Zoo Trip

It was a nice day and Brooke (and I) were a bit stir crazy. Her activity level is through the roof and it can be challenging to find enough in a day to keep her busy and entertained. I decided it was time we made our first zoo trip of the year!

Brooke was excited to be there from the beginning, immediately requesting so see the monkeys (by shouting "oohhhh ohhhh oohhhh" from the stroller as we entered the zoo gate). We went right to the monkeys, followed by the gorillas.


After the gorillas, Brooke kept making cow and pig noises. Luckily, the zoo has a farm section too ... so we head off to her next "request". She was a bit challenging the whole trip, insisting on walking (versus riding in the stroller). If I put her into the stroller she would have a fit, but when I let her walk she was all over the place ... often playing keep-away-from-mommy. The farm was a pretty good place to be because it wasnt crowded and it was separate from the rest of the zoo. I let her roam on her own with only a couple of incidents (both involving that wonderful keep-away game).


Here she is, cruising along, trying to pretend like she doesnt know who I am. I thought they didnt start doing this until they were teenagers ... but I guess I was wrong ;)


We ended our day looking at some fish and statues of hippos (which Brooke assumed were alligators for some reason).

In the picture on the right she isnt clapping ... she is "chomping" like an alligator. She was quite smitten with the "alligators" and gave the Momma one a kiss, but I didnt capture that action shot!

Tree Hugger

The other day when Brooke was picking the buds off our new flowers, she also made friends with a tree in the neighbors yard. It must have been a really nice tree, because she gave it both a hug AND a kiss ... things she does not offer up very freely.


In addition to her new tree friend, Brooke was pretty thrilled with all of the sticks a recent storm had scattered all over the yard. She found quite a few of them that were much bigger than her, but that didnt stop her from taking them for a little walk.

New Bloom

Our flowers are blooming ... and if Brooke continues to pick them we
won't get to see them past the bud stage ;)

9 Weeks: 1st Photo

Today I went to the doctor for a 9 week checkup. Right now, Brooke's little sibling is about the size of a grape...
But looks more like this...

The doctors visit went well. They took four VIALS of my blood, which was fun. In addition to a whole bunch of Q&A, we did a little photo shoot ... and I got to see the hearbeat. All is well and only 31 more weeks, or 217 days, to go (insert evil laugh mixed with sobs here).