We belong in the Zoo!

On Thursday we all went to Zoo Atlanta! It was Samuel's first trip too see all of the fun animals. He loved it! Our first stop was to see the baby Panda. Her name is Mei Lan. She was born in September here in the Atl. Her parents are on loan from China and we are paying 1.5 million dollars for 10yrs! Wow can you believe that! She will only be her a few more months before she has to go to China to live.

Here she is posing for all of her visitors. She was super cute! The guide said that she loves to climb up on the tree branches but she has a hard time getting down once she is up there. :) You can watch her live at zooatlanta.com. I have done this a few times. Every time I see her she is up there.

After we saw the Pandas we went to the petting zoo. Here Samuel got to pet a goat and a furry pig (as seen above). He found it very odd. He reached out touched the pig and then quickly with drew his hand. He looked up at us like, "I am not sure I want to do that again." The pigs were grunting and it was fun to hear them. I think he was thinking, "These doggies are making some strange noises!"

Casey took me and Samuel's picture here watching the Elephants. One was eating hay and Samuel would point to it and talk. It was so cute!

Here is a picture of a momma Gorilla with her 2 babies. They were probably the most fun to watch because this momma didn't want her babies playing with the other babies that were near by. The little ones wanted so badly to go play with the others but there was momma saying no way! One would start to get away and she would grab it by it's leg and sling it up onto her back! One time they both got away and momma took off to get her babies. She yanked them up so fast. You could she that she had had enough! She put them both on her back and jogged away. No more! She was done! The other 2 babies just kept on playing, their momma was close by but she didn't seem to care what they did. It was funny because I could see how some think that we were once monkeys because I could see human mommies doing the same thing at parks with their kids. Some moms think their kids are too good to play with the other kids and then there are the moms who say go have fun. It is amazing what God has created for us to enjoy!