Yesterday morning Jared made pancakes and bacon for breakfast and then we left for the MOA at about 10. Jack didn't nap on the way which turned out to be a good thing. We went to Underwater World first and it was really cool. Fortunately Barb got discount tickets for us so we both got in for $10. Otherwise it's $18.95 per adult!!!! That place is cool but it's not that cool. Jack got in free because he's under 2.

Jack was definitely getting sleepy but he didn't get crabby or anything. He liked seeing the sharks, sting rays, turtles and alligators. I was disappointed that we didn't see any sea horses or an octopus. There was a tank that said there was an octopus in it but we didn't see it. We wandered around a bit after that and then decided we should figure out where to eat for lunch. We wanted to eat at the Rainforest Cafe but the wait was too long and we wouldn't have been able to bring the stroller in. Jack really needed to nap so that wasn't going to work. We walked around some more and then put our names on the list at Twin City Grill. We walked around until our table was ready and Jack fell asleep and slept while we ate. It worked out perfectly because then he was rested and ready to go to Nickelodeon Universe once we were done.

He wasn't tall enough to go on many rides even with a chaperone so we only made it on 2 rides. We tried to go on the Blues Clues ride but he was too short so we drove some big rigs. Then we tried to go on this barnyard roller coaster but they couldn't strap us in properly so that didn't work. Jared tried to go with him but he couldn't get strapped in either so that one was a bust. Then I waited in line with Jack at the carousel. A pregnant woman ahead of me apparently got denied and as she walked past me she told me they weren't going to let me on. Apparently pregnant women aren't supposed to go on any of the rides. Oops. So Jared went on the carousel with him. It was a really long wait and Jack was getting to the point where he didn't even want to go on the damn thing anymore. They allowed a woman on that time that was clearly pregnant. So I guess they're just part time rules.

We didn't do too much shopping. I hadn't planned on doing much shopping. I did find some nice long stretch tank tops on clearance at Old Navy that I'll wear under other shirts to make nursing easy and discreet once Keira comes. I'm not going to buy a bunch of nursing clothes. I got by without them with Jack. I looked at some nursing bras at Motherhood Maternity but didn't end up getting any. I almost looked at some maternity clothes but I really don't want to buy any at this point.

I hate all the maternity clothes I have. I don't even wear them that often. I have 3 pairs of pants and 2 are too small so they always scooch off me when I move. The other pair is too big so they always fall off of me when I move. I have a few shirts but they bug me because they just barely cover my stomach and some of them flare out and just make me look really fat. Most of the time I just wear comfy pants and long shirts since I never go anywhere. It would be kind of silly to buy anything at this point unless it's from a garage sale. I do have 2 pairs of maternity shorts that fit pretty good but it hasn't been warm enough to wear them more than like 1 day.

We had planned on getting Jack a stuffed Handy Manny and the Tools for his birthday. We saw them at the Disney Store and he liked them and all but wasn't nearly as excited as we thought he'd be so now I don't think we'll get them for his birthday. We did get him a Thomas the Train ball that Daisy popped last night :( Now I don't know what to get him for his birthday.

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We were at the mall for almost 6 hours! That's a lot of walking. I was wiped out. I napped for like 2 hours when we got home. Then we watched the Survivor finale. Not happy about how that turned out.

I want to take Jack to the Underwater Adventures Aquarium at the Mall of America one of these days. It's so freakin expensive though! Luckily he would get in for free but it's $14.95 for an adult! Sheesh. I found a coupon though for $4 off if any of you locals are interested.

They have magnetic numbers for the fridge in the dollar section at Target!

Anyone else watch the show Mad Men? I just started Tivo'ing it so I'm not totally sure what's going on. I'm excited for Survivor China!! Somehow we managed to miss a couple episodes of Last Comic Standing. Not sure how that happened :/

Looks like Rob and Barb and Brooke are coming over for blt's tonight.