Monterey Bay Aquarium

Almost a month ago now we took a trip over to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We haven't been on any type of trip for a while so I thought it would be something simple and fun for us to do and it was.
We had just got the Yukon a few days before so we were excited to see how the trip would be. Ben had Friday and Monday off since it was President's Day. We drove up Friday after lunch (since that is Katelynn's naptime). She slept almost the entire drive. When she woke up she watched an Elmo movie and was content til we arrived at Bubba Gump's Shrimp Co. for dinner. It was delicious and hit the spot.
We had a nice little hotel where we stayed the night and had our own version of WWE with Katelynn as the Champion Wrestler. Here were the problems 1)Sleeping in a different bed 2) Sleeping with Mom and Dad 3) There is no bed big enough for the 3 of us. We laid down to go to bed at 9pm, but she didn't fall asleep until almost 11. I rocked her, I sung to her, then I drugged her with Benadryl and Ben turned on a boring cop show that knocked her out. Then the rest of the night we had her rolling around between us. Her head wedged against Ben and her feet in me face. Sleeping was great!
We went to the Aquarium for just the morning. She walked the entire time for 2 1/2 hours. She didn't have any tantrums or meltdowns. I think that she liked seeing all the fish. Her favorite part was playing in the water. She didn't really touch the fish she just played in the water. We saw all the fish and played in all the play areas and had a good time.
We left at lunchtime and she slept the entire way home. We definitely enjoyed driving in the Yukon. It was so much more comfortable. We all had enough room and no one was squished or uncomfortable.
It was a really nice little trip and we had a good time together.

Checking out the Fish


The ducks say "Quack, Quack"


She did touch a star fish here.


Pink Flamingos


The Tropical Fish


Her Favorite Place


The penguins with daddy


See, I was there!



By the way, the Hippo Back Pack leash saved our trip. As soon as we were inside the aquarium she wanted nothing to do with the stroller and she walked everywhere until the end when we went to the gift shop she sat in it and didn't fight one bit about sitting down again.