Last weekend was uber busy with moving Brynnlee into a new, bigger room (she has a STUFF problem like her mommy - TOO MUCH STUFF!) so we didn't do much fun stuff! Eric found out he would have a four day weekend starting yesterday and planned a little surprise for his girls! We packed up Brynnlee's necessities yesterday morning and hopped in the car headed SOUTH. I kept trying to guess WHERE we were going.... Mexico? NO....the Zoo? NO.... Old Town? NO....the mall? :) NO!!!!.....then we drove by the sign for the exit for Sea World and headed off to the right lane... SEA WORLD? YES!!!! :) I was so excited and sweet Brynnlee... she is just high on life, so she was excited too! We parked, unloaded the stroller and headed in. Brynnlee was immediately pleased b/c there were so many children. If she sat up any further in her stroller she might have fallen out! We were able to get free admission b/c they let active duty military in once a year for free, so that was a great thing. Immediately we headed for the Clydesdales b/c I really wanted to show Brynnlee the BIG horses. They have always been a favorite of Nana's and have also become a favorite of mine. Brynnlee was more impressed with the children around her and hardly noticed the horses. Funny baby! We HAD to take her to see the Manatees b/c her favorite song is BARBARA MANATEE. Now, you might be asking yourself, "what song?".... so I thought this link to the actual song set to a video someone took of the manatees at Sea World might help you to understand! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7RiFXic-_M&feature=related) I did not make this video but when 'googling' the song to find a link where you could simply HEAR it I found this - even better! The internet is an amazing thing - you can hear the song and SEE the manatees we saw! How wonderful!
Anyway, she loved them! We sang the song while she watched them swimming and it was quite a neat experience!
After the manatees we headed over to see sea lions and then Shamu. The Shamu show was pretty amazing. Brynnlee seemed to become so concerned with WHERE the whales were coming from that she missed most of the 'tricks' --- she kept staring at the opening they swam through to get into the show tank. The few times she watched Shamu jump she would get distracted by a bird passing over or children yelling and clapping and she would look away. It made us laugh pretty hard that here is a 10,000 lb whale jumping clear out of the water and our baby was more interested in birds and kids.... which we have in our own neighborhood! :) It was emotionally overwhelming every time I thought about being there over twenty years ago with my own parents and Charlie and how I never would have thought I'd be there someday with my own little girl. Let's just say... I cried when I was 7 and I cried harder when I was 29. When I was 7 I remember my parents asking me WHY I was crying... was I afraid or sad? I am pretty sure it is just the overwhelmingness (is that a word) of the entire experience. Luckily, Brynnlee did not cry - but I will tell you she got pretty good at clapping when everyone else did and when the music would climax she would throw her hands up in the air. LOVE IT! :)
Overall, the day was great. Brynnlee pooped out and Eric carried her to the car while I pushed the stroller. It felt like such a perfect family experience. It was a GOOD DAY. I am happy. :)
Included are some pictures of the day. You can see Brynnlee checking out the manatees, a walrus, some fish ("fissss" per B) and then pooped out in Daddy's arms.
Now we head out to HMLA/T-303 Family Day! Love to everyone. xoxo, Jennie
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