Day a the zoo

Saturday, we dropped Scrubs off at our friend Heather's house a couple doors down from us and headed for a day on the town! First stop was the zoo in Gulf Breeze, about forty-five minutes west of us. We were connecting with some of the people we have met through our Yahoo group for parents of Chinese daughters. There was one other family that I have been in touch via email with that I was hoping would make it. They have two daughters. But mom got sick, and they couldn't make it. In the end it was us and two other families. One was a married couple with four year Isabella -- what a precocious kid! The other was a single mother and her daughter Aslan. (China has now closed down adoptions for singles so she got in just in time). We had a great time and definitely feel this group is a great thing to be a part of. It gives our adoption a real, tangible, end result.

This is Isabella feeding the ducks

JB feeding "Gabby" the giraffe -- he thought it was great that he could get "Gabby" (also his sister-in-law's name) to eat out of his hand! He said, "Wendi, you have to get a picture of THAT!" :)


Look at that cow's tounge!

Aslan feeding the animals. I couldn't get either Aslan or Isabella to respond to the camera!

After the day at the zoo we made a stop at Target for some things we needed and also some items for another care package for Matt. Then we went to lunch at the Crab Trap. We tried to eat at three other places, but we realized a lot of places around here are closed around 3:00 (the inbetween lunch and dinner time).

It was about 4:00 when we went back to pick up Scrubs. Heather had planned on taking him back to our house and crating him if he got to be too much for her, her two six year old labs, and her two-year-old son Sam. But he stayed with them the whole day! She said he is a great puppy and did wonderfully with her son and the other dogs. (She also has a great fenced-in yard for him to play in -- something we don't have yet.)

She told me Scrubs didn't sleep much while he was there -- he was way too excited by seeing Sully and Ceasar (her dogs). I could definitely tell. Scrubs usually sleeps about 5-6 hours during the daytime hours so no naps was a lot for him. When he came home, he fell out on the sofa! (I also napped with him!)

Scrubs kind of defeats the purpose of a blanket if he only uses half of it. Look how big he is! He now weights almost 40 pounds. He weighed 15 when we first got him.

I plan to watch Heather's dogs this upcoming weekend. I think I am going to try to have them over here, but I can also take them back to their house too if I want. It is such a blessing to have someone who can dog sit for us so we could spend the day out!