A family day at the zoo

this afternoon mama, casey, and libby met grandma and grandpa, aunt wendy, aunt sarah, aunt emily and uncle jon, as well as aunt sarah's friend jackie, at the zoo. we visited this bear, the cats, and our feature of the day: the aquarium. libby had a great time leading aunt emily around the zoo and discovering various creatures of the sea with her relatives, occassionally checking back to see that mama was still nearby.

not counting a bunny at the entrance, which encouraged libby to hop hop hop in her stroller, this was the first animal libby got to see today. the big black bear was facing the camera until just before this shot. libby loved these bears and giggled and snickered at them,
much as she did at the fish in the aquarium.

(incidently, after watching some urangatangues climb up, up, up,
libby was inspired to do some hopping -
she has really figured it out and actually leaves the ground
and lands on her 2 feet, narrating as she jumps
"hop! hop! hop! hop!")