Birthday at the Zoo!

John celebrated his 27th birthday on Saturday. Friday night I surprised him with an overnight trip to Ross Bridge. If you are anywhere near the Birmingham area, I highly recommend going. It is such a fun getaway without the long drive! We ate way too much food (the breakfast buffet at Brock's is amazing) and so enjoyed spending time together. We missed the little guy like crazy though. Many thanks to Yia Yia and Papou for keeping Will for us. Apparently he was a perfect angel. How couldn't he be when he is spoiled rotten by grandparents!
On Saturday, John's actual birthday, we picked Will up and headed to the Birmingham Zoo. I teased John on the way over about how I bet he never thought he would ever be spending his birthday at the zoo....and be excited about it :) This was Will's first trip to the Zoo. It was the perfect day to go. The weather was great-sunny and warm. Will spent most of our visit out of his stroller and in his daddy's arms pointing at EVERYTHING. I think it is safe to say that the monkeys were his favorite. And they certainly put on a show for us!!

When he was in his stroller, he just looked up in awe.Couldn't resist this! We had everyone standing around cracking up at Will :)This giraffe was right over our head and Will thought his tongue was super funny!Saturday night we had a wedding to go to. This time, it was Kiki and Pops turn to have Will duty (THANK YOU). We are so blessed to have both families here that do not consider this duty at all. And John and I got two date nights out in a row!!!! Everyone agreed that the reception food was the best we had ever had at a wedding and the cake served as yummy, free birthday cake for John :) It was kind of fun going to a wedding on John's birthday-reminded me of all the reasons I fell in love with him in the first place!