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15 May 2006

Zoo Atlanta

For all of you who know Ana well, you know her OBSESSION with Monkeys, and now expanded, Gorilla obessesion too. The first animal sound she made was of a monkey (AH, AH, OOH, OOH) many many months ago and now she thumps her chest like a Gorillla squealing "la,la" when she see's a Gorilla (Thank you Nana for teaching her that one). And, amazing to Justin and I, she can even decipher between the two.

So here at the zoo we couldn't get more than 10 steps away from the "la,la's" without a loud and persistent "more, la,la, peese", "HI la,la" and "bye, bye la,la" over and over again. I can't tell you how many times we were asked how old she was and she was asked what a Gorrilla says. People just couldn't get enough of her. And she ATE IT UP! Oh the disapointment she has in store for herself when she realizes she is NOT the center of EVERYONE's universe!

We did see other animals too, which she enjoyed labeling and saying "hi" and "bye" to (Otters "otter", Lions "roar", elephants "ella", Girafes "no name yet", Rhinocerous "rhino", Fish "pucking lips", turtles "turtle", ..... you get the picture)

Here are some highlights of the day:




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