We're all feeling better!

The three of us were feeling much better yesterday, and it was relatively nice outside yesterday so we decided to go to the Zoo. Jenn settled on the Cleveland Zoo, thinking that Lincoln might nap on the way there. Silly us. But when we arrived, he was still very pleasant and we had a great time. There's a huge California Condor there that he really got into. He also liked the Giraffes, some of the Primates, and the fish.

Lincoln and the Red Panda

He did sleep in the car for most of the way home, and when he woke up, he was really good. This may not seem like much, but it's allowing us to reconsider our travel plans come May when we drive to the Outer Banks. Oh, boy, are we looking forward to that vacation! Of course, there's a lot to do between now and then, but we've had our minds on it for a while now.

Jenn and I loved this picture above because it's so typical of our visits to the Zoo. It's fun to point things out to Lincoln, and he usually gets around to seeing what we're seeing, but he often has his own pace and agenda when it comes to these things. It's not unusual to see one of us pointing at something interesting and also see Lincoln gazing lazily off in a completely different direction.



What you see above is Betty's job. This is what she does when she wakes up in the morning after she eats her breakfast and realizes that she's not getting anything more to eat. Some may joke that she's Union because she takes a lot of breaks for naps, but when she's at her job, she works really hard. We were laughing recently that Betty would be disappointed to hear about jobs leaving Summit county. In her little Pug brain she would think of it in terms of thousands of bones leaving the county! Oh, the crazy humor in the home of a pair of veterinarians!

We just about cannot keep Lincoln down. He doesn't like to play as long while sitting down. Rather, he enjoys standing up next to his toy basket and emptying it out. He also enjoys standing on the outside of his Exersaucer. Every now and then he'll tolerate sitting inside of it, but he'd much rather work his way around the outside of it.

Aside: I understand that a number of Emily's college friends drop by this blog every now and then. I'm not sure if you're interested in looking for what to expect from your own kids or you're just interested in knowing how things are going with us. Either way, thanks for coming by! If you've got your own blog going of your experiences, let us know and we'll post the link on the side bar. Feel free to comment, too... we love hearing from our readers.