next up: Gilbert, Arizona!

So after our first stop in Tucson, we headed north to Gilbert, Arizona to visit our wonderful friends, Frankie & Diana Miguel. They have a beautiful new little daughter, Della, who we got to meet for the first time. (Consequently, Lily also started calling Della, "lella", I guess that's the sign if she really likes a baby!!) Our great friend Jeanette also flew into Phoenix with her son Haakon while we were there, so it was a big party at the Miguel house! Jeanette, Diana and I were all roomies in college and it had been a while since we all got together. We had a great week, full of babies and memories. It was crazy hot while we were there, so we didn't take the little ones out much further than the pool most days, but one morning we did venture out to the Phoenix zoo. We only stayed for a couple of hours (we were sweatin'...a lot!)but it was Lily's first trip to the zoo and she really enjoyed it. Her and Steve went into an exhibit where they could get up close and personal with the giraffes. Lily even started to say "ahh ahh ahh" when she saw the monkeys! Too cute...