Jude's 1st Birthday at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

We have been staying at Jesse's brothers house and he has a fish tank, well, Jude LOVES it. So for his birthday we took him to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and he loved it. If you have never been there you have to go, just don't read the propaganda about the fishing industry :)

The Kelp Forest:

Leopard Shark:

Giant Octopus: You aren't aloud to use flash in the aquarium, but so many people were while they were taking pictures of this guy. He was angry and waving his arms all around. 

Touch Pool:

Tide Pool simulator:

Rainbow Trout:

The Jellies are mine and Jesse's favorite exhibit. 

Penguins:

Jude and I inside the bubble. A penguin pooped right in front of us. It was really disgusting.

Our little clam: They have this awesome kids section where you can let them loose and get all their energy out. It was really cool. There is a special section for the younger kids that has a water bed so you can make it "wave". Jude had a lot of fun on it, unfortunately we have no pictures of it. There were just so many kids to keep an eye on.

And the newest exhibit: "The Secret Lives of Seahorses"

Apparently the dads carry the babies in their bellies, not the moms:

The Tuna tank: I heard that they can swim up to 50 mph. The Tuna's behind Jude and Jesse are the small ones, it's hard to photograph to scale, but these fish are really big and there were even bigger ones. 

a side note: watching your husband and son playing together is the best thing...period. 

We went to Toys R Us today to get Jude some stuff for his birthday....and they celebrated with us. They gave him a balloon (one of his favorite things) and a crown, then they all said Happy Birthday as we left the store. It was so cute! 

So I gave Jude three little bites of some chocolate cake last night....he went insane. He was crawling around shaking his head and laughing. He was also making a "mmmmm" noise and rolling around on the bed. It was adorable. I didn't think that small amount of cake would effect him so much. He's going to go bonkers for his carrot cake on his birthday. 

Jude had his first Sunday school experience last night. He did really well, and when we came to pick him up after church he pretty much ran to the door saying "Maaaaaaa Maaaaaa", it was so cute. The ladies that watched him said he was the happiest baby they have ever seen. I was a proud mother, since these are the things you want to hear about your kid. It was also nice to sit through a whole church service. And church was good. Jonny Power taught from Acts 3, it was a real eye opener into who God is and for us to not make him into what is convenience for us. I came away from church optimistic and wanting more. 

In other news our friends the Manuele's (they did my maternity pictures) are opening a coffee shop on Thursday (hopefully!). They bought Caffe Luna and are turning into Sally Loo's. When you are in SLO, you should check it out.