The Houston Zoo

whew...it has been a busy week and we have a lot to post about; david's first haircut, little gym graduation, getting sick again, and our first trip to the zoo. I have been meaning to get the pictures from our super fun family trip up all week, but we have been battling ANOTHER ear infection, extremely high fever, and nasty Augmentin over the past few days.

So all I can say is we had a great time, but will NEVER attempt a visit to the zoo in June again. What were we thinking? The heat alone exhausted us. Regardless, David really seemed to enjoy himself; he meowed at the cheetahs, was very interested in the chipmunks, ran around like a crazy man in the reptile house and most importantly got to finally see his favorite animal up close in person...turtles!!! We cannot figure out his fascination with turtles, but it started around four months ago and we believe it has something to do with his turtle bath toy that is at home and grandma's house.

He took his first ride on a carousel; which to mommy's dismay wasn't as exciting for him as she thought it would be. By this time I believe the heat was taking a toll on him. After a few small bites of ice cream we were able to get a second wind and moved on to the train ride around the park, which he loved. Poor baby was exhausted and just enjoyed sitting in daddy's lap feeling the breeze. After the conductor would sound the horn david would say "toot-toot."

It was a fabulous trip. We all had a great time and were just excited to see the animals as he was. Mommy had to take chase baby duty in the reptile house just so daddy could walk around and see the snakes and alligators...eeeek! Not my favorite. David even came home with a turtle souvenir courtesy of grandma and grandpa. Thanks y'all for coming to visit and spending the day at the zoo with us!!

{excited about the turtles}

{trying to pet the chipmunk through the glass}

{we were originally going to ride the giraffe until we were informed that it did not move up and down, so we moved to the turtle}