Warning: This has over 100 pictures on it. Just too many fun things to see!
So Bethany got to go to Dallas and then out to Miami over the course of a week. Since we only had 3 days with her, we tried to make the most of it. Granted, that is kind of hard when you have a baby who needs naps, so hopefully she wasn't too bored.
She flew in late Wednesday night, and since SOMEONE was still not on Florida time for sleeping I took her with me to the airport. The next day, we went down to Wynwoods and saw the wall art there. I have heard a lot about it but have never been. It is really amazing to see!
We said this was Graham during his intense moments. Haha sorry Graham!
"Stop teasing!"
And of course we found a Cars picture for Dane!
It was SO hot. We had to leave earlier than planned because Cora was turning super red and I didn't want her to get dehydrated.
The next day Cora had her 4 month appointment, and did super well with the shots so we decided to meet up with some friends down in Key Biscayne, about 30-40 minutes away. Unfortunately, I got ONE picture the whole time because Cora got a little sensitive so we had to leave pretty quickly again. Luckily they all have kids so they know how it is with babies and shots. But it is a beautiful beach and I want to bring Brandon back to it!
And look at that, we have a tiny thumb sucker! I love it.
Saturday we went up to Palm Beach County to go to Lion Country Safari. So funny story about this, we went to Bear World with Bethany when she came to Rexburg. This was similar, but about 10,000 times cooler. So we decided that when she comes to visit us wherever we live next we will go find a drive-through animal experience for her to enjoy.
We saw rheas (similar to the ostrich...)
And ostriches... they are HUGE!
They came running toward us. It reminded me of Fantasia.
YES finally the animals we wanted to see, lions!
According to our audio guide, lions can sleep up to 20 hours a day. When we got into this section the lions were all asleep at the other end of the enclosure. Very lame.
But, right as we were driving through the part where the lions were sleeping there was a HUGE crack of thunder and it startled all the lions out. So Bethany (as our photographer) got some good pictures!
We also saw wild donkeys...
And miniature antelope... (they were super animated and funny.)
Nice action shot Bethany! It was a fight between two of the males.
We also got some water buffalo in there...
More ostriches.
When it starts to rain they sit down, or "batten down the hatches" as they wait for the storm to pass.
Cora even got to see one.
This was probably my favorite part. You drove in a big loop around rhinos and zebras. Rhinos are becoming extremely endangered so it was awesome to see some. Hopefully they are still around when Cora is our age!
Don't mind me just hanging out in the backseat with the screaming baby.
The giraffes standing around. They are SO tall.
Also chimps.
At the end of the drive is a little park. They even had camel rides! (but it was closed... we are going to go back so I can ride a camel though.)
About this time Cora woke up from her nap (she fell asleep screaming at about the giraffes part of the drive) and was not too impressed.
Giant tortoises.
Beautiful macaws.
The last thing we did was feed the goats. Bethany was a little afraid of them but they were hilarious.
And then Sunday just came too soon! I feel bad, Bethany didn't get to spend too much time holding Cora. A big part of that was that she was kind of tender right now. I also told Bethany it's just kind of my default to hold her, so I didn't even realize I was doing it all the time until it was too late. Sorry Bethany!
(Ignore my double chin, I swear it's the angle.)
