New Shoes, Trip to the Zoo, Rose Garden, then Nap

Yesterday was a very fun filled day for Meadow and I. Todd was going to be gone all day and night for a bachelor party so I wanted to fill our day with lots of fun activities. It was nice also because I got a full night of sleep and had a fair amount of energy yesterday. We stopped in Gresham to do a quick return at one of the children's shops and ended up finding some cute shoes and a dress for Meadow to wear to JD and Liz's rehearsal dinner. Meadow had a lot of fun trying on new sneakers and did a great job testing them out in the store. She was so excited about the one pair we had to wear them right then. I have to admit, they do feel super comfy. She is actually wearing them in the pictures. After a short shopping trip, we drove out to the zoo and met up with my friend Amy and her son Quinn, who is four months old. It was so great to see them and to see how much Quinn has grown and changed in just a few months.

The weather was also just perfect. It has been really hot here and is supposed to get hot again soon. So, we took advantage of the mild 75 degree day to check out all the animals. I definitely think the highlight for Meadow was the train and probably the ice cream treat we got after our lunch. Meadow really loves trains and whenever she hears a noise that sounds like one, she says choo, choo train very excitedly. We had started to play in this sand area and she heard the train and I asked her if she wanted to go on the train now, and she left the sand area lickity split. We rode the train to the Portland Rose Garden and got off there and went down to the playground for a bit and then checked out the roses before heading back to the zoo. After such a fun filled day, Meadow was fast asleep in the car within about ten minutes from the zoo. A true display of a very fun filled day, since Meadow rarely takes naps anymore.

Meadow thinking about giving Quinn a kiss. I think she was also copying him putting his fingers in his mouth in this pic. She was also copying another baby crawling around near us.

He was giving me some great smiles and I kind of caught one of them.

Quinn thought Meadow was pretty cool

Well, until she decided to grab his hand. This was really great practice for Meadow. She wasn't super excited about Quinn on my lap at first and actually said, "no baby Mama" But, then she warmed up to him a bit.

On the train ride. I just had to share this pic of her calf muscles too. She definitely has her mom and dad's muscles.

mmmmmmmmm they smell so good.

This one had actually fallen off, so Meadow had fun holding this one and getting a good smell.