Growing Up Sprout: Zoo Days! Yes I said dayS! And hanging out with Grandmas!

We live pretty close to Binder Park Zoo. Which is pretty awesome if you ask me! Growing up I loved going to the zoo.... Who are we kidding, I STILL love going to the zoo! This is something I hope to share with all of my children and I am trying to make sure they have a love of animals and adventure!

This year we got a zoo membership and I can tell you we have already been there about 5 times this year! It is so much fun and Sprout seems to pick up more and more every time we go! This last time she got the courage to actually feed the giraffe! After the Giraffe ate the lettuce she looked up at me with so much pride and happiness that it pretty much melted my heart!

A few weekends ago we went out to see Mom and Renea and had a grill out day with them! They had the back yard decked out for Sprout! They had a pool, sandbox, swing, ride on toys and a jumping zebra! Needless to say Sprout had a blast! And she gobbled up the yummy food as well! Bonus point was Sprout was so exhausted that she slept for the WHOLE NIGHT!!!!!!

So much fun!

She really wanted to help!

Sprout is now for the most part sleeping through the night! It only took us 15 months but I am SO excited to actually get to FINALLY sleep!!! So of course you know I now feel really sad that my baby is growing up which then leads me to be ready for a new squish! It is still a while away but I will be happy anytime we get to have our second child!

Also new with Sprout is the talking!!! HOLY COW can she talk! I think we are up to 15 words now (that i can understand at least!) She loves to "help" me when I am cleaning and actually puts the wet clothes in to the dryer for me! She is a total water bug, She is loving her new toys that we got her! Especially the Fruit and Veggie color sorter!

We are still loving books! She is over there right now reading away! She LOVES going buh- bye. And She is going on the potty a lot more lately! Which is pretty awesome since that means less diapers for me to change in a day!

In other news I have a few new headbands going up in my shop here really soon! I think they are so cute and will make a great addition!