Portland Zoo

Last Wednesday, we drove up to Portland to visit the zoo. It's been a few years since the last time we went and I knew Adia would love it. One problem, it was FREEZING, literally. We had a week of temps below freezing. I had to buy Adia a warmer coat and she actually wanted to wear it. She even had to wear it when we got our Christmas tree because it was bitterly cold.






When we got to the zoo, we bundled up the girls. The twins wore snowsuits. Leia wore the one that was Adia's and it was huge on her. Mira wore a hand me down from her cousins. They also had on hats and were wrapped in blankets. They ended up being the warmest of all of us. Papa pushed the stroller and Gramma, Daddy and I took turns chasing Adia.




Adia had tons of fun. She pet a cow and we played with the river otter. It would follow my hand around the glass and we actually got it on video. It was pretty cool. Adia was scared of the cow at first, even though I was petting it and it was licking my gloved hand. Eventually she touched its nose.


Adia walked a really long time. Actually, she ran most of the time. Most of the outdoor animals weren't out because of the cold, but we did see the chimps, orangutans and bats. Adia liked the heat sensor the best that demonstrated how a snake "sees." To give an idea on how cold it was, Adia's hands were dark blue on the screen. That was about the time when she got tired and wanted to be carried. Daddy wrapped his coat around her for awhile, but then she only wanted me.




I could only carry her so long before she just got too heavy. Then she got grumpy and pouty. So we took turns carrying her on our shoulders.








Before we left, Adia got to pick something in the gift shop. She picked a telescope, which must still be in the van because I haven't seen it since we got home. I got a glass elephant ornament. We then had hot chocolate, popcorn and dippin' dots. Adia was all about the mint chocolate dippin' dots. It's never too cold for ice cream, right?

We ate dinner on our way back. Adia didn't eat much. It was obvious she was super tired. She fell asleep in the car around 7:30. She sort of woke up when I tried to transfer her to bed, but she was out again. She slept until after 8 the next morning! She's actually been sleeping pretty well since she doesn't feel very good. We're all sick. I now have a cough that won't go away and the twins and Adia are horribly congested. Her nose is constantly running. They've all had fevers recently too. Leia's was up to 100.5.

Despite feeling icky, Adia and I made muffins today. She wanted to make pumpkin, but there were some overripe bananas on my counter. Adia helped dump ingredients in bowl, mash up the bananas and turn on the mixer. I've trained her well, she knows to start the mixer off slow so we don't shoot flour or eggs around the kitchen.


Her favorite part has to be tasting it though. She gets to be my bowl licker.






Adia has a eye doctor appointment tomorrow morning. Her last one was while I was on hospital bedrest. I can't believe it's already been 6 months!