Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium Day

Braelynn loves animals, but up until this week, the list of animals she’s seen in person is very very small. She loves her books about animals, loves to see them on tv, can tell you what sounds they make, but it’s not like we live in Africa where you can walk out your back door & see a large variety of animals!

We knew she’d love the zoo! Goodness, I love the zoo! The last zoo Derrick & I were at was the San Diego Zoo during our trip to California, and before that, I don’t even remember the last time I was at the Pittsburgh Zoo. I remember going quite often as a kid though, so taking Braelynn brought up all kinds of fond memories.

She had a blast – if you can’t tell. She walked almost the whole entire Zoo – just about the whole day! She simply couldn’t stand to be in her stroller – there was too much to see! She might miss something! Needless to say, she was asleep the instant we put her in her carseat to come home, I don’t even think we made it out of the parking lot! We all had such a great time – I can’t wait to go again!

I have always enjoyed taking photos at the Zoo, even before I was a professional photographer! This was the first time I was able to take my DSLR with me though and I had a blast! Seriously, I could have spent double the amount of time there, just photographing the animals! Fortunately (unfortunately?) I had my family there to keep me grounded from going all crazy-photographer, I still enjoyed myself though!

What a cute (dirty) face! She had no idea where we were going, but she was happy to go!