today we headed to the zoo. we invited grandma with us because 1) she's fun to do things with :) and 2) i admit to being a wee bit nervous about heading to the zoo 38 weeks pregnant with a 5, 4, and almost 2 year old. thanks for coming grandma!!
it was the first day baby asian elephant "kenzi" was out in the river's edge for everyone to see. she was the cutest little thing ever. all my girls were crazy over her :)
after watching the elephant's we headed over to stingray cove for the first time ever. petting stingrays must have been a topic of conversation a couple of weeks ago in kindergarten but j has been very interested in seeing the stingrays for the first time ever. in the past they were just happy as could be to pass by without looking twice. i have to say it was so cool! of course j kind of put the brakes on and wasn't so sure and e would have been just fine staying far away, but that little c of mine was the first to get her hand in there to pet the stingrays :) once grandma, c and I spent some time petting them j decided she was going to be brave and put her hand in the water. it takes a while, but if you're patient and don't stress she is so willing to try things. it was such a good reminder for me to try and remain PATIENT and POSITIVE and all will be GOOD in the long run!!!! the best i could pull off with e is some intent watching and a couple of times her fingers actually hit the water - just not when there were any animals around :)
to top off the stingray exhibit, we were there during feeding time and even though j was totally interested, there was no way she was going to hold raw fish in her hands and so big chicken that i am stepped up and fed those stingrays. ugh. not my thing. holding raw fish pieces between my fingers so they could slide over slurp up. gross. and once i truly thought i was going to lose a finger :) told the girls after that i was glad i tried it because it's important to try new things but that mommy probably would NOT be doing that again!!
before you knew were were out of time...wound our way out of the zoo and got to the car just as the rain started falling. drove through mcdonald's and got j to school just as they were lining up. talk about timing.
what should be do next week? should be last friday before this little guy arrives!!!!!!
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This is Adam's wife, Jessica from Lima. I've been stalking your blog for a while now (ever since Russ posted it on FB).
I just wanted to say, "good luck" on the delivery of your baby boy. We'll be praying for you guys.
You have the same exact age spread with your first three that we have and we plan to have another in a few years. I'll be counting on you to show me that it is possible ;)
Once again, good luck! He's going to be one spoiled little boy with all of those big sisters to love on him!!
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