A Day at the Zoo!

Okay, so the holidays got the best of me, and it's been too long since I last posted any updates.  Looks like Thanksgiving passed us by in less than the wink of an eye:

Arjen enjoyed Thanksgiving with many relatives, and a big Turkey!

Then on to Christmas...he enjoyed all of the musical trinkets around the house, the lights on the tree (and ornaments too!), and plenty of new toys!  (how is it possible that one kid can have so much stuff??) Our little family's xmas celebration started when Arjen woke up on christmas eve... before the crack of dawn.  Arjen headed straight towards the one unwrapped gift that Santa left under the tree for him...

...his first bike!  Santa got Arjen a "strider" this year...a bike without pedals.  We'll see how he does!

Being so close in this pregnancy to the time that Arjen was born prematurely, my doctor advised me against flying to Wisconsin this year for Christmas.  I had already requested the week off from work before finding out we wouldn't be flying, and Andrew is off for the week as well, so we've been enjoying a relaxing week at home as a family.  We figured we'd take advantage of the free time and take our first family outing to the zoo!  A few pics from our day with the wild animals...

Watching the crazy monkey swinging from a tree

The crazy monkey!

Big Cat Aunt Shannon

The look on Arjen's face when we took him to see his Aunts - wasn't quite sure what to think!

Dad was in heaven with the goats at the petting zoo

Watching the crazy elephants eating cardboard!

Can we go see more monkeys mom?

Ring-tailed Lemurs

Careful with the caged animals!

"But the Lemurs get to roam free..."

Spookiest animals at the zoo...baby Lemurs?

Getting up close with the Tortoises 

Wiped out, ready for naptime