Amelia's First Trip to the Zoo

I am a little behind on posting these pictures but I still thought they were worth sharing! We brought Amelia to the Zoo this past saturday and what an experience that was! Along with the rest of the entire population of Louisiana... we thought it was an ideal day for the zoo! Saturday + nothing but sunshine + Mid 60's + first gorgeous day we've had in a long time= CRAZINESS AT THE ZOO!!! There were so many people there, even I began to feel swallowed up by the crowds! Nonetheless, we endured and attempted to pry our way through the crowds so that our little Amelia could see all the animals!

She loved the monkeys and stared in amazement at the giant elephants! She would point to all the animals and say "Cow" because in her little 21 month old mind, every animal is a cow! =)

As the day went on, Amelia stopped caring about all the "cows"! All she really cared about doing was running away from us to find herself in the midst of the crowd! That makes for one very nervous momma who later turned in to one very angry momma with more spankings to give than any little girl would care to have! She just couldn't understand why she couldn't get down and walk around like everybody else! After that episode we went to Wal-Mart to purchase a child harness A.K.A kid leash! Hopefully that will make outings a little more enjoyable! In between her little tantrums, I managed to capture of few pictures of our day! Matt had the camera in hand most of the day and took pictures of every animal he saw! But don't worry, I have spared you the agony of looking at EVERY animal picture...I will only post the good ones! haha! I think he had more fun than Amelia! ; )

Amelia having one of her tantrums!