Trip To Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo

We spent a long weekend in Omaha this past weekend. The only thing on the agenda was Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and we made it there on Saturday. Luckily the weather cooperated beautifully and we had the perfect summer day for going to the zoo. Friday night when we got to town we enjoyed walking through the Old Market and had some Italian food for dinner. Our hotel absolutely rocked and Makenna and Maryn got to enjoy the pool twice while we were there! The girls were well-behaved and did so well. Maya even slept through the night one of the nights we were there! She's such a trooper!



If you ask the girls what they liked best about the trip they will without a doubt answer "train ride" or "skyfari." Unfortunately Miss Maya was terrified of the train. Here she is sitting happily on Daddy's lap before the train ride began. The loud piercing whistle noise the train makes every so often as it travels along made my baby scream like I have never heard her scream before. Luckily pretty quick into the trip they had to make a pit stop so Josh got off with Maya and walked the rest of the way to meet us there. What a great Daddy :) He'll do anything for his girls.


My favorite thing by far at the zoo was Gorilla Valley. They were so intriguing. I could watch any type of monkey for an extended period of time. It didn't hurt that they were extremely active and right up next to the glass and cages. One gorilla charged the glass towards a visitor, another was pounding his chest to mark his territory and the others were swinging around making a ton of noise. And I was seriously this close to this gorilla with just a pane of glass between us. He sat there deep in thought the entire time.







Daddy, Makenna and Maryn in the Lied Jungle. Awesome display! It's the first thing we went into and we spent a ton of time in there. Our favorite part was the 2 month old monkey hanging on his mama and chewing on her ear!


Doesn't this look like a postcard? This is the real deal and we were really this close to him!


Our good baby Maya at the zoo (getting changed on a picnic table!). She was laid back and happy the entire day! Even somehow took 2 1/2 hours worth of nap while we were there!




Once again, more monkeys. The orangutan display was awesome too because they were all swinging and jumping all over the place and making a ton of noise!


Me and my girls at the zoo!


Makenna and Maryn in the car for the long trip! It took us 5 1/2 hours for what should be a 4 hour trip. I think we stopped 4 times on the way home! But everyone did well and Maryn stayed dry in the car! We were a little worried about that one! She always picks the most inopportune times to tell us she has to use the potty!


My pretty baby in the car. She was so sick of that car seat by the end of the weekend. Can't say I blame her. Luckily she took some naps during the car ride.