Lions and Tigers and Bears...

Oh my!  We had another beautiful weekend here in the Northwest.  Since we're all about taking advantage of this sunshine while it lasts we decided to spend Sunday at the Portland Zoo.  Checking another first off P's list.  There are so many opportunities for "firsts" with the babe and I feel like it's my job to make sure she experiences as many of them as possible.  That being said, we were ready to show her each animal and catch all of her reactions in pictures.  Most of the animals, however, had a different idea of how this was going to go.  Apparently when the sun comes out the animals take naps... inside... in spots the visitors can't see.

Presley figured if the animals could sleep, so could she.



While she was snoozing we got to check out the animals that were up from their naps.  A giraffe.



A zebra.



A lion.  Really such an amazing creature.  Could you imagine seeing this bad boy in the wild?  I mean, those teeth!  Yikes.



Finally!  Our little lady was awake and ready to see some animals for herself.



The polar bears were out and about playing in their pool.  They really are so cute and so huge.



He gave us a little shake.



Taking a peek through the rocks.



Whoa, there's a polar bear in there!



Meet the newest Junior Zookeeper!



Another perfect Sunday in the books.  Glad we got to spend it with Nana, Papa and Mooma!

Love it, Leave it

Love it.

The babe learning how to get around in her walker.  Like a boss.  Celebrating my little brother's birthday.  Celebrating the Mister's birthday with a laid back evening.  Just the three of us and a tiny cake.  Going to the Portland taping of Wheel of Fortune!  I love me some Wheel!  A beautiful, sunshine filled, Easter weekend.  Spending the day at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm Saturday morning.  Next year will be so fun for the babe to hunt eggs!  Easter day filled with family and delicious food.  Adult egg hunts that started out with the Mister tackling my Dad.  Finally getting around to making slutty brownies.  Well worth the wait, chocolate chip cookie, Oreo and brownie yumminess!  Maybe I'll post the recipe this week.

Leave it.

Dinner time.  When I win the next massive Mega Millions I will hire a personal chef first thing.  I love to cook up healthy meals for the babe... not so much for the Mister and me.  Rain.  Yes, I mentioned sun above but we're still getting lots and lots of rain too!  The same tiny human that has some sleeping issues doing her business in the tub.  Nuff said.

Working on an Easter post as well, but here's one of my favorite snaps from our morning at the tulip farm.  Props to the Mister for catching one of my favorite photos of the babe to date.