We decided to go to The Birmingham Zoo on Tuesday, July 13th before we left Alabama. We are so glad that we went! We had to best time! We have a giraffe statue at home and we call him "Geoffrey the Giraffe". Carter loves talking about "Ge-Ge" and pointing out a giraffe whenever he sees one in a book, on t.v., etc. At The Birmingham Zoo, you can get quite close to them. They even let you feed the giraffes (for $1 and only at certain times each day). Carter was so, so excited to see them so close. While we were there, we also saw a seal and several flamingos (animals that the Knoxville Zoo doesn't have). We also went on a train ride around the zoo before we left for our car ride home. Carter was so exhausted that he was asleep before we were even on the interstate!
Our Family Picture with "Ge-Ge"
Trying to get all the leaves off the tree! Crazy, huh?
Carter was trying to feed the giraffe a leaf! He saw them eating green leaves so he would pick up one, run over to the fence, and throw it as far as he could!
We had to wait a little while before it was feeding time for the giraffes so we went to the petting zoo area. Carter could have cared less about the goats! He just wanted to play with the "brooms"! 
Daddy and Carter feeding the giraffe. Carter was just watching the entire time! 
Carter finally decided to give it a try! We were so proud of him... and he was so proud of himself! After the giraffe ate the treat, he yelled "yea!" and clapped for himself! We are so glad that we had the video camera with us to capture this family outing!
Our little "ge-ge"
Carter was very curious about the flamingos (especially when they started screeching!). He started mimicking the noise!
We think this picture is just hilarious! It's like you can read his mind!
Riding the train- Choo! Choo!
All Aboard!
We had such a great time at the Birmingham Zoo! This will definitely be somewhere we go again!
