Memorial Day Weekend

TJ's nephew, Alec, graduated high school Thursday, May 26th.  So we travelled up to Birmingham to be at his graduation.  We decided to stay the weekend and visit the Birmingham Zoo.  I was so excited!!!  I love zoos, and this would be Kali's first trip to the Zoo.  Friday morning, we got up and got ready to head out on our little adventure.  TJ's parents came with us too.

We had a lot of fun.  Kali didn't get the "hang" of the critters until we were getting ready to leave, but we all had fun anyway.  Her favorite were the "wild cats" in a walk-through exhibit.  She kept touching the glass when the cats would walk by.  And if it was sleeping (as most of the critters in the zoo were since it was so blasted hot), she would just stare at them.  It was pretty funny.

And of course, I got some pictures! :-)

My Safari baby. Ready to tackle the wild critters of the zoo!

Staring at the elephants.

On the Train

Where she dropped her snack container.  When it was over, we told the driver and he told us to hop back on and let him know when we got close to where she dropped it and we could just grab it. 

So, thanks to Kali, we got to ride the train twice! :-)

See....sleeping critters.

This thing scared the mess outta me!

It looked like a dinosaur.

And when I rounded the corner with Kali, I didn't see it at first. And then it popped it's head up. I freaked and wouldn't go any closer to the critter!

Kali was great the whole trip! She sat through the entire graduation and didn't make a single fuss!  However, when we got back to Debbie's house, she was over tired, and couldn't go to sleep. She cried for like 45 minutes.  I felt so bad for her.  But she finally fell asleep and all was well again.

We also went to visit TJ's Aunt and Uncle that live in Silacauga.  They just ate Kali up! She's such a ham!  I left my camera in the car while we were visiting for a few hours, but TJ's mom got some good pictures.  I'll have to update when I get those from her.

Finally, we went to Shipwreck on Monday.  Kali's first trip to Shipwreck Island.  She had so much fun! She's definitely a water baby!  Because she's a water baby, she splashes non stop.  So I didn't get many pictures while we were there. But I did get some cute ones.

Kali, ready to start swimming!

Me and the baby! Her first time in the water.

(Please don't mind how horrible I look.....I'm working on it)

Playing in the water.

And of course, tasting some of it too.

Kali, Hayley, and Ava.

Playing with Dad

And finally, nap time!

We had a really great time!  I'm glad we were able to go! She did get a little sunburned on her back, even though I lathered her 2 times with sunscreen.  But it's not too bad, so hopefully it won't bother her.  Didn't seem to last night, but I think that was mainly exhaustion! LOL.

I can't wait to be able to go back after Kali's swim lessons with my dad this summer! She's going to be a little fishy! =)

Hope everyone else had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.