The Aquarium!

The second place we went with Grandma and Grandpa was Ripley's Aquarium. It was really neat and Emily absolutely loved it!
Here we are by some really big fish!

This tank was full of colorful fish.
There were even some fish that looked like Dory and Nemo in there!

This fish was pretty cool, it's called a saw fish, it had razor like things all around the edge of his nose!

A Shark!

There was a children's area in the aquarium where you could actually touch some of the fish! Emily enjoyed touching the water and splashing it a bit but she wouldn't touch the fish. This one was a horse shoe crab.

Daddy touching the horse shoe crab

They also had these little tunnel things in the middle of some of the fish tanks so you could crawl under a tunnel and stick your head up in the middle of the tank! Emily found this little girl and started following her around. They had fun going from tank to tank together.

Emily and Mommy in the fish tank!

More bright beautiful colors of coral and fish

I don't know what kind of fish this is but it is really neat!

Jelly Fish!

Emily and J.R. crawling through a tunnel to get inside the penguin cage. Emily was a little bit scared to crawl through this tunnel because it had a clear bottom. She started through a couple of times and changed her mind but once Daddy went through with her she loved it and she did it over and over again!

Laura, J.R. and Emily with the Penguins!

Emily with the penguins!
I took this picture from inside the tunnel. It was really neat that we could get so close to the penguins without them getting scared.

J.R. Emily and Grandma Cutler

Emily really liked this fish tank. I think she liked all the bright colors

A Sea Turtle! This was one of my favorite things in the aquarium. I loved the turtle! There was only one but the reflection makes it look like there are two.

A closer view of the turtle. He was moving so it's not the greatest picture

Emily all by herself in the middle of the fish tank

Sting Rays!
There was a tank a little later where you could touch a sting ray. I don't know why we don't have any pictures of that but it was neat. Their fins (if that's what they are called) feel like velvet! They were so soft. I was really surprised about that.

More penguins with Grandma and Grandpa Cutler in the backgound!

J.R. and a penguin

Here is that cool saw fish again! The tunnel he is on is clear so we could see him while were were under the tank. It was neat to see him from the top and the bottom.

Emily with the ducks outside the aquarium.
I was surprised at how close she was able to get.

Forbidden Caverns

Grandma and Grandpa Cutler came to visit May 23-29!
We had so much fun and we took so many pictures. I am going to do this in 3 different posts so it won't be quite so overwhelming.

Emily absolutely LOVED her Grandma Cutler!
Every morning while Grandma put on her make-up Emily would sit on the edge of the sink with the water running over her feet while she played with Grandma's make-up. Grandma even helped her put some on!

On Tuesday we went to the Forbidden Caverns!

There is one spot in the cave where they tell a little story and they have lights flashing to let you experience a thunder and lightning storm, then they turn off all the lights so you can know what total darkness is like. Emily did pretty good until we got to that point in the cave (which was actually near the beginning). She was so scared during the story and during the period of darkness. I was surprised because at home she likes us to turn off all the lights and let her run around in the dark. If we mention the cave now she still gets scared and wants us to hold her. She randomly says to me "Mommy, the cave is scary!" I felt bad for scaring her so much.

This is an underground river that runs through the cave

A large piece of white Onyx. It is illegal to remove white onyx in the United States and this cave has a lot of it!

Mommy with an unhappy Emily. She wanted her blanky and she kept saying "Mommy lets go out."
Yes, I am wearing glasses. There is something in Tennessee that I am very allergic to and it bothers my eyes really bad so I can only wear my contacts for about 2 days in a row before they start bothering me to the point that I need a break.

The largest wall of white onyx in the world!

A bunch of Stalagmites

The same white onyx pillar as earlier but you can see a little bit more of what was around it.

Fishing for Lunch!

After the cave we stopped at a place where you could catch a fish and then they would gut it and cook it for you. It did cost to actually fish so J.R. and his Dad were the only ones who fished.

Grandpa was a very good fisherman, he caught his 2 fish really quick

J.R. only had to catch one fish but it took him a lot longer. They use little pieces of corn as bait and the fish kept eating the bait off J.R.'s hook and getting away!

Emily and Daddy feeding the fish. Emily loved it!

Emily looking at the fish that Grandpa caught

The fish Daddy caught!

The proud fisherman!

Grandpa Cutler, Emily, Grandma Cutler, Laura, and J.R. at the fish place

Life With a Cute Kid!

One night I was complaining to J.R. that my feet hurt so he brought out the foot bath. I shared it with Emily for a while but then Emily said she wanted bubbles. Daddy put dish soap in the water and put the foot bath on the bubble setting. This is what we got! Emily absolutely loved it!

Emily has been a lot more interesting in babies lately. She has even started playing with her dolls. It is fun for me to watch her little mothering skills develop.

J.R. got me a new camera for Mother's day so I was started taking some random pictures just for fun. This is one of those.

Another random, yet very cute picture of my little one

Mommy and Emily sharing a beater after we made cup cakes together.

I have been working on my scrapbook while Emily naps and then when she wakes up she usually colors for a while. She loves to use all the different colored pens.

She drew this picture and told me it was a dog. She even gave him a tail!

Daddy gave Emily a cupcake!

and she really liked it!

Messy Face!

Emily loves our deck
She likes to bring her books outside and read

Our backyard set up is so good. We have a trampoline that came with the house, a sandbox, and a swing set! It is great! Now all I need is stairs off the back deck so I don't have to worry about her going out in the road while she get to the back yard. I usually go with her but every now and then I let her do it by herself.

Emily looking through her "Princess Potty Box"
She has been potty trained for a little over a month and she has only had one accident!
I still give her treats because she starts to not tell me when she needs to go if I don't

Fruit Snacks are her favorite potty treat!

Daddy and Emily playing in the sand

I started doing a lot of babysitting and this is the little girl I watch on Tuesdays.
Jonet and Emily sporting paper towel shoes!

It all started because they were playing in the rain and they wanted to dry their feet off...then they wanted to wear the paper towels as shoes! Then of course they wanted to go out and play in the rain with them on. They had a lot of fun and I had fun watching them!

Emily is getting so big! She outgrew her car seat so we had to get her a booster seat. She is very proud of her pink booster seat, she tells almost everyone about it. She is also very worried that I am going to put her back in her regular car seat so every time we say we are going Bye Bye she has to make sure she is going to ride in her pink booster seat!