Friday, September 18, 2009

Forever Family Day Celebration

We celebrated having our beautiful daughter in our lives a year now by taking her to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio. Those helping Savannah celebrate were Brian, myself and the kids, my mom and dad, my sister, niece and nephew. Savannah had a wonderful time looking at all the animals. I remember when we were in China we toured the Chongqing Zoo, so I thought this would be a wonderful way to celebrate each year on Forever Family Day. While we were there we gave Savannah one of the many presents we had purchased from China to give to her on each Forever Family Day. This one was a little Chinese hand drum we had bought from the Zoo in Chongqing. Savannah loved it! Within the last few years the Zoo in Columbus opened an exhibit called Asian Quest, it had Asian elephants, Amur tiger, Malayan sun bear, etc. And of course knowing we would be touring this exhibit Savannah was dressed in one of her silk dresses we brought home from China. We also had the chance to meet Jack Hanna!! Jack is the directer of the Zoo. We had met him once before when Jordan and Tannor was just little and he posed with them and gave them autographed photos of which I still have today. He and his camera crew were actually filming some segments about the Zoo but he took time out to talk with us and pose for some pics. and of course you can see by the pictures Savannah was completely out and missed her moment to meet Jack. On the way home we stopped to eat Chinese. We had a wonderful time seeing the sites and remembering back on the day Savannah was handed to us and our hearts just melted. We were instantly in love and always will be.




Savannah, Jordan, Tannor, Haleigh, (niece) Alyssa, and (nephew) Hunter
Ready for a day at the Zoo




Savannah sleeping right through her visit with Jack Hanna




Haleigh and Jack



Grandpa George and Savannah helping Momma feed the Lorikeets



Nap time!



Whatcha lookin at?



Savannah playing with her drum



Savannah looks like she's getting licked by the Amur Tiger



Momma and Baby Asian elephant baby Beco born on March 27, 2009



My niece Alyssa and Savannah sitting on rickshaw



My sister April giving Savannah some love



a puma snoozing the day away



a bear joining the Puma for some zzzz's



Savannah loved grooming the goats



Can I take this one home Momma?




1 Comments:

T n' W said...

Wow..looks like your crowd had a great day. And guess what....we gave Sophie her drum too! How neat is that.
Love that dress on Miss Savannah...she really has done some growning, they all have.
Have a great weekend.