A few weekends ago, we embarked on our annual trip to St. Louis. After moving back to Pella, we decided every summer we would go back for a Cards game and to visit our favorite spots- well, mainly eating spots! We had a great weekend together and did a lot of fun things.
We headed down on late Friday morning. Bella was a superstar for the next long car ride, although she again only slept maybe 1/2 hour of the 4 1/2 hour drive. Apparently she no longer likes to sleep in the car! But she had fun watching movies, singing songs, and throwing toys on the floor for mama to pick up.
Miss Bella did not carry over her fear of the bath tub from our last hotel stay. In fact, she decided she needed to play in this one even without water!
Decked out in our Cardinals gear before heading to the game on Friday night! The weather was definitely a change from last year- we wore sweatshirts then as it was very chilly!
This was another change from last year's game. Bella slept the entire game last year, but that was most definitely not the case this time around. She had LOTS of energy, which made it fun trying to keep her in our seats.
"Watching" the game very intently with Daddy.
Bella lasted through the game about 5 innings, and then we decided that was enough. It was hot anyway!
Showing off her Cardinals pride- again, it was funny to see Bella dressed in red!
Bella had lots of fun playing in the big bathtub- plus, she was free to splash all she wanted! 
On Saturday, we went to the zoo in the morning. This wasn't Bella's first trip to the zoo, but it was the first time she has gone and actually knew what she was looking at. She loved looking and pointing at the various animals, so it was a lot of fun for her.
Before we headed out to the zoo, we stopped by the gift shop to get Bella a souvenir. We wanted her to pick a little stuffed animal like a lion or a penguin, but she spotted this white snow leopard and wasn't having anything else! She thought it was a kitty and fell instantly in love. I don't think it left her hands the rest of the morning!
Looking at the penguins.
For some strange reason, the snakes were one of Bella's favorite animals. She was very fascinated by them and kept smiling and saying hisss.
As you can see, Bella does have a LITTLE more hair in the back than she does in the front. It is growing slowly but surely! I think it might have a little curl to it whenever it does come in because it is starting to curl up at the bottom. I'll be able to do something with her hair besides headbands someday hopefully!
Bella and Daddy being some type of animal, I forget what it was. Bella thought this was pretty funny sticking her head in the hole!
There is a separate children's zoo that we have never been into before, but decided to try it out with Bella. There were a couple places that you could pet animals, but unfortunately not too many. So we were a little disappointed! However, Bella did enjoy petting the goat and a guinea pig.
Daddy, "kitty," and Bella. :)
Hot, tired, and ready to go eat!
After the zoo, we went to a Mexican restaurant we used to go to that was right by our old apartment. As you can see, Bella had a great time eating a new favorite, chips!
Bella took a nap in the afternoon back at our hotel room. After she woke up, we went to the Magic House, which is a children's museum. Although a lot of the activities and exhibits there are geared towards older kids, she had soooo much fun! She definitely was a little overstimulated though because she was almost running around in circles and didn't know where to go next.
We of course had to visit the water room, otherwise known as "wa-wa."
And Bella definitely enjoyed a stop in the ball pit!
But her favorite part was going down the various slides. This was one she could climb up, which was very fun!
Snuggling with a baby in the nursery area.
This slide was in the "baby/toddler" area, and Bella seriously went down it probably 30 times.
Crawling through the tunnel to head to her favorite slide again!
After we finished at the Magic House, we headed to the place we miss most in St. Louis- Dewey's pizza. Bella being such a pizza lover herself, we knew she would want to take part in our favorite restaurant! 
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