Blakeley's first trip to the zoo!

A few days ago, Justin found a groupon for the Atlanta Zoo, and like a good Daddy does quickly bought two tickets for only $20!! What a deal!  We decided to use our tickets today since it is Labor Day weekend and we knew we would have more time to rest later.  Justin's parents had the groupon too, and decided to join us. 

Blakeley loves animals and loves to make all the animal noises.  And based on our experience at the Aquarium this summer, we knew she was going to LOVE the zoo.

Don't let the face fool you (the sun was in her eyes), she did not want to move from that spot, and that is right at the entrance!

 Checking out the elephant with Mommy...

 

Looking at all the pretty birds with Daddy...

 

 Mimzy bought some bird food for Blakeley to feed the birds!

 

Looking at the lion with Daddy!

 

 "Look I'm a lion....ROAR!"

 

 Looking at the monkeys  - with a mouth full of chips

 

 Unlike Buddy, this is one of the few pics we actually took of just the animals...

 

hanging out with Buddy watching the gorilla eat...and all she can see and talk about it the butterfly in front of her. ;)

 

 Finally, we found some "misters" to run through and cool off! It was HOT out there!

 

 You can't go to the Zoo without visitng the petting zoo section.  Blake did such a great job petting gently, and she wasn't scared!

 

They even had brushes that you could brush the animals with...

We also saw the pandas, but it was so crowded we couldn't get any pictures.  Even though the weather was hot and humid, and I had to do a lot more walking than I was expecting to do at 32 weeks pregnant, we had a great time!! Happy Labor Day!

Phone purge

I thought I would've blogged more than the few times I did during the summer.  I guess I thought I didn't have any thing great to blog about!  Well I was very wrong when I started looking through my pictures on my phone! There were two events that I was able to capture with my hand iphone camera. 

The first was Blakeley's first hair cut.  I had been avoiding cutting her hair for months.  One reason is that Blakeley had been bald for the first 10 months of her life, and once it started growing she had this beautiful, to DIE for curly hair! However, I realize that I couldn't keep avoiding this moment.  After all, she is over two years old now (can you believe it)?!?!?!?  I am thankful that Blakeley was able to have her first hair cut with her older cousin Libbi around.  Sometimes I am not so sure how Blakeley will react to new situations, so its good to have a pro like Libbi around. ;)

This is the day before...

And here we are a Whata Cutie Hair cuts in Buford.  She is a little bit unsure of what is about to happen as you can see...

 The water is tickling her, and she is not so sure about this brush...

She is watching "Monsters, Inc" as she gets her hair cut....

 Trimming her bangs...

A little product for the hair....and ta-da!!

Another fun event was at Downtown Suwanee for a production for the Little Mermaid!  We met Blakeley's Buddy and Mimzy, Aunt Amy, Libbi and Laney for the fun!  All the girls started with playing in the fountains (Blakeley's first time)!

Blake was very brave and kept running into the BIG fountain. :)

 But she made sure to come back every time to show us she was ok and having fun! ( I can't even believe how good these fountain pics turned out on my phone!)

 

Waiting paitently for "The Little Mermaid" production to begin...

Now, she is ready with her "magic" wand that Mimzy bought her to participate during "The Little Mermaid"....(although we left before that part - ha!)

Since we weren't able to take a vacation, I'm glad we still had precious moments to share together over the summer! Love my sweet family!