Grandma and Grandpa

This week was Spring Break for my mom and brother so they (along with my Dad) came down to play! They got in early early (1:30 am) Wednesday morning and sadly, have to leave this Saturday morning. Not very much time, but it's better than none at all.

Wednesday night we went out to eat at Famous Dave's BBQ, which was a first for all of us but Dad. It was really good- most of us got ribs but Adam got gross catfish- who does that? Brody got pretty chummy with Grandma and Grandpa, which I love to see since he only gets to be with them about once or twice a year. He also LOVES "Unto Miko" and has gotten to play with him a lot.

Thursday was our big day at the zoo. The almost 2 hour ride there was really fun with Bridger screaming 90% of the time. Then when we got there I realized I had forgotten to grab his jacket off the counter and it was cold. No big deal- we'll just fork out the $20 or whatever and buy him one at a gift shop, right? WRONG! The dumb gift shop only had one jacket his size and guess how much it cost? $34.99 plus tax! For a cheaply make fleece baby jacket. So we're on "vacation"- I'll just suck it up and buy it for him, even though as I am paying for it I am feeling sick to my stomach about the cost. 30 minutes into him wearing it, I am really regretting my decision to pay so much for less than a yard of fleece and a zipper so I decided I would just be cold and wrap my jacket around him. I went to take the jacket back and they said, "It's used- we can't take it back." I told them he had worn it for 30 minutes and it was still just as nice as when I paid 40 bucks for it. Too bad. They wouldn't take it back. So I put that jacket on Bridger and was determined that he wear that bad boy until it won't even zip up it's so small. I wanted to get my money's worth! So another 30 minutes passes and the dang zipper breaks! I zipped it up after taking it off for a second and the bottom of the zipper started separating. OH NO IT DIDN'T! My blood was boiling by then but I knew if I took it back after making a big stink out of them not letting me return it they would accuse me of breaking it on purpose or something. I was pretty bitter about it the whole day.

So other than the whole jacket incidence, the zoo was a lot of fun. Brody loved seeing all the animals (for no more than like 3 minutes each and then he was ready to move on). He got to feed a cow and a giraffe, which was so cool- Brody's whole hand was in the giraffe's mouth trying to feed him his lettuce. We saw all kinds of cool animals- and some gross creepy ones too. We saw the sea lions fed, the grizzly bears wrestle, and the monkeys have a very loud argument. Bridger loved watching the fish swim all over and would try to move his hand on the glass wherever the fish went. After about 4 hours we were ready to eat and go home. The boys both fell asleep within like 10 minutes of being in the car.

Tonight we are having a little easter egg hunt with Brody and a few of his little buddies. It should be a lot of fun. I'll make sure to take pictures and tell you all about it!