"madagascar" dance

Whenever we put "Po" (Kung Fu Panda) in for Conrad he stands up during the previews, waiting for Madagascar 2. As soon as the music starts he gets so excited and starts copying their moves. It never gets old watching him shake his hips! -Katie

Picking Dandelions

Ransom came up to me the other day and said he had a plan. Everyday we have to pick all of the dandelions while they are yellow and feed them to Gus before they have a chance to spread their seeds everywhere. So everyday we go out and pick dandelions and the next day there are just as many if not more to pick. So far it feels like the dandelions are winning, but we haven't given up yet! -Katie

Conrad thinks all he needs are shoes to go outside and so

sometimes I give in and let him win that battle.

painting

Conrad could not wait to go to the "big slide" and "swing" today, but it kept raining off and on so I decided to distract him and get some paint out. He had fun telling me what colors he wanted to use next and he loved it when I taught him to dip his hand in the paint. After a few pictures I thought it would be fun to make some handprint art. When Ransom got home I recruited him to help decorate the pictures while I worked on some projects for Pebbles. I am so lucky that I have a husband who will humor me!

Ransom even cut the seaweed by hand!

After I hung up the new artwork in some frames I got on a kick of finishing up some projects. I bought a growth chart over a year ago and we still hadn't hung it up so today was the day to FINALLY do that! I can't believe how tall my little Conrad is. -Katie

bird

As I was getting ready to go to work I heard a loud thud at the window. I looked outside and I saw a bird laying there, shaking while opening and closing it's beak. I was so sad and didn't want Conrad to see it. I called Ransom to see if he had any ideas of how to help the bird, but he said there was nothing I could do. When Conrad looked out the window he was so excited to see the bird that he went right to the door and tried to get outside. He was so happy that the bird was not flying away from him. When I asked him if he wanted a picture with the bird, he went right by it and smiled. He kept telling the bird "mere car car" (which means come here to the car). It was so sad and cute.

When Ransom was done at school I made him stop off and check on the bird before he went into work. He blew on it's face and it seemed to snap out of it. When we got home that night the bird wasn't there so I think it lived and flew off somewhere! I knew Ransom wasn't going to school to be an EMT for nothing! -Katie

It's a Girl!

Today was one of the longest days of my life. I woke up so excited, wondering if we were having a boy or girl. Suddenly I got a thought that I would go to my appointment and they would tell me that my baby was dead. I was a mess for the rest of the day.

We finally headed to our appointment, along with my mom and dad (it was fun to have them there). I was so nervous as I stared at the screen waiting to see our baby. When the ultrasound lady told us that the baby was kicking like crazy I felt so relieved and so incredibly happy. When we found out it was a girl the first thing Ransom said was that he was going to have to get a second job because he knows how crazy I am about girly things (this was of course after he said that there was no hardware, but my mom kept looking for it). I will have to learn how to have some self control! We could not be happier and feel more blessed to have a healthy baby. -Katie

picnic at the park

Conrad loves riding bikes, so we thought he might like having his own little bike instead of being pulled in a bike trailer. First we went to Toys-R-Us and looked for a good little bike. There was just one that we liked and it was like $65 but it was the only one that was cool enough so we got it. For some reason that is beyond me I decided that I wanted a big scooter so Katie said that we should go Taylor Bike Shop and see if they had one. So we went to check it out. They didn't have a scooter but they had a bike for Conrad that was way cooler and was $20 less! Anyways the real story is that Sunday after church we decided to go have dinner at the park and let Conrad test out his new bike. He was so excited that it was hard to get him to pay attention to where he was going. but he loves it. And he looks cute in that little helmet. So we had a good time a the park. The End. Ransom

sun"bean"

The other day Conrad starting jumping up like you do when you sing "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam". I started singing the song and sure enough he knew just what to do. He only likes the sunbeam part so you pretty much have to skip the rest of the song. It looks like he must have learned the song in nursery.

Conrad loves nursery. It took at least 6 months of me or Ransom staying in nursery with him, but one Sunday he was fine with letting us go. It is so hard now to sit through sacrament (not that it has ever really been easy!) because he is always trying to go to nursery, he knows right where it is. When it is time to go to nursery he leads the way. Once he gets close to the door he slows down and starts covering his face like he is shy. We just shove him in and he finds a toy to play with. When it's time to pick him up he is his usual hyper self. They always say he was good. I hope that's true! -Katie