It's A Girl!

Rose-Tu,

the Asian elephant at the Oregon Zoo,

had her baby girl on November 30th.

A whopping 300 lbs!

The public gets to vote on her name:

Jaidee (Thai for “good-hearted”)

Sirikit (name for Thai royalty, literal meaning is “glorious”)

Rakhi (Sanskrit for “love/bond between siblings”)

Lily (following the flower theme of mom’s name, Rose-Tu, or Rose for short)

Siddhi (Sanskrit for “perfection”; wife of Ganesha)

I voted for Lily, I love that name!

Elephants are my favourite zoo animal,

I hope one day if Coco owns a zoo

(is that still the plan?)

she will have lots of elephants.

I was so excited to learn that Rose-Tu 

would be having her baby soon.

We were at the zoo on Saturday,

but the elephant exhibit was closed.

I can't wait to take Claire to meet the new baby.