Olivers Updates

Today we went to the zoo with Dan, Michelle & Kalia – 64 degrees and cloudy – perfect time to see all the animals!

Dan & Kalia checking out the animals

She is so stinking cute!

Everyone stopped to see the Peacock – very pretty!

A fresh Ostrich Egg – the zoo doesn’t let them hatch because there are plenty of Ostrich in the world – so they take them and blow the contents out and give them as gifts to large donors. She said the eggs are so thick and strong that you can stand on them. The egg is about the size of 20 chicken eggs.

Below Oliver is checking out the Elephant

He needs a hat to cover up his bald spot

Mommy, its coming at us…lets get out of here!

Monkey’s cleaning one another – do my mommy & daddy do this?

Up close & personal!

Say Cheese!

Auntie Renee & Uncle Jeff, I was the talk of the town with my cool car set up on my stoller – other kids wondered why they didn’t have this cool contraption. I honked all the way through the zoo. “Watch out Kalia, I’m coming through!”

We had a great time! Thanks Uncle Dan & Auntie Michelle for inviting us…we should do this again real soon!

It was such a nice day today mommy and daddy decided to take me to the Issaquah Zoo.

A couple of squawking Macaw birds – I found these guys quiet interesting because they were making all sorts of noises.

These ones made even more noise…

Do you know what this is? Only a bird a mother could love! This is an Emu – the largest bird native to Australia. Mommy and Daddy put Emu Oil (or as dad liked to call in Emu Spit) on my head for Craddle Cap, it was messy!

Get me out of here mom, this thing could eat me!

A West African Crowned Crane – did you know that cranes are one of the oldest living things dating back millions of years? Learn something new every day!

Wallabies – a smaller version of a kangaroo, the female had a joey that finally came out of her pouch last week, the joey was hiding in the barn.

Hey – it’s me!

Hey look mom, the lady behind me says this is an Alpaca, what do you think? Thankfully I have a smart mommy & daddy and they set me straight by letting me know this is actually a Mule Deer. I wonder where that lady went to school? Obviously not Hough because I know they teach you better there!

Giddy Up Turtle!

Guess what this is? A hairy Alpaca!!! Maybe we should go tell the lady where to find the Alpacas…her kids are going to be very confused!

Eeek! He’s going to eat me.

This guy was chatty and spit all over everyone standing there including me. Gross! Occasionally when humans or other alpacas get a little too close for comfort, alpacas spit.  Spitting is their way of saying, “NO, I don’t like that. Stop what you are doing!” They can’t talk, so this is their, ahem, nonverbal way to voice their displeasure over something. Alpacas are totally defenseless. All they’ve got is their spit.

Mommy was feeding them apples so I could get up close and personal.

Help! The Javelina’s got me!

This parrot was super cool, I could have watched him talk all day long.

I watched the parrot for a long time. I wish I could talk like that!

Fun Facts -  Macaws are considered to be the most intelligent of all birds and are called by many biologists the Flying Primates.

Checkin’ out the Lemurs, that guy was all over the place, kind of spastic like my cat Flora – daddy didn’t get a picture but it was cool!

If you are ever in town you should be sure to check out the zoo, while it is small it is still really neat. I hope my mom and dad will take me back soon.

http://cougarmountainzoo.org/About%20Zoo/welcome.aspx

Daddy wanted a more manly carrier so he bough me a new Kelty Baby Carrier…I LOVE it. We went for a walk yesterday and I feel fast asleep on the way home.

I’m glad you came to visit me, I was looking forward to meeting you! We should make more dates together so I can see you more often.

Thanks for coming up to visit me Grandma. I feel like a super special boy to have a visit from both of my grandparents…come up any time!

You look a little strange too!

Grandma turns 62! What the heck am I supposed to do with this thing? Can I touch it?

I’d like to eat some of that…

Help, they are eating me!

Whatch you lookin’ at?

Help, the frog’s got me!

Blu dug up the floor matt and made a nice little nest…all to lay in front of the heater. Silly dog!

My cool play mat/quilt that Gram made me…I love playing on it!

Brrr…it’s cold outside.

Grandpa came to visit for the weekend – we decided to go visit the Snoqualmie Train Museum and ride the train.

What the heck is that? Looks like Oliver aimed right for Blu! Baby spit up all over the place…

What are these funny things on your face? Can I eat them?

Thanks Grandpa for coming to visit, I sure loved to see you! Now if only my other grandparents would come visit me too!