Zoo Day for Mommy's Birthday (and more)

April 11, 2014

To celebrate Mommy's Birthday, we headed to Birmingham last week to visit the Zoo and Cheesecake Factory. Daddy is always so sweet to take a day off work for Mommy's Birthday. The weather was kind of yucky all week so we decided to push our outing back to Friday when we could enjoy some sunshine too. It was the perfect day for visiting the Zoo. The only drawback was that lots of other people thought so too. Several school groups were there, which made it extra crowded. We still had a great time, but we did not get to ride the train, which is Caleb's favorite part. We actually timed it just right to where we had late snacks while exploring the Zoo and then when we were done it was time for a late-ish lunch at my favorite- Cheesecake Factory! After lunch we went by some nearby outlets for some (very) quick shopping before Kailyn was too exhausted to go on. We headed back home after that and she slept almost the whole way home.

Once we returned home from the Zoo, Daddy loaded the kids up in his car and headed to Guntersville for the remainder of the weekend. His last "gift" to Mommy was a (semi) weekend alone. Although I just cleaned, organized, etc. around the house, it was nice to do it in some peace and quiet without interruption. That Saturday night I had tickets to the Cinderella Ballet for Gran Gran's Birthday gift from all of us. So she treated me to Sho Gun before the ballet for my Birthday dinner. Our Bday's are back to back :) We had a fun girl's night out!! Sunday morning Jeremy and the kids returned home just in time to head to Church for baby Maxwell's Baptism. It was such an honor to be there. We are so glad Stephanie, Jamie, and Max have joined our small group!