Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Memphis Zoo, the Park with Mimi, & Birthdays!




Dear Abigail,

What a weekend! Mommy and you drove into Munford on Wednesdsay and stayed at Papa Rob & Gramma's house. On Thursday, Mommy had to go with Mimi to the doctor, so you went and stayed at Mammaw's house. Two good things came out of that - A) You were excellent for Mammaw & Pawpaw, went down for a nap perfectly, didn't cry when we left, just perfect! and B) Your Mimi is no longer sick!!! YAY - we were so happy to get this wonderful news! After the doctor, we headed back to Papa Rob's for another night, and got ready to go to the zoo on Friday. That's right - me, and you, and Papa Rob, and Emily, and, wait for it... wait for it... YOUR BFF Sarah, all went to the Memphis zoo!!!! What a beautiful day it was, and we were all so anxious to get down there to enjoy the sunshine. Well, I think 1/2 of Memphis was thinking the same thing, or at least the half that was on Spring Break!! It took forever to get just into the actual zoo - but don't worry, we made it! And then, oh what a good time we had! And Madison and Miss Ida actually met us down there, too!! The Memphis zoo is definitely bigger (and some would say better) than the Nashville zoo, but we made our rounds!!
Here's you and your BFF looking at the bears...
And you and Em looking at the wolves. Mommy was looking hard for Jacob, but, unfortunately, I couldn't find him. I'll tell you about Jacob one day - maybe when you are 17. Nah, scratch that - 27 sounds better.
You and Papa Rob...

And, as always, your picture with your favorite - the Giraffes!!

You and your BFF looking at the monkeys...
And the orangoutangs. Although here it looks like she might be letting you join them....i'll have to talk with her about that!

And you even got to play on the playground with the big kids!
You loved the zoo, as always, and between your BFF, Papa Rob, Em and Madison, you were constantly catered to! I'm not sure you had to take a step on your own, well, unless you insisted upon walking by yourself!! But you did get tired, and fell asleep almost instantly once we made it back to the car.
Friday night, we all got together for Mexican, all 12 of us, and by the time we got home that night, we were all completely exhausted!! We needed a good rest, though, because we had a busy Saturday to look forward to.
Saturday morning ended up being just as pretty as Friday, so we got our gear on and headed to the park. This time with Mimi and Clara Lee and Aunt Ash-ash! Boy did you guys have fun getting dirty, and swinging, and riding down the slides! And, to Mommy's surprise, Miss Blaire was there with Robert Hale (he was at soccer practice). She knew Bebe would be so upset if she missed an opportunity to play with you, so she ran home and got her!!! Mommy was super thankful because Bebe is the best little babysitter around! I really shouldn't say little though, as she is probably as tall as me! Anyway, you had a blast...
Here's Mommy having to push until Bebe got there!





YAY Bebe made it! And boy did you love those rocks.




It's probably not too surprising to hear that you had to immediately come home and take a bath, then of course a nap, but then we headed down to Mammaw's to celebrate Paw-paw's 80th birthday, oh, and Mommy's 30-somethingth birthday... We had our typical pizza and cake, and thankfully the weather was still nice, so we were able to go outside for a bit!

My little tree hugger!
And playground hugger...

Here's Em being chased by Gracie, who is being chased by Sydney, who is being chased by you! I think it Clara Lee was out there, she'd be chasing you!!!
You still have your crowd anxiety where you insist upon being held if there is more than 6 people in a room. Here's you looking so desperate, saying "hold me"....
We all had a good time, and afterwards, Mimi took you home while Mommy went and hung out with your BFF. I told you Mimi was feeling better!!!! A fun-filled weekend, no doubt. I love that spring time is in the air, and I love you, too. OH, that brings me to another thing - Mimi totally taught you how to say "I love you"!! Actually, she taught you to say that when she says "The Mimi's on the bus say ...." but Daddy and Mommy have been getting you to say it without the "Mimi" part!! I LOVE YOU!

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