Number 4

We made it to Montgomery Zoo! 

Going to the zoo has always been mine and the girls "thing."  We go at least once a year, and every time we talk about how we need to plan a trip to Montgomery.  Birmingham Zoo is great, but a change of scenery sounded nice. Fourth of July we planned to go on this date, and nothing was going to stop us...not even a 60% chance of rain (By the way - it didn't rain.  Thank you, Lord).

It took us almost 3 hours to walk through the entire zoo.  It was split up into continents - South America, North America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.  A few of the animals I had never even heard of - Like the mix between a deer and a rabbit (can't remember what that one was called, but it was interesting looking.)  We saw 2 bears - Birmingham Zoo took theirs out years ago.

The highlight of our trip was feeding the Giraffe.  Each of us were able to feed some leafy greens to a certain giraffe.  He had the biggest tongue and licked our hand whenever he'd try to eat the leaves.  Paul tried to hold a green up against his cheek to get a kiss (yuck...) but no luck.  The giraffe was smarter than that. 

After we left the zoo, we decided to visit the Capitol.  The Capitol wasn't open, but we were able to tour the first white house of the confederate.  It was really neat and beautiful.  Then, we visited the Alabama Department of Archives and History.  As soon as we walked into "Grandma's Attic" I remembered visiting this museum in the 4th grade.  Grandma's Attic is a "hands-on" area for kids.  The reason I remember it:  my entire class dressed up, and we did the same today.  Even Paul dressed up a little.

We ended the day with dinner at O'Charleys and jammed out to some Disney, Phantom, and Aaron Carter on the way home.  We had the best day!  I'm so glad we FINALLY made it!

A goal in progress...

I have put this little guy here to track my weight progress.  One of my goals is to lose at least 40 lbs.  Before starting this ticker, I have lost 9.  But I thought you guys would be interested in seeing my progress as well!

Number 10

Wyatt Dee was born today, which means I completed a goal - Hold a brand new baby.  And this baby was less that one hour old!  This may seem silly to some of you, but I have never held a baby that was less than a day old.  When Loralei was born, I wasn't feeling well and didn't want to touch her and get her sick.  I didn't hold her until she was back home. To make completing this goal even more special, I was the first person to hold Wyatt besides his mommy and daddy.

This is going to be one spoiled little boy (just like his sister). These two have so many people who love them!  I am so blessed to have such a close, loving family.