We went through the aquarium twice because Carter pretty much ran through it the first time. I brought the BOB stroller with us but since Rylan was awake when we got there, I put him in the Bjorn in an effort to let him see things too. I also had Carter out of the stroller and after about 10 minutes, I couldn't handle chasing after Carter, holding Rylan in the Bjorn so his head didn't tip over (since he still doesn't have 100% head control), and keep up with the stroller. It wasn't super crowded, but crowded enough that Carter would run ahead and I couldn't get by people with my giant stroller. So Rylan ended up in the stroller the rest of our time there (he slept until just before we left) and things were a lot more manageable.
Carter's favorite thing this time was the tunnel under the large tank. He loved when a shark, ray, or sawfish swam over us. We went through the tunnel a total of 3 times.
Rylan was awake at first because I had just taken him out of the Bjorn. He looked up at the fish a little bit before falling asleep.
Carter did a good job this time going into the tanks in the kids area and turning around for me to take his picture.
I really like the new penguin exhibit at the aquarium. Carter was somewhat interested in it, but his favorite thing about it is this giant fake penguin. I think Carter would hang out with him all day if I let him!
We spent about an hour and a half at the aquarium. On the way home I decided to stop at the outlet stores in Sevierville since it should be cooling down soon and I haven't started shopping for Carter for fall clothes.
I was really glad I stopped! Old Navy had everything in the store an extra 40% off and Carter's had everything an extra 20% off. I got several things at both as well as a few shirts for $1.99 each at The Children's Place for next year.
It wasn't the most pleasant shopping trip though. I only had the BOB stroller which does not fit very well around clothes racks. We went to Carter's first and I let Carter play with the toys for a few minutes while I looked around in the area. Carter decided to poop then and I decided it was time to go. He was not a big fan of getting into the stroller, but I could not maneuver it back to the front of the store and coax him to stay with me. So he screamed while we checked out quickly and made our way back to the car.
After a quick diaper change, we headed over to Old Navy. Carter passed out in the stroller because he hadn't napped yet and it was after 1 pm. Rylan then decided he'd had enough so I had to hold and bounce him around the whole time I was looking for clothes for Carter (he still screamed a lot). I absolutely had to try the jeans I found on Carter so I had to put down a screaming Rylan and wake up Carter. No one was happy about that. We made it through though and once outside, everyone chilled out.
Since everyone was happy enough, we ran into The Children's Place real quick, found a few things in clearance, and then headed for the car. I ended up getting Rylan five 9-month sized onesies (since the 6-month sized ones are getting small) and Carter 7 long sleeve shirts, a pair of jeans, 3 sets of pajamas, 4 shirts for next summer, a pair of swim trunks for next summer, and his Halloween costume for just over $100.
Carter finally passed out when we got close to home. It took extra long to get home since two lanes of the interstate were blocked one exit before ours and we took back roads home. This is how Carter slept as Rylan screamed.
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