Hogle Zoo & BBQ

On Saturday, we went to Hogle Zoo.  I sure had a lot of fun - I saw so many fun animals!  It definitely was different seeing them in person rather than on TV or in books.

 

Here are the giraffes.  They were very tall, and very stinky!

These are my cousins that came with me to the zoo.

I loved seeing the turtles - they were so fast ;)

This was my most favorite part of the entire trip.  I did not want to leave the gorilla's lap, even though there were so many other kids who wanted their picture taken with the gorilla.  If you ask me today what animals I saw at the zoo, the first one I will say is the gorilla.

On Saturday night, we went to some friends' house for a BBQ.  I tried to mow their lawn for them to thank them, but the lawn mower just wouldn't cut - uh oh!

Pass of All Passes

You may think this post is a paid advertisement for Seven Peaks' Pass of All Passes.  Well, it's not (unless Seven Peaks wants to send us some money, we'll definitely take it)!  We ordered our Pass of All Passes from CityDeals when they included a $20 Gift Card from WalMart, Target, or other stores like that.  Our total was $64, and then we got $40 in gift cards back, so overall the passes cost us $24.  Since we got them, we have taken advantage and have gone to Hollywood Connection and Planet Play.  Lucas has been in heaven going on the carousels, the Magic Bus, and he absolutely loves the arcade games!

 



HOLLYWOOD CONNECTION

 

PLANET PLAY

After he has had lots of fun, Mommy and Daddy got to have some fun as he has been such a snuggle buddy at night time!

P.S.  He absolutely loves this shirt - he asks to wear it every single day!

Miracle #2

 

As most of you know, we were approved to adopt again this past December.  We were so blessed to be able to adopt our little Lucas, our miracle #1.  We knew right away that we wanted him to have a sibling close in age so we applied for adoption right after his first birthday.

 

 

As part of the adoption process this go around, we had to provide a letter from our fertility doctor stating our chances of conception.  It wasn't news to us when he checked the box that said we had a LESS THAN 15% chance of conceiving WITH all of the fertility treatments.  We've known this for a few years, which is why we KNEW that adoption was the path for us to take.  We are so grateful for Miss Amanda and that through her, our dreams of becoming parents finally came true!  We know that Lucas coming into our lives was a true miracle, which brings us to...

MIRACLE #2

 

We're expecting!!!  You can imagine the shock we both experienced when we found out that we were pregnant!  Needless to say, we've taken almost 20 pregnancy tests over the past few months just to make sure this is real!  (LOL)  We still are amazed when it says "pregnant". 

 

Baby #2 is due to arrive on November 19th and we are thrilled to pieces.  We've had two ultrasounds and have heard the heartbeat twice now... AMAZING!  Lucas can't wait to meet his little brother or little sister and he loves to kiss the baby every day - sometimes the baby is in daddy's tummy though, LOL!