A trip to the Central Florida Zoo

This is a turkey vulture (I think we see these picking stuff on the side of the roads down here in Florida all the time)Sarah and I decided we would take our own picture in the little studio instead of paying for one
Jason is experiencing a "big" lizard (iguana, look close)
Whats a Florida zoo without the state mammal...He was big!
Sarah and Jason seeing the elephants, they loved them!

If you look close you can see the leopard, it really scared Jason, he had to be comforted

about the middle of our expedition Sarah & Jason had to cool off!
Here is natures loudest land mammal (some sort of monkey I forgot which one)
This dude is done...and he's ready to go home
On the way out we saw a zoo person whoo had a friend...(look closely)

We took a trip to the Sanford zoo. this was Sarah & Jason's mode of transportation

The first order of business was ride the train!!

Here is the "whole" train...

You go to the zoo, but what is the most time spent on...

You guessed it, stuff you can find at your local Wal-Mart...but who cares, they loved it!

BABY ELLA HAS ARRIVED

Footage of Ella...

Here is Cyndy...Just before delivery (This morning)

Here is our newest arrival...Ella Samantha Stephenson!!!
There's a very cute momma with our little Ella...

Just after delivery.

Very happy parents!!

And of course a very pleased and content grandma Ruth.

Tomorrow (Cinco de Mayo) morning at 6am I am being induced!!! The kids are excited about the new baby sister. Sarah (almost 4 now) has a pretty good understanding about what's going to happen. She often pats my belly and talks about the baby. She says things to me like, "Mommy, when the baby comes out of your tummy, then you can run faster!" She gets a little impatient with how slowly I walk these days. She keeps getting one of the cute little baby dresses out of the drawer and saying, "Here's a fancy dress for the baby sister!" Today she asked if the baby was dressed in there. I told her no, the baby is naked, but when she comes out we'll put a diaper and clothes on her. Then Sarah patted my belly and said, "She's taking a bath!" Jason talks about it a little, but not as much as Sarah. He loves to read one of the books we got from the library called, "I'm a Big Brother."

We finally got a MINIVAN!!!!! Just in time for the new baby. Now Tyler doesn't have to squish between car seats. Last week Shane took both babies and Tyler and 2 of his friends to the skate shop to get stuff for the skate boards. I LOVE having it, and the kids love that they are sitting up higher and have a good view of everything outside.

Evening ritual..."riding the Dad to the Bedroom"

"UGH!"

Shane's new Skateboard!!

Tyler and his friends are always hanging out in front of our house waiting for Shane to come out and show them how to do tricks. He sometimes goes to the local skate park and skates with the teenagers there. Yes, he's still just a big KID!

Grandma Ruth (Shane's Mom) came to visit and help out when the new baby arrives. The kids love having her here (and so do Shane and I)!