Zoo Day!

Saturday we went to the zoo!!

Jaden and me in front of the elephants!

Daddy and Jaden with the elephants

Jaden and Teagy looking at the turtles

Everybody getting ready for our day long journey!!

Jaden pulling Teagan, to go see Melman!! (The giraffes!)

Jaden's going to be so confused when he goes to school and everybody is calling these animals giraffes! They're called Melmans!  :)

(In case you are unaware, Melman is the name of the giraffe on Madagascar)

Eric and Teagan with the giraffes 

Marty!!

These were Jaden's FAVORITE! I wish we could have taken one home!

Showing Teagy what a tiger says!

Papa Joe with his baby girl, Teagy

Eating our packed lunch. I didn't know you weren't supposed to take coolers in... We took 3 coolers and had a feast! Oh well, no one said anything...

Nana and Papa Joe with 4 of the 6 grandkids

Ish, Teagy and Eric at the monkeys!

The guys, taking a break at the gorilla

This was the orangutan exhibit. The momma was climbing around in the trees, and the baby girl was holding on to her for dear life. Once they got to the top, the momma just hugged and kissed the baby for like 10 minutes. It was so sweet. :)

Jaden and Nana, checking on Baby Anders

Random peacock walking around

Waiting in line for ice-cream!!

Waving to the train as it passed by

Taking a capri sun break!! Even the big kids got one! :D

Jaden got to feed Nigel 3 fish! 

(Nigel is the pelican from Finding Nemo)

At the kangaroo exhibit, going through the coal mining tunnel

Teagy at the Sea Lion show!

Baby Karragan, keeping cool

I must admit, this show was pretty amazing!

Rhinos!

Looking at Gloria

(The hippo from Madagascar)

Love this face!

One last snack, before we headed home

Family picture!

This was the closest thing we saw to Blu.

(The bird from Rio)

Successful day at the Zoo!

Anders was awake pretty much the whole ride home, and Jaden was asleep. 

Completely opposite from the zoo. Good thing they like riding in the car!

Outside

Brad started softball again this season! Our first game to go was on April 10.

Jaden LOVED it!  

When the game was over, he ran up to brad and said "Good job Buddy! You played good at that game out there!" He was so proud of his daddy. :)

Brad let him run the bases and threw the ball little before we left the field.

Jaden got his first "big lip" from throwing the ball with Uncle Bryan!!

It's wasn't bad at all though. As soon as he saw the baseball again, he was ready to play. 

Tough boy!!

Jaden loves helping Anders with tummy time!

I could not ask for a better big brother for Anders!

Jaden's best friend, Christian moved back!! We've missed them since they've been gone! They have so much fun playing together!

The kids playing at Teagy and Karragan's house!

Jaden loved driving Miss Teagy around in the pink Jeep! :)

Anders and Karragan "playing" on the floor 

Anders' favorite place to take a nap is on the swing on our front porch. I can't say I blame him :)

Boy Time!

Sweet dreams

Daddy was telling some pretty funny jokes!

Jaden found something that wasn't his and ran with it!!

Helping our neighbors by bringing in their garbage cans

And our other neighbors by picking up sticks!

LOVE that face!

April 22 was the first Sunday that all the kids and dads and Nana and Papa Joe got to play outside together. It was such a gorgeous day!

So glad Nana got Jaden a big wheels bike! He can ride this one a lot better than his tricycle, for now.

Little skunk!

This is what tummy time means to Anders... We're working on it though!

Sweet boy and his dog Crimson

Anders, at his 8 week check up. So happy!

24.2 inches and 14.4 pounds