Vacation Madness: Part 1 Sea World

For this year's vacation we hung out in Southern California visiting theme parks and hanging with the cousins. It was a long vacation and quite a bit to take on with two little one's but it was really fun and totally worth it.

The first stop was at Sea World. We went with Uncle Russell, Aunt Noelle and cousin Makena. Here we are watching a Sea Lion show.


This was by far Nolan's favorite part of the trip. Once he realized where we were he spent the whole time instructing us on who we needed to see: Stingrays, Nemo, Sharks, Whales. He was very adamate that he wasn't going to miss a thing.

Martin & Nolan visiting Shark Reef


Later in the afternoon my friend Terah met up with us with her hubby Tyler and boys Aiden (4) and Oliver (3 mo. just 10 days younger than Gabby). It was so awesome traveling with people who had little ones like us. We all had to stop to change diapers and feed babies at the same time. Our snail's pace would have driven anyone else bonkers but it was perfect for our groupl


Nolan got to go on the Elmo ride and spinning cups. There was a huge play area that he had a blast running around with his daddy. The next morning we asked Nolan how did he sleep and if he had any good dreams. He said yes, he dreamed about taking Riley Mae on the Elmo ride. Ahhh!

Terah is probably the only friend that is as kickback (read crazy) about doing stuff with kids as I am. After Sea World we went to dinner at 10 pm at IHOP with an overstimulated 4 yr old, 2 yr. old and two 3 month old babies. The kids had the Decorate-Your - Pancake Face meal for dinner because really, the best thing for a sleep deprived, adrenaline filled toddler at 10 pm is whipped cream! Ahhh, vacation...this is what it's all about.