Safari Time!

The safari is always a fun place to take visitors!  We hadn't been since Riley was born, so it was time to introduce her to the joys of the Wild Wilderness Drive Thru Safari. ;)

And, of course, Riley loved it!

We heard over and over again about the 'monkeys' and then, after the drive-thru portion, 'yaks.'  She even told me she saw a yak at Kohls one day after this trip.  Haha!

I don't have pictures of them, but there were SIX DAY old piglets there when we were visiting.  SO stinkin' cute.  Like, makes me want to get a pet pig-cute.  Crazy!  

 

The drive-thru part is always fun...there are camels, yaks, ostriches, and more that just stand in the road while you're trying to drive.  I'm surprised we've never had damage to our car while visiting the safari! 

Advice if you have a little one like Riley?  Bring snacks!  She ate her way through the drive-thru portion, of course.  The girl snacks nonstop!

And for our Sunday....

Sunday morning, the girls headed out of the hotel bright and early and we all (minus Jarrod) made our way to the safari.  It's the other place we tend to take people because it's not something you can do back home!  :)  

 

It was a lot of fun, but by the end of it, I was ready for it to be over...I was starving, had to pee, and was having contractions in the car and just wanted to get out! :)  

When we got home, Jarrod had a wonderful breakfast ready for us (even though it was lunch time) and we put the boys down for a nap.

Naptime was one of my favorite times all weekend, because it gave us girls time to just sit in the living room and talk.  It was exactly what I miss so much!  Talking about college and our weddings and past girls' weekends....  So much fun!  And of course, there was a lot of baby talk this time around, too.

Sadly, after the boys were up, Angie, Lauren, and Giovanni had to pack up and start their drive back to Ohio.  It was a very short visit, but it was still amazing.  We then took Heidi around town a little bit more and had dinner out before we came home for a walk.  Thankfully, Heidi was there to help push the stroller when my contractions took over since Jarrod had Shirley on her leash.  After Gavin went to bed, Heidi and I sat around and talked some more before heading to bed.

I'm so thankful they all came to see us.  It meant so much to me!

A Safari Trip

Of course, we had to take Megan and Kyle to the Wild Wilderness Drive-Thru Safari since it's one of the most interesting things we've found since moving here.  I, as usual, took too many pictures.  Here are some of my favorites. 

Funny story behind this...that bird actually landed on me first.  Out of nowhere, from behind....I had NO idea what it was and FREAKED OUT!  Jarrod, in true supportive husband fashion, laughed and made fun of me for screaming.  It then landed on him and wouldn't leave him alone.  They told us it had escaped and they hadn't been able to capture it for a week.  Jarrod tried to help them out and walked him to the gate so he could put him in a cage.  As soon as he got to the gate, the bird flew away.  It then landed on Kyle, who had just said he 'didn't do birds.'  Eventually, the bird was returned to his cage.  Good thing we visited the safari that day!

Wild Wilderness Drive Thru Safari - Part 3

Just a few more shots I took at the safari of some of the animals. Enjoy!

I don't know why, but this cow was kinda creepy to me. I think because she was so skinny and because how she just stood on the bridge watching us. Briana agreed with me....just a little freaky.

Look at how tiny this baby goat is! He was absolutely adorable. I just wanted to pick him up and carry him around!

Wild Wilderness Drive Thru Safari - Part 2

Well, this post ended up with a lot of photos - so forgive me! The Drive Thru Safari also had a petting zoo part. It was unlike anything I'd ever seen. Animals just wandering around, eating out of your hand. There are some pictures where Gavin's feeding through a fence, but it was simply because we didn't make it into the area. You could literally walk up to so many animals!

Feeding the goats ~ this was the first thing we did when we got out of the car and Gavin ran straight to them.

Feeding the pig ~ this was really cute! His teeth were quite long and ugly...so I told Gavin to be careful. Later that day, I was asking him about our day, and he was telling me what animals he fed bread to. When he got to the pig, he said, "Be careful of his teeth!" :)

Here come the donkeys! And once they got fed, they just kept following me!

How cool is this? When was the last time you got to pet a kangaroo???

Jarrod petting a 2 month old tiger cub through the fence while we waited for our turn to go into his cage.

This 9 month old monkey really liked getting her belly rubbed!

Finally our turn to go in with the tiger cub - unfortunately, Gavin wasn't all that interested....

....but Jarrod was!

Gavin had a blast chasing the ducks, turkeys, peacocks, and chickens around. It was so cute!

Feeding the chicken some bread

Throwing some bread pieces for the peacock to go get

Another big pig to visit with!

Just more proof that this place is a great day trip! We'll definitely be going back and probably taking anyone that comes to visit to see the "Safari!" :)