Baltimore

On Sunday, Brad and I took our little man to the National Aquarium.  We've been lucky enough that every year on Jack's birthday, he's been home with us; however, this year, his birthday falls in the middle of the week.  His birthday party is planned for this upcoming weekend, but Brad and I wanted to do something special with Jack when it was just us.  We've been talking about taking him to the aquarium forever, and this weekend felt like the perfect time.  On Saturday night, we told him our plans, and he kept saying that he was so excited and that he couldn't wait:)  It was adorable!  We weren't quite sure that the little miss would make the trek, so Grandma and Grandpa kindly kept her for the day (turned out to be a good call on our part as they do not allow strollers in the aquarium exhibits).  We dropped her off in the morning, and the three of us were on our way.  I tried to narrow our photos down to the top ten for your viewing pleasure:)  I hope you enjoy!

While we were waiting for our aquarium entry time to arrive, we explored a nearby "pirate ship".

Okay, I lied.  I couldn't narrow it down to ten.  

We had so much fun, and Jack just kept saying how awesome everything was.  He said his favorite animal was the giant sting ray.  He was also very intrigued by the sea turtle missing one of its flippers and all the possibilities of why it might only have three (for example, maybe the baby Hammerhead shark ate it).  He was such a tired, little man by the time we left the aquarium.  It's a lot of walking, and even though he announced several times that he "was all out of energy," and asked to be carried, he was still exhausted.  He and I definitely napped on the way to pick up our sweet Hannah Bear:)