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!