Aquarium Trip

Last weekend we went down to New Orleans to see the aquarium. Both of my sisters and my Mom made the trip as well. Josh, Tyler, and I headed down Saturday morning and visited with his parents for a few minutes, they happened to be in New Orleans for the weekend too. When everyone made it into town we took off through the aquarium at the speed of a two year old, which is surprisingly fast! All the kids had a great time. Tyler LOVES fish and his Aunt Kristin actually gave him a little aquarium and fish for his room. So he was in heaven looking at all the sharks and fish and seeing all the exhibits. Their favorite part was the kid area. They had a play house and slide, an area to pet sting rays, an area to pet a shark, and some little climbing and walk through toys. It was a big success and we were all ready for lunch by the time we made it out. We let Tyler run through the Riverwalk on the way to get lunch and about half way through he started to lag behind. Josh put him up on his shoulders and the child almost fell asleep on Josh's head. We hurried and ate something quick at the Riverwalk and went back to Josh's parents hotel room where we took a wonderful and much needed nap. We walked around town a little bit more when he woke up and spent some time with Josh's parents and his sister Kristen before heading home. Here are some pictures from our adventure! Enjoy!

Tyler, Mawmaw Mary, and Fisher

Aunt Kristin and Tyler

Petting the alligator

Jumping off of this turtle was one of his favorite things to do in the kid area!

Tyler petting the shark

Tyler, Fisher, Hunter, and Aunt Michelle

Starting to wear down at this point... after the aquarium but before the riverwalk! It was HOT!

Josh and Tyler after a LONG day!

Happy Birthday to Tyler... early!

We decided to give Tyler his birthday present a little early. We had a long weekend for Labor Day and figured we could hang around the house most of the weekend and let him enjoy. He's getting his swing set next weekend, going to the aquarium/river walk in New Orleans the next weekend after that, then the following weekend (Saturday) will be his birthday party! So we figured we'd just call it his birthday MONTH and break out his gift during the only calm weekend when he can really enjoy it. It's been a HUGE hit and considering its size, we've done some serious toy cleaning. We put the majority of his baby toys in the attic, gotten rid of some hand me down toys that were no longer interesting, and got things organized in the chaos that is his play room. It's an awesome train table and its got lights and sounds too. He has done really well with it and absolutely loves it. He's growing up way too fast though! He's been doing good with his potty training. He was in big boy boxers at the house all day yesterday with no accidents. He had a couple accidents today, but hopefully tomorrow will be better. Considering he's not even two yet, I'm VERY proud of how well he's doing with it! Here are some pictures of him and his new train.

Gotta love the fancy wrapping...

They have the same look of confusion at this point...

My Train!