Zipedee-Zoo-Da

Today I went to the Denver Zoo with my goddaughter, Ysabella, and her mom (my best friend) Stephanie. The weather couldn't make up it's mind. Do I want to be cool? Do I want to be hot? So we got an uneven mixture of both. We would have had the most perfect day, but all the school districts seemed to feel that this was a great day to go on an end-of-the-school-year field trip. The zoo was swarmed with hundreds of ill mannered, rambunctious, little delinquents. They were very draining.

Overall, we had a wonderful outing and I really enjoyed seeing some of my favorite animals. However, it must be mating season for some of these animals. We ran into Steph's sister-in-law and her son and she told us about an embarrassing situation were her son pointed out that the hippos were "hugging" each other. There was also a rhino trying to tear down the door to get to his female. Someone get that guy a cold shower.
Ysabella seemed to like the monkeys and the tropical fish exhibit.

Star Sightings

Vicki and I had the pleasure of watching Ysabella (our goddaughter) today. After several failed attempts to capture the perfect picture, I settled on something cute. As I looked at her, I couldn't help but notice how Ysabella looked like the actress Michelle Williams.

We just might be looking at the next big star or maybe she'll grow out of it.

Anyway, we had a great day. It was like 62 degrees today and we all enjoyed the warmth and sun. As it is supposed to snow tomorrow, we look forward to spending summer days with our little blessing.

The big one!

Saturday was our goddaughter's first birthday. Ysabella now has six teeth and motoring like the Energizer Bunny. Eric was unable to attend, as he was in South Carolina (his grandmother passed away on Sunday, Jan. 6). being a little on the side of insane, I decided to make Ysabella's birthday present.

She recieved a two-foot-tall stuffed bear made of red cuddle fleece. She was hugging that bear for the remainder of the party. She might take it to college, if it lasts that long.