day 4~ Sea World

i knew emersyn would LOVE Sea World. she is obsessed with animals and fish! i was so, so, so excited to take her there. she enjoyed it just as much as i thought! we even got to feed and pet dolphins. i was in complete HEAVEN. i debated jumping in and trying to swim with them but gained composure so as to NOT get us permanently ejected from the park. i can't wait until i can do their discovery cove and swim with the dolphins. before we fed the dolphins, ej and i were hanging out at the dolpin cove with our hands in the water trying to get them to come by us. there was a ledge on the inside of the tank and a dolphin came up right in front of us and SAT ON the ledge. again, ej and i were in HEAVEN. ej was grabbing its dorsal fin and petting it like crazy. i was in such a euphoric state that i didn't even think about getting the camera out. it was SOOO great. feeding them was fantastic too. we also fed the stingrays and petted them for a very long time. ej didn't show any apprehension and jumped right in putting her hands in the tank.

after the dolphins and stingray we headed over for a Shamu show. ej was yelling "WHALE" and "Feesh" all day! she couldn't quite get the word 'dolphin' down.... she just called them whales. after the one came and sat on the ledge by us, emersyn thought if she called after them they would respond, like a dog. so she was yelling "whale, come here. sit. sit whale." it really didn't work too well.

petting the sting rays

then over to dolphin cove

this was SOOO FABULOUS.

ej loved watching them from below.
SHAMU SHOW



walking through the shark tank.... i did better then i thought. good thing there wasn't a hammerhead in there.



back to the stingrays.. they'd splash water all over!