Or so he says it was. We celebrated John's birthday the end of Oct at the Aquarium of the Pacific. I didn't have a lot of things planned for him that day since it fell on a Wed this year and assumed he was going to work. He decided to surprise us with taking the day off and planning his own day. After some church meetings I had in the morning, we headed out to Long Beach to the Aquarium. We kept talking about taking Brody for a while now and thought he would enjoy it. I am just glad that Brody was still free because there were only a few things he was super excited about and everything else he didn't have the attention span for. Maybe in a few years he will be ready for it again. We had a great time though and I am very glad we went.
Brody posing in front of one of the aquariums.
He loved watching the lobsters. Pretty creeping to me.
Shark Lagoon was our most favorite spot. They had tons of things to touch, climb on, and see.
One of the bigger sharks in the water. Brody was pretty fascinated with it all.
I was never sure if he was in awe or scared of them. He always just looked like he didn't know what to do next.
Maybe if you click on it you can see the sting rays mouth right next to Brody's head. I think he was a little scared of that one. You can also see my figure in the reflection of the glass. That made it so hard to take pictures of things.
I think he thought this shark was real and loved running all over it yelling shark.
I thought this Sting Ray was pretty awesome. I was brave enough to touch it when the rest of my family refused to. I would sum up the experience as being very slimy.
This lady was sitting down on the cement bench right there when this little rascal jumped right out at her. It scared her half to death (I am sure I would have too). I had the privilege of being able to see it all. It did a repeat performance for the camera that I captured below. Check it out! Great video!
Right by the sharks, they had this whole play area with sea animals you could climb on and they sqirt water. Brody had a so much fun (as did every other kid there) and it was perfect on such a hot day.
The sea lions were also fun to look at. This one came right up to us.
Brody watching the big sea turtle.
Brody ran right over and yelled "Nemo!" when he saw these. The tropical fish are among my favorites to look at too.
An example of his attention span only lasting so long. He ran everywhere and climbed on everything.
I thought the jelly fish were very cool to look at. You would think I would resent them for stinging me 3 times as a child, but I don't.
After our fun afternoon at the aquarium, we came home and had John's most favorite birthday meal of pork ribs and had chocolate malted crunch ice cream cake for dessert. Hope you had a great day babe!
Michelle, Jennifer, and Charlotte posing for the camera.
Kathryn, Darci, Michelle, Lanay, and Katie
John' grandmother Mary and his mom Aneta were great enough to travel down. Also, my sister in law Kristi came. Thanks Kristi for taking pictures! 
They made some cute decorations too.
Now for some of the cute clothes! :)
My friend Michelle made this baby book for Piper. It is perfect gift for me because it is scrapbooked already and I just have to add the pictures! 
"Cheese". One of the only ways we can make him smile for the camera. Brody loved to watch the game. John has taught him all about the Kings and anytime he sees the logo, he knows exactly what it is. 
View from our suite.
Thanks for everything Julie! We had a great time!
Brody looking so much happier once we actually got there. He loves anything Disney, especially seeing Mickey, and anytime we are in a parking structure, he thinks we are going to Disneyland (we always park in the same parking structure when we go). Kind of funny that he always associates the two. 
John and Brody on the Buzz Lightyear ride. This is Brody's favorite ride. I think John loves it just as much as Brody. He is always so intense trying to get a higher score. This ride reminds me of my days going to Laser tag. Anyone else?
It was about 11 before we ended up leaving. Brody was a bit tired as you can see. 
Once we made it out of the park, this is what I found. I always love those shots :)
Brody at play. Pretty cool looking castle. When I first heard about it, I was picturing something very small, not a real building.
The kids loved this tire swing as you can tell. They giggled like crazy and stayed on for at least 20 minutes. It was great because it only took a few pushes at a time (Thanks Lisa! I promise I will push them next time and you can hold my baby) I have a rather dislike for pushing Brody in the swing. He constantly wants to be on the swing which makes it hard chatting with the other moms. Does anyone else feel this way? I guess I shouldn't be like that, huh. :(
So, can you guess what his costume was? His UNCLE! (too easy) My sister found these great jerseys at either TjMaxx or Walmart in Utah (can't remember which one, but come on, that would only happen in UT). They were on clearance and the only ones they had were # 32. Funny huh? That was before the season started and before he became a household name. So she snagged all of them for gifts and had Dennis sign them. Perfect gift for what I think cost $4 a piece! So thanks to Lindsey, he wore his jersey and it was a hit. He didn't complain one bit about it and look how cute he looks!
I realized, though, that for next year he is going to have to pick out his costume. He spotted kids in Buzz costumes and was so excited about it. So sorry Bud, next year you can be whatever you want to be and maybe you will be into it more. It was so cute seeing him walk with John around to all the cars. he seemed in awe of people giving him candy for no reason. We will also have to work on actually saying Trick or Treat for next year too.
He loved watching the lobsters. Pretty creeping to me. 
Shark Lagoon was our most favorite spot. They had tons of things to touch, climb on, and see. 
One of the bigger sharks in the water. Brody was pretty fascinated with it all.
I was never sure if he was in awe or scared of them. He always just looked like he didn't know what to do next.
Maybe if you click on it you can see the sting rays mouth right next to Brody's head. I think he was a little scared of that one. You can also see my figure in the reflection of the glass. That made it so hard to take pictures of things. 
I think he thought this shark was real and loved running all over it yelling shark. 
I thought this Sting Ray was pretty awesome. I was brave enough to touch it when the rest of my family refused to. I would sum up the experience as being very slimy. 
This lady was sitting down on the cement bench right there when this little rascal jumped right out at her. It scared her half to death (I am sure I would have too). I had the privilege of being able to see it all. It did a repeat performance for the camera that I captured below. Check it out! Great video! 
The sea lions were also fun to look at. This one came right up to us.
Brody watching the big sea turtle.
An example of his attention span only lasting so long. He ran everywhere and climbed on everything.
I thought the jelly fish were very cool to look at. You would think I would resent them for stinging me 3 times as a child, but I don't.
After our fun afternoon at the aquarium, we came home and had John's most favorite birthday meal of pork ribs and had chocolate malted crunch ice cream cake for dessert. Hope you had a great day babe!
