Olivia's 2nd birthday: The zoo!

Since Olivia's birthday was on a Sunday this year we decided that we would celebrate half of her birthday on Saturday.

I have been wanting to take Olivia to the zoo for a while now.

She's a true animal lover.
And talks about them constantly so I knew she would love it.

We've heard good things about the Portland zoo so we decided to make the hour drive so that Olivia could see all the animals she talks about so much in person.

Grandpa Antone was staying with us for the weekend, so we were happy to have him come with.

The zoo was a blast.

My favorite were the elephants of course.

Michael loved the giant polar bear.

And Olivia really loved every single animal she saw.

Here are a few pictures:

These sheep/goats were the first animal we saw and Olivia obviously didn't know what to think of them.
I love her face.

She loved it when grandpa carried her on his shoulders.

Looking at the big black bears.

That black dot in the background is a giant gorilla I think.

The enormous polar  bear.

Michael was obsessed and wanted to wait there until it woke up so he could see it stand up!

My favorite: the elephants.

We tried to get Olivia to look at the camera but she wouldn't.

I think she likes them just as much as me!

Just a short video of her with the elephants.

I'm not sure what animal this was but she was so intrigued with every animal we saw.

The giraffes.

It was so fun to take Olivia to the zoo this time because she actually was interested in everything and got so excited about all the animals.

We had so much fun and will definitely be back!