Another crazy week.

Mr. Major Trouble!

This is Carter's photography

Linc now has a rocker from Grammy - we were testing it out (mommy put it together!)

Playing Peek-a-boo in the car on the ride back from Iowa

Lincoln & Cael

5 of 6 - Charlee, Marah, Carter, Samantha & Lincoln

I can't believe he let Samantha hold him!

Sean and Carter farming

Well I've been out of blogging because we've been in Iowa and there is far too much to do in Iowa other than blog! We enjoyed seeing all of our family and I even got in a little Katie time and shopping time in Des Moines (thanks Mimi and Papa for keeping the boys!) so it was a great journey for all of us.

Carter was particularly pleased with his tractor time with daddy - he has been watching a video from Michael, Lindsey & Cael that is all about John Deere which of course makes him a farming expert. He was a little upset that they weren't taking the corn from the field and feeding it to the cows like the video explains but Sean said he was just content for the 3 hours he rode along. He also had a great time with his cousins, we didn't manage to get all 6 of them in the room at the same time but we got 5 together 2 times! He loves playing with the girls - they even now will venture to Grandma's basement alone for hours without much parental assistance - it is AWESOME! I hope they play this good at Christmas. He's been talking about his cousins nonstop since we got home on Monday and has asked to go back soon.

Lincoln on the other hand really enjoyed the big kids playing downstairs so he got to run the show! He isn't used to not being told what to do by someone older so I think it is fun for him to be the only kid. He and Cael don't exactly know what to think of each other just yet but I'm certain they will have a blast as they grow up - I'm so glad they will get to experience having a cousin their age like I did growing up - I had 2 of course and many, many following but Becki, Gary & I always had a special bond (we were also the oldest 3 - so I guess you could say we ran the show too!)

We are getting back into our routine and excitedly getting ready for the holidays. Lincoln and I did a little bit of Christmas shopping yesterday while Carter was at school, and since he was gone I took advantage of being able to wrap gifts alone! I've added a link to Wear the Kiddos Play on our sidebar if anyone is looking for adorable monogrammed little kids stuff and precious belts - also I think that they may be offering free shipping on the Fickle Frog site if anyone else needs to do some shopping!

Here are pictures of our Iowa adventure (oh and Carter has learned that we live in Oklahoma which he says really well and that our family lives in Iowa) - it is pretty funny to hear him talk about geography!