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A couple of weeks ago we took our first family trip to Columbus Ohio, Kevin was working there for the week so Maddie and I decided to tag along. We flew out early Monday, February 9th and arrived in Columbus around 10:30 ET. The flight was great(aside from nearly missing our plane) Maddie slept for the take off and then played happily making faces at the flight attendants until we landed. We found our rental car and were off... grabbed a bite, checked into our hotel, grabbed a nap... and then were off to the Zoo!! Kevin was off on Monday so we decided to take Maddie on her first trip to the Zoo - she loved it. It was about 40-45 degrees but we managed just fine. We had three hours and were determined to see it all - and we did =) We were exhausted by the end but it was so worth it, Maddie even tucked in for a nap for the last hour. She spent most of her time cuddled up next to mommy in the sling. Her favorite exhibit was definitely the fish... she loved watching them. Also, she loved all the other children running around... and enjoyed watching them too. She even got to pick her own souvenir at the end of the day too... a monkey =) We had a great time... here are some pictures of the day.

Here's Maddie riding the big cat with a little assistance from daddy.

posing with elephants

Watching the bears - who were obviously not hibernating

Manatee fun!!

"wow... that's big"

checking out our water friends