zoo today

Busy day. Gabe got his ears checked at the Dr this morning and got a perfect report! His hearing is 100% and there's no fluid in them! Hooray! Then we went to the zoo for a couple hours. Gabe most wanted to see the zebra. We enjoyed their new "Giants of the Savannah" exhibit.

yet more pictures

Here are a few more pictures that I finally got off of our camera from our Houston trip. These are from the Aquarium (first day) when I didn't have the memory card in the camera, so these were in the internal memory.

Train ride:
Feeling the stingrays:
Gabe the explorer!
On the carousel!
Ferris wheel with view of downtown
The following pictures are from the pool today



Gabe enjoyed the water which is good because we start two weeks of swim lessons next week!

Really, REALLY BIG Sam Houston

On our way home we decided to stop at this 67 foot statue of Sam Houston that is in Huntsville Texas right off of Hwy 45. Hilarious. We decided not to stop at the infamous prison museum. =)

NASA

Fun day at the space center. We were only there for a couple hours. It would have been nice to be able to stay a little longer, but we weren't going to be able to go on the tram tour because of the rain so we decided to leave about 3:30 so we could beat the Houston traffic and get back at a decent hour. We got home about 8:30 and Gabe was in bed by 9:00 with a little bit of a tummy-ache (too much vacation?). Back to work tomorrow!




Nathan riding a bike upside down (within a circle).


Not Nathan, but a farther out picture so you can see the whole thing.
I'm assuming only a few people a day are able to do this. One of the guys running it said Nathan was the first person he'd ever seen go all the way around.

Here's Gabe with his "lightsaber" balloon.

Children's Museum of Houston

No great shots here, but some pictures from the Children's Museum to enjoy. It is 3:00 and Gabe has been in his bed for at least 30 minutes and he is still jabbering up a storm. Nothing like a change in routine. Note: the great mustache on Gabe's face is thank to daddy's artistic ability.

Houston Day #1

On the drive down. Isn't he cool in his sunglasses?
Setting up camp in the hotel room. He was tired, but we all decided against a nap in favor of going to the aquarium.
These pictures aren't the best quality because I took them on my phone. I left the memory card back in the hotel room. Oops! At least you get the idea.
Downtown ferris wheel, fun! All the rides were included with the aquarium ticket.
Splash park. We weren't as prepared as some people, but it did feel good!
Dinner at the aquarium restaurant.
Carousel - It wasn't crowded at all so we rode this 3 times!
Gabe loves a good bounce house!
They also had train that went through a big shark tank tunnel. All of it was perfect for Gabe, tired or not. He started nodding off on the way back to the hotel (at 7:15) but didn't want to go to sleep when we got there. He finally got quiet about 8:15. So now we're stuck here being quiet too! Oh well... another big day tomorrow!

page two of the quiet book

I like this one. This is another magnet one and is basically just for fun. Gabe loves it already. The animals can either go in the barn or in the fence.