Miracle Monday: A Baby Giraffe Enters the World at the Cincinnati Zoo

My dream as a little girl was to be just like Jack Hanna when I grew up. I simply adored animals, and my favorite thing to do was go to the zoo. I loved it so much that in high school, I was a volunteer ambassador at the Cincinnati Zoo and even worked the concessions stands during a summer break in college. It was sad to leave my beloved zoo behind when moving to Chicago. Until I realized we have two zoos in Chicago---SCORE!

Yet over the weekend, I missed my first love, the Cinncinnati Zoo, when news broke that a baby giraffe was born. How cute is this guy?


Want to see how a giraffe is born? Watch the video below, but I warn you, it is life changing...


I constantly find myself showing my love for animals through fashion: faux fur coats, leopard bras, zebra pillows and more. So in this moment of baby giraffe glory, it got me thinking about how we can showcase our giraffe-love through fashion. A recent high fashion moment involved Demi Moore posing in crazy heels with a giraffe for the cover of Harper's Bazaar last year, which some of you might have seen on the "The Rachel Zoe Project." Giraffes don't eat bananas...do they?



Or checkout a more recent designer fashion photo of Ginnifer Goodwin at the opening of Tom Ford Beverly Hills in a giraffe jacket.


While I probably won't rock a giraffe jacket anytime soon, I am interested in showcasing my giraffe love with a new Michele watch band this summer. If you are looking for a giraffe sweater, haircalf moccasins, a clutch or DVF giraffe-inspired scarf, then you are in luck---check out the giraffe selection at ShopBop.

And, who doesn't want tiny giraffe kisses after seeing this commercial...is the tiny giraffe the next designer pet?


And I beg of you, if you haven't been to the Cincinnati Zoo, you have to add it to your bucket list. Not only to see the new baby giraffe but to check out Gibbon Island---by far my favorite place on earth!