Happy Birthday Bella!

On March 1st, Bella turned 3. She woke up and had a few presents on the table. Her sweet sissy, Miranda was more excited for Bella to open the gifts, than even Bella was. Miranda loves presents...don't we all? :)

One of Bella's favorite things right now is Playdoh. Miranda has always loved it, so now she has a little creative friend to play with. They both are so cute when they play together. No matter what they are doing, you can tell how much they absolutely love each other. Just the other day, Miranda told me that she doesn't even remember life without Bella and that she is SOOO glad that she is not an only child. She really loves her sister.

After breakfast, and presents of course, we took our little family to SeaWorld for opening day. I mentioned to the lady at the turnstiles that is was Bella's third birthday, so I had to buy her a season pass, and the lady asked me to wait there for just a moment while she went to the offices. She came back with a pin that reads "It's my birthday" and has Shamu on it with a birthday hat. She also gave Bella a little pack of souvenir cards just for Bella. She was so excited.
We were happy to learn that Bella is now tall enough to ride the little Shamu roller coaster. (At least it looked like she was when she stood at the marker for height, and she tip-toed to make sure she was tall enough....NO LIE...she did that all on her own...we were laughing so hard. She is a little stinker!)

We ran into my mom while we were there. She was with Molly and her daddy, Harry. So, we spent the majority of our time hanging with them. Here is Rick with my mom and Bella at the dolphin area.

Here is Miranda trying so hard to get the dolphins to come to her so she can pet them...no such luck...EVER! Poor thing.

Bella had a couple dolphins swim by pretty fast and they splashed her pretty good. But, no petting for her either. Oh well, there is always next time, right?

Here is most of the gang (minus my mom and Harry). I am holding Molly. Notice the love on Bella's face. She absolutely LOVES the characters. She will run up and hug any costumed character, anywhere.

Then, she found Penny Penguin. I had to literally pull her away from her so that other people could take pictures and say hello. She would have brought one home if I would have let her.

Do you think she could squeeze any harder?
We had such a good time. I am looking forward to this summer....I love SeaWorld!

HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY BELLA....WE LOVE YOU SWEET GIRL!