Trip to the Aquarium

On Friday we took Jake to the aquarium in Long Beach, what was great was that morning after we all were ready Ryan asked Jake if he was ready to "car go" (Jake's phrase which we have adopted) and Jake looked at him and said "ish" which is one of Jake's ways of saying fish...he knew what was coming. :) He then said it MANY more times before we even got the car moving. :D Once there he definitely had his favorite fish...but mostly he just enjoyed running around the place and exploring...which we allowed as it was his day. :)
Jake the Boat Captain. :) They had this play area outside which Jake LOVED.

Ahoy there Jakey!!!

And the sharks....Jake really loved the sharks and he watched them longer than any of the other fish.

Too cute.

I love this picture because if you look at his reflection you can see that he is waving to the shark.

Woooo...that's a big one.

Jake loved the little Baby "Nemos" :) big surprise there :)

Checking out some "ishies" as Jake calls them with his Dada

Ooohhhh...at times the hat had to be backwards so he could get close enough to the glass...something that on the normal day he will not put up with. :)

Leaving the aquarium and walking around the harbor...I think Jake had a good time. :)

Yesterday we took him to the pool for the first time since last summer. He starts his Mommy and Me classes on Monday and so we wanted to get him reintroduced. At first he held onto us really tight and was a bit afraid. But by the end of the time he was loving being thrown up and down by dada in the pool, "swimming" to each of us while we held onto him under his tummy, jumping to Ryan from the steps and even getting in and out by holding onto Ryan's hand. Many times while I held him he told me "down"...but I had to explain to him that he could not swim on his own yet. :) That's my boy...no fear. :) So I guess taking him to see sharks one day and the pool the next did not backfire on us. hehe

So that has been our weekend so far. We have had a blast and so has Jake...its nice to give him these times before he has a little brother dividing the attention. Have a great week everyone and enjoy the warm weather.