Week 44, Part 2: Zoo, Bass Pro and Baseball!

Wow! What a long and eventful day! We have been wanting to take Rayler to the zoo for a while. We noticed a while back that he really loves animals, so we knew he would love the zoo. So we set a date and then Tyler thought we ought to go to Bass Pro and see a baseball game while we were there. It made for a very long day, Rayler took 4 naps! But he did so well. And I snapped a ton of pictures to remember this wonderful day.

Dada loaded him up with toys so he wouldn't be bored

Nap one on the way to the zoo

Are we there yet?

Where are we Dada?

Rayler was not terribly fond of this noisy guy. 

Looking at the waterfall

Rayler thought these guys were funny. Especially when they tried to nibble on his fingers and toes.

Look! It's George the giraffe!

Giggling at the baby giraffes antics

This guy was very interested in Rayler's lunch, and since he wasn't being noisy Rayler was quite interested in him.

Checking out the elephants before their bath time

Having a break in the shade

Elephant bath time!

I guess he couldn't see well enough from Dada's shoulders so he tried to climb the sign

Heading into nap two

And....he's out

He didn't even wake up when we laid him down in the stroller

We, ahem, went to, ah...a local establishment for lunch. :P Hey, they've got good food.

They gave him a balloon. Wow, we discovered that he LOVES balloons!

Good boy, he was only interested in his balloon.

And then his balloon came off the string. He was most unhappy about it.

At our next stop we "lost" his balloon. I was afraid he would pop and choke on it.

He was a very thirsty boy by the time we got to Bass Pro

Checking out the alligator gar 

He was craning around Tyler to see the fish while Tyler was buckling him in

Riding a 4-wheeler!

He started giggling as soon as he saw the grizzly

His face says it all. We drew a bit of a crowd.

Trying to climb the bear

He would not look at Tyler for a picture, he kept squirming back around to look at the bear

Checking out hunting stuff with Dada

This guy came over and followed Rayler around

He hit nap three soon after this so Tyler and I took advantage of that by resting in some comfy recliner/rockers in the home decor section.

We headed over to the outlet store and while Tyler ran in Rayler took nap four. Well, it was a catnap really. And then we headed out to Hammons ball field.

On our way to his first baseball game!

Waiting for the gates to open. Poor guy had been cooped up so much all day that he was desperate to get down.

Ahhhhhhhhhh! FINALLY they put me down!

Dada spotted a ball that someone missed picking up after batting practice. 

Thanks Dada! I love it!

A gust of wind went through right as I snapped this one.  That's why Rayler is making that funny face.

Louie!

It's someone's bedtime

So very sleepy

He was almost asleep, and then Chris Conley hit a homer and all that cheering woke him up

Don't worry, Uncle Leif and Aunt Holly had extra tickets so we didn't really steal someones seats.

Almost asleep...

He finally fell asleep in the top of the eighth. Slept the whole way home. Had a few uncertain moments after we got him home and into bed, but he eventually settled in and then slept until 7 am! What a big, big day for the Bug.