We took Aaric to the National Zoo today. They are currently in the middle of thier ZooLights event – all of the trees are wrapped in pretty lights and there are colorful light animals displayed throughout the grounds (such as the panda in the photo). Many of the real animals were not on display …
I carried Aaric up Stone Mountain when he was (-1) days old (read: 11 days overdue), and then returned with him 7 days later at the tender age of 6 days and 2 hours old (he slept the whole way). If you had asked me back then, I would had …
Aaric likes sand – maybe a little too much… I assumed that after he tried eating it he would conclude that it really was not good enough to merit a second try. I was wrong. He had seconds and then thirds before I picked him up and carried him back …
I can now confidently proclaim that the Patzels are good at spontaneous travel speed drills… We were able to pick a flight (to attend to an emergency family matter), rent a car, pack for 2 adults and a baby, pick up little sis at her house, and drive to airport …
We decided to take advantage of Robb’s trip and subsequent layover in Colorado Springs to enjoy a mini-vacation. Aaric enjoyed his last monthiversary on the top of Pike’s Peak – a little sad for us but we are guessing that Aaric is probably happy that he will no longer have to tolerate his parents crazy displays …
