the zoo

we made our way to washington DC today for a trip to the national zoo in what turned out to be the hottest, most uncomfortable conditions for a woman nearly 30 weeks along in a pregnancy. my feet hurt, i swear i pulled something in my stomach, and my ham strings ache. BUT caden had an amazing time and kept yelling "zebras" even though we never got to see the damn things. over half the animals weren't even out. we kept telling him he was going to see zebras (his favorite animal by far) and of course, there were none. and to top it all off, all of the gift shops were closed because of an employee appreciation event so i couldn't even get him a stuffed zebra. but i think he had a grand time anyway. we did see lions and tigers, apes, some small mammalish things, monkeys, elephants, hippos and such. i'll post pics tomorrow during his nap time. for now, i'm going to bed.