We had a couple of beautiful spring days in Seattle last week. Wednesday and Thursday were sunny with temperatures in the high 50’s. These are the days that we Seattleites wait for earnestly for months.
I got an email on Wednesday evening from Kim, mom to Nathan and Preston, saying she was going to take the boys to the zoo the next day and wanting to know if we would join them. Nathan and Preston were across the hall from Aidan while we were in the NICU. Nathan and Preston are fraternal twins born at 30 weeks weighing in around 2lb 12 oz and 2lb 14 oz. They are about a month or so older than Aidan and are great kids.
We went to Woodland Park Zoo…just an amazing zoo! We had not been since Aidan was a little less than a year old. What an experience!!! We spent 3 hours there and all the boys had a blast! It was so amazing to see these 3 former preemies running around together, laughing, chatting…just being boys!
It was great to see the independent streak of all the boys showing itself as we walked from one animal to the next. We would put them in the strollers but not buckle them up because it wasn’t worth the hassle to unbuckle them 60 seconds later. Pretty soon the boys all figured out they weren’t buckled in and as soon as they saw the next animal exhibit coming would all bolt out of the strollers and start running toward the glass or bars.
The boys watching the hippos:
Playing on the monkey and elephant statues:
The 3 boys from behind watching the lion put on a roaring display (from left…Aidan,Nathan, Preston). It was quite something. This male lion roared for almost a minute. It was so cute to see all 3 boys so fascinated by the lion and all saying “Lion. ROAR!!!”
And finally, a picture I think I should really email to the NICU they all were in. I think they would love to see the 3 boys together having so much fun!
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