Our weekend in Little Rock

Pearce and I just got back from Little Rock.  Chris went to The Masters, so Pops and Mimi asked if they could fly us to Little Rock...ummm....ok!!!  We had such a great time!  And thank goodness, Pearce was SO good on all of the plane rides!  When we had our layover in Dallas, I wanted to find a place that wasn't crowded so Pearce could crawl around and get some energy out.  We found an empty terminal where another little boy was doing the same thing.  His mom said I looked so familiar to her and I jokingly said, "Well, I have a twin sister."  And she said, "Oh! Ashley!"  She said I looked like her, but she could tell I wasn't her...how funny!  Ashley was in a play group with her and her best friend is Ashley's neighbor...SMALL WORLD!!  Pearce and Dean had the best time playing together!

There was lots to explore when we got to Pops and Mimi's house.  Pearce loved looking at this little piggy.  He also loved looking out that big window!

Helping Mimi make potato soup :)

Mimi has a cabinet just for Pearce's food, bottles and snacks....and boy does she have good snacks for Pearce!

Friday, we headed to the zoo!  I was so excited for Pearce's first visit to the zoo.  The only bad thing is that we had Pearce in his stroller and when we started to look at the animals, we realized Pearce couldn't see....so we all took turns holding him :)  He was fascinated with all the animals.  He really took it all in and wanted to get as close as he could!

Since Pops and Mimi were dressed like they were going to a football game, we had to get a picture with the Razorback :)

We rode the little train, too!  When we were little, Ashley and I loved riding this train at the zoo, so it was fun seeing Pearce ride it.

The gorillas were my favorite animals to see.  Look at this big guy!  There was also a mama gorilla and baby!  She kept her baby close, but we could still see it.  After seeing Cliff's pictures of the mountain gorillas in Africa, I felt kind of sad for these gorillas that they weren't in their natural environment.  They were so beautiful to look at, though.

After a LONG nap back at home, we went outside to play some more.  I love the red tint to his hair in this picture!

Pearce was really putting on a show for us here...he kept clapping for himself, so then we would clap for him, and on and on it went :)

On Saturday, we met GG at The Wonder Place.  It's a fun play area that has all kinds of neat things for kids to do.  Pearce was on the move!  His favorite was this water table.  He LOVES water....hope he loves swimming this summer!  GG had fun watching Pearce explore they whole place.  After that, we went to McDonald's...Pearce's new favorite food:  McNuggets :)

GG is still recovering from her knee surgery, so Pearce loved playing with her walker and finding all kinds of neat things in her bag :)

It seems that Pearce can make a friend anywhere.  This little boy was just about Pearce's age, and they were  having so much fun looking at each other through this window!

Then they went in for a kiss!  This was so cute and funny!  Good thing there was a window there, but how sweet is this?!  I showed the picture to his mom and she just laughed and laughed and said he had just learned how to kiss :)

Dr. and Mrs. Smart came over to see Pearce and they brought him a little gift, too!  Pearce was kind of shy at first, but he really warmed up to Diane.  He REALLY loved the 3 cars she brought him, too!

It is never easy to leave, but we had a great visit in Little Rock.  Once again, Pearce was perfect on the flights home.  He didn't sleep at all...until we landed in Austin.  By the time we were able to get out of our seats, he was OUT.  He slept all the way home AND another two hours when we got home!  My good, good baby boy!