9th Anniversary

We spent our ninth anniversary as a family up in Green Canyon. Nothing says anniversary like a campfire, kebabs, wine, and shootin' guns at PBR cans.

14 Months Update

Here's Ramsey with his fancy new helmet that his Dad bought him. It even has ducks on it. Ramsey is still a big fan of ducks, but an even bigger fan of frogs and all of his stuffed animals. He goes to bed every night with his stuffed black bear that his grandpa (Hoffmann) got him.
He absolutely loves to read. He'll back up into your lap and ask you to read him books all day long. There are two books in particular that are his favorites. One is called Snuggle Puppy (I am pretty sure this was from Uncle Ben and Aunt Lacey) and a Dog book (from our friends Nate and Vonda). He will read those 5 times in a row if you'll let him.
We are entering a phase of small temper tantrums, so I am getting Ramsey to use his baby signs to try to communicate what he wants. He can sign that he wants to eat, is finished eating, wanting more of something, milk, brushing teeth, bath, duck, and today he learned bird. He doesn't always use his signs, but I think it helps a lot.
I am experiencing life as a single mother most of this summer. It is already crazy and it has only just begun. The first three times Scott went to Moab for his field work, Ramsey was sick every single time. I have missed a ton of work and Ramsey is missing not having his grandmothers to help out! Luckily, my friend Jenny is able to help me some. There have already been many late nights either up with Ramsey or making up work. Can't wait until Dad finishes his field work!

First Shiner

Here's Ramsey's first big shiner. He got too excited to be outside and tried to run and landed face first into the concrete!

Lately, he thinks our black dog, Stanley is a cat. He will point to him and say cat! Actually, he points at a lot things and says cat. Must be a fun word to say.

And the first word after mom and dad is....

DOG! It is only fitting that Ramsey's first 3 words were Mom, Dad, and Dog. We first heard him say it a few days ago and he kept repeating it over and over. He would point at one of the dogs and say "dog". Since then, he has gotten even better with his animal noises and is attempting to say all kinds of other words. Yesterday, when I was changing him, I dropped something and said "shoot". I was quickly reminded to watch what I say as Ramsey shouted out "shoot". Other words we've heard this week are cat, out, guys?, hat, and boat. We're not really sure what he's actually trying to say when he says "guys", but that's sure what it sounds like. He absolutely loves the outdoors and will pick up your shoes and hand them to you, so you will take him outside.

Baby Animal Days

In-spite of all of the rain, Ramsey had a great weekends outdoors. His absolute favorite thing right now is going outside. Every day when I get home from work, I'll let him walk around the yard with the dogs. So, yesterday we braved the rain and took Ram to see all the baby animals at the Western Heritage Center. He got to touch baby ducks, chicks, cows, sheep, goats, pigs, and turtles. He even held a rabbit in his lap for a few minutes without squeezing it!

Today we took Ramsey over to the Logan zoo where he got to see some monkeys, antelope, bald eagle, birds, ducks, geese, porcupines and more. Although he enjoyed seeing the animals, I think he enjoyed jumping in the rain puddles the most!

First Sleeping Bag

This is Ramsey's first sleeping bag for his first camping trip of the season. Although it is still snowing in Logan, it was nice and warm in southern Utah for the annual canyoneering trip. Scott and I each got to do one canyon and Ramsey had a blast running around in the sand.

Not a baby anymore...

Ramsey has grown so much in the last month. He has figured out how to use a fork. Most of the time he won't eat anything unless you help him put food on it so he can put it in his mouth by himself. He's been working really hard at trying to figure out the spoon, too.

There's been a lot of imitating going on lately. Ramsey loves singing songs like wheels on the bus and hokey pokey. He'll put his hands on his head, hands on his belly, stomp his feet, and turn around.