Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh My!

For the past several years, I've had a gi-normous lion "protecting" my office.  It was a gift from Discovery networks.  I once thought about bringing it home for Noah but every time he came close to it, he freaked out a little, so I figured it was ok to leave at work.  Now that our offices are moving in December, the time came for me to clean out all things that aren't necessary.  I decided to take my chances by bringing the lion home.  Had I known the reaction I was going to get, I would have done it much sooner!

Noah fell IN LOVE with this stuffed toy! Ever since I brought the lion home, he's wanted to take it with him everywhere - upstairs, downstairs, to school, etc.  He's even thrown tantrums because of it.  It's become a fixture in our living room.

He enjoys lounging on the thing, or pulling it around by the tail.  Good thing the lion doesn't mind.

Noah seems to get such a kick out of it, we were curious how he'd feel seeing them in person.  We were able to take him to the zoo while we were in Wichita last weekend.  He LOVED getting to see all of the animals.  He couldn't stop talking about the lions and tigers.  The chimpanzees were pretty cute too!

Looks a lot like Noah's lion at home!  This is the daddy.  There was also a mommy and two young boy cubs. We got to see all of them, but the daddy seemed most interested in eying Noah.  I was very glad there was thick glass separating us.

We opted to get a family photo with the bronze lion family.  Noah insisted on riding it. :-)

Noah finally got to see the tigers he kept asking about but then he was more interested in the water fountain in the building. 

Aunt Dana was also very intrigued by the tigers! Take a look at that paw!

The giraffes were pretty neat too.  There was a baby as well and we went to the station to feed the giraffes.  Some of the kids had some luck.

Noah wasn't so lucky though.  All he wanted was to feed the giraffes but by the time he had something in his hand the giraffe had walked off.  We stood there for probably twenty minutes trying to get the giraffe to eat his leaf, but no such luck.

I think we ended up wandering the zoo for 4 hours.  I'm not sure how we survived the heat, but we did!  

Noah didn't have to go without playing in the water that weekend.  Grandma let him water the plants and the grass (and her - he's a smart one!).   He thought it would be funny to put the water on grandma.  She came into the house soaked.  I wish I had gotten a picture of that! 

I think this past week, Noah started going through some separation anxiety.  He's been hysterical whenever Mike or I took him to daycare.  I think it's more of his way of dealing with the baby.  He certainly keeps us on our toes!

As far as the baby is concerned, he's still very active!  I took my glucose test 2 weeks ago and was supposed to find out if I'm diabetic within 3-7 days.  It's now been two weeks and I haven't heard anything, so I'm going to take that as a good sign!  I started my 2 week check ups (I have my next one on Monday) so I assume if there is anything to tell, they will let me know at that apt.  If I have my way, I'll get to be induced again, and hopefully around the 5th.  That would give me 10 more weeks!  It's going to come fast.  

We've continued to do lots to the house.  Mike spent all day Saturday working on Noah's room while I was working on the baby's.  Both are coming along really nicely and I hope to have them pretty well done by Labor Day weekend.

We're still trying to survive the heat.  Doesn't seem to bother Noah like the rest of us.  Kids are resilient that way I suppose!

Until next time!

Cheers,

Corri, Mike and Noah