Trip to Omaha

This November, we took a trip to Omaha to visit Ryan, Mikhael, Maria and Emily.  Isaac had a great time playing with his cousins, and Michael loved snuggling with his God-parents.

Here is a picture of Emily, Isaac, and Maria in front of the aquarium at the Omaha zoo.  Maria and Emily loved showing Isaac around the zoo.  We saw a bear (with a crooked nose) climbing a tree, tall giraffes,  alligators, lions, tigers, and many other animals.  Isaac loved seeing the animals and making their "sound".  He especially loved roaring like a lion!

All the kids loved climbing on the giraffe statue. Good thing we found this statue, as Isaac fell midway through our zoo trip and got a "bad owwie" on his knee.  He would point at it about every 2 minutes and ask one of us to kiss it.  Finding this giraffe finally distracted him enough to forget about the owwie for a while!

Here is a picture of Isaac in the car on the way to Omaha.  He thought he was so cool to be wearing sunglasses like mommy and daddy.  And the fact that they were Spiderman sunglasses made Isaac even more excited!

We are so grateful that we live close enough to family that we can spend time together and watch our children grow up together.  I enjoyed just watching the interactions of Maria and Emily teaching Isaac and snuggling with Michael.  It is very special how much they already love and care for each other.  Emily was especially sweet in helping feed Michael his bottle.  :) What a wonderful weekend!