Babies!

We spent some time at the Zoo on Saturday.

We had lots of fun.

It was such a perfect morning that even the Sumatran orangutans were walking around their yard. In over a year of frequent visits to the Zoo, we've never seen both of these orangutans move around the yard in full view.

Walking across the yard (notice anything in the photo?)...

Not sure why this one is wearing a big plastic bucket, but to each his own...

Look closely between the two orangutans -- its Batu the orangutan baby! Batu will be one on October 2nd. This was the first time we've seen Batu. She was inside most of the winter and her mama kept her hidden from view during most of our visits (or, there were too many people standing at the glass inside to get a good view). We didn't realize that they had the baby with them but when I looked back at the photos (look at the photo two above) I could see Batu's arm clinging to her mama as mama moved about the yard.

Another family photo.

Here's the new baby giraffe. Stella is the mom. The baby (who isn't named yet) was born in July.

Such a cute baby.

A familiar activity.