Sunday afternoon was so beautiful that we decided to make the first use of our annual zoo membership at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore.
I think that anyone we've ever known who's ever been to the Baltimore Zoo has had their picture taken on this lion statue.... everyone that is, except for Mackinzie - who refused to sit on the famous photo-spot. Instead she opted to have mommy hold her and stand next to it.
She did really like the little monkey statues though and relished the chance to have her picture taken hugging it.
It might be a little hard to see in the photo, but we were able to get right up close to the crocodile. A little too close for Kinzie.
The rhino in the background had just finished taking a tremendous pee before we took this picture. Its amazing, the things you can see at the zoo!
Mommy joined Mackinzie for another picture at the Monkey statue.
This was probably our favorite photo from the day. We were able to get really close to this giraffe - almost close enough to touch. Kinzie and I turned around to get our picture taken and this guy popped his head over Kinzie's shoulder to get in the shot too!All in all, our short zoo visit was very cool. If my memory suits me well, the zoo isn't nearly as great as it was when I was a kid, but its still worth a visit now and then and I'm sure we'll be taking full advantage of our annual membership this year. Kinzie and Laura are already going back on Saturday with some of Kinzie's friends!
(I borrowed these pictures from Erin Robinson'sand Mrs Robin Pauley's Facebook albums)
.... and mother and son.
While I was in class at Towson University last night, Laura went to visit the new family.
I just returned to work from visiting Lucas myself while on my lunchbreak. It was very cool to hold a baby who was less than a whole day old! I think that is probably the youngest baby I've ever held... that I can think of.
Here they are just over a week ago...
Congratulations to Tim & Kristen - especially Kristen, who endured 21 hours of natural labor! Very impressive!
This year, Michael Motorcycle won their second consecutive (and third overall) championship. Owner, Mike McNeive was awarded the newly-engraved league trophy, newly embroidered gold league blazer and $400 cash.
My team, the Camo Pirates, had two pro-bowlers in our conference.
Will's team, Will Power, had their quarterback, Drew Brees, representing the conference.
The Estonian Rebels and owner, Mike Maiste had their first ever pro-bowl selection with running back, Michael Turner.
Despite a disappointing 2008 season, the Berrywood Bombers and owner, Dustin Pfeifer, had a great wide receiver in Anquan Boldin.
Chris Walbert and The Squeakers were the surprise team of 2008 and had the most players resepented from a team.
Justin Smith and the Fleetwood Macks came to the banquet not expecting any awards, but were happy to have two selections.
Jared Pfeifer and the Glenoak Block Party rounded out a disappointing 2008 with no awards.
Greg Armstrong was all smiles, despite having none of his Strong Arm players selected to the BFF Pro-Bowl. His team has yet to have any Pro-Bowl players in the history of the league.
It looked complicated at first, but it really wasn't that bad. The next part was learning all the different positions the stroller can be put in and taking picturs of them.
.... the carriage....
... the standard stroller...
... another carriage position - outdoors....
... notice the handy cup holder....
... standard stroller - outdoors...
... stroller featuring the boot...
.... from another angle...
The stroller easily detaches so if the baby falls asleep in the bassinet, you carry her in without waking her up. Genious!!
If there is any downside to the Skate its that this (above) is how small it collapses. Considering that Laura and I both has pretty large vehicles, it isn't a big deal - but if Laura still drove her old Hyundai Tiburon and I still was a Neon man, then this stroller probably wouldn't have been for us.
.... this is me carrying it.