Adventures in Maryland

Last week, we went to visit Ben's brother and family in Maryland. Ally got to play with her cousin Simon who is also 2 years old, as well as Javi, the big black lab.  I think she had a lot of fun with both of them. Here are a couple pics of Ally and Simon at Adventure Playground, where they kind of look like they could be hosting a talk show.

We also took a trip to the Baltimore Aquarium.  I had heard a lot of good things about it, and Ben had gone when he was younger and growing up around the area.  Despite the crowds of people, we got to see some cool sea life.  Ally's favorites were the blue crab, the sharks, and the sea turtle. 

We did have one unanticipated adventure:  a trip to the ER.  Ally took a pretty serious tumble down a flight of stairs and got a large gash on her head and an abrasion on her back.  But a couple hours, 11 stitches, and 2 popsicles later, she seemed to be back to her old self.  Now she talks about how she fell down the stairs,  got booboos on her head and back, that she cried when she got the stitches, and that she has to be careful on Simon's stairs.