Carter completed his first session of official swim lessons. It was a mommy & me class and our little guy totally enjoyed it. The classes were designed to get the kids comfortable with the water. Carter loves the water so the lessons were a piece of cake. He loved singing songs, kicking on his front, blowing bubbles and jumping in from the side. He also thought it was fun to swim around gathering the rubber ducks the teacher would throw into the pool. The two aspects of lessons Carter didn't like were floating on his back and having to get out of the pool when the lessons were over. I think he could play in there for hours! Here are a few pictures from class.......well, actually I got the dates mixed up and class was already over so really here are a few shots of us just swimming in the pool.
P.S. I am 7+ months pregnant AND I'm wearing a swimming suit in the middle of winter. Yikes!
Carter was great around the baby. He liked to point out his nose and give him lots of hugs.
Grayson is a baby who loves action and noise so this little guy was in heaven most of the weekend. Here's a pic of the little guy enjoying Thanksgiving dinner.
Carter spent most of time playing with his 3 year old cousin, Aidan.
The boys had fun playing the piano and running through the house. Aidan loved to chase Carter around and would try his hardest to get Carter to wrestle with him(which only made Carter cry). Aidan also showed Carter how to climb out of the pack n play. (Because of his escaping skills, Carter is officially into a big boy bed now).
Our daughter is going to have her hands full with the older boys for years to come!
Other vacation highlights include: a trip to the bowling alley, playing at a couple of local parks, going to see the most awesome Christmas light display imaginable and having the boys get their picture taken with Santa. Sorry, all of those pictures have not been downloaded yet.
And sometimes he even falls asleep in them.
After a very long nap, it was time to trick or treat. We stopped by Papa Big's house to see what candy he had. We also helped hand out candy to the neighborhood kids.
Who knew playing in a huge pile of hay would be so fun....
If only I could take more then two steps before falling down.
Ok, where is the tractor? I'm ready for my hay ride!
Perhaps if I wave to the tractor driver, he'll know that I'm ready.....
Time to pick out the perfect pumpkin! Oh which one to choose?
Maybe Daddy has the best pumpkins at the top of the hill....
I think before I get my pumpkin, I should stop in the middle of the field and MOON Mommy...
Come on Dad. No more joking around, we still need to find my pumpkin.
This one is perfect!!
Sound asleep mid-morning the next day....
That's what happens when this little boy fights bedtime and then decides to wake up at 5:30am. 
Bo Kitty is an inside cat who loves to venture outside. Usually he is supervised, but he has been known to slip out the door unnoticed from time to time. At the most he's been gone for a couple of hours. He slept outside one time, but in the morning was at the door crying to be let in. Well folks, Bo has been gone for almost 24 hours. He snuck out sometime last night and we haven't seen or heard from him since. Everyone in the Meek house is missing him dearly and are hoping he's ok. They say cats are smart and can turn up days, even weeks, after they go missing. Let's hope that's the case for Bo. The humane society and the local vets have our info. Maybe someone will turn him in. We'll keep you posted on the search. Come home Bo Kitty. We miss you!
