Wednesday, February 3, 2010

We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo

I don't work on Mondays, I keep Corinne. During the winter months we usually keep a pretty low profile and I end up doing laundry most of the day. This past Monday started out as a typical day and after lunch, she went down for a nap. But, after only 30 minutes (she usually takes an hour & a half to a two hour nap) she woke up and decided it was time to get up. In an effort to lull her back to sleep we drove around for a little while and ended up near campus, she was still wide awake and in a great mood so we went in to visit Gma Chris and then some of my coworkers. She refused to perform AT ALL for Gma Chris' office, but she was a show-off for my office; she showed them how she can say "daddy" and went through a bunch of her signs, she showed everyone where her nose, eyes and ears are, she even explored a little bit which is awesome because she's usually attached to my hip when we're in unfamiliar territory.

After our work visit we picked up Uncle Scott and headed to the zoo. It was pretty cold, but we were well bundled and decided that if we needed to warm up we could always visit the aquarium. When we got there we found out that the zoo would be closing in about 40 minutes, bummer. We have season passes so we weren't too disappointed and used our time wisely to tour the North America loop. This was Corinne's first zoo visit when she was really alert and excited about the animals, and they delivered. She got to see swans & ducks, a buffalo, an otter, the bears, the big cats and some moose. They were all out and active. The buffalo even got spooked by a bird while we were watching him and he ran across the field. The otter was being very playful and kept swimming around right in front of the glass display area - every time he swam out of view Corinne would look around to try to see where he disappeared to...it was very cute.

We had a great Monday & I'm looking forward to taking another trip to the zoo soon with Brett so that he can experience her contagious excitement. Getting to see the world through her eyes is awesome.

2 comments:

  1. Awww. Your baby girl isn't a baby anymore. :)

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  2. BTW I fixed the stroller, and mom said that blanket was mine; so if anyone could be mad it would be me... and I'm not, so YAY all is good.

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