this video makes me want to go to an aquarium! luckily, we're not far at all from the monterey bay aquarium. they have a special exhibit on seahorses going on, so we'll have to make the trek down there some weekend to check it out. (i guess if i was smart i would have tried to do it on a weekday during my maternity leave...)

Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world - (song is Please don't go by Barcelona) from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo.

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my mom arrived last night. she's going to hang out with rex during the day once i go back to work. he's such an awesomely fun little guy that i know they'll have tons of fun, and i feel good knowing that he'll be in good hands with someone that loves him almost as much as i do.
tonight we went out for dinner at one of our favorite places, sam's chowder house, which is on the way to half moon bay. there were apparently a ton of fish in the little cove between the restaurant and the princeton marina, since there were huge swarms of pelicans dive bombing into the water to fish. it was fascinating to watch! we also saw some sea lions (or seals, i'm not sure which) frolicking about in the water. fun!