Lori brought Mathias to the zoo this Wednesday to visit me—and run off a little steam walking around zoo grounds! The two of them had a nice picnic lunch by the flamingo lagoon, after which we snapped this shot.
We planned to go to the penguin house, but we only managed to make it 200 feet before I had to do back to work! (In addition to staring at the ducks and jaguar, Mathias was busy picking up every leaf, stick and twig we passed along the way.)
Lori and the dude made it all the way to Regenstein African Journey, where Mathias helped one of the zoo photographers get a shot of the blue-bellied roller by making enough noise that it hopped out from its comfy spot in the corner to see what the new intruder was. Mathias then ended up at the curiosity cart near the meerkat exhibit, where he watched the animals until his mama finally had to drag him away.
Vital Statistics Footnote: At his 15-month check-up this week, he weighed in at 26 pounds even (less than at 1 year! Guess he’s really moving) and stretched out to 33 3/4 inches.
