First Trip to the Zoo!

On Saturday, I mentioned to Scott, "we really should take Audrey to the Zoo sometime - she would love it!" About two hours later, we were headed to the Zoo - how spontaneous are we?! The weather was really nice - sunny, but breezy and cool - a perfect day to walk 5 miles at the Zoo! I hadn't been to the Zoo since high school and either they've changed it a lot or I just didn't remember it, but it is really spread out! We made the mistake of starting in Australia and it was totally old school - small, smelly cages and the animals are so bored that they sleep all the time. We did get to see some chimpanzees and there was even a baby chimp playing hide and seek under a blanket - Audrey was loving it!

So we got our map out and decided we should head straight to Africa - we only had a certain amount of time before we had to head home for nap time! We wanted to see the gorillas so we walked across this scary swinging bridge only to find that they were all hiding! We tried to see the lions, but they were also hiding. We did get to see some elephants and Audrey was intrigued.

She was more interested in trying on my sunglasses!

We also got to see some tigers, sea lions (she loved watching them swim around!) and some other random hogs and monkeys. I think she had a good time! We'll have to go back again when we have more time to kill. She is just getting over a cold and has at least 3 of her molars coming in, so she's been a little out of sorts lately and sleeping even more than usual - poor little girl!

I insisted on having at least one photo with Mama and Audrey,
but she was ready to go home for her nap and was NOT interested in posing!

Happy Easter!

Today we celebrated Audrey's second Easter. Last year, she was too little to appreciate the festivities, so this year, it was so fun to see her try to hunt for Easter eggs. We had lunch at Nana and Papa's house and she got to see her cousins. We had a quick Easter egg hunt and then headed over to Gaga and Papa's and got to see her other cousins! By that time, she had already missed a nap and was coming down with a cold, so we didn't do another egg hunt, but she still had fun playing with her cousins and Gaga and Gigi!

On the hunt for eggs!

Getting help from Aunt Crystal, and cousins Ryan and Sydney

Help from Nana and Papa

With Uncle Brian, Aunt Laura and cousin Billy

All the cousins! Sydney, Billy, JT and Ryan

More cousins! Meredith, Gwendolyn and Aunt Mandy

It's really hard to get a good photo with these three!

Hanging out with Gigi

Reading one of her favorites with Gaga - Teddy Bear's Picnic

Audrey's baby

Audrey's favorite toy right now is her baby doll. She loves to swaddle her and put her to bed, she loves on her and rocks her - it's pretty sweet. Recently, she's started sharing her milk and food with her baby. If she wants her sippy of milk between meals, she'll go to the refrigerator and say "me!" (her word for milk). Today, she asked for her milk specifically for her baby. No, she didn't want any, but apparently the baby was really thirsty for some. It was so adorable. She also has a play tea set and she will share her tea with her baby and with the dogs. What a good little sharer!

Belly button?

Audrey recently discovered her belly button and she's obsessed with it! She's constantly pulling up her shirt, pointing to it and saying "that!" Add this to the list of body parts she knows - head, ear, nose, eye, toes, mouth, teeth, tummy and knee!