Weekend in Pictures: baby kicks, playgrounds & the zoo

Feeling Megan's little girl kick for the first time, is definitely something I will never forget

The most exciting part of my weekend had to be that I got to finally feel my bestie's baby, Little Miss J, (as I affectionately call her) kick!! I remember to the day (October 1, 2011, I was 18 weeks) when my bestie Megan got to feel Sawyer for the first time. She felt him before John did! We were out shopping at Baglady Boutique for 417 Boutique Week, she was buying him his first pair of socks! I'll never forget it. Well last night, during our Dexter watch party, Megan's sweet little girl was quite active and was kicking almost the entire show. I think she liked the peaches we were snacking on. Another Bestie moment I will never forget.
Besides baby kicks, we also had a fun weekend of playgrounds & visiting the zoo.

Friday night snack.....doesn't every one eats Raisins like this?

loves to climb on everything!

Friday Night at the Eugene Field Park/Playground

This playground has a turkey & a duck!

a little football basketball!

Run, Sawyer, Run!

Saturday morning cartoons, this is the first time he actually watched them.

Saturday night we went back for more playground fun!

Sunday trip to the zoo

stare-off with a Peacock

Woah, look at that tongue.

Giraffe kisses!!!!

Weekend in pictures: Ball of the Wild, Cousins & Ear infections.

Isn't that a nice combo of a weekend :) We always seem to have a random mixture of things going on and this weekend was no different.

Friday afternoon was spent with another trip to the doctor because Sawyer can't seem to shake his ear infections. After an antibiotic shot, Tylenol and a long nap, he is on the mend. My parents were sweet enough to hang with our sick boy as we went to The Zoo's Ball of the Wild fundraiser at Drury's O'Reilly Family Event Center. Trina, brought her friend Andrea who just moved from Dallas. This was her first time out in Springfield. As always, Ball of the Wild did not disappoint (besides the fact they ran out of almost all the food before we got to eat). The band, Party Planet, was great...the lead singer is from Kool and the Gang!!

Saturday was mostly a lounging day, with a visit to the new Farmer's Market with my mom and pool time. Sawyer took an extra long nap, still trying to get feeling better. We decided to grab dinner and stay in.

Sunday, we took a trip to Branson to visit with Kaiden, Cindie and Rob. We did a little outlet mall shopping and had lunch. Sawyer was excited to see his cousin!

I don't feel good but at least I get to play at the doctors!

John and me at Ball of the Wild

Andrea, me, John and Trina

Miles & John were SOOO excited to see each other

Zanzibar was the theme with African music

Andrea and Trina

My new friend Andrea!!!

Rarrrrrr!

We love Trina!

Andrea, Trina, me and Katie

Uncle John with Kaiden

Sawyer looking after his cousin

John and Sawyer's faces are priceless

Sawyer was starting to feel much better by sunday night!

Yay!!!!

Dickerson Park Zoo Visit

It might actually be spring here in Springfield!!! With the beautiful weather we had last weekend, Saturday my parents, Sawyer and I decided to spend the afternoon at Dickerson Park Zoo. It was Sawyer's first trip to the Springfield Zoo. We took him to the St. Louis Zoo last fall (see post here) when he was 7 months but he didn't quite appreciate it like he did last weekend. His favorite were the monkeys and the deer. He also got to chase a peacock. We plan to take him back a few times this summer.

Tiger sleeping in the background

Mom's favorite animal!!

Look at that Tongue!

Go Mizzou!

Feeding crackers to the giraffe's

Peacock running from Sawyer