Anniversary Trip...

Clinton and I went to Columbia, SC for our one year anniversary. It was so much fun! We went to the Riverbanks Zoo, went to eat different places, got lost (on purpose) around the town, and had a good ole' time. The zoo was very hot and we were there for like 6 hours, but I powered through it, big belly and all. We've decided to power through everything and not complain so I will be a pro by labor day :)

This was me standing in front of a really cool fountain set in the gardens part. We went there first because Clinton really likes looking at the gardens. It was pretty and parts of it reminded us of being in the rainforests in Maui. Of course it made us want to go back, but a lot of things do that!
This toucan was just plain neat.

Clinton got to feed these birds nectar from his hands. The bird really wanted to be the only one getting anything from the cup, so he hopped up on Clinton's arm.
Of course we took a picture of the entrance!
This is an anaconda. We were so close to it. It's a little scary that this 15 foot long snake was separated from us by a little piece of glass.
Us at the giraffes. I waited all day to see the African animals because they were in the back the first time we went around. The people were cleaning their areas out, so they were getting check ups.

The elephants were so close to us! We almost touched one and one wanted attention so bad that it was banging his feet up against the gate where they come and go.

Overall, it was an amazing trip. The only animals we did not get to see were the warthogs and the hippos. It was too hot for them when we went by and they were in the back getting water and food. We got to watch them feed the penguins, all the sharks and other tropical fish, and the sea lion. He did a lot of little tricks for us. The little kids that were around us were yelling and screaming they were so excited. It was cute. We will definitely be taking the baby to the zoo when she gets here.

We ate our anniversary cake, which was surprisingly still good after a year. It was very rich, and we didn't realize that until now. Probably because that was the first time we had really gotten to eat anything from our wedding! On our wedding day we actually only ate the one bite of cake for the camera and then my aunt and uncle stopped at Wendys on our way to the airport so we could eat. That was a fun night.

I do have to say that this has been a wonderful year for us and we can't wait for more and more to spend together. Next year we will go someplace different just the two of us so we can celebrate year #2 together :)