A Sea of Fun...

I love beach pics!

Is exactly what we had when we were in Orlando, and the adventures even continued when we got home! Along with all of our other big adventures on vacation, we went to both SeaWorld and the beach!:) They were both SO much fun! Hayden absolutely loved watching all of the shows at SeaWorld. He would clap and clap after the performances... so cute! He also got really into all the "pish!" Between going there and the beach I think all we have heard for the next month is "pish, pish!" He just loved them! Although "pish" were at the beach, that was not his favorite thing about that outing. There he just loved playing with and eating the sand! We definitely looked for the fish and talked about them, but since you had to actually get in the water to see them he wasn't as interested as he was at SeaWorld. He had more fun playing with the sand and just talking about the "pish!"

I just think this is so sweet...

It was so cute to watch him watch the waves... he was trying so hard
to figure them out. As soon as one would get close to his feet he
would turn and run. And scream, and smile, and jump, and
throw his hands in the air, and clap... he just couldn't
get enough! I don't know if you can tell very well in
this pic, but he would tense up(shrug his
shoulders and all!) in anticipation of
the next wave. So funny!

Amazed!

My sweetest boys...

Doing what Hayden loved most... playing in the sand. I wish you could
have seen the two of us when it was all over. We were COVERED
from head to little baby pinky toe in sand!

I'm not sure what was going on here, but it sure cracks me up!

Daddy had lots of fun doing this...

And Hayden and I had a good time watching him!

We also had fun making our feet pic! Thanks for your help Auntie Tiz!:)

Getting ready to take his fish into the water! Let me note here that he was not
the biggest fan of the ocean water. We did get in it and play and there were
times he thought it was great, but then a wave would knock him over
and ruin that. Maybe next year when he's a little bigger and doesn't
get knocked down so easily he'll like the water a little more!

Getting ready to dunk those fishies!!!

I think this was one of those times he was enjoying eating the sand!

Poor guy needed his sunglasses...

I told you he enjoyed eating the sand more than anything else.
I mean he wouldn't even take the shovel away from his mouth
long enough to smile for the camera with me!:)

Now, on to SeaWorld...

Considering how we did at Disney with the characters,
I was super surprised we got this pic!

This dolphin show, Blue Horizons, was definitely our favorite show of the day.
It was awesome. The dolphins got soooo high when they did their jumps.
Daddy got some great pics of them in action...

And Hayden even got to see one of them up close!
He was so excited.... "pish", "pish", "pish"!!!!!

And these guys put on a show, "Believe" for us... just
not quite as entertaining as the dolphins!

We just had to pose by one!

There is no denying how cool this was... these
fish could do what the humans could!:)

Checking out the manatees...

And then smiling for Momma!

Daddy got to ride the new Manta roller coaster... lucky duck!
He is the one with his hands up on the outside. Cool huh?!?

We even got to see Elmo at SeaWorld...

And Hayden couldn't believe his eyes!

I don't really know if this was taken during Elmo and Abby's Treasure Hunt
or Pets Ahoy, but either way you can tell he loved it!
Clapped after every single act!:)

One of my favorite pics of the day. Hayden and Daddy
really enjoyed seeing the penguins habitat, and so
did Momma. It was nice and cool!:)

We also celebrated Auntie Tiz's birthday while we were in Orlando and that was oh so fun as well! To go right along with our "sea" theme we went to the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company for dinner and had a great time. Auntie Tiz even got brave and did a little birthday dance up on a chair as we all sang for her. It was awesome!:)

Go Auntie Tiz, go Auntie Tiz... it's your birthday, it's your birthday!:)

Thanks to a sweet man outside the restaurant, we got this cute pic!

Since we've been home we have continued with the "pish" theme by taking Hayden to the Georgia Aquarium. We knew this would be fun for him since he is in the fish stage, and sure enough he loved it. He even loved it last summer when we took him for the very first time, but this year he was even more into it! He loved getting right up to the tank and even attempted to touch a fish. The touching part didn't actually happen because he got a little fish shy, but at least he thought about it! I am sure we will be taking many more trips to the aquarium... so FUN! It won't be too much longer until we can go see us some dolphins at the aquarium!:) Can't wait!

This was literally the VERY first thing we saw when we walked in the aquarium.
Silly me thought since we had such great luck with our character picture
at SeaWorld, we should have our picture with the nice whale shark
character at the Georgia Aquarium as well. As you can see,
it didn't turn out quite as well! Hayden was so upset
with the worker who allowed us to take
him up to see Mr. Whale Shark!!!

After Mr. Whale Shark we went to see these cute little guys be fed.
They were so cute chasing after their jello. Yes, you read
that right, they were feeding these otters jello.
Who knew jello was an otter food?!?

This is how Hayden watched the whole otter feeding... he loved it!:)

Next, we made it over to these fish-eating anemone...

Where we were actually able to touch them!

Hayden thought really hard about touching them,
but in the long run opted just to wave!!!:)
Better safe than sorry!

One thing is for sure, he was not the least bit nervous about getting
as close to the tanks as possible!

Even when it meant seeing this scary guy!!!

I think he would have sat and watched as long as we would have let him...

But, it was a little on the crowded side the day we went. OK, I take that back...
A LOT on the crowded side the day we went. I really couldn't believe it.
We have been to the aquarium our fair share of times and not once
has it been as crazy as it was on that Friday. It was so crazy
I made Matt take this picture for us to prove just
how many people wanted to see the fish!:)

Hayden did get a chance to get up close and personal with this "pish!"

And this giant grouper... doesn't he look so sad?!?

I don't know how, but at some point Daddy managed to get this pic...

And one of those sweet millions of people that were at the
aquarium that day managed to get this one!

These were some of the different kinds of scary sharks we saw that day... yikes!

Fun times!

All of our fish experiences this summer have been a blast. Hayden loves "pish" at the moment, so all of our "sea" adventures have been very appropriate. I'm sure Hayden can't wait for his next adventure, and we definitely can't wait to experience it with him!:)