First trip to the zoo!

We had a beautiful day at the zoo and Nick was thrilled to see all of his favorite animals that he had only seen in books until yesterday!

We had difficulty getting Nick, the baby elephant and the mama elephant all in the same picture so we settled for the bronze version!

The Mama and baby elephant....so cute!

One of Nick's favorite animals besides the moose is the Rhino....he is doing his hand signal for the rhino while he gazes at the huge beasts.

If you look back a few blogs, Nick stayed a very far distance away from the mower...Now, Pat has to do creative mowing to keep Nick at a safe distance.

Our morning or afternoon (sometimes both) ritual is to play outside. Nick pulls all of his toys out on the patio. This day he was enjoying Mama's Midwest Living magazine in his new Owl lawn chair.



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We had good full week of mother and son bonding. Once we get a good routine and schedule, I think I will definitely enjoy being home with him. We have lots of opportunities to play with friends and the weather has been so nice that we could play outside many of the days. My biggest struggle will be in figuring out the whole household organization thing. Luckily, we still have some great friends bringing food to us which has helped so much while figuring this thing out. When you are home all day with the Kazmanian devil :) , all of the mail piles, folded but not put away laundry, and reading material somehow becomes exciting hurling missiles, spreadable fodder, and peek-a-boo paraphernalia. We must have a system now of cleaning which most of my friends and family know will be my biggest challenge! ha~

Our big accomplishments this week were that Nick ate some lasagna and tried a few pieces of pineapple....I just keep re-introducing and re-introducing....we will try some new veggies this week. He eats meat very well and of course loves his potatos. Soups are good as well as noodles.

He also ate a few bites of Mama's favorite cake from Magee's but really was not that interested....Ok with me though...I like it that he doesn't care for sweets that much.

His new word are hilarious as he tries the hardest ones....helicopter, elevator, cauliflower, hamburger, computer, etc. I can usually figure out which one he is saying but sometimes they all kind of sound similar! ;) He has started understanding the Mama and baby thing with several books that he is fond of looking through and was especially sweet this morning while laying in bed with Pat and I. He looked at me and pointed to himself and said Mama's baby and then looked at Pat and said Papa's boy. He does not usually say his name but we are glad he knows that he is ours and hopefully that this is a very special title to be our baby and boy!~ It is interesting to me that his first identity with us is who he is in us not who he is individually....of course it made me ponder whether my first identity is who I am as a child of God or do I just see myself as Karen. It is no wonder that Christ used children as an example of how we should believe and have faith. Take time to enjoy your kids and marvel at the simple truths that you can learn from just the simple actions of a child.

Hope everyone has a great Memorial Weekend! Love to all, K-Pat and Nick