Iron Gets Wings!

Earlier this month, Tam and Iron took to the
friendly skies to travel home for Grandma Rosie's
90th birthday party in Moline, Ill. Not able to find
an acceptable itinerary in and out of Moline, Tam
and Iron flew in and out of Louisville (where Aunt
Deeky lives) and drove home with the Lagerblade
brood to Moline for the party.

Iron did very well--better than expected--on
the flights. Mama was so proud of him! Following
are a variety of shots taken of the Louisville/Moline
adventure.

Not surprisingly, the first to get her hands on Iron
was Aunt Deeky. Look how in love she is! (By the
way, those of you who watch "Private Practice" may
have noticed this outfit sported by Violet's baby in
last week's episode!)


Of course Uncle Ross wanted to meet his
newest nephew as well. What a wonderful lap!


It wasn't until we got to Moline that Cousins
Reece and Rex decided they wanted to hold
Iron, too.




And finally Iron got to meet his other
Uncle Dave!


While in Moline, we visited the Shady Knoll Farm
pumpkin patch. Following are various shots from
that outing, starting with Iron and Aunt Deeky in
the Bunny Village. Iron's not too sure about that
bunny, but look at those cheeks!


Uncle Dave held Iron near the scarecrow, but there
was no scaring possible while in those protective arms!


Reece and Rex decided to see how they
measure up these days...


And Iron thought he'd do the same.


The Lagerblade family...


Children of the corn???


The twins and their boys (minus Benton!).


Aunt Deeky calls this an Iron sandwich!


Has anyone seen Iron?


Before we left the patch, the boys picked out their
pumpkins. Mama also picked out hers...


Later during our trip to Moline, we saw Iron
smile for the first time.


We also saw him make faces like this one...


We ended our time in Moline with Grandma Rosie's
90th birthday party. Here she is surrounded by her
three kids and many of their offspring.


And here's a gorgeous table displaying a tribute to
Grandma through the years.


After all this travel, Iron got a bit disoriented
from time to time...


What?!! Are you laughing at me?!!


All in all it was a great (but tiring) trip! Here Iron
is dreaming of seeing big brother Benton again...