Emily goes to the Zoo!

Nana and Papa took Emily to the Zoo, here are some pictures!

So if any of you live in the Metro area I'm sure you realize that the Jackson Zoo is no Audubon Zoo, but it's great for small children who really just get excited to see the animals!

First were the Giraffes

 We tried to have a theme going where the pictures clearly showed Emily looking at the animals.
Orangutans

Tigers

They even had a Papa on exhibit!

Z

Zach thought this picture was pretty funny, My dad (Papa) was in a walk through bird exhibit. Here is Emily and Nana in the same exhibit looking at some ducks, which aren't even in the picture. I have to say the animals were not entirely cooperative for cure photo opportunities that day.

Water creatures
Here's a turtle

Me and Emily in the viewing bubble looking at the beaver. She really thought this was neat.

Random water foul...I honestly wasn't paying attention...

So this picture is one of my two favorites from the whole trip. You can see Emily is bending down to try and look into the exhibit. It was so cute how she would bend over to look and see the animals.

So this picture here Emily and I are trying to find the otter that is supposed to be on exhibit here. Zach found him he was sleeping against an embankment and you could only see him when he poked his head up. But I really just love this picture, it's very cute, something I'll cherish for a long time. Zach is always good at getting these artsy photos, even if they are of my backside :P

About half way around the zoo Emily was getting really sleepy...

But we carried onward, Emmie and Papa saw the Kookaburra

Then Daddy showed her some Flamingos! (Grammy's favorite)

and Monkeys!

This is just one of the various monkey exhibits we saw but this is the cutest photo. She looks like she just wants to reach out and touch one! :)

There were times when we thought she would give in and take a nap

But she managed to hold it together and we made it to the petting zoo.

I was really surprised at her when she willingly touched the pot bellied pig. She likes cats and dogs but I just wasn't sure how she would react to a pig. But I should have known, Papa has been taking her to see the cows and I'm told she loves them.

Overall we had a really great day taking Emily to the zoo! Hopefully we can go again one day soon!

"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34

The 9 to 5....
Today was very busy at work. I went in early and I still stayed busy until the minute I left. I was a little worried because I had to leave 30 minutes to pick up Emmie today. Zach got a job at the C-USA baseball tournament at Trustmark Park today. So I had to take over pick up duties today. But that I will go into detail a little bit later, back to being worried over leaving early. I already had to leave early on Tuesday to go to my OB/GYN annual visit. So I got this weird vibe from my doc that he might be a touch annoyed that I keep leaving to do things. But I mean I can't help it, people have doctors appointments right? I don't know I'm just really conflicted with all of this because he keeps asking more and more of me and I just don't know when I should say, "ok enough". I mean I want to do alot of the things that he asks of me or asks me if I would consider but I really don't get compensated in a means that would seem adequate for the workload that he wants me to take on. And don't get me wrong money is definitely not everything, I mean I took a pay cut to take this job because I loved the job description. Of course on the other hand I do have to think of money, I mean I have to "bring the bacon" as they say, especially when every penny counts these days and we want to buy a house one day. It is just so conflicting, I am not sure if I should bring it up to my superiors, I mean the way I understand it my pay scale is locked by the hospital, the only increase I can get is during annual evaluations or with additional certifications, which I am going to work on. Argh, I could go back and forth on this subject for days! So moving on!

On the homefront...
So I left work early to pick up Emmie. She was super cute when I picked her up, she looked up and saw me and started furiously crawling towards me going "oooh! ooh! ooh!", she kinda sounded like a little hooting owl. Of course she stopped at my feet and threw her arms straight up, which is Emmie speak for "mommy, pick me up!". I went to get her bag, and then i saw IT. Now your wondering, it? what is "it"? "It" is a discipline note from the teacher and the daycare director, Emmie bit another child! The note says she bit the child so hard that she left a mark! Gosh, I was so embarrassed, can you imagine if your child was the one Emmie bit? I mean how did they tell that mother? She probably thinks Emmie is some kind of hellion, and that we just let her run wild. I was super embarrassed, hopefully that mother doesn't think that!
Zach as I said got a job through our fabulous cousin Marty, working at Trustmark park tonight with the company that is televising the baseball tournament. He called me about 3:30 this afternoon and reminded me which is good because I would have completely forgotten if he hadn't called me. When we talked he told me that the games had been delayed and that he would be even later getting home tonight which of course was fine. I am a little worried that he is going to be exhausted tomorrow, hopefully he will make it through the day.

On the horizon...
Tomorrow we are leaving town after work. We are both so excited to get away for a little bit and to visit with the family. We haven't been home in a long time and we could really just use the short time "away" to just relax and let Meme and Nana take all of the Emmie duties. Oh my goodness I just can not wait...