Sea World Vacation 2009

For our 3 day weekend we decided to go to San Antonio for the 2nd year in a row. Instead of spending it on the riverwalk downtown, we spent the weekend at Sea World. We bought year round passes so we spent both Saturday and Sunday there. Our hotel was awesome, we were just down the road from Sea World and Caleb did a great job (until the morning of Day 2 which I'll write about down the blog. We took a lot of pics and videos and I posted as many as I could before y'all got really bored! We had a lot of fun...we'll definitely go back hopefully a few more times before the year is up! Enjoy!

Day 1:

We actually took this pic on the way out today, but I thought it would be a nice opener to our vaca!


Our first stop was dolphin cove...we didn't feed the dolphins today, just looked at them!


We loved the shows at Sea World...the sea lion show was my favorite! Caleb liked looking at the animals and was very entertained!


Just a little preview of the show...


This walrus was HUGE!! They actually got him to do sit ups...it was hilarious!


This was afterward down with the sea lions...this one looked like he was sitting on his bottom...


Our favorite animals to watch...the sea otters! They were so CUTE! We probably spent the most time looking at these little fellas...


Look at that face!


A glimpse of the gator pond...


PENGUINS!




Caleb finally went to sleep right before we left for the first day...we went to the dolphin/beluga whale show and had to get him out of his stroller! He was still sleepy as you can see!






This is where we went to dinner...don't be deceived by the sign...it was DELICIOUS!! Afterwards we went swimming in the hotel pool that was FREEZING! They don't heat the pools here in Texas...we didn't get any pictures, and only stayed for about 30 minutes. Caleb hadn't taken any naps and was tired, so he was ready for bed.

Day 2:

Getting ready to go...watching a little Elmo...afterwards we went to McDonalds and Caleb had the BIGGEST meltdown! He slept really well that night, but since he didn't have his normal naps, was still tired. We ended up taking our food out to the car and eating there. It's really nice having everyone staring at you while your kid is throwing a fit (which was started because I didn't give him the salt and pepper shakers) Good times!


We decided to feed the dolphins today and it was so much fun! We got them close enough to be able to pet them! As you can hear in the video, Caleb thought we were going to throw him in the pool with the dolphins!


We went back to look at the sea lions and otters...we just couldn't get enough!


They had the funnest little area for the little kiddos to go and play...this is one of the places where Caleb got to RUN!




He had a good time playing here and it wore him out!


A little bit of Shamu...




We had this done after the show...it's Caleb's handprint turned into a giraffe...obviously! Isn't it the cutest!?! It's going to go in his new jungle room!


Again...Sea World wore him out!





Adam with his Shamu souvenir cup...he was so excited to get this!


This is where we like to stop on our way into San Antonio and on our way out!! It's the coolest place EVER!! From Katy to San Antonio there are a ton of billboards advertising, so you have to check it out! It's probably busier than Sea World!


Caleb got an awesome Buc-ees T-Shirt this time around...we have to get a souvenir from here every time we travel to San Antonio!


Caleb relaxing at home ready to go to bed! What a trip!