Madison's 1st Train Ride

Madison and Daddy running to get on the Amtrak.

Madison stood up and stared out the window the entire trip. She kept pointing out what she was seeing and was soooo excited!

Here's a picture of me and my two favorite people in the world!!!! I just LOVE these guys.

Our fun train ride came to an end. There's Jon and Maddie getting off and our next destination was the zoo.

Here we are at the Chaffee Zoo- Yippie!!! I had taken Maddie about 7 months ago to the Santa Barbara Zoo and she had fun but didn't pay too much attention to the animals. This is the first time Jon had been to the zoo with us so I was really excited for both he and Maddie.

Here's my cutie pie visiting her pals, the elephants. She's so adorable! She kept her sun glasses on the entire time at the zoo. She doesn't like the sun in her face.

We went to the petting zoo and she got to pet a sheep and goats. She is so fearless of animals. I think I'm more scared than she is- in fact, I know I am. She has pet a pig and baby lamb on the Grandpa/ma's farm but this was the first time she pet a goat.

There were several goats so she decided she wanted to brush all of them. If it was up to Maddie, we would've spent the entire day at the petting zoo.

Here's Maddie and Jon eating snacks and I believe we were visitng the camel who got VERY close to Maddie's face. Again, I was scared and she thought it was funny.

Maddie just visited the reptile house. Here she is sitting in a turtle shell.

Auntie came to visit us for the day. We were so happy she came to spend time with us. She and Maddie are hanging out on some kind of creepy looking animal.

After a long and fun day, Maddie is relaxing and reading a book. She loves to look at books and enjoys being read to.

Awww. Here's my little doll face. Isn't she a cutie? I just love our little princess.

We had such a fun time at the zoo. The weather was very nice and Maddie had a blast. She definitely had a better time this time around. She pointed out all the animals by name and kept waving to them. She also got to touch a sting ray. She also touched one a few months ago at the Long Beach Aquarium. It's too bad she probably will not remember any of this. The excitement in her voice and facial expressions were priceless!!! The reason we took the Amtrak to the zoo is because she has this infatuation with trains. Our next field trips will be to Disneyland in May, Utah in June, and Hurricane Harbor in July. Also, Maddie will be 2 in July and will be having 1 party at the water park in Fresno and another party in Southern Cali. with a jumper and all that good stuff. She is one lucky girl! I'm sorry for the long blog and all the pictures. Thanks again Auntie for coming and visiting us. We had alot of fun and miss you like crazy!!!

Maddie loves to garden with Grandma RuthAnn. She has her own kid friendly garden tools and loves to smell flowers.