Tuesday, October 23, 2012

The Zoo!!! (Finally!!!)

This has been driving me crazy because our computer stopped letting me on to blogger again, and I've been waiting to do this post for a long time! So, A few weeks ago when we had one of our first days of nice weather, my Mom and I took Hannah to the Zoo. We had no idea what to expect from her, and I have to admit I was anticipating the worst. However, she did totally awesome! At first we were afraid to take her out of the stroller because we didn't think we would be able to get her back in, but she didn't mind at all. Near the end she would fuss for a second when we put her down, but no major tantrums. At first she didn't really understand what was going on, but she warmed up pretty quickly and would look at the animals. Her favorite animal was this wart hog-ish pig. I can't remember what it was called, and of course I didn't get a picture, but Hannah just watched it and laughed and laughed. Her favorite thing to look at, though, wasn't one of the Zoo animals. It was the other kids. All day long she was pointing and shouting "Baby!!" as loudly as she could.
Excited for the zoo, can't you tell?










Trying to get the monkey's attention


But he wasn't having any of it.





SO not impressed by the petting zoo. We couldn't even get close to the animals. It was a major bummer.


 Near the back of the zoo, they have an "old west" town with shops and such and animals native to Texas. They also had this indoor play area which Hannah really wanted to play on, but most of the things were too tall for her to climb on. In this picture she just spotted the horse drawn carriage seen below.

Forward ho!

Chillin in the Wells Fargo wagon





We had such a great time! I can't wait to go back!

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Singing in the rain

A few weeks ago, we had a wonderful rain storm here. This happens so seldom, that it's something to celebrate in my opinion. Rain is definitely the thing I miss the most about Virginia. Anyway, so I went outside to watch, listen to, and smell the rain. Shortly thereafter, Dan and Hannah come to join me and we sat and watched for a few minutes. Eventually I decided to go back inside, but Hannah was NOT having it. She stood and the back door and screamed and cried until Dan couldn't take it anymore. He put on his swim trunks and took her to play in the rain, and let me tell you, she thought it was the best thing EVER. I took a ton of pictures, and they were all so cute that I couldn't pick just a few, so here they are...




I love this one-look closely at Dan's feet
















She decided to beat on her chest like Tarzan. I'm not quite sure why..




Trying to decide if she wants more or if she's too cold.

Hmm... maybe just a couple more minutes...

Monday, September 17, 2012

Computer issues

So I haven't posted in a while, because our computer is stupid. For the last 3 weeks, I have not been able to sing in to the blogger website, and the website they use for uploading pictures would not work either. So frustrating! But finally today they're both working again, so I should have some pictures up soon.