Lions, Tigers, and Cates....

Of these three, there is one you should never ever mess with her bottle at bed time...She might only weigh a sleek 22lbs, but she's 22 lbs of wiry fierceness.

We started the day at breakfast, by the way, all you can eat bacon, over easy eggs, bacon, hash browns, bacon, can really start the day off right-At least in my eyes. Cate is a yogurt eating machine. She has really begun to show her personality. There are definitely different smiles. The, I just got Yogurt! smile. The what you all looking at smile. The these bath bubbles taste funny smile. The I see my bottle smile. All of these are a welcome change from the soft watery eyes and quivering lips. She has turned a corner and shown her natural curiosity of the things around her like a 1 year old should. Just on the way home from the zoo she took a swipe at her brothers Nintendo DS while he was playing...Which promptly Caleb said, "Mom tell Cate to stop..."  I have a feeling I will be hearing that one in the future a few ba-jillion times. By the way, thanks Jacob Grout for allowing Caleb to play your games. It's been a blessing.

After breakfast to the Dr. for Virginia. Took all of 15 minutes to check her out and dispense three different medicines for her viral infection.
Then we managed to make it to the zoo. Let me tell you, Pandas are all that exciting. You know there is something to be said about inhumane cages for zoo animals. There is no place for them to hide, they must pace their little cells. None of that habitat friendly animal "enclosures" where it takes you forever to "find" the animal you paid to see.
Huge props to our Taxi driver for weaving in and out of traffic like he had 1000 lbs of meth in the trunk. Most importantly, thank you  God for keeping the whole family safe.

We love you all and miss home dreadfully,

The Pena Family