Seven Snapshots Sunday: Zoo Edition

Today was a wonderful Sunday! Tomorrow is our nephew's 4th birthday, so this morning we all went out to the Cincinnati Zoo to celebrate. My side of our family and David's side of the family has zoo passes, so admission was free (sweet!), and since it was such a great experience we will be going back a lot this summer. Lydia did fantastic! I was so nervous that she would get grumpy an hour into the day, but she stayed awake for almost 3 hours looking around at the people, scenery and animals. She let everyone hold her and was just so content even though it was sunny and hot. Around 11:45 she fell asleep in Daddy's arms, and then napped for an hour and half in the stroller.

Here are a few photos from Lydia's first trip to the zoo.

 Lydia by the camel! But she is more excited about the water bottle.

 Ms. Smiley in her stroller. She finally likes it I think.

 On Pawpaw's shoulders.

 She's already got her hands on Daddy's wallet ;)

 Riding the carousel! Surprisingly, she loved it.

Family pic :)

Even though we had a good day we have been having some really rough nights around these parts. Step #1 in sleep training has been for David to put her to sleep instead of using me as the human pacifier. It is really, really hard. She cries and cries even though her daddy is holding her. More on this to come as our plan (hopefully) progresses, but for now I am trying to distract myself by showering, painting my toenails and reading. Hopefully tonight is better!