Wednesday, March 20, 2013

The weekend (with pictures!)

This last weekend, I went up north to visit my grandparents and my mother, with Froggy and Robby. It was a fun visit, with a lot of bittersweet moments. Grandpa had definitely gone down hill. His Alzheimer's has really started to effect him. He tries to speak, and his words just won't come-- I know how frustrating that is. It happens to me after a seizure.

We did a lot this weekend. We shopped for some new clothes for Froggy, we went to the aquarium with my mother and her boyfriend, David, and we had dinner over at my mother's house (she made a fish that wasn't the most delicious thing in the world, to me, but i'm not fan of cooked fish).... we did a bunch. Some things were ridiculously stressful (like dinner at my mother's). Some of them were amazingly fun, like the aquarium! Right now, I'm not entirely sure what to say-- I have an update that I'm working on that's full of feels. But I wanted to share some of the pictures and highlights of the trip with you!

This is one of the jellies from the aquarium. I was so happy that I got this up-close shot of it's 'frills'.

I was surprised at how well this shot turned out. I didn't edit it was resizing it for this blog. I honestly think I'm improving in my ability to gauge light and work out unique composition. 

Froggy LOVED these little spotted jellies. He kept shrieking and grinning.

Obligatory goofy face!

This fellow is a leafy pipehorse. He'd been hiding under the shelf there while some kids were pestering him. When they went away, I waited patiently and he came out to show off how gorgeous he is.


This is Froggy's new best friend, Otter-watter Jr. II. We got him at the aquarium for him, and the second we put Otter-watter in the stroller with him, Froggy sat up and burst into a fit of giggles, smiles, coo's and shrieks. He loves. His. Otter.

Opa (my grandpa) and Froggy, goofing off and having fun. Grandpa really enjoyed holding him, and was beyond excited to get to meet him.

I want this to become a meme-- "Oh yeah? Well I just crapped my pants."

I want this one to be a meme too... "Okay, so sell all my stocks in Gerber and buy all you can from Butt Paste."