Update Overload...Installment #1

Yeah, Yeah...I know...I haven't been updating the blog. I haven't found many moments on the couch in the last month. It has been crazy with Spring Break, Easter, and Ty's Second Birthday...Yes...a Second birthday, let's all pause for a memorial moment of the calm little boy that we used to have. His business factor has differently increased, ten fold!, but he is still amazingly wonderful and the joy of our life. We have never giggled so much or smiled so widely.

So, onto update numero uno...The ZOO!

Jeff took off the entire week of Spring Break. It was wonderful. We haven't had a week together as a family since Ty was born two years ago. We planned nothing but family fun time and off course some serious nap-a-roonies! Our first large outing was the Ft. Worth Zoo. We are the terrible parents who haven't taken our child to the zoo and he is almost two. We just figured why endure the painful experience of a younger child who knows no animal sounds and could care less about seeing whatever creatures are rambling about behind a fence, when they would be perfectly happy taking a walk around the block seeing neighborhood dogs.


So, we waited until Ty hit that "Crazy About Animals Stage"..so crazy that he says animal sounds in his sleep. Ty had gotten to the point that he could read our minds. We would see a picture of a lion and he automatically would look at us...pause...and then roar. He knew if he didn't we would simply ask, "Ty, What does a Lion say?". He found animals in every book, poster, TV show etc. Hence...our amazing perception of...it is time to head out to the zoo.

We started talking about the zoo a few days before we went to build his anticipation, really? Can you build anticipation of a two year old? Well....we did! We were all super excited to go and preparations began.

We made it to the zoo with the other gazillion mothers, fathers, children, day cares, etc. who were relaxing on their spring break as well. We were a little cramped but we all loved the entire day. The weather was perfect and all things went, actually, better than planned.

Ty loved the TRAIN the most. Yes, not the animals, the TRAIN. We rode it a couple of times just to fulfill his train fix.


Enjoy the pictures!

Waiting in Line to Buy Tickets....He isn't sure about ALL the PEOPLE...or maybe just Mom already shoving the camera in his face.

Our first live animal spotting (other than a dog or cat) a Gorilla! Ty was fascinated as was Nonna!

Mom's favorite picture..he loves his Daddy!

Ha, Ha...Mom caught your "not ready for a picture" faces!

First train ride of the day. Ty..."Mom quit lovin' on me...don't you know I'm on a TRAIN!

Nonna took Ty on the Carousel...He was sooo excited. He rode around a couple of times smiling an waving and then decided he needed to figure out how the thing worked, so he focused turned to looking above and below and telling Nonna all about it.

The fabulous "Wave"!

He LOVED the alligator. We thought it wasn't real...but it was. We were told it is about 70 years old and 14 feet long. He was a little cold and wasn't in the mood to move, but Ty thought he could wait him out, but we headed over to the otters after about...30 seconds!

Watching the Otters! Nonna got her workout! We let her do the bending, looking, watching! HEHEHEHE.

Lovin' the freedom from the stroller!

He next favorite thing, after the train, the E-Phants!

Daddy caught the wild man who was enjoying his freedom a little too much, and was getting a little over excited from all the activities. It was a perfect place for about....2 minutes.

The best thing to play with at the zoo...dirt and rocks. Is he a boy or what?

We loved the Zoo and it wore us all out! We left with a t-shirt and stuffed giraffe, which has made its way into Ty's bed to be a snuggle buddy. He talked about the zoo for days. We will be going back in the very near future! Hope you enjoyed.