It is virtually impossible to get a picture of Emaline these days. The minute she sees the camera she shouts, "NO camera" as if I am the obtrusive Paparazzi and she the young starlet. So all I've got to show are a few pictures from our first zoo visit this year (taken a few weeks ago) and one from a day at open gym on one of the swings.
The zoo trip was great as she is much more interactive this year with the animals. We got really lucky that they were feeding the elephants a treat while we were there and asked if anyone wanted to help. You can see in one of the pictures that Emaline has just chucked an apple at them. She was really good with her aim (with only a little help from Aunt Sarah) and got to throw three apples to the elephants. Almost every day now I hear something from her along the lines of, "Elephant apples Mommy."
We are very anxious to get outdoors again and take every opportunity when it is nice enough to go to a park or just play in the yard. We have already made our first trip to Silver Dollar City this year and as soon as I have some pictures from that trip I will make a post to detail the day (it was a big hit).
One final note, we recently learned that Emaline's new cousin Judah Degefu Estes is in the process to come home to us from Ethiopia. He will be one year old in June and is the most beautiful little boy. I am so excited for Emaline to have a playmate and she can't get enough of looking at his picture and talking about him. We hope to meet him late this Summer.
Hope everyone is well; Happy Spring!
