My fiance planned an impromptu Labor Day trip to Washington DC last week! He knows how MUCH I love pandas and with the new twins that were born a few weeks ago (and him having a vacation week already planned) he surprised me with plane tickets and a trip to The National Zoo. It broke my heart to hear that one of the babies passed away - Mei Xiang and Tian Tian still have one (still nameless) twin living so I was still excited to go see her and her big sister Bao Bao. 

As I was tossing things into my bag last week (the night before we left) I couldn't resist a visual aid. Nothing makes me happier than fun in the sun and a trip to visit the pandas. I am finally able to scratch this off of my bucket list - I have seen a live panda. Now all I need to do is HOLD ONE! 

I plan on blogging about the trip once I cull my photos together so stay tuned for some panda lovin'! xox 

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