Sea World - California Part 5

You will notice that there a very few pictures of Kaitlyn during our "what sounded like a good idea at the time" outing..We bravely ventured to Sea World naively thinking that she would enjoy the whales, dolphins, and other animals we would come across. This was by far..the worst move we made. She threw a tantrum straight through our entire visit (which wasn't cheap at $60 per ticket - but hey - kids under 2 are free..I see why!!) and just wouldn't calm down and could not be distracted. We decided that we had to capture animal shots to prove that we were there but it was a very difficult couple of hours..you can bet we won't be going back until Kaitlyn is pretty much driving...

No!! I don't want any chicken fingers - take it away!!!!

We managed to send Daddy into the Sea Lion show..here we are waiting anxiously for his return........

Few - she's out!!! But not for long.....

California Part 4

Yes..there is a part 4 and there will be separate posts for SeaWorld (bad idea with a 1 year old) and a nice montage of the various California trees that we saw! But for now..the following are random pictures mostly from the evenings around the hotel and Kaitlyn's first taste of the Ocean.

Sweet Starbucks loungin'!!!! Love the chair!

Random statues around property often tricked you as you walked by into thinking that they were real people! 

My first steps into the Pacific Ocean - I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!

Peekaboo!!!!!!!!!!!!




We visited Balboa Park but only briefly cause we ran out of goldfish...

Want to keep her busy at dinner? Give her a lamb chop!!!

I did a lot of sitting on couches and chairs like a big girl. Walking around saying "uuup! uuup! uuuppy! uppy!" helps with that..

A final sunset..

Noooo! I don't want to leave California!!!

California Part 3 - The Pool!

Kaitlyn absolutely loved the pool!! Each day we would claim our own cabana and she would spend her time whining until we got her in the pool (okay okay - half her time was spent eating..but remember...fruit only!)

The kiddie pool - only 1 foot deep = PERFECT!!

They had a little "water park" where she would step on a pipe and water would burst out - lots of laughs!!

We got 1 good nap at the pool - Jim and I definitely enjoyed this hour and proceeded to get sunburned and finish 2 (okay 3) cocktails by the pool...

How cute is this kiddie cafe???? With the little sun umbrellas?