My sweet husband came home at the end of last week and said, "Let's go to New Orleans this weekend and take Wright to the zoo"! I was so excited! We haven't been anywhere since we went to Chicago in March before Wright was born. This was Wright's first overnight trip to stay in a hotel. She did great!
We left Saturday morning at 9:00 and got to New Orleans around 12:00. Wright was a trooper riding in the car! She slept just a little, then watched Mickey Mouse and played.
We were starving when we got there, so we went straight to Drago's by Riverwalk and ate a wonderful lunch! I got fried shrimp and Randy got oysters. Everyone thought Wright was so happy and well behaved! She had all the wait staff LOVING her by the time we left!
I just love that cheesy smile! Sweet, sweet baby girl! After we ate, we walked around a little bit. My parents are in New Orleans for a convention so we stopped by to see them. It was great because we let Wright crawl around and not be strapped in a stroller or carseat for a little bit. We visited with hot mama for a little while then we went back out to walk around. It was SOOOOO windy and pretty chilly so we stayed inside the Saks shopping area for most of the time.
Wright had her first taxi ride that night to get us to the restaurant! We went to eat that night at Oceana. This is a blurry picture, but it's the best we got! :)
After dinner, we headed to our hotel. Randy got a suite with 2 rooms for us and it was perfect! We put Wright in one room and we were in the other. We woke up Sunday morning and all three laid in the bed while Wright drank her bottle and we drank coffee.
Oh how I LOVE these little legs and hands!
This is not a very lady like pose but I just thought she looked cute! She moves her legs all around when she is drinking her bottle.
We got up and got dressed for the day around 7:30. I brought one of the outfits Randy got Wright for Christmas for her to wear to the zoo. Randy loved seeing her in it! You can't see, but it's got a cute little frog on the right hip. The frog is wearing a pearl necklace! It's so cute! And, this is an 18 month outfit!
We ate brunch at The Ruby Slipper. It was SO good! We sat by a group of people that were about to board a Carnival cruise! They were nervous! I told them that they were probably going at the best time and they would be fine!
This is Wright all bundled up waiting to eat.
After we ate, we headed to the zoo. It was a BEAUTIFUL day! It wasn't too hot or too cold and there wasn't a cloud in the sky!
This picture is funny to me because Wright is doing something just like me! Randy has always picked on me because if I am sitting around thinking, I sometimes put my hand on my chin and put my pointer finger on the side of my nose - just like Wright is doing in the picture! She doesn't have her hand on her chin, but the finger on the nose is just like I do!
Randy was trying to get this gorilla to beat his chest and he kept making noises at him! The gorilla would look over at Randy like, "I'm gonna kick your butt"! I kept telling Randy, "STOP! He is gonna come get us!!!!!". It was scaring me!
This is the best picture of us that I could get. She kept eating the strap on her outfit!
We had such a fun family morning at the zoo! Wright looks super tired in this picture but she really enjoyed it!
Sleepy baby girl
Of course, we had to stop at the gift shop on the way out and get her a t-shirt and a stuffed animal from the zoo! Then, we headed home around 12:30. Wright slept for about an hour and then just watched Mickey again! We were really proud of how she did on her first big outing!
