"Something tells me it's all happening at the zoo"

Jonny is taking a week or so off from work, which really means he'll be working at home for awhile. Except for today (a Saturday mind you), today he's in the Winden, AZ area (nowhere you need to know about) looking at melons. Funny story about that: he was stopped at the Border Patrol checkpoint because the dog thought the truck smelled like drugs. His truck frequently smells, but I've never noticed drugs. The good news is that Jonny isn't secretly doing/selling drugs. I think the border patrol at that checkpoint are bored. I've gone with him before and they always seem to be reaching for something to do and asking way more questions than really necessary.

Okay, enough of that detour back to the important stuff. Jonny was able to pry himself away for one night and we went to San Diego and checked out the zoo. What I had hoped and dreamed would happen was that we would leave, Molly would nap the whole way and then we would have a nice well rested baby at the zoo. Molly didn't nap until we were about 1 1/2 hours into the trip and she was generally fussy for most of that time. The problem was that I had turned her car seat around and she wasn't comfortable in the more upright forward facing position. We actually stopped and turned it around and shortly after that she went to sleep...Thank God! Anyhow she got about an hour nap and then regardless of the lack of sleep she was still able to have a good time at the zoo.

Forward Facing Verdict: Fun Perspective, but no good for sleeping.

Not so sure about goats

Animal statues are great for climbing

Walking about with Daddy

We saw lots of animals, but none of them resembled this one that we weren't supposed to be feeding.

We did see an animal that resembled dink after she's gorged herself on food or biscuits. Some sort of Tapir.

Checking out some birds with Daddy.

The next day before we left for home, we went and took a quick walk on the beach. The weather had been a little warmer than I had hoped for, but the weather on the beach was perfect. Too bad we had to leave.

"Look! Look! Look!"

The water was a little colder than she was accustomed to. She freaked out when she got her feet wet.

In other news, Molly has been officially moved into her bedroom. It's pretty nice.

When we moved the crib, we put the mattress as low as it could go. Molly made sure we knew that she's would be working on conquering it:

Her very own bathroom:

And my favorite, her very own closet. It's been awesome to have her clothes organized and not just crammed into a drawer.

Moving her into her room has freed up her old room to become a playroom

What a lucky little girl!

This cracked me up. Annette had said Kate has been getting into TV a little lately. When you see this happen, you know it's gone too far. Slovenly laying on the floor, mesmerized by it. Might be time to set some limits.