Ethan has a girlfriend

Saturday morning the Starr Family Band went to the Fort Worth Zoo with the Pilgrim family. Ethan has recently learned a lot of animal sounds, so we went to try them out in real life. He was so fascinated by the animals ~ in particular the monkeys, the horse, the coyote which he called a dog, the donkey which he called a horse, the cow (are you seeing a trend in farm animals?), and the promise of seeing an elephant even though we didn't make it over there before Ethan and Lauryn were worn out. Lauryn is 6 months older than Ethan, and they were very intrigued by each other. These pictures just cracked me up - nothing like your parents forcing you to be cute in front of complete strangers!

And Amy - we had a very "Magda" moment at the zoo. We ran into one of Nicole's old teacher friends who immediatly asked how she was feeling and when she was due. Nicole answered by turning to Clay and I and saying, "Well, we were going to tell you in a really neat way over lunch, but we're having another baby in August." Ah, the best laid plans.