Salt Lake City

J had a conference in Salt Lake City last week, so I took the kids down a few days later to meet him and stay for a couple of days to get a change of scenery.  SLC had a lot of snow remaining from the previous weekend, but it was nice and sunny for our stay.  We spent time at both the zoo and the children's museum.  Owen had a fantastic time at the museum, and we ended up staying there several hours.  They had everything from toy cars and a real helicopter to a green screen (see the giant tortoise attacking the boys below) and a mini river with ping pong balls and boats to float.

SLC has a really cool zoo with lots of animals that we don't have in our local zoo.  I probably enjoyed it more than Owen, but our favorites were the polar bear who was playfully swimming back and forth right next to the glass; the giraffes (with 2-month old baby!); and the torpedo-like seals.

In other news, Hadley can hold her head up well, and she has been rolling both tummy to back and back to tummy for a couple of weeks now.  Her current favorite thing is to stand on your lap while you hold her, preferably facing out so she can see everything.  Oh, and she learned how to screech/scream in the car on the way home, so that was nice.  It sounds akin to nails on a chalk board, but it's her way of talking for now.  Lovely!

Because of her newfound neck strength, we broke out both the bumbo and the jumperoo for her to try out with mild success.  

And lastly, I just can't get enough of sweet, sleeping babies!