Lions and Tigers and Bears, OH MY!

This week started with a sick little boy at our house! Sunday and Monday mornings Mason woke up and was not moving his legs and he would cringe when we touched them. It was so hard to watch him that way! Matt stayed home with him Monday and he spiked a fever during the day. We took him to the doctor that evening. They tested him for flu and strep throat, which were both negative. It ended up being a virus and the doctor said he was probably just sore and achy which is why he wouldn't crawl/walk and acted like his legs hurt to be touched. I stayed home with him Tuesday. He was MUCH better Tuesday and was back to his ornery self. I was so worried about him! We felt good Tuesday night when he walked 7 steps in a row! Of course I didn't get the best one on camera, but here he is walking a little bit!

Mason walking!

Zane showing how Papa uses his "weapon" on the cows...

Brent has been in Kansas City all week for his job, so we have had him over every evening. We even had him baby-sit one night so we could go to a meeting at Zane's Preschool! He rode back to Iowa with us for the weekend. Sunday morning we woke up, got ready, and headed to Omaha to go to the zoo. We went with my parents, Adam, Matt's parents, Marcy, and Brent. It was a beautiful day to be at the zoo...nice but not too hot! It was so nice to be able to take our time because we were spending the night and had today off. Usually we have to rush to get through everything so we can head home! Here are a few pictures from the zoo. Check our Flickr site for many more!

The boys ready for the zoo and Mason on the statue!

The Bakers at the zoo

Zane on the statue

All of us at the zoo

A polar bear eating a watermelon!

The boys petting goats

Adam, Zane, Marcy on the carousel

Mason's first carousel ride

He was posing for eveyone!

Mason, all tuckered out!

We waiting an hour and a half to ride this darn train for 15 minutes...never again! I was so proud of Zane and the patience he showed...he was more patient than all of the adults that were with him...including me!

Zane & Matt on the train

My favorite part, the giraffes!

My second favorite...the penguins!

As we were walking through the aquarium, we ran into Zane's buddy, Sammy, from Jo's house! Zane could barely contain himself he was so excited! He could not believe Sammy was at the same zoo he was! Zane's going to miss Sammy so much next year when he goes to school!

After the train ride, many of us lost interest in the zoo and were ready to leave! So we headed to the coolest pizza place...stand back Chuck-E-Cheese! It was called the Amazing Pizza Machine. It has a very good buffet, loads of games, party rooms, a go-cart track, and a miniature golf course! The place goes on forever! We spent more money playing games than we did eating! It was such a fun place to go...and I'm glad we don't have one closer to us or we'd be there a lot! After eating, we headed to our hotel. Zane was ready to swim! The pool was very nice and obviously made for kids! They had a spray thing in the middle, a frog slide, and a bigger slide. The kids and adults with us enjoyed the pool!!

Mason, a little unsure of the water...

Me going down the slide

Zane going down the slide (acting cool)

Matt going down the slide (also acting cool)

Zane copying the big boys!

Be sure to check out our Flickr site...there are tons more pictures of the zoo and everyone else going down the slide! (Special thanks to the McGinness family who suggested the Pizza Machine and hotel to us...you didn't steer us wrong!)