Happy Independence Day! First Day At Sea World

Since Kristin has been suffering from a mouth infection of some kind we didnt think it was a good idea to expose her to her cousins and possibly spread what she has, so again, just like every 4th of July since Kristin has been born we have missed spending the day with our families. This year we decided that maybe we should do something by ourselves and try to make the most of the day together. And we sure did! We decided to go to Sea World! Justin's friend, Burton, came with us and we got to meet a couple of his friends who also came down from frisco for the weekend and were also at Sea World that day. We went to the dolphin show first and Im so glad we did. Kristin usually doesnt give a reaction when she is around something new. She usually watches quietly, really straight faced and just wanting to observe. So we thought it would be the same. For the beginning of the show, when the guy comes out and starts playing the guitar, singing and getting the crowd involved she was doing that but once he told us to do the wave and we put her arms up for the wave and he did one song where the crowd has to shout out words to the song; after that she was stoked. She was clapping, waving her arms and yelling. Even when the music stopped! It was adorable to watch. She loved the dolphins and we were close enough for her to see them pretty close. We also checked out the Shark Encounter, Manintees, Forbidden Reef (petty sting rays), the Sea Lion & Otter Show, and the last event of the night was the Shamu Show. She was so tired so she wasnt that interested but she watched the whole thing. The day was so fun and the fireworks show was also amazing. She got scared at first because the first few fireworks were huge which also means a huge 'boom' but I put her in my lap and plugged her ears for her. The rest of the time she was fine watching the fire works. The day was awesome and we had such a good time. We have 2 more times we can go before the end of this year so there is definitely a lot more we want to see and do! Here are some photos from the day! I forgot it uploads backwards so all the photos are in reverse order.