A Tooth!!!

Ryan has a tooth! Well, sort of.....it has broken the skin. This one is on the bottom, I can see two more on the top but they are not through yet. Pictures will follow when it is big enough to see.

Giggle Baby

Clifton was laying in the recliner with Ryan the other night and was tickling him. He was laughing pretty hard, but pretty soon the tables were turned. Ryan found a ticklish spot on Cliff and had him laughing too. I sent Nate to take a picture but..........Cliff had just gotten out of the shower and was in his underwear. If you want to make him mad, take a picture of him in his underwear.

Jumping brothers

The twins were on the trampoline the other night and I put Ryan up there with them for a few minutes. He loved it! He was laughing so hard. It was really cold though, so I didn't let him stay for long. His brothers spend a lot of time out there and really enjoy taking Ryan too.

Ryan's first combine ride

Grandpa and Ryan after Ryan's first combine ride. He wanted to pull all of the bright orange levers, but Grandpa wouldn't let him this time. Ryan and Daddy in the tractor pulling the grain cart. He tried to drive, but Dad said not this year. Maybe next year?

Corn Harvest

My parents purchased a bagger this year so that they can store their corn on the edge of the field and have it shipped at a later date. This makes it possible to capture some better prices and cuts down on harvest freight expenses. Here is Mom standing next to the bagger. Each bag holds about 8,000 bushels, or 8 semi loads of corn. Here they come!
Ryan's first combine ride. He was so excited to see the corn go into the head that he would not even look to the side to see Daddy in the tractor next to us. (He always looks for Daddy when we talk about him.)
Corn from the grain cart into the bagger.

Ryan 8 1/2 months old

Ryan is getting ready to crawl. He was up on his toes and hands right before I snapped the picture. Ryan "helping" with laundry. This is his favorite activity right now.
Teething on a rubber ducky that looks like a tiger. He loves the little ducky's from Dairy Queen.
Ready to chomp on that duck.

Pumpkin Patch

Uncle Jake put each of the boys in the tree to get their picture taken. Here is Cody.Collin with his prize hat from the run.
Nate looking thrilled as ever.
Cliff? Apparently the photographer didn't get the picture snapped of Cliff, but she tried!
Nate and Cliff playing tic tac toe and eating some lunch. We had a great day!