zoo babies

As part of Elle's baby countdown I wanted to take her to the zoo and look for all the baby animals. I love our zoo because right now it's a perfect spot to find several. Black Friday was a really good day to go and Chris even took advantage of the state holiday to go with us. The weather was decent enough and we saw some great animal action.

Wait that's not a baby! But a pygmy hippo is close right?

The zoo had 4 tiger cubs born in July and they are on display now. This was our first chance to see them. They were so playful and we even watched a couple of them nurse.


We also caught the end of the elephant show, which was great to get an up-close view of Malee the baby elephant. She was pretty playful too. While we were there one of the keepers said elephants are pregnant for 22 months! I'm so thankful we don't have gestation periods in common with elephants!


The zoo also has a toddler and baby chimp. The baby just wanted to hang onto one of the adult's backs, but we did notice this time that it only has one hand. Anyone know the story behind this? The other young chimp put on a show playing with another adult and entertained us for a good while.

I just had to share this cute photo of Elle and her Daddy.

I'm not sure if there are other babies at the zoo, but those were the main ones we sought out. It was a really fun activity and will be precious memories because it could be our last as a family of 3!