I think giraffes might like to eat babies...

Here is Harper strolling along, with her cute hair bow that Jan made her. Yes, the bow is an important part of this story.

Here are the boys and Grandma feeding the giraffes, who in hindsight are very aggressive when it comes to eating.

Check out the tongue. I wonder if Gene Simmons has met this giraffe.

He means business.

Davis and Carson having a stare down.

Let's introduce him to Harper. She is not so sure of him.

But, if you want to eat me my Mommy will just watch you do it and I will smile about it.

Seriously, how stupid can I be? Here I am waiting for Keith to take a picture when Keith yells at me (mind you I am holding the baby) and he yells to stop the giraffe. WTH? Why not intervene. The giraffe took the flower from Harper's head, I snatched the headband hoping to get it all back from the giraffe, but he was too fast for me and he snatched the flower off and started chewing. And chewing. And chewing. Keith again, tells me--you have to tell someone. Again, WTH? He is not a mute. So I tell the people there who look at me like I am the dumbest girl ever. I figured this was not the ideal time to let them know that I do have a master's degree and once upon a time people even paid me to have a job with responsibilities...instead I cowered to the zoo people as they walkie-talkied for help...you see the hair bow, it has metal, and while tiny, not idea for a giraffe. The giraffe...he could not swallow it. He is still chewing...then it comes back up and people are trying to grab it from the giraffes mouth. YES, a part of me wanted to photo this...but since I was already in the zoo dog house I held back this urge. Instead just watching this poor giraffe struggle to swallow.

You will be glad to know he did swallow eventually and he was still OK and harassing others when we left. But, in hindsight, that giraffe could have wrapped that monster tongue around my baby and took her. Seriously, is it safe to be this lackadaisical when it comes to feeding animals...these are wild animals, right? Man..again..when did I get so dumb...babies +wild animals=not good.