The past two days Scott, Ruby, and I have been spending some serious quality time together. Yesterday we enjoyed a nice family breakfast with Scott's parents and spent some time at the neighborhood park. We thought Ruby would love a trip to the park... last year you could hear her giggling on the swings from a mile away. She would start crying the minute we would take her out of the swing because she didn't want to stop. What a difference a few months makes! Back to yesterday... I knew we were in for trouble the minute I tried to get her in the baby swing, she struggled and kicked and it took both Scott and I just to get her legs in the swing. The moment we began to push her in the swing, her arms and legs started shaking wildly, her face turned red, and she cried with terror. As soon as we took her out she was fine, but we don't know when she turned into Little Miss Cautious. She did end up enjoying going down the slides though.
Today we decided to head out for a fun day at the zoo. Since we first took Ruby to the zoo when she was a couple months old, she has LOVED it. We hadn't been to the zoo since Ruby's first birthday, so we thought it would be a great thing to do together. We decided to stop at the aquarium first because she loves the penguins. Little did I know Miss Cautious was scared of everything in the aquarium, she almost cried the entire time. (We hope it is just a case of teething) I think she finally realized that the animals were staying in their cages when we reached the gorilla exhibit. Ruby was a little hesitant at first, but ended up being fascinated by the baby gorilla and adult gorillas playing and doing somersaults. She even waved at them with a grin on her face when we left. Then we sat and watched the polar bear swim some laps while Ruby gobbled on a snack. Although we had a rocky start to our day, we ended it on a sweet note. We took Ruby to our favorite ice cream shop for the first time. Scott introduced me to this shop when we first started dating and we have been loyal customers since. Ruby enjoyed a scoop of cake mix and by enjoyed, I mean that she would not share any of it with us. We don't blame her though, they do make the best ice cream in the city. Her messy little ice cream face was priceless. She sure has the funniest personality lately.
I treasure all of this family time together.
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| Running at the park. |
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| Aquarium |
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| Delicious |
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| Cake Mix Ice Cream! |
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| All Mine! |
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| Fun to be Me! |
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