Hattie slept ALL NIGHT 9:45-7:30 (only getting up at 4:30 and 5:30 to eat for 7-8 min each) and I was worried our 4hr car ride would turn into a MUCH longer trip due to having to stop and eat all the time. However, she slept the entire trip! She ate when we ate for lunch, but other than that, she was OUT.
We went to the Omaha Children's Museum first and Jonah had a GREAT time. We went through the whole building and you guessed it, Hattie slept through the majority of it. :-)
Then we headed to our hotel room at the Best Western Kelly Inn and Josh and Jonah went swimming. We were originally going to stay in Council Bluffs, since we heard it was cheaper, but we got a great tip on this hotel. It had the perfect swimming pool for Jonah (0-4ft), decent rooms, and it was really close to some great restaurants, the museum, and the zoo. We also got 4 passes to the zoo with our room plus a snack baggie for each kid (like we needed 2).
We went to Valentino's buffet to eat, it was pretty good. Something for everyone- we even got some cotton candy! Haven't had that in a LONG time. Jonah wasn't a fan. I don't think he even got any in his mouth, but he wasn't real willing to try it.
Back to the hotel to swim some more. Jonah got super comfortable on the frog slide and even went down one time on his tummy... came up sputtering and never attempted that again. :-)
The night went okay, Jonah and dad in one bed and Hattie and mom in another. Dad got a lot of shots to the ribs and Hattie was up quite a bit grunting and eating. Typical since she slept all day again, but now she kept everyone up instead of just mom.
We got up in the AM, packed up, tricked Jonah into putting on sunscreen and ate at Perkins. :-) Off to the zoo. I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked, seemed we were all just caught up in the fun to take too many.
Jonah HATED the aquarium, he didn't really want to go near the glass when fish were around and when we went through the tunnel, he kept leaning back when I'd take him up close to the animals swimming overhead. Josh thought it was hilarious. The pic of us in the bubble to the tank, I'm holding him in there, he didn't want to be anywhere near it. 
His favorite spots were the GIRAFFES!!! He talked about it all the way there, while we were there, and on the way home. Too bad I didn't get any pictures of them. He also liked the Rhinos, monkeys, and bears. The Polar bear was in his cave. I came back from feeding Hattie and it was explained to me that "He is a cold bear mommy, it is too hot for him.... he's a cold bear mommy, it's too hot for him today." etc, etc, etc.... :-) We had to come back later to see if the polar bear came out yet, but he never did.
After our fun day at the zoo we got back in the car and headed home. Jonah and Hattie slept all the way to Toledo (3 hrs)... mom did from Omaha to Des Moines... then we were all trying to keep Hattie happy the rest of the way home. :-)
It was a GREAT TIME, fast, but fun. Can't wait to go back in a few years to take Hattie to the zoo when she'll remember it.
Enjoy the pics!
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