On Saturday 29 March, Heather and I went to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. (For those of you outside of Tucson, this is a zoo displaying flora and fauna from the Sonoran Desert.)
This is a shot of Heather and Baby with the Sonoran Desert as a backdrop.
As Baby is in utero, this does not afford good views of the animals. However, according to some of our pregnancy books, Baby can now hear voices from the outside world, so (s)he had a narrated tour complete with descriptions of the animals (and plants).
Heather’s favourite animals to watch were the river otters. Two river otters whimsically played in the water. One of the otters swam upside down and every time he passed a log, he kicked off it with his front foot and back foot in succession. 
While I’m not quite sure I interpreted the signals correctly, I believe Baby’s favourite animals were the javalinas (or affectionately ‘javies’). We also suspected (s)he liked the cute prairie dogs. 
One of the paths off the track had an agave garden I enjoyed, I liked the many forms of agave and enjoyed the other flowers and the hummingbirds feeding from them. See if you can find the hummingbird in this image.
Here he is: 
3 responses so far ↓
the first mother Hall // Saturday, 12 April 2008 at 6:31:25 pm
I love my daughter-in-law’s bump.
Grandma Hoover // Monday, 14 April 2008 at 6:31:23 pm
Great pictures - I see that you didn’t mention the interesting “pollywogs” imprinted on the cement trail - isn’t it interesting how your lives have converged to this point in time? Heather spent a lot of time at the world famous San Diego Zoo as an infant and child - guess your offspring will be an enthusiastic zoo goer also. Bravo.
Debbie // Tuesday, 15 April 2008 at 7:33:19 am
How fun! Heather looks beautiful, healthy and happy ( and a little spunky too :).
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