Under the Sea

Yeay!!! We finally made it to the aquarium!!!! We received year passes as a Christmas gift, so we made use of them already and went on Tuesday! All I can say is, WOW! It was absolutely amazing and we will go ALL the time! What makes it even better is that we save $10 on parking because we can walk there!

Ella Ann absolutely LOVED every second of our tour there. She was beyond enthralled by all of the action in the tanks and would squirm in our arms to hurry up and get down so she could race to the glass and see all the fish, sea lions, whales, sharks, jellyfish, crabs, otters, and penguins! Spencer and I had so much fun just watching her enjoy it all so much! It was neat to watch her experience everything for the first time. Of course, you can only imagine how much she pointed at everything! Ella Ann would stand in front of the glass and when a fish or whatever else was in the tank passed by her, she would bounce up and down, smile, and squeal! It was sooo cute! There were a ton of people there, but that didn't stop her from pushing her way to the front and walking over, literally over, anyone that stood in her way! Spencer and I tried to keep up with her, but she wore us out! We lasted only an hour and a half before we were ready to go! At least we know we can go back as much as we want and see it all!

This sea lions were the first exhibit we saw and Ella Ann loved them! They would whisk past her and she would run to the side of the tank were they were headed!

She pushed her way in front of a young boy to see the jellyfish!

How many times did we say, "Yes, Ella Ann, fish!"

I wanted to include this picture of a big, grumpy fish we saw! How would you like to run up upon that in the ocean? It made me think twice about getting in the water!

I wish we were able to capture the whale sharks on film. They were in the massive tank behind us.