Family on Christmas Day at 10 am! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!!

Swiss Family Christmas!

Last Saturday we had a fun day up in Heber with Jon's Fam, Ali's Fam, and Stef's Fam. We were invited to Swiss Days Christmas by Jon and it was a blast! There was a Creche Festival, a Gingerbread House Auction, and Santa was there!! Here are some photos from that lover-ly day! We also got a great group shot of us all dressed up as the Nativity, but we haven't scanned it in. Oh well! Enjoy these!!

Chancelor finally settled to be a sheep, but at the first he kept yelling that he wanted to be Jesus!!


Ah yes, the star and her angel!



Here is the livestock (Roman-Donkey & Chance-Sheep) in the manger! Please note they took care of their own pooper scooper duties! :)
This is how Charlotte spent the day. Bundled in her Car seat!! It was cold!
This is how Jack Jack spent his day, Bundled! but with the added warmth of his Dad!
See! Cute hu! This was most ingenious on Marshall's part.
This is the weird mural on the wall of one of the buildings. Bryan and I looked at her, and if you really take a second to look at her, you'll notice she desperately needs to go to the chiropractor!! Her back is totally out of alignment with her head and waist!
Chane was waiting patiently for his turn at Santa. He was bashful at all.
Alice on the other hand wanted nothing to do with Santa, and wasn't liking waiting in line either! This is her trying to make a dash for it!
Okay, seriously, when did Camryn grow up! I blink my eyes and wow! Look at her so beautiful and tall!
"I want TRUCKS! and...um..CARS!!....and...ah...CANDY!!.....oh...and..please?"
He is such a cute little stinker! :)

Roman wasn't too keen on seeing Santa, until he learned that they were giving out Candy Canes, then he was all over it! He did really well too!
This is as close as Alice would get to Santa. Really, though, I can't blame her! We teach our kids to be aware of people, and not sit on men's laps, and stranger dangers and all that stuff, and then we tell them to go sit on a old, hairy, robed man and whisper in to his ear what we want him to leave us when he sneaks into our house in the near future! :)
This was Savannah's first time sitting on Santa's lap, and we thought we almost didn't get a shot of it cause my camera was dying, but when I got home I realized that I had three pictures of her! We have fully documented this momentous occasion! Way to go Savy!! (Ok, Ali and Marsh, you have your work cut out for you cause both your daughters are drop dead gorgeous! Just look at her!!)

Afterwards, Nate made us yummy enchiladas at Jon's house! Thanks! It was such a fun day! Thanks for getting it all together Jon and Daniela!!