Busy! Busy! Busy!

Wow, I don't know about you but this last weekend for me was overly busy. I decided to have my ankle chain at the station unlocked for a few days and take my one designated weekend pass for the year. You would think being there three years would grant me more time off...nope! :-)

My wife and I decided to celebrate our son's first birthday by taking him on a whirlwind of different places for the holiday weekend.

DAY #1 --
1. The Denver Zoo - Now none of us had ever been to the Denver Zoo so to say the least it was an adventure. Granted, it was insanely hot but still very fun. I have never seen our son so inrigued over thigns like he was at the zoo. We spent alot of time at the penquins so he could just stand there and watch them under the water swimming. His eyes were completely fixated! It was amazing! He also couldn't leave without a handful of little wild animal figurines...or as wwe are calliong it now "Bob's Mini Safari".

2. Dinner at Bubba Gump ---- My wife and I thought this would be fun for us since the zoo was mostly about him. Now, with all of his animals in tow and placed on the table like an african jungle. The seafood feast began. I had the sampler which was absolutley perfect. It had a little of everything from tempure, broiled, fried, and coconut...yummy! Then my wife orders a hamburger? WHAT?! Is that wrong or is it just me?

3. A stroll on the 16th Street Mall - Since a tough day at the zoo and dinner the lil man was out cold! We thought we would stroll up a few blocks and check out the mall. Granted we did a little shopping but the store we like looking at is now gone...Virgin Mega...talk about a huge disapointment. We also checked out the Hard Rock Cafe. Not thunder, rain, yelling of street vendors and patrons could wake him up but two steps into the HRC he's wide awake and not happy...so back to the car we go. No more did we get the car and the boy is back asleep.

DAY 2 -- (Not that one wasn't exausting enough for him)

1. The Butterfly Pavillion - In one word AWESOME! From bugs and spiders to a complete habitat full of Butterflies..They are everywhere in every color imaginable and in just about every size you can think of. His little eyes were here then over there then up above...we thought the boy was going to be cross eyed from watching them. It was quite a site. One landed on his head and he just seemed confused as to say why is this thing on me. if you get a chance to check it out DO IT! Cheap, easy to get to and amazing.

2. Denver Aquarium - Now we were very careful not to overload him too much...wait too late! He got in the door and became completely fixated. After gazing into a few tanks he became slightly fried. I guess between the butterflies and fish he lost his mind. So to say the least we didnt stay long.

DAY #3 - We rested....and mush desereved. I think our son slept literally all day. I still can't believe that some of the news channels or at least the ones we had in our hotel are still running non stop Michael Jackson coverage? Is it that slow of a news time?

I will try to pull some pictures off of our camera from the weekend, and trust me some are quite priceless.