Trip to the Zoo

On Saturday, we braved the crowd and took Bridget to the zoo for the first time. Bridget LOVES animals, so it was no surprise that she enjoyed it. The only thing that would have made her happier was if she hadn't been confined to a stroller during much of the outing. We did get her out several times to get a better look at the more interesting animals (the ones that weren't just sleeping), but she wasn't happy about having to get back in it.

Sadly, the elephant in this collage was the only one we got to see because the other elephant had just had a baby a couple of weeks before, and neither were out for public viewing yet. My favorite was the family of orangutans mostly because they're kind of cute and more lively than many of the animals there. Nate really like the silverback gorillas even though they're a little scary. And Bridget loved the penguins. She loved watching them swim in the water, and wasn't so happy when we decided to move on to other animals.
Top left: Checking out a tortoise. Top right: Nate and Bridget enjoying the penguins. Bottom left: Bridget wanting to get closer to the peacock. Bottom right: Bridget and me in front of the giraffes.
I just liked this shot of one of the adult giraffes with the baby giraffe. The baby is doing some sort of contortionist thing with its neck.