Albuquerque Aquarium and Zoo

We were so exhausted for the Balloon Fiesta last year that we decided to go up earlier this year. We went up late on Thursday so that we could go to the zoo on Friday. Liam is going through a shark phase right now. He has an imaginary shark that lives behind the rocking chair in his room. He talks about it all the time and occasionally tells us that a shark is hiding in "there" meaning his room. He'll say goodbye to the shark when we go anywhere. So he was super excited to see sharks.

Papa decided to come with my parents. It was so much fun to see him. I hope he comes again next year.

I'm not usually one to take pictures of the animals I see at the zoo. But I grew up going to Hogle Zoo and I don't ever remember seeing the gorillas using the equipment in their cages, or walking around for that matter. It was fun to see them up and about.

Ethan has discovered his social smile. He also laughs. It is super cute. I don't have it on tape yet, but I don't think it will take me 8 months to get it on film like it did with Liam.

Does anyone remember seeing the hippo move at Hogle Zoo? yeah, me neither.

We had a great time...but we were exhausted by the end of the day. Our "come early" plan sort of backfired.