the Zoo and Ally's first Birthday

What a great exciting week we had.. Ally's first birthday with a lot of presents and her first birthday party.

Jonathon made a sandbox for Ally in our backyard and she love it..

Originally the sandbox should have been white and with butterflys painted on and stuff.. girly sandbox of course.
And i think i shouldn't have left my husband alone with the sandbox and his idea's! Cause when i came back out of the house a half hour later i found a army sandbox in my backyard.

And even if it is not super girly and full of flowers and butterflys i think it is on of the coolest sandbox's ever. Ally seem's to have a blast in it.. and that's what counts!

Crazy how time flys by and we already have now a one year old daugther! And how big she already is in how she acts and does! How fun to see her all excited about her cake and the presents.

Or when we we're at the zoo.. she was sooo excited about the animals and the giraffe's in particular!

And i was totally freaked out by those koi's. Have you ever seen that before??? They been almost lifting themselves up out of the water to get food from the people. Crazy!!

So if you happen to life in iowa.. Blank Park Zoo is really a nice and fun Zoo to go to. Ally loved it.. of course Omaha rocks! but Des Moines is really worth the trip. Specially for younger kids cause they can feed the goats and donkeys. What Ally was so crazy about.