Fun at the Zoo

On June 9th, we took Alyssa to Hogle Zoo for the first time. We went in the late afternoon when it was scorching hot and needless to say, most the animals were asleep. Alyssa loves animals, but she wasn't very interested in motionless ones. This giraffe; however, was the only animal we were able to get close to and Alyssa loved it. In fact, Alyssa recently got a stuffed giraffe at Babies R Us and it has become one of her favorite stuffed animals, next to her bear. Alyssa was super fussy at the store as we were trying to pick out her new car seat. I grabbed a stuffed giraffe off the shelf and as soon as she had it in her possession, she hugged it as tight as possible and smiled in delight. When it was time to go, Will tried to put the giraffe back, but Alyssa cried hysterically. Like every dad whose heart melts every time his little girl cries from not getting what she wants, Will gave in and bought her the giraffe. Since then, the stuffed giraffe's neck is now distorted from Alyssa hugging it so much.