Zoo Trip!

This week is the first week in a long time that we haven't had to go to any appointments for Gavin, so yesterday we decided to take a trip to the Philadelphia Zoo. I absolutely love the zoo and my daughter Ayla was so excited to see all of the animals. It was so nice to take a stress free day trip with our daughter before our little guy's arrival. The weather was great and we all had such a wonderful time. 


Ayla and Daddy were very excited to get into the zoo as we walked up to the gate.

We took a little break to have a snack shortly after we got to the zoo. We were too hungry to walk all the way through without something in our tummies!

Since we were at the zoo last, they added the Kids ZooU, which is an educational section for children. They had a butterfly room with hundred of butterflies, a play area, and then outside they had an area with goats that you could go in and pet or brush the goats. Ayla really enjoyed being able to stand with the goats and pet them. She even made a little goat friend while we were there!

Ayla enjoyed looking at the otters and thought they looked like mermaids! We got to the otter exhibit right as they were feeding the otters, and Ayla was very interested in watching them eat. First, they would throw their fish around for a bit, which she giggled at. Then they would gobble up their fish as quickly as possible. 

Ayla loves monkeys, or as she calls them "ah-ah's" (because of the sound they make), so she wanted to pretend to be a monkey! Then we went on to see the gorillas, orangutans, and other monkeys. She liked the gorillas so much she sat and watched them for a very long time. Then she got to see the baby orangutan which she thought was adorable. The baby kissed the adult orangutan and Ayla turned to me and kissed me to copy the monkeys. She is so sweet and had such a fun time watching them.

When we saw the snakes, Ayla loved pointing out how their tongues moved and mimicked them as well. She had to show me how funny their tongues were. Then she saw this one snake and she thought that its nose was the funniest thing she had seen all day. I was able to get this absolutely adorable picture of her turning to me and giggling about the snake's nose.

And of course her favorite part of the day was seeing the lions. She had been asking about them since we got to the zoo and she just loved looking at the lions. It stood with the male lion and just looked at him for a while, roared at him a bit, and did not want to leave when it was time to see the next animal. 

Overall we had an amazing day at the Philadelphia Zoo. It was a great day for our little family. And as a bonus on top of the day, Ayla was doing so great with her potty training that she went all the way through the zoo without peeing in her diaper. She waited until we made it to a bathroom at the end of our trip to use the potty. I think after that it is safe to say that my little girl, at 2 years and almost 2 months is potty trained! It was a great bonus to the fun day we had!