Deer Forest!

"My first trip to Deer Forest!"

Last week, Gloria and I spent the night at my mom's house without Rob. It was the first time that I've had night "duty" by myself. Gloria has been so good with sleeping through the night lately that I wasn't worried. She went to sleep great like she always does at night and only woke up once around 5:30. She didn't want to go right back to sleep after nursing, so I spent the next hour holding her and nursing. Then she slept another hour until 7:30.

While we were in St. Joe, we went to Deer Forest with April, my mom, and my grandma. Gloria had a lot of fun watching the animals and seeing us feed them. She heard a cow and loud donkeys. We rode the train around the park two times and Gloria even went on the pony ride. She was so brave that she stood up on the saddle. Of course I was holding onto her the entire time. We will definitely be going back next year (more than once, I'm sure).

"Auntie April wasn't scared of the little goats."

"That deer is just a bit too close."

"I want some food to feed the deer too!"

"Be careful Mommy!"

"Riding on the choo-choo train was exciting!"

"I rode my first horse!"

"The lady running the ride was amazed that I wasn't scared.
Me, scared? No way!"

"'Whoo whoo,' says the owl."

"Maybe I'll be an astronaut when I grow up.
See how cute I look in a spacesuit!"