Where the Wild Things Are

Yesterday we took the little man on a fun adventure to the San Francisco Zoo. This trip was a belated 1st birthday gift for Jake's cousin Millie, who is just a few months younger and had never been to the SF Zoo (until yesterday). With all of Jake's illnesses and his G-tube surgery, we had to postpone the trip a bit. We decided to make a family fun-day out of it and it was well-worth the wait because we all had a wonderfully fun day filled with lots of laughs!

"Let the wild rumpus start!" We watched these little tuxedo dressed fellas for a while.

Cousin Millie getting up close and personal with a giant Grizzly Bear

“And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.” Meanwhile, Jake just took a nap.

Riding the carousel with Daddy, Cousins Abby, Kayla, Millie and Uncle Jeff and Auntie Libby

This pic is actually from our 1st SF Zoo trip when Jake was 4 months old  -- look at those crazy monkeys with mustaches!

Jake was a little tired at this point, but we had to get a pic with little miss Millie. I loved how she was looking out of her stroller several times throughout the day saying "Jakie",  just to make sure he was nearby.

Feeding the animals at the petting zoo area

"What kind of dog is that?" That was our little inside joke of the day : )

We only took a few pics, but thought we'd share nonetheless. Overall, it was a great day! Josh and I were impressed with how well Jake did considering he only took a quick 10 minute snooze in the stroller. We fully understand that Jake has limits on what he's able to tolerate, but sometimes you've got to get out into the wild (or nearby zoo) and have some fun...that's exactly what we did!