Our handsome farm boy!

Announcing the arrival of Acorn!!!

Mason is the proud new owner of a cat named Acorn.

Why the name Acorn, you ask? Well, she fell out of the oak tree in our front yard, almost two weeks ago and has continued to hang around despite being "treed" for two days thanks to Ramsey. (Thanks for the brilliant name, Kevin!)

She is a very loveable cat and is not fully grown. The best part is, is that she adores Mason and Mason adores her. She lets Mason carry her around like a bale of hay and she doesn't seem to mind too much. I have to remind Mason to be gentle with kitty. She follows him everywhere outside. If Mason looks back and runs, she will run after him. She loves to sit on his lap when he plays in Uncle Jim's dune buggy. Acorn seems happy here, even with the three dogs. She can hold her own and loves her new home in the chicken house!

Kevin and I have been talking a lot about getting Mason a swing set for outside that he could play and climb on. Luckily, Donna called in to Party Line last Saturday and we got one call back. This one call was the swing set we were looking for. Wooden, with a slide and a couple of swings. We went to look at it and bought it on the spot. We still have to put it together here at the house, but we know Mason is going to have so much fun on it. We are going to spruce it up with new swings and chains.

Mason continues to go to speech therapy. He is talking more and more, but still babbling. He has said, "baseball", "bike", and "bath" all in the last week, so we feel this is a huge improvement! He also signed "eat" to me yesterday morning when he was outside and I asked him if he wanted to have some breakfast.

Yesterday I took Mason into Harley Park to play in the Tot Lot. He had so much fun climbing the ladders and going down the slides. He seems to like going up the slide the wrong way also! I promised him that we would make some more trips in to the park before the baby gets here and the weather gets too hot. Luckily, if it gets too hot, we can stop in and cool off at Aunt Shelley's house!

Kevin just started planting corn today on the land he rents from Dad. He has been very anxious lately, but seems to be at peace knowing that it is finally going to be done. He is very proud of his work on the land and is looking forward to reaping the benefits of this year's corn crop.

I am continuing to go to my doctor every two weeks for my prenatal appointments. Reagan is head down and causing me to be uncomfortable more and more, but I don't mind. I am just happy knowing that she is happy and healthy inside for several more weeks. Everything is still on schedule for July 9! Time is going by so fast! We are anxious for her arrival, but also know that it is going to be a big change, not only for Kevin and I as parents, but for Mason!

Until time....:) Enjoy!