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To celebrate that, and also to -mostly- celebrate your Mom's 29th birthday, we had a fun outdoorsy weekend!
First we took you to the Dallas Zoo!
We didn't expect you to go crazy, by any means, but your reaction was really quite good!
You noticed- and were captivated by the penguins:
You went face to face with a Mandrill Baboon:
You gandered at giraffes: 
You had fun with your Mama:
And posed for the camera:
We eyeballed some elephants:
And you even tried to imitate one too!
Then, the next day, Uncle BJ, Aunt Kari, Uncle Jeremy and Aunt Michelle (and almost-Brady) joined us on a visit to the Arboretum's Annual Pumpkin Patch to take pictures of you with flowers and pumpkins, because, what could be cuter? Mine and your Aunt Kari's cameras were clicking away all afternoon! The better pictures are Kari's; the decent-ish ones are mine! But you look super cute in all of them!
Don't worry: I caught you.
New fun: eating leaves!
The return of the stink eye!
We had such a fun weekend; but what's more you seemed to have fun too. Granted, you slept for a good portion of both activities, but when you were awake, you really seemed to like all the animals and pumpkins, despite the awesome stink eye picture!
It'll be so cool to take you back to these places next year when you'll really notice the animals and laugh at the elephants emptying their bowels and bladders right in front of us! You can even run like a mad man all over the pumpkin patch!
But, I'm in no rush: it was a serene afternoon helping you see knew things, sit on manicured Arboretum grass, watch the animals, hang out with your family and eat a few leaves. It's great being outside, isn't it?
What gorgeous pictures!!! Your son is really a cutie!!
ReplyDeleteMy son just turned 7 months old a few days ago and I think we missed our prime zoo time - now it's much too cold and we'll have to wait until next year. I'm pretty bummed about that, especially after seeing what a good time your little man had!