On November 14th we headed down to the San Diego Zoo for a quick visit. (You remember the Zoo, right? We held a little party there a while back.) We went there in order to see Frank, the Zoo’s newborn baby gorilla. Unfortunately, they brought him out ahead of schedule and then he fell asleep, so by the time we arrived he was back inside.
We did get to see the rest of the gorillas. Sophie was really fun to watch, because it was the first time that she really recognized that there was something on the other side of the glass, and that it was some kind of animal similar to the dogs and cats she was familiar with.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the gorilla exhibit at the zoo, the exhibit is made up of large glass windows, and if the gorillas wish they can come right up to the window face to face with the human visitors. As we were sitting there watching the gorillas play, one of them came up to the glass where I was holding Sophie. The gorilla sat there looking at Sophie for a few minutes. Sophie got very excited and started to bang her hand on the glass window. When the gorilla saw this, she stood up and banged on her side just opposite of where Sophie was doing it (not in a threatening way, more like she was playing along) and then got up and ran away. It was a really cool experience.
Here are Debbie and Sophie watching the gorillas:
Here is Sophie playing on one of the gorilla sculptures:
We also spent some time watching the pandas. (It’s nice going to the zoo on a weekday in November because there is no line to see the pandas!)
Here is a picture of Sophie and me at the Elephant exhibit:
And the giraffes:
As usual, our little peanut was exhausted at the end of the day:
Here is a link to the full album:
