Zoo

We finally made it to the zoo! We weren't sure if the weather would hold, but we decided to try it. It turned out to be a wonderful afternoon. It was about 60 degrees and really windy. Josephine had a great time. Her favorites were the camels (she could pet them), chimps, African Wild Dogs, red panda, and the river otters. The river otters were so playful they would come "play" with Josephine when we had her next to the glass. They were so fast it was hard for her to see them at first. She caught on after awhile, though. We also went to Kid's Cove and she pet a sheep and some goats. Josephine also enjoyed riding on Nathan's shoulders. We didn't know that we were going to end up at the zoo when we left the house this morning, so I didn't take my camera : ( Next time I'll make sure to take my camera.

We celebrated Papaw's 60th birthday last week. Josephine got him some books that he can read to her. : ) Grannie gave him a generation photo of his three girls. He didn't know that we had gotten them done. I've added that picture below. It was from September, but since it was a surprise I couldn't put it on the blog. : )





Josephine Update:

• Josephine will clap her hands now. She hasn't before because she doesn't like you to touch her hands (it has to be her idea) and it's hard to get her to open her hands all the way.
• Josephine climbed our stairs yesterday. There's a gate at the bottom of the stairs right now : )
• No more steps from Josephine since Wednesday. She's stood by herself a few times, but not walking. We're going to work on it some more tonight.
• She's slept through the night the past two nights! That makes for a happy mom. She hasn't gotten her regular naps this weekend so that may have had something to do with it.