Baltimore National Aquqarium

The trip to the Aquarium was quite the experience. I love aquariums a lot because they remind me of the many years we held season tickets to Sea World (love you Aunt Bonnie!). We were really excited to take Ryan to the Baltimore aquarium because it is such a great one. We were there for about 30 minutes and he had the word fish down. He absolutely loved the little petting pool. He enjoyed splashing in the water more than petting the horseshoe crabs, but it was a blast to watch him. For some unknown reason, the aquarium does not allow strollers. So, Ryan was pretty much running free throughout the entire time. He was going 100 miles per hour and the three of us (Colin, Bruce and I) had a hard time keeping up with him. I think he enjoyed the fish and all there was to see, but I know that he just really enjoyed running around the whole time. It was really fun to see him having such a good time though.

By the time we left the aquarium he was ready for a nap. We had about 30-45 minutes after that before we ate lunch at the Cheesecake Factory, and by then he was in total melt-down phase. Bruce (the baby whisperer) had him to sleep in about 10 minutes and he slept most of the time it took for lunch (about 30 minutes). This was obviously not enough sleep for him, so for the next couple of days we laid low and let Ryan take his regular naps at home. He was much happier when we did too.














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