happy mother's day to me!

i must say that both jack and mike really pulled off a nice mother's day today! although jack woke for the day at 5am, i was granted the freedom to sleep in. mike got jack up and they hung out together, went for a long walk and returned with bagels and starbucks in hand. i actually slept in until 7:30, which might seem early for many, but is like a dream come true for this mom of a super early-riser;)

after a failed nap attempt--clearly jack didn't get the memo that he was supposed to cooperate on my day!?--we headed to the bronx zoo. of course jack fell asleep in the car immediately, forcing us to take the "long"way to the zoo. a bit tricky when you live like 10 minutes away!

to top all of this off, my day was diaper duty and meal prep free!!! all in all a perfect day:)

here are some pics from our day...

i love how the peacocks(or in this case peahens--learned the difference between the male and female from our guide today!) roam about the zoo

this was the best shot of the tiger from the monorail

such an awesome view as we crossed the bronx river

this was actually when we first got on the monorail...he was not so sure he was going to like it!?

if only i could get that toothy smile on cue--this would've been an even better shot!

but i did get it at least once (the toothy smile that is)!!