Adventure to South Carolina for Christmas: Day 1 & 2

It was super last minute, and very spur of the moment, but he hadn't seen my Poppie in a little bit, so we decided that it is time, and since Jay has some time off of work, then why not now? and why not for Christmas?

So in the midst of unpacking and repacking all of our things for a new move, we packed a few small things, Colts Christmas gifts, and other essentials, and hit the road!!

The first day happened to be on a Friday, and on Colts bday. We left early afternoon, after we had a bite to eat, and after we donated a whole bunch of clothes to someone who had apparently had a house fire.

We were just going to drive to Cincinnati, since I had a tattoo appointment on Saturday.

We stopped at the Marriott and it had a BWW's close by so we celebrated Colts bday there again.

When we woke up in the morning we got some breakfast, in an AWESOME breakfast "bar." Things were actually cooked to order, unlike a buffet style, morning breakfast that I've seen before. It was cute. Colt enjoyed some cereal, and Jay some french toast.

This is where it gets exciting and fun!! We went to an AWESOME aquarium in Cincinnati!! There was so many cool things! Huge Christmas trees, music, even a scuba santa!! This really got me into the Christmas spirit, and now I understand why people like the city for the holidays! How fun!

The fish swam all around us. Colt absolutely LOVED this

 

Colt practiced touching animals with only two fingers and VERY gently. He got to touch a tortoise, horseshoe crab, and some stingrays! 

and then we saw something AWESOME. I couldn't get too good of a picture because he was swimming so fast, but SANTA was scuba diving with an elf! It was incredible. 

And Colt was able to touch more animals, like these nurse sharks!! 

and then there's this...it's terrifying lol

So after we were all done with the aquarium, we were walking to the car, and the little mall area, where the aquarium was, there were people in stilts, music, which colt played and SO much more Christmassy things!! 

Colt making music, and singing was the best part. It melted my heart!! 

Here's a sweet little video! 

If you are in the Cincinnati area, this aquarium is a MUST see!! It's pretty awesome, and super hands on. I was surprised, because it seems smaller than most of the Ripleys and other aquariums you see, but it really is great!!