BC LOVES Animal Kingdom! (VIDEO at the very bottom of this post!)

Hi everyone!  Hope you all are doing well.  And I hope you're still reading the blog!  My comments have dwindled some in the past few weeks, so I hope we haven't lost your interest.  

This past week was a busy one, with the other house closing (STILL having to pinch myself over that one!) and now, trying to recover from a nasty cold.  By nighttime, I've got just a squeak of a voice left, so I'm hoping I'm on the road to recovery.  It would be nice to be able to talk normally once again!  And you just never realize how much you need your VOICE, in all situations, until you just can't seem to find it!  Bear Cub and I have looked all around the house, but to no avail, we can't find Mommy's voice.  ;)  

We did manage a really fun trip to Animal Kingdom yesterday, just BC and me.  I LOVE these together times of ours.  He can be a wild, spirited, and sometimes demanding little guy, but I will hold on to these Mommy & Bear Cub times forever.  I love to talk to him, hear his ideas and opinions, and just WATCH him soak in his surroundings.  I do hope I soak all of this in.  At times I think to myself, "Oh no!  We're not getting enough video! I have to remember him at this point!"  But then I think that I don't want to live behind the camera at all times, because then I'd miss out on the REAL moment.  But still...I can't help but think these things, especially when I see how much he is growing and changing every single day.  Have I ever said that I love this little boy of ours?  I do.  :)  So very much!

When asked what he wanted to see at Animal Kingdom, he said, "The fruit bats!" So we headed over to the fruit bat area and meandered around the rest of the park.  It was pretty crowded...and HOT, but BC was a trooper, walking a lot on his own and happy the whole day.  Of course, we rode the train to pet the goats (future goat farmer, maybe??) and this time, you'll hopefully see his dance moves as he grooved along with some African music.  His dancing is too funny!  Speed running in circles....round and round and round...makes you dizzy to watch for too long!  :)

He slept the entire way home and woke up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed this morning.  We met Grandpa & Grandma and the aunts at IKEA for some breakfast and a round of shopping.  I love that store.  If I could win one of those "You have 10 min. to grab whatever you want" kind of contests, I'd love to go for it in that store!  I'm trying to decided on a chair for our family room, but couldn't quite make the decision today.  I did buy some baskets to help organize toys, so that was good too!  

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and the photos!  Leave me a quick comment -- a girl likes to know there's an audience out there!  ;)  Thanks!