Houston Zoo

Eva had a post op appointment today so we decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and let the boys play hookie from school to all go visit the Houston Zoo!

The appointment went well.  She is one week post op tomorrow and has really begun to heal up very nicely.  It still won't be until the first week of August that we know if the surgery corrected the astigmatisms so for now we are hopeful and praying!

The zoo was fabulous...not very crowded and perfect weather!  I won't bore you with a lot of animal pictures, I know you've all seen those before!  But a few special moments of our day were introducing Eva's "Geoffrey" to the real Geoffrey and revisiting a childhood memory of mine.

When Eva was in the hospital last week, the hospital gown she was given to wear had giraffe's all over it and when we took her to Toys R Us the afternoon after her surgery to pick out a "prize" she chose a stuffed giraffe she named "Geoffrey".  Geoffrey has since been going everywhere with us including the zoo; there he met up with a few of his cousins!  Eva and the boys even had the opportunity to feed some of them.

Not only did Eva feed a giraffe, but she actually got down and participated at the petting zoo!

Years ago, I was probably about 8 years old, we visited the Houston Zoo and the following picture was taken:

Much to my delight there is still a Leo the Lion at the zoo!  Immediately when I saw this one I remembered taking the picture, and had to recreate it.  

Of course I took pictures of the kids too in hopes that years from now they'll come back to the zoo with their own children and there will still be a Leo there to greet them!!