Oh Say Can You Sea

This past weekend, my mother, mother-in-law and I took Roman to the Georgia Aquarium, which is the world’s largest aquarium. This wasn’t Roman’s first trip – he actually went when he was 3 months and Auntie Rhonda was in town, but as expected he slept most of the time and ignored all the scenery. (Baby Charles had a great time though!)

This time, Roman was much more apt to enjoy the event so we headed down as a family to check it out. If you’ve never been and are planning a trip to Atlanta, you really do have to go. Even though its one of those tourist traps (yeah, pricey and full of trinkets you don’t need) it truly worth the trip at least once. The vision of the aquarium is huge and I think it pulls it off beautifully without be pretentious or overwhelming. Its just, well, impressive.

We started off by the wall murals where Roman got his first intro to schools of fish. By his reaction (he turned around the stroller as if to laugh at me), I was worried it wouldn’t go well.

But once inside, he really got into it. His favorites were the big rooms with floor to ceiling walls of fish, where he could go up to the glass and *ahem* introduce himself.

He was also intrigued by the Beluga whales, who looked like they were swimming up and down versus side to side.

And in the rooms with portals where you feel like you’re reaching out into the water from a submarine, he got an up-close and personal look at some sting ray and other specimen.

But the best was the otter park, where the sea otters put on a show of their own that Roman and I both loved!

By the end of the performance, though, he was quite content to sit back in his stroller with some milk and enjoy the rest of the view from a more “VIP” vantage point. Must be nice to know that when you get tired, someone is always there to take over for ya!

Nana and Grandma Pat both had a blast – especially since it was Grandma Pat’s first time to the Aquarium since she moved here, and I know Roman had a blast with them both!