National Zoo Panda Cub: Meet Bao Bao

Bao Bao celebrates her second birthday Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015 with a frozen fruitsicle cake made of her favorite treats including honey, apple juice, bamboo, carrots and beet juice. (Smithsonian National Zoo)

**baobaosnow** Bao Bao and mother Mei Xiang enjoyed the cub's first snow fall in January. Here, Bao Bao tries her hand at climbing a tree. (Photo: Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

Bao Bao and Mei Xiang explored the snow in January. (Photo: Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

Bao Bao takes a tumble. (Photo: Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

Mei Xiang takes a stroll through the snow. (Photo: Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

Bao Bao and mother Mei Xiang enjoyed the cub's first snow fall in January. (Photo: Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

Bao Bao and mother Mei Xiang enjoyed the cub's first snow fall in January. Here, Bao Bao tries her hand at climbing a tree. (Photo: Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

Giant panda Bao Bao plays in the snow for the first time in January. (Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

The National Zoo launched its Instagram account on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Its first post was a 'selfie' video of Bao Bao, who will debut at the Zoo this weekend.(Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

Bao Bao the giant panda cub can walk. WTOP's Kristi King has a short video, filed on Jan. 6, 2014.(Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

(Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

The baby panda wiggles. (Courtesy National Zoo/YouTube)(Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

The panda cub at the National Zoo lets out a yawn in this video released by the zoo on Friday. The zoo says the cub is growing "exponentially" and mother Mei Xiang's appetite is coming back.(Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

In this Sept. 13 video, the new panda cub rolls from front to back, but then she needs a little help from mom, Mei Xiang. (Courtesy YouTube)(Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

The zoo released this video on Sept. 12, which shows the nearly 3-week-old cub being cradled by Mei Xiang. The zoo says panda moms spend most of their time cradling their cubs in the first few weeks after birth. Here, Mei is cradling her cub between her arm and her chin and the cub yawns. (Courtesy YouTube)(Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

New panda mom Mei Xiang and her cub are doing well, zoo officials say, and veterinarians expect Mei will start leaving her den for longer periods of time soon. The zoo said on its Facebook page when Mei Xiang begins leaving her den, veterinarians will perform another health check on her cub.(Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

The zoo released this video on Sept. 5 when it announced the panda cub was female. (Courtesy YouTube)(Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

This Aug. 29 video shows the new cub on her sixth day of life. (Courtesy YouTube)(Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

Giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to her first cub on Aug. 23 at 5:32 p.m., the zoo says. The panda team heard the cub vocalize and glimpsed the cub for the first time briefly immediately after the birth. Mei Xiang picked the cub up immediately and began cradling and caring for it. (Courtesy YouTube)(Devin Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo)