The Zoo and Hunter's Birthday

For Hunter's birthday we went to Binder Park zoo in Battle Creek. It was nice to get out and spend some time together. With Ryan working so much we don't get a lot of time together like that. We saw lots of Giraffes and Zebras and monkeys, my favorite was watching other little kids feed the giraffes. They would squeal and laugh as the giraffe took a cracker from their hand and almost always you would hear, "Oh! It's slimy!" (or something similar). If you have never been to Binder Park Zoo, it is set up with trails everywhere and is really nice because it is almost completely in the shade.

This is one of the Giraffes that is definitely NOT underfeed, judging by how many treats I saw it eat in the 5 minutes we watched them, lol.

I think that we had more fun at the zoo than Hunter did, he is still kinda little to appreciate all the animals.

Hunter on a big bronze turtle we found in the zoo. :D He is just so cute!

We went to the zoo about a week before his birthday, and that following weekend we had a big party for him. It turned out really nice and we had a ton of people show up, it was great seeing friends and family. Hunter got a ton of presents, and he loves playing with all of them! When we gave him his cupcake, he didn't pick it up and try to bite it, he just stuck his fingers in the frosting and licked 'em off. I finally broke the cupcake in half so that he could eat it better. After that he still just took his three fingers and picked up little bits to eat. He is the cleanest eater I've seen. He eventually got it all over himself, but it took a while.

Cupcakes!

My messy birthday boy!

Links to the full photo albums of our trip to the zoo and Hunter's birthday are to your right, thanks to everyone who was able to come, and thanks to everyone for the wonderful presents, Hunter LOVES them!