Down on the farm

I was in Baraboo visiting my Grandma and Grandpa Gutzman. They live in the middle of the sticks and my dad tells me that they have lots of land that he's going to teach me about when I get older. But for now....I've got to stick to the field and the yard. He gets to go out into the woods to his deer stand with his bow. My grandma would be VERY unhappy if he took me to the deer stand. But she was ok with a little adventure to the pumpkin patch.

After the pumpkin patch, we took a crawl over to the garden. Lots of good stuff growing over there. My mom is excited for the squash. She's really hoping that I like it as much as she does.

It's game time...

This was my first Packer game. I wore my jersey to church....just like any good person from Wisconsin does on game day. Our kids pastor is a Viking fans....so the jersey really sent the message that he needs to "convert."

After church, we turned on the TV and had some lunch. At first, I sat with my dad...but I was too into the game. I had to be free.

Occasionally, my dad got excited. I had to turn around and tell him to relax. My mom says it's just football...apparently there are people in Wisconsin who think that there is nothing bigger than the Packers.

I have to warn you that I may be turning into one of those people...

And for my next trick...

I just love these cups. I've been stacking them and tipping them over.

Then I realized that they can be stacked on things other than the floor. This trick never gets old.

Look...I can wear a tall cup too.

I can wear two cups.

Hello, Meyers' Residence

What's that noise I hear? Oh it's the phone :)

Man to man

Nothing better than hanging with my Dad! (Especially when it involves snuggling with the baseball blanket that my mom made for him a long time ago.)

My new best friend...

I would like to introduce to you Raegan Elizabeth Mclaughlin. She's my new best friend....even though she's a girl. I guess there's not too much I could do about that part. I already learned that I can't sit on her. She and I are the same age....well...sort of. She was just a rice baby when I was born. We are both nine months...she's been on the inside and I've been on the outside. Although my mom says that her "clock" gets to start over now that she's on the outside. Back to zero, but she'll catch up. (I bet there are a lot of people out there who would like to set their "clocks" back a little bit.)

So...I've got lots of good things to teach her. I'm a master at drinking my milk. I think we'll start with that. Then we'll move on to tooting and pooping, smiling, and head holding. That will keep us pretty busy for a while. Then we'll move on to more challenging parts of the Baby 101 curriculum.

I haven't gotten to see her up close yet...apparently I'm not allowed at the hospital...some rule about being under 12 and not a sibling. But as soon as I get my first chance....I'm going crawl to Chicago to see her. First thing....I'm going to give her a big drooly kiss, tell her how much I love her already, and tell her how long I've been waiting to meet her, and how thankful I am that she is here safe.

Then after all that, I'm going to give big wet kisses to my Auntie Erin and my Uncle Kevin. I'll give them their first assignment for Baby 101. They will need to take a nap while I am giving lessons to Raegan. We'll need lots of time to cover the material on the syllabus.

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