My little animal lover!

Today I took Jake to the Tulsa Zoo. It was great weather only high 70's low 80's and maybe all of 100 people there! realized over and over what a big boy Jake is now all throughout the day. We have seen and done much of this before only he was timid if not all together scared. but on this day the story was a different one.

First off we didn't even take the stroller which means Jake walked the whole zoo by himself! He only asked to carried to the train which was the very last thing we did. More amazing then that he did a great job of keeping a decent pace.






Jake checking out the elephants, looking oh so cool in his shades!










We got really lucky at the elephants because when we got there they were bathing one of them. This was a cool treat because it was like watching a show. The elephant sat, laid down, lifted each foot and lowered his head. We watched for a long time.









Jake also got lucky with the polar bear. The thing kept swimming right up to his window to check him out! Jake wasn't afraid in the least, to my surprise!

We got to ride on a carousel. But he didn't want any help from me. I had to ride on my own animal!

The petting zoo was another moment for me as I watched my little man pet every goat and sheep without any reservation. He didn't leave a single animal out. When he was done he said "There mama I pet them all, no we can let them eat."

Finally and perhaps most importantly we fed the birds. We did this last year in Long Beach and he would have none of it. Today he was a pro. I couldn't choose which picture to post because I thought they were all so cute!

He looks so much like his dad in this picture! He also looks like he could fall asleep any moment!

He was making everyone laugh because he kept trying to kiss the birds! My little animal lover! Maybe he'll be a vet!