Saturday, October 29, 2011

Zoo Trip #2

We decided to visit the zoo again today. This time my friend Laura came along with us, which was super fun. Hoping that contractions will pick up soon...

Here are some pictures and a fun video of an angry mountain lion from the trip:


I am not sure why this mountain lion was so angry, but he was growling and hissing at people for a good 5 mintues or so. I caught only the tail end of his angry spell.


Close up of the angry kitty

 Rhino going for a swim!

 Looks pretty cozy

 Cute fuzzy face

 Mama hippo
 Mama and baby hippo
Pretty birds in the aviary

39 Weeks 2 Days

Eddie and I went to the zoo on Thursday in an effort to make Joshua come on out. Lots of hills and walking around, but he must be pretty cozy in there because it didn't produce many contractions. Here a few pictures from our trip:

Baby hippo practicing underwater flips
Cute little red panda 
 Me with Joshua giraffe in the background
 Front view

Friday, October 21, 2011

38 Weeks 2 Days

Joshua is now 6 lbs. and 10 ounces! Eddie and I thought he might be coming on Monday of this week, but he was just having his own fun of tricking us. I had contractions for 17 hours straight and yet, still no progress. As anxious as we are for him to come, we are enjoying seeing him continue to grow.

Joshua is still very active every day. He loves to run his arm or leg back and forth across the top of my belly. Lately, he has his arms hanging out right where my belly button is and he loves to push out as much as he possibly can. I joke that he is trying to crawl out of my belly button. I have also noticed in the past few weeks that he sometimes has episodes of the hiccups. It is quite cute. At our doctor's appointment yesterday, he had the hiccups while she was checking his heart rate.

After our doctor's appointment we decided to visit the zoo. The weather was perfect, right in the low 70's with a breeze.

Here is a picture of me 38 weeks and 2 days in the Japanese Garden on the way to the giraffes:


 Cute little duck!

In the garden


Then we visited Joshua giraffe and his giraffe family:



 Joshua giraffe and his big sister

Close ups of Joshua giraffe eating 


 Joshua giraffe's sweet little face


Pandas!



We ended the trip with swirl ice cream cones, which I should have photographed because they were so very good! If you have never tried the swirl ice cream cones at the zoo, you should, because it is wonderful.