Zoo

We went to the St. Louis Zoo this morning as a family.  We had an absolute blast.  It's really our first trip to a major zoo with just our little family.  We've been to our local zoo, but it's extremely small and doesn't really count :-).

It was so much fun to see the zoo through a child's eye.  Everything was exciting.  Not only that, but Anna only had one accident and was in underwear the whole time.  The one accident was on purpose because she wanted daddy to take her, not mommy.  We got to enjoy the carousel (it's free the first hour) and the children's zoo (also free the first hour).  We rode the train around the park and saw all kinds of animals.

She was incredibly excited to ride the giraffe.

Petting the goat.  We were surprised she actually would touch it, usually animals scare her this close up!

Just adorable.  He enjoyed all the sights and people :-)

Family train ride!

She has such an obsession with giraffes.  Her face says it all!

As we pulled back in to our hotel today, our kids had fallen asleep in the back and the song "You're Gonna Miss This" came on the radio.  We were both in tears.  We are SOOOO blessed to have our two sweet children.  We are so looking forward to the future and hopefully adding more to our family.  I am so grateful to my kids' birthmoms who selflessly gave us these precious children.

I could not be more thankful today for my family.  My husband and my children make my heart overflow with happiness.  My 27th birthday is on Thursday (the main reason for our trip :-)) and it's most definitely my best birthday ever, already.