My First Zoo Trip!!

Another weekend has passed and it was filled with new adventure and excitement. This weekend Jackie, Tait, and I took Lehna to the zoo! It was a lot of fun! Lehna was definitely aware of the different animals and that this wasn't the normal puppy or kitty. I have TONS of pictures of the event and Jackie is kind enough to put them up for me. THANK YOU JACKIE! So you can see the event for yourself. We started out nice and early on Saturday. We headed out by 7:15am from our house to get to the zoo. Jackie is a Zoo employee so she gets to get in a half hour before the public, so we wanted to take FULL advantage of it! We walked in and it was nice b/c it was nice and empty! We went to the new dolphin exhibit first and it was AMAZING. They didn't allow strollers in the exhibit so I waited outside while Jackie, Tait, and Lehna went in. Well after a couple minutes Jackie came out and sent me in to join Tait and Lehna! Well Tait took some really good pictures of the Dolphins and Lehna was looking around and watching the dolphins swim around her. The glass was so beautiful it was like you were in an underground world it was very pretty. But by the time I got in there Lehna was crying so we had to go b/c you are only allowed to talk in a whisper in there so we didn't want the glass to break! So after that we went around to see the different animals.


Dolphins in the new Exhibit, the pictures don't do the atmosphere justice. It was beautiful!

We went to the desert animals next and this made Lehna's nose run! It was terrible! But you can see that we had a very friendly Blue Caimon Iguana lizard which was right up next to the glass. He was friendly but boy was he UGLY! There were also these little lizard things all around.


Isn't he UGLY?


Small Lizards that were EVERYWHERE! They are baby bearded dragons.

After the Desert Animals we walked over to the plains. I was VERY excited about the plains area b/c that is where the GIRAFFES ARE! Well if any one knows Lehna you know that she has a keen eye for giraffes! We walked over to them and she just stared at them which was soooo cute. Below are some pictures of them. Also, here is a picture of Lehna and me standing in front of the giraffes. I swiped that picture from Jackie's site. Check out her site by the way...


Lehna's Friends, but they don't sing like the one at home!


Lehna, Momma & the Giraffes!

After the Plains we went to the small petting zoo area. I didn't take any pictures there but Lehna was hungry and she needed her pants changed so we did that! AND it was air conditioned so we kind of rested out of the heat for awhile.

After the Petting Zoo we went to the Forest Area. This is where we saw the Kodiac bears and such. They were pretty neat and we didn't take picture but some kid threw a rock at the bear glass and it was all cracked and there was a volunteer sitting outside of the glass telling people it was okay and not to worry and that the glass was on order. You can see the bear below. he doesn't seem too concerned about the glass. We also saw the red panda bears and there is also a picture below. It was funny b/c they were in their cave when we got up there but then when we were outside of the cage Lehna started to cry and they came down from their cave. I guess she woke them up. But they then proceeded to climb the tree.


Just laying in a nice cool bath.


His Twin Brother, they had names but I can't remember them they were kind of hard to say and SPELL!


Lehna woke the red pandas up!

After the Forest Area we went in to see the Waters Building. This place was PACKED by the time we got there! Next time we need to do that first b/c it was sooo busy. Well we went through it kind of quickly b/c there was so many kids and stuff we only took a few pictures there. Below is a picture of an Eel and also of the penguins. Also there is a picture of Lehna in the blue light. The seals and sea lions kept swimming right by the glass so we were right next to the glass but it kind of cast a blue light on everyone! I think Lehna liked it!


Eels in the coral reef!


Tait REALLY enjoyed seeing the penguins!


The blue light that cast its glow...mood lighting.

After we did the stuff inside the zoo we went to go to the gift shop and you'll never guess what we got. Well they had all of these stuffed giraffe and Jackie picked up one of them and said "Look Lehna; a Giraffe!" Well Lehna just kind of looked at it. Well there was this other giraffe that was there and I picked that up and I said "Look Lehna; a Giraffe!" and she looked at it and gave us the BIGGEST SMILES I have ever seen, so we KNEW that this was the giraffe she wanted. It was very sweet. There was also this hat that was like a Giraffe's head like the antlers and was furry and colored like a giraffe and I put it on and Lehna just stared at my head. I think it was a little confusing to her. Because the other hats she didn't care about but the giraffe's hat she just looked at with questions in her eyes... it was VERY cute!

After hitting the gift shop we went to the White River Gardens to see all of the butterflies. I was VERY excited about getting to see the butterflies. I have a few pictures below so that you can see the pictures of them. It was funny there were these two butterflies that were close to landing on Lehna but then she started to cry and the butterflies flew away. I think they were pretty brave little butterflies! There were these really pretty butterflies that were GEORGOUS blue, but they were really ugly when their wings were closed. Tait got a picture of them with their wings open and they were pretty! I really enjoyed looking at the butterflies it was a nice end to the day.



Butterflies that were ugly with wings closed.


Same Ugly Butterfly but with its wings open; aren't they beautiful!??!


Brave Little Butterflies!!

By the time we out of the Zoo and Gardens we were pretty hungry so we went to Pizza Hut for some lunch/dinner. Well Lehna was VERY fussy when we were there but it wasn't too bad I just felt bad for her. Well we then went to Once Upon a Child and I had a BALL there. There were sooooo many outfits that would look cute on Lehna and they were VERY cheap! But by the time we got there Lehna had had enough of the day and she was refusing to take a nap. Well Tait was walking around with her and her eyes were SOOOOOO BIG and her nose and eyes were all red from not sleeping. Well she looked like she hadn't slept for three days and had nothing but coffee. So Tait took her to the car trying to calm her down to sleepy time, but she of course refused. After we started driving Lehna fell fast asleep. Well when we got home I felt her head and she was ON FIRE! It turns to find out she had a fever. I don't know if it was being out in the sun for such a long time or if it was because of her terrible cold or what but that was a nerve racking 4 hours for her fever to break. We gave her some Tylenol and Pedalite and she was just like new, she even slept the night away.

We had a great time at the zoo regardless of Lehna's fever afterwards and I'm sure it was because of her cold. Lehna is getting better by the way. She still has a cough and she is still congested but she is showing improvement and that's what I like to see.

Below are some really cute pictures of Lehna and Jackie. The bottom one is HILARIOUS look at the face Lehna is making! Crack me up! LOL Well once again thank you for reading out us! (ALSO check out Lehna's Photo Album there are LOTS more pictures of the zoo and all the animals it's just click the link above, or on photo albums and then click Indy zoo!)


Such pretty girls!!


Lehna in her stroller.


Check out Lehna's face isn't it HILARIOUS!