We belong in a zoo

My favorite little Natalie came to visit us while Jim had to work. I just love being around her. She is such a good older cousin to Madison and I have no doubts that Madi is going to adore her more and more as she gets older. She got here really early in the morning so Uncle Ryan watched cartoons with her until Madi and I rolled out of bed at 8 am. From there we went to breakfast which was a ton of fun and then the ladies went to the zoo. Natalie pushed the stroller pretty much the entire time and played "baby races" (when Madison was out of the stroller in her bjorn with me), letting the stroller roll downhill and then running to catch up with it. The zoo is set up so you have to go through basically every aviary if you have a stroller and can't take the stairs. So we made a game of running through them dodging the birds so we wouldn't get tagged with bird poop. It was such a fun day. When we got home we all had dinner together outside and did what we always do with Natalie - best, worst, funniest, scariest, etc part of the day - where we all go around and talk about our days together. I guess it's kind of tradition with us and Nat at this point.




Madi and her older cousin Nat

Nat smiles but Madi is a lit-tle confused

Madi wears her animal print hat in honor of the zoo

Natalie loves to take care of Madi - she's a natural

We waited FOREVER to climb up on the polar bear statue for a photo op. Too bad the guy who took the picture didn't get the polar bear in the photo. Bummer!

Nat poses with a zebra

Where oh where has my little dog gone?

OK so I got my face painted too... I couldn't resist.

The ladies
Nat and I really do belong in a zoo!