the zoo

We decided to enjoy the beautiful weather we had last Sunday by taking Ansley to the Columbia Zoo. It was only an hour-and-a-half away which was the perfect distance for a day trip. We knew Ansley would either hate it or love it, well she LOVED it! She walked around everywhere and never wanted to get in the stroller. They had a ton of animals: Apes, sea lions, elephants, snakes (which I hated), giraffes, zebras, ostrich, flamingos, tigers, baboons, monkeys, llamas, bears, a very mean looking alligator, large turtles, etc. (I am sure I am missing a few animals).... Ansley's favorite animals were the monkeys and the sea lion. I could have watched the monkeys all day, just swinging from one tree branch to the other.

We had a wonderful time and can't wait to go back again! Here are some pictures from our day at the zoo.

4 inches

Last night the snow started to fall around 7pm, and it was coming down so hard and fast! It was beautiful, I couldn't believe we already had 2 inches of snow by 9pm. They were forecasting us to get anywhere from 5-8 inches of snow....This morning we woke up to 4 inches of snow, YEAH!!! It was so pretty, especially before people started to drive on it and mess it all up :)

Ansley did so much better this time with the snow. We pulled her in her wagon around the neighborhood and then got her out so she could walk in it, she LOVED it! I put Ansley in her rainboots this time so I think she like stomping in the snow...she kept saying "SNOW"...."ICE" over and over. So this snow experience was much better then the last one. I still can't believe this is our 3rd snow fall since January! Hopefully it will be our last, I am really ready for warm weather.