Hogle Zoo

Daddy went on a business trip and when he came back we had to pick him up from the airport.  He had the rest of the day free so we decided to go to the zoo!

 

You were absolutely enchanted by the monkeys we saw at the beginning.  They were probably your favorite animal there.  We had to drag you away to see the rest of the zoo.

Looking so tiny in the arms of this giant gorilla.

I had a hard time getting you to stay still, but I wanted the traditional "compare your size to a gorilla" picture that everyone takes.  I'm sure there are pictures somewhere of a childhood me in front of this wall (I hope so anyway!)  Anyway, you measured the size of an infant gorilla althought your arms aren't as long thankfully!

We really wanted a picture of you on this cool elephant statue.  You weren't so sure.



Daddy pointing out the baby elephant to you.  We got there right at feeding time and got to watch the elephant family eat lunch.  The baby tried to stockpile some food into a hidden pile, silly thing!

Playing inside a log at the bear exhibit.

There was a new baby giraffe that was only born a few weeks ago!

We thought we'd try taking you on the merry-go-round.  I meant to just hold you on the giraffe, but you got scared being so high up so I had to climb up with you.

On our way out we stopped and let you play at the big water marble.  We had to make sure you didn't see it on the way in because we know how obsessed you are with water and were afraid we wouldn't see any animals if you saw the water first.  Sure enough, you were loving it and we had to pull you away kicking and screaming!  This is a cool picture because you can see our reflections in the background.