A trip to the zoo (No, not the one that happens every day around here)!

Well, last night wasn't a total flop. Elia was so excited to have Ethan sleep with her and they both went to bed great. In the middle of the night however, we ran into the same problem we've had before... Elia doesn't want to sleep in her own bed. She came into our room and wanted to go back to sleep in the portable crib. So, I guess we've half reclaimed our room. We'll see what happens as time goes on. Now we just have to reconvert the toddler bed that was Elia's crib back into a crib for Ethan so we can get rid of one pack 'n play. Then we'll have one dresser for each kid and one sleeping place for each kid. Yes, that room is pretty crowded, though less so, now that the love sac has taken over the living room again.

Today we went to the zoo. Thunderkids was taking a trip, but I wanted to go earlier because they weren't going until 10 and I wanted to get back in time for the afternoon nap. I called a friend, Katie Taggart to come along. After several detours (we were talking too much) we finally got there. We had a great time walking around looking at all the animals. Sometimes I think I'm getting a bit bored with the zoo, but Elia never does and her excitement keeps me going.

Ethan, who is usually the happiest baby on the block, has been under the weather with 100 degree temps (and sometimes more) he wasn't happy almost the whole day. It always seems worse when your baby is fussy around other people.

Two monkeys:

The best part of a day at the zoo is spending two minutes on the carousel watching your daughter with the biggest grin on her face. Every time around she waves to her audience (in this case Katie) and never stops smiling. Although it costs $2 (what a rip off), we do it every time and she wants to ride on the shark every time! I think it is because of this shark book that Eric used to read to her all the time.

The zoo goers:
Back at home. Daddy's girl: