Day at the Zoo...and Seeing Baby Gavin too

Baeleigh had a great day at the zoo yesterday. We hit a little bit of traffic getting there, so it was sort of a rushed visit, especially since we needed to leave early to go to my sonogram, but still a fun day. Bae was rushing around from exhibit to exhibit, dragging Daddy off in every direction she could. It was great to have him there because it turned out to be a bit much for me in terms of walking. They were always ahead of me, and Tommy was able to pick her up to see over the groups which was really nice. We got to see lots of animals - the pandas, elephants, toucans, gorillas, lions, tigers, hippos. We couldn't pull Baeleigh away from the elephants. She kept racing up and down the elephant house to see this one poor elephant, who seemed like he wanted to just dodge us all. But the highlight of the day was when we were watching the gorillas outside. There was one male silverback gorilla that obviously was boss. He turned away from us and slowly walked up to one of the other gorillas, then just suddenly rushed him, beating his chest and hooting at him. It made the whole crowd gasp. My hair stood up on the back of my neck and arms. It was chilling but awesome to see. It only lasted about 5 seconds and then it was over, but you could see just how powerful he was. The beating of his chest sounded like drums that echoed throughout the exhibit.



We made our way to lunch and let Baeleigh chow down with her friends. You can see a picture of her little pack of friends sitting on the wall in the slideshow. Then, we made a mad dash for the car to make it to our 2pm sonogram. This was Bae's first glimpse at her new little brother. He's doing very well, weighing 3lbs and 9 oz. Hair on his head, looking like his daddy already. One pic reminds me of Baeleigh sleeping on the couch when she was really tiny. So, I have a feeling they will have very similar features. Here's a pic of him above but you can also see new pics in the "pregnancy pics" link. Baeleigh just sat there quiet staring at the screen, but she was able to distinguish his eyes and nose in this photo. Only six more weeks to go....scheduled for July 7.