Lincoln goes to the Apple Orchard

Today we made our traditional Gates Family trip to the apple orchard to pick apples for pies, dumplings, sauce, glazes, etc.  Cortlands and Galas were ripe today, which are our favorites!  This was Lincoln's first trip with us, and he was an All Star!

It started with a hay ride back to the orchard. Lincoln loved this because it was breezy and he loves being outside in nice weather.  He was in a pleasant mood because he actually slept well on the way out. Hillcrest Orchards is about an hour away from our place, and this made a decent length of sleep for him. He was the happiest baby in the orchard.
It was actually pretty sunny, which was a surprise to us (the weather report was 100% chance of rain), but it didn't seem to bother him. He liked to touch the apples here and there, but we can't say he was caught up in the spirit of the event.

Our stay in the orchard was cut short when Jenn felt a vibration around her belly through the Baby Bjorn that was long and sustained. She went back to where the wagon left us off, where there was a picnic table, to get him out of his Bjorn. The goal here was to relieve some of the pressure around his rear end and prevent poop from running down his leg and her front. But it was too late... poop had already leaked out. Not a lot... but enough. The Baby Bjorn will be heading to the wash today!

He's sleeping upstairs now.  He's had quite the busy day, but he's in the process of putting 3 very good days together!  We're also hoping that his pooping schedule has changed.  Our fear was that since he was pooping once per week, and on Wednesdays, that our trip to Phoenix, also on a Wednesday, would be a complete nightmare.  He's extremely pleasant after he poops.  Until then, however... look out.