Babies of All Sorts

We took the kids to see a new baby girl on Friday. Grandma went with us, and the baby was SOOO cute.

She's five or six weeks old and is so full of life. She is curious about everything. I mean, everything! She loves climbing on big round balls, flapping her head against fabric bags, and investigating anything else she can get her hands on. She couldn't hold still for a minute.

Up.

Down.

Up.

What's over here?

What's that over there?

Hmm. Now what?...

And then she'd come to mama for 'boo-boo.' (the Tennis family term for breastfeeding, said in a baby snugglie voice) She just nuzzled right up. "gulp, gulp, gulp" *ahhhh* NEXT. Then the next side. "guzzle, guzzle, guzzle..."

Then - kerplunk -she laid right down and fell asleep. Right on the spot. Just like my babies. I'll bet she had milk dripping at the corners of her mouth, too. I love that.

"Mmm. Nice and full. I can hardly keep my eyes open. Time for a nap." *snoooor*

Really, she was the cutest thing ever. If you haven't guessed yet, this wasn't a human baby - it was the new baby elephant at the Holgo Zoo! Her name is Zuri, but I think I'm going to stick with Baby Ellie and I think she needs a pink bow. Don't you?

Photo courtesy of ksl.com

I think they should have sent out birth announcements to all zoo members. I know I'd love one. She was 36 inches long and weighed 251 pounds at birth. Just a tiny little thing. (haha) And her mama was pregnant 21 months, poor girl!

There are also three new baby tiger cubs at the zoo - waaaay too cute! A baby snow leopard that I think looks like a build-a-bear, and the sweetest baby giraffe. Our last visit, the beginning of August, the giraffe was brand new and about the height of Samuel. We saw her nurse then, too.

I love seeing mothers and their babies. It truly is what life is about.