The Last Hoorah

With baby countdown fast approaching its conclusion, Aunt Fair offered to keep Laurie for the weekend and give Will and I a little time alone. We debated heading to Memphis or the like, but decided a relaxing weekend at Lake St John was really what was in order. It was a beautiful weekend, the weather cleared to give us a little sunshine and a nice breeze. We had late, leisurely dinners, saw sunsets, missed the sunrises, slept late, Will watched football, I sewed, we rocked on the porch, watched the waves, caught up on reading, took long boat rides, saw more alligators than I can remember, got a little sun and all in all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

And at the end of the day, we were both ready to head home and see our sweet little one. We missed her so much, in just two days, I felt like she changed so much. She looks like she had a great time with her Aunt Fair, Uncle Paul, Mei-Mei, GiGi, and Liddy. We can't wait for them to offer again!

Zoo, Zoo, Zoo!

Laurie loves the zoo, and what better way to enjoy the zoo than with her bestest friends. What a great day to zoo it, rain threatened all morning (we just barely escaped it), so there was a small crowd. We visited all our favorite animals, giraffe, peacock, rhino, and here she is meowing at the leopard. He seemed uninterested. And the new orangutan exhibit is open!

Laurie pointed to the eyes of the giant alligator. Teaching her to be friendly with giant alligators may not be my best Mommy Moment.

We chatted it up with Dalton while the big girls ran around crazy.

And the highlight of the trip!!! We saw the baby chimp up close! He's never been out when we've visited before, so this was a real treat. He didn't disappoint, he was so cute and entertaining. I did notice Laurie was only interested in the turtles and fish in the moat around the exhibit. We can't wait to go back with Dadda and show him all the new things we saw!

It's No Vidal Sassoon

This is what your hair looks like when you style it with Easy Mac.