Atlanta Aquarium With Papa
Last Wednesday we had a fun filled day with Papa at the Atlanta Aquarium. It was the perfect going in the morning mid-week because we practically had the whole place to ourselves. From the moment you arrived, you were mesmerized by all the fun things to look at. Your eyes were huge, and you were in awe of all your surroundings.
We started off at the kids area where you can pet the stingrays. At first you were not too sure of what to do but after a little help from Papa, you were ready to dive right in!
You loved being to close to the animals and wanted to touch each one that passed by. Lucky for you, you got a real up and close experience when you touched a stingray and it flew out of the water and soaked you! You were startled and scared to death, but in normal Lukey fashion you got over it in about 2 seconds and were ready to have some more fun! Well, after we changed your shirt and wiped you down from all the water. Thank goodness we brought a change of clothes!
Next we headed over to the Ocean Voyager which is an extremely big tank and houses everything from fish to sea turtles to sharks to whales. This was by far your favorite part of the whole aquarium. You stood in awe for a good 10 minutes looking at everything that passed by you. It was so fun to watch your eyes light up when you saw something you liked!
While you did LOVE the Ocean Voyager exhibit there were a few fish in there that you were not too sure about. The grouper above being one of them. Every time we tried to take a picture with you in front of it, you would not take your eyes off of it because I think you were worried it would get you! ha! I cant say I can blame you, after all I think it was at least 3x your size!
The Penguins were another exhibit you loved! They were so playful and kept wrestling with each other and swimming in the water right in front of you! I think they reminded you of some of your stuffed animals because they were so cute and you kept banging on the glass like you wanted to play with them!
Next were the Sea Otters, which were soo cute! They were so playful and I wanted to take them home with us! You loved them too! So much so that when Papa took you to the gift shop to pick out a stuffed animal, you chose a little sea otter!
Here are the Beluga Whales which were a part of the cold water exhibit.
And here are the tiny sea horses!
By the last half of the Aquarium, you were exhausted! All you wanted to do was sit in your stroller, suck on your bubby and love on your new stuffed animal while taking in the rest of the sights. We decided you had had enough and it was time for lunch before we had to head home and put you down for a nap.
Papa picked the Varsity because he said you had to experience everything ATLANTA had to offer since we were down town. I agreed but also knew this may lead to your first real tummy ache haha!
Just as I thought, you loved it! The hotdog and fries were a huge hit! You scarfed them down and made your Papa so proud!
We had such a fabulous day with you and loved all of the memories we made. I know it is a day that neither your Papa or I will soon forget. You are becoming such a big boy now and I cant wait to have many more fun days with you just like this! We love you sweet boy!
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