Our Extra Child, Reid

Justin, the girls & I are so lucky every once in a while. We get to have a "loaner" son! Well actually, he's our nephew, but we like to play house and pretend. Reid Charles Merkley, Melinda & Rod's son is so much fun to be around. Man, I tell you what.... If you are having a crappy day, just spend a couple minutes with that boy and it's like you don't have a care in the world! Rod had an appointment and Melinda was in classes on Wednesday afternoon so the girls and I got to have Reid come up and hang out for a while. He was so much fun! Reid is really funny when he's here. He loves to play with Genevieve's squeaky balls. And actually Genevieve is a really non-hyper, super gentle dog when Reid is visiting. Reid will hold on to the 'wugga' and talk in secret talk to Genvieve. So she backs up and waits. Well Reid then knows what to do. He either throws it while saying secret words or he just sets it down in between his legs. Then Genevieve knows it's her turn to squeak it a bit and give it back to Reid. They do it over and over! It's pretty fun to watch! Reid is starting to move FAST! He crawled under the table and started to push the chairs around. Keep in mind, he's not even 11 months! Then I was worried about how fast he was crawling. So I went and got the baby gate. I put it up by the kitchen and about 2 seconds later, he was climbing UP the gate and leaning over the top!! WOW! Melinda, you've got your hands FULL!!! We love having Reid around! He makes us all a little younger at heart!