Summer Vacation

Unfortunately mom's a little late with this post, but a couple weeks ago mom, dad, grandma, grandpa (Banovic), and I went to a little summer vacation. We just went to St. Louis but we had a great time! We stayed at Harrah's so the adults got to gamble. We went shopping and out to eat, but the best part was that I got to take my first trip to the zoo! I LOVE animals. I squeal every time I see one, whether it's real, in a book, or on TV, but the real ones are the best! I have learned three animal sounds so far (a monkey, cow, and lion) but am working on more.

Family pic! I don't remember what I was pointing at - I point at everything these days!

We went to the children's petting zoo first where I got to pet a guinea pig. (You can see I wore my monkey bow for this special occasion.)

Then we saw an Alpaca

:) Mom was the only one that actually managed to get her face in the right spot.

Then we got to go in with the goats!

Next was a ride on the choo choo train!

We saw tigers...

...and I got to sit with grandpa. He helped keep me calm in the scary, dark tunnels. :)

The penguins were one of my favorites - they were so close to you, you could touch them!

With grandma and grandpa.

This penguin had some crazy "hair" - he looked like Hulk Hogan!

Grandpa was showing me where the bear was...

...there it is!

This gorilla had a bit of an itch! Yikes! The adults all found it quite hysterical but I just couldn't figure out what was so funny...

Orangutan

Not sure what this guy is be he was huge!

Parrot!

Then we got to ride on the carousel!

Pointing again...

I was such a big girl holding on all by myself (mommy still stood next to me just in case).

Then we stopped for lunch on a patio that overlooked the water. There were lots of pretty pink flamingos to look at.

Next was a hippopotamus. He was HUGE!

The last animals we got to see were the elephants.

It was such a fun trip. Unfortunately we only got through about half of the zoo but it was getting to be my nap time and starting to get really hot out so we called it a day. I can't wait to go back again!

After my nap I found this cute little girl to play with!

It was so crazy...she kept doing all of the same things I did! :)

All tuckered out.

It was a great mini-vacation and I can't wait to go on another one! But now that summer is over, I guess vacations will have to wait. Mom starts school on Monday so it's back to Nancy's for me. I'm so excited to play with all of my friends there, especially the new baby Emme! I love her! I just squeal with excitement every time she's there. Mom hopes I'm still this excited about babies when she has another one!