Month: May 2008

I came home from work today to find Conrad and Bonnie sitting on the floor. Bonnie looked at Conrad and said, “Should we show Mommy your new trick?” And with that, she pulled him up by his hands and let go. And he didn’t fall over. At least for a few moments. But still.

Conrad watched Jean eating sausage and let us know he thinks he’s ready for solid food. He followed the fork from plate to mouth with every bite.

It was a beautiful day and we celebrated with lunch outside, featuring a variety of items from the farmer’s market, including sugar snap peas, toasted pecans, two kinds of Chapel Hill Creamery cheese and some local strawberries and basil that we dipped in chocolate. How local was the basil? It was grown on the same deck where we ate it.

Unfortunately not every member of the household was happy we were outside.

We found that Conrad’s attitude toward hats has not changed since the winter.

Personally, I don’t see what the problem is.

As mentioned before, Hastings likes to keep an eye on Conrad. He’s been sleeping in his own room for about a week and we usually hear his every blark and werfle on the baby monitor, and we can usually get to him before he even knows he wants to cry. A few nights ago we were a few steps behind Hastings, who jumped on our bed and licked our faces until we woke up, then went and stood by Conrad’s door until Jean arrived.

Hey, new pics on the Flickr page, too.

Yesterday was our third anniversary and we celebrated by going out to dinner at our favorite restaurant. This involved our good friend Memsy and her daughter, Katherine, to come and babysit. It was Katherine’s first gig. At fifty cents an hour, she’s a real deal. Now if she were only 16 instead of 6!

Dave’s dad sent us this lovely haiku that sums it up quite beautifully: