Weekend germies...

Yep...you guessed it. Things get kinda busy once the little man started getting more mobile. Go ahead and say it...you told us so.a XEWSZQA - that was a message from Reece. He loves the computer! It's even harder to get to the blogging thing when we're running after him in every direction.
The last couple of weeks have relatively uneventful, with the most exciting things being a couple more trips to the immediate care center and the doctor's office. Reece seems to really enjoy getting sick on the weekends and making sure we can't do much other than hang out at home. Luckily this past weekend he waited until Saturday to develop his illness, so we got to go out with Brooke and Dan while Jess (a colleague from my office) took care of Reece and Sam. Two weekends ago Reece had a fever and had a horrible cough. Well, the cough is still with him, but this past weekend both Reece and Lisa had to hit the immediate care centers. Reece had a blocked tear duct and had the most amazing green 'yuck' discharging from his eyes. Lisa pulled a muscle in her neck and had severe pain every time she moved. I am sure it has nothing to do with lugging around a 27 pound kiddo -- yes that is right, Reece now weighs 27 pounds. 10 months and 27 pounds, just what is he going to weigh at 2 years.
The first few pictures you're looking at are from Lisa and Reece's trip to the zoo with Grandmama and Papa Baker a couple of weeks ago. Reece's favorite animals were the penguins - he loved watching them dive and swim.
Last week we attended an AU alumni event at Smith Farms in Pendleton. It was a great opportunity to be out in the fall weather with Reece and Sam - and to check out some cool farm animals. There was a mad cow...I swear he was about to charge us. Reece and Sam both liked Mollie and Pollie the sheep and lamb and the goat really liked both of them.
Reece has a special knack of getting in between things - chairs no longer slow him down, and he can get up the stairs in about 15 seconds flat- it's amazing. The last picture is from this Sunday watching the Bears vs. Lions. Unfortunately we weren't smiling too much (Bears lost...again), but it sure was fun watching the game together.
We'll send out some pictures later this week after Reece's first Halloween.