Little Monkey Bizness

In an attempt to fight the cabin fever we had experienced the previous week, Braylon and I ventured over to Shawnee Mission on Sunday to monkey around. It's a drive, but well worth it. Everything at this place is toddler size and Braylon is able to really enjoy himself. He's rather fond of this little tree house and will spend a lot of his time inside, tinkering with the toys, spinners and noisemakers.
His little friend, Cooper showed him the ropes the first time we visited and now he's able to climb up to the slide and go down all by himself. As you can see, he's trying really hard to get situated in order to go down on his bottom.

He had a lot of fun climbing through the maze to retrieve the balls Mommy tossed inside for him to find. In this pic, he's signing "ball" to a dad outside the maze in an attempt to get him to toss a ball to him.


We've been twice now, and both times, we've unexpectedly run into Cooper and his mom, Katie. We'll have to be more thoughtful and plan ahead next time, so the boys can spend a bit more time together. It's been a great place to visit to beat cabin fever or to just enjoy some time together. We'll definitely be going back again soon!

Silly Boy

Here are a few video clips of our silly boy!

Dinosaur Book

Braylon has this great dinosaur pop-up book that he likes to read. There is one page with a T-rex that he avoids because the dinosaur pops out at you with his big teeth! Here's a video clip of him reading this book.

Christmas Celebrations

The Ramsay clan spent time in Southwest Kansas over the holiday and managed to miss the snow that hit Lawrence. Braylon had a fantastic time and ate up all the attention. He didn't care much for the unwrapping, but loved all the gifts he received. We were lucky enough to spend some time with all of our families. We first spent a few hours at my grandparents home with my dad and his family, brother and his family, and sister and her son. Here's Braylon with his Grandpa Grady. What a goof!

On Thursday, we spent the day at Bryan's parents'. Braylon loved the new books he got and enjoyed reading them with his Grandma Jean.

Braylon absolutely loved his cousins, especially his pal Madison. She was a little mother to him the whole time we were there. They had the best time together and we joked we would be bringing Madi home with us!

On Friday, we had lunch with the my family, the Schweizer clan, and then spent some time with my mom and family that evening. Braylon had had a long day and was a bit cranky, but we did manage to get him to smile for a picture with Grammy Jo.

On Saturday, Bryan's granddad and aunt came for lunch before we made the trip back to Lawrence. We snapped a few pics of the four generations of the Ganson/Malone/Ramsay family. Here are Braylon's great granddad Arthur, Bryan, Bryan's mom, Jean and Braylon.

We were happy to spend time with everyone and celebrate Christmas with them. We are blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives!

Photo Shoot

We recently had pictures taken for our Christmas cards. Here are a few of the better pics from the shoot. You can view the rest by visiting the link below.
www.lsgproductions.com/p134948650/slideshow

Snow Day

Braylon enjoyed his first experience with the white stuff. He also didn't seem to mind the process of getting bundled up!

Ho Ho Ho

Stepping Stones, Braylon's school, had a pancake feed and visit from Santa last weekend. After some yummy pancakes, we thought we'd give the big fellow a go. Braylon was a bit unsure of the jolly old man, but did give him "five". He got a sucker in return. We sure hope Santa will visit us again come Christmas Eve!