Our visit to NC

We had a nice time visiting family last week. I went up this particular weekend because there was a family reunion of family members on my dad's side. We went and stayed all afternoon, but didn't get to visit with my grandma very much. She was sitting at a table inside. Mercer was running around outside. I was chasing him the entire time. (Pictured here is my grandma, my uncle David, my cousin Jeff, and Mercer.)

He had a blast. He loves tractors and bulldozers. The family who hosted the reunion has a garage / barn behind the house where they restore Fords. A pristine Mustang... a '46 truck that's been in the family since it was purchased... and tractors - lots of them. Mercer was allowed to climb on some of the tractors - the ones that were moved outside. The ones that were inside were for show only. (Pictured here - he's "driving" a tractor that one of the neighbors (a family member) drove to the reunion.

Mercer also got to climb onto golf carts & other pieces of equipment that other neighbors (family members) drove across the fields to the reunion. Kind of cool that the land is all in the family and that some of them are still farming the land! Mercer got to climb on tractors, play with puppy dogs, and even saw a choo-choo pass by across the field. It was a perfect day for him. (Mercer's been doing something sort of new - I think we mentioned before on a recent blog post that he'll grab your finger and pull you along to show you something / take you somewhere. He's also been holding hands more. Here, he's warmed up to uncle Tony and is holding his hand while they play catch with the dogs. He's really becoming more expressive through his actions and/or is a little afriad -- and is comforted by the hand. So cute!

We got to spend time with family from my mom's side as well. My grandma and grandpa enjoyed being entertained by Mercer. There was a motorcycle toy that played music at my grandparents house. He would dance for them when you'd push the button. He also liked rocking in the rocking chair. He got to play with some of his older (2nd) cousins too. Banging on a piano and reading a new train book. Good times!