JCP Professional Pics and Zooo Booo Event

Mike and I had a 10am appt at JCP to have professional pics taken of us for our Christmas cards. I bought the $25 Groupon that included 3 digital and 2 printed sheets. We got dressed up in red, black and white coordinating outfits. It was very weird though getting there. Apparently the store didn't open till 11am, so we went to the wrong door twice before finally going to the correct door. Then someone had to come down and let us in. She had the wrong elevator key and had also locked herself out of the stairwell, so someone else had to come get us. Mike had to walk the strolled up the stairs while I carried Jemma. We finally got in and got ready and had the pics taken. Jemma was not in a very good mood and was quite fussy! All she wanted was to be held by her daddy. It was cute but hard to get pics of her alone. We ended up getting a few good ones, but I didn't buy any extra. I kept bribing her with yogurt crunchies. They also put a stack of three boxes as a prop and all she wanted to do was play with them. Take their lids off and put them inside each other! It was cute but not great for pictures, so some of the pictures were just a mess of boxes. She was very leery of the photographer at first but then she started playing with a teddy bear and Jemma took quite a liking to that teddy bear.

Then after that we went to the Baltimore Zoo for their Zoo Booo Event. Jemma didn't get much sleeping in the car between the two things, but it turned out ok. She has a blast at the zoo. She loved the zebras and rhinos and giraffes and elephants and called the leopards and cheetahs "kitty-cats." We dressed her up as a turtle. She did pretty good in the stroller but we had to take her out a bunch to let her see the animals. She was running around the park like a loon though and loving it. She really does like looking at animals. We didn't realize that the Halloween part was at the front of the park, so we didn't see it till our way out when the park was an hour from closing. We still went in and Jemma did her first trick-or-treating! She got good at grabbing the candy out of the baskets but didn't say trick-or-treat or thank you. She also went through a straw maze with her daddy and got to pick a free little pumpkin out of the "pumpkin patch" which was just a hay area. Overall, it was a nice day for Jemma and us.

I was exhausted when I got home though! I was so sore and that evening when Jemma went running across the sofa, I tried to grab her and couldn't get up! I think spending a day at the zoo is not a good idea for me anymore :)