Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Dolphin Girl

We moved to Orlando the week Torrey turned two. The first thing we did when we moved there? Got season passes to Sea World (hey! we knew our priorities!) Torrey immediately fell in love with the dolphins and would proclaim to anyone who would listen that she would one day be a "dophin dirl." Her dream came true today ...Ready to go ... it was chilly out (again, Northern peeps we are from Texas!), but that and the cold water could not dampen her spirits. She was the first one in the water and the first one to get to pet the dolphins.
Torrey started out slowly ... she called the dolphin to her and Sandy gave Torrey a kiss. Unfortunately, the photographer was on the other side of the pool and Torrey had to face him ... I guess unfortunately for us because we had to buy the picture! I will scan it when we get home and post it on a future blog.
Then Torrey put her arms up and Sandy gave Torrey a hug. Somewhere after this, they all had to get out of the pool because one of the dolphins needed a time out. Time out ... a universal discipline!
Torrey also got to pet the dolphin ... Torrey said she felt cold and smooth.
They also had Torrey swim out into the deep water and she got to splash the dolphin ... she should have known the dolphin would splash her back! HA!
Here she is ready to climb on board. Torrey stood there with her arm up and the dolphin slid right up to her and Torrey hung on to her fin and off they went ...

And, there she is ... our "Dolphin Girl"! She has said about 100 times how much fun today was for her ... guess what little girl? It was fun for your daddy and me too!

And, it wasn't lost on us that she got to swim with the dolphins on Grammy's birthday. Grammy so loved watching Torrey at the dolphin shows at SeaWorld and if she had been with us today would have been out there in the water with her! Happy Birthday Mom ... we miss you so much and can't wait to see you next month!

2 comments:

Al & Judy Melton said...

OH how we miss those sea world days and "he splash allllll the people!" the pictures of the dolphin swim are awesome, can't wait to see the rest! love ya, mom & dad

Al & Judy Melton said...

Grammy is g;ad "Dolphin Dirl" got to swim with the dolphins on her birthday. That was a gift for me. Loved the pictures! Mom