Visiting Auntie Sarah and Uncle Jon in Baltimore

James had Tuesday and Wednesday of this week off for Veterans Day so we decided to head up to Baltimore for the night to see Sarah and Jon and to take Kemper to the Aquarium. We had a fabulous time with Sarah and Jon - Kemper loved playing with them and he thinks Jon is just the funniest thing. They met us at our hotel and we all went out for a DELICIOUS dinner at this great seafood joint (strangely enough, I was the only one who ordered seafood...hmmm) then we headed back to the hotel to put Kemper to bed.  We had an awesome hotel that had a seperate living room and bedroom so once we put Kemper down, Sarah and Jon hung around and we all had a great time catching up and watching the Biggest Loser (poor Sarah and Jon - we may have cramped their style with our old, married couple ways). 

Kemper was all about Aunt Sarah and Uncle Jon - he didn't want to hold Mommy's hand as we headed to the dolphin show!

Hanging out, waiting for the dolphin show to start.

Trying to be patient....

Looking at the fishies!

On Wednesday morning, we met up with them and headed to the Aquarium.  We were able to catch the dolphin show and then wandered around looking at all of the exhibits.  The aquarium in Baltimore is pretty amazing - one of the best I've every been to.  We all had a great time and it's definitely somewhere that I think we'll want to go back to with Kemper when he's older.  James seems to think that Kemper thought the tanks were televisions.  He wanted to touch them, but when he did and he realized they were flat, he lost interest.  The dolphin show and the sting ray tank he was more interested in because he could actually see the water/dolphins/rays without a glass between them. 

Dolphin Show

Family picture before the dolphin show

Daddy and Kemper getting ready to explore

After we finished up at the aquarium, we all headed over (in the pouring rain!) to The Cheesecake Factory for a yummy lunch and cheesecake.  We all left there way too stuffed but most definitely satisfied!  We had to get on the road, so we said goodbye to Aunt Sarah and Uncle Jon and hit the road.  As usual, Kemper is a great little traveler - we're so blessed!  He slept better in the hotel than he does at our house, had a blast in the hotel room (he thinks it's his personal playground) and was, for the most part, an awesome kid at all of the restaurants we visited.  Poor guy was pretty tuckered out and slept for almost 2 of the 3 hours on the ride home and hit the bed pretty soon after we got home too. 

We had a great trip!  Sarah and Jon - thanks for being our tour guides!  We can't wait to see you guys again (even if you are stealing her away from us for Thanksgiving Jon - hehe!)!