The Zoo

Bria and I got to experience a first together: The Zoo.

I've never been to the zoo so when my friend Erin (who I met through the MOMS club) asked me if I wanted to join her I gladly accepted. Brian wanted to be there for my first zoo experience, and of course Bria's so he got work off-I was so excited he came with us. We had the BEST time. It was unbelievable and I just loved every minute of it.

We spent almost 5 hours there walking around and looking at all the animals. Bria was such a trooper and did awesome. She took a small 1/2 nap in between the hippos and penguins, and then was ready for more zoo. Bria had a good time and particularly liked the ducks, elephants, penguins, and orangutans. The next time we go I think she'll enjoy it even more as she'll be a little older. But it was so fun to take her and we just had a wonderful day.

We took an insane amount of pictures and I'm so glad we did. Here are about half of them:

The only bears we got to see were these guys, the live ones were in the back for tests or something:

That's ok, we saw a real one in Shasta a few years back, we're good.

Getting a hot chocolate since it was a little chilly:

Looking at the sea otters:

Had to take this picture, go Beavs!

Getting ready to see some more animals, bring it on!

New best friends, Bria and the orangutan:

One word: precious

My monkeys with the real monkeys:

One of my favorites, the elephants!

Elephants are big, like really big. Bigger than big. It was so cool.

He was doing some tricks for us here:

This elephant put himself in the corner apparently:

The baby elephant is just a year old, her name is Samudra:

Us with Samudra:

The lions are perched up on the rock in the back:

Brian driving a jeep into the cheetahs:

In the bird bubble:

The hippos were ginormous, we had no idea how truly large those things are.

Bria fell asleep on our way to see the Zebra's:

The giraffe was awesome:

One of Brian's favorites, the crocodile:

While we were there the exhibit had a rainstorm with lightening and everything, it was pretty cool.

The penguins were adorable and Bria woke up just in time to meet them:

Daddy showing Bria, the big fish:

The leopard relaxing:

Bria liked the tigers as you can see:

Or maybe it was being in Daddy's arms :)

I am so glad we got to do this and so happy that Brian joined us, it wouldn't have been nearly as fun without him. Bria has the funniest Dad ever, he was cracking us up the whole time.

We had a big long day and were so happy to take off our shoes and relax last night. We all slept pretty good, although Bria's second tooth decided to give her some discomfort so we gave her some Tylenol to help ease the pain. And what do you know, this morning that second tooth finally broke through!! Poor girl had a big day out and was cutting a tooth!

Can't wait to go back to the zoo, it was a blast!