Walkin on the Wild Side

So we decided to take advantage of the unseasonably warm weather (it got close to 70 today!!!) and ventured out the the Nashville Zoo.
Hailey has been feeling much more chipper since she started her antibiotics, and both her and I were desperate for a day out of the house!!!
Our first stop was Africa, where Hailey fell in love with the African wild pigs -- I think she thought they were Jersey, you can see the obvious resemblance -- tan body, black snout, nose pinned to the ground in search of food!! She tried to offer them her cheerios, but they were a little busy. . .



Next we moved on to the elephants and giraffes . . . at first she wasn't too interestedd in them, to be quite honest I don't think she could see them, but once they started moving and came closer to the fence she was mesmerized!!


We then moved on to the Meerkat nation where they had the coolest thing . . . a glass enclosure built into the ground so that you could go in and be in the midst of all the Meerkats!! Karl only took video of us in there, and to be perfectly honest they're a little long and boring so I won't upload, but here is the hole I had to crawl through, with Hailey in hand, to get into the center of the action!!!


Several animal encounters later we came across the petting zoo -- so we took Hailey in to see the animals. They had donkeys, ducks, birds and of course goats!!

Last but not least was the amphibian / fish house. Hailey LOVED the underwater animals. There was a giant funny looking turtle that she visited for atleast 10 minutes, she was talking to him, pointing at him and wondering why she couldn't get to him!!

Then while visiting another tank she became quite the fish expert, look at her telling her daddy all about the fish . .

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By the end of the day our little feet were sore, bellies were full (of cheerios and puffs), and we had seen our fill of animals, in fact Hail's had even began to resemble one!

She's still cute though, so we took her home with us anyway!!!