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Michael and I really LOVE going to the zoo. So, when we got a chance to go to the San Diego Zoo on our visit, we jumped at the chance!
Luke and Sophie were really excited. I’m sure of it. They just showed it on the inside. At the very least, they looked adorable in their sun hats and binkies.
I almost died at the sweetness of Luke holding Sophie’s stroller. I am most definitely a mother. So cute! Also, aren’t Luke’s eyes dreamy?
Sophie was really good at helping Michael read the map. She was also really good at drooling on her Bjorn.
The boys kept us entertained, as usual. Since they did the bulk of the baby-wrangling, I kept snapping pictures of them. Only later did we notice that instead of looking like a bunch of pictures of our husbands and babies, the pictures looked a bit more like a man couple with their babies. Oops! Oh, well.
We really enjoyed all the animals and exhibits. I especially loved these monkeys that looked like stuffed animals that had had their arms stretched out. We were completely exhausted by the end of our fun day. Here’s Sophie one minute before falling asleep, looking like a depressed zoologist.
Another day, we got to go swimming–Sophie’s first time! Luke was a professional and LOVED the water.
Tyler is such a creative dad! He and Luke hopped onto Tyler’s skateboard and he swung them around the pool using the bars of the pool gate. Luke LOVED it!
Sophie was a lovely bathing beauty. I could hardly help squeezing and pinching all her cute little rolls. Oh, how I LOVE all that squishiness.
Sad story: I brought Sophie out to the pool and set her down to adjust her sun hat and snap a picture. As I was setting Sophie down, the camera slipped off my shoulder and swung toward her sweet little face. If I stopped supporting Sophie to stop the camera, she’d fall off the chair and onto the pool deck. If I didn’t stop supporting Sophie to stop the camera, it would hit her in the face. I did a poor job of both. I tried to keep supporting her with one hand and stop the camera with the other. I was too late, and it hit her right in the lip, splitting it open. It bled. And part of me died inside. Worst. Mother. Ever.
She was a much better sport about it than I was. See? She had a great time! So did we!
Luke even gave her a few kisses to get better.
Oh, it was so much fun. Looking at the pictures makes me wish we could visit more often. Miss you already guys!
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What a wonderful few days together you guys had. I LOVE seeing the two babies together. My heart tells me they’ve been friends forever already, and are grateful to finally get to be together again!
loved seeing the pictures and reading all about the fun “cousin time” and the fun time all the moms and dads had together too! Sure reminds me of another couple of sisters and their husbands and their adorable (if I do say so myself!) children together! Delightful memories for sure! It’s wonderful to see those adorable children all grown up and having children of their own! Sure love you, Emmy!!
What cute pictures, it looks like you all had a nice trip. I keep meaning to ask, where do you buy her adorable headbands!???
Thanks! I’ve actually got a big post tomorrow about our bows and headbands, so look for it then!
Awesome, thanks! I’m sure that you make them all yourself since you’re so crafty!
Darn it….I’m not very crafty lol.
Emily-when my daughter was only two, I burned her pretty little cheek with a curling iron! It was in 1971 and I used my mom’s curling iron from the ’40s. I thought it was burned bad enough to take her quickly to the Dr. I felt terrible like you did with Sophie. So, it happens to us all I think. Janet J.
Thank you Janet! It’s nice to know I’m not alone!
Great pictures! I love wet babies and babies in swimsuites. We did the SD Zoo recently and it really is phenomenal. I didn’t think the guys looked weird together till you pointed out the “man couple-ness”. I thought that was funny.
I’ve also done the whack-the-kid-with-the-camera thing, and the diaper bag, and the swim bag. Meg was the victim with the swim bag. The big ol’ thing swung down and knocked her onto her knees on the merciless parking lot asphalt. Big bleeding owies on her knees.