The second part of our Family Vacation to San Diego! Check out Part 1 of Knights on Vacation – San Diego if you missed it!

SeaWorld San Diego

What Animal vacation would be complete without a trip to SeaWorld!  K was THRILLED to see the whales, dolphins, and sea lions!

Feeding the Sea Lions was a favorite of the whole family!  K loves Sea Lions, but didn’t pay attention when he was told to watch out for the birds!  They are quick little guys!

We dined with Shamu and had a lot of fun on the two water rides!

The highlight for me was the Dolphins!  I had planned on taking a picture of the boys in front of the glass, but I could never have planned on what happened when I put Baby D down in front of the glass!  Suddenly all the dolphins who were no where near them at first, swam right up to the glass and baby D!  Everyone around us was oooing and awwwing!  Seriously, it was WAY cool!

I think this Dolphin knew I was taking pictures because he even smiled for the camera!  We had so much fun here we came back for a second day!  The Madagascar Live picture was also a huge hit with the whole family!  While K danced, Baby D fell asleep!

The USS Midway and Coronado Island

Our last little bit of the trip was something I wish would could have split into two days!  We spend one day exploring the USS Midway and then hopped a ferry to Coronado Island!  They were both amazing but trying to do them both in a day was a little much for the boys.  Instead of enjoying dinner on the Island after playing on the beach we ended up catching an early ferry back to the mainland due some super tired boys!  It was still such a fun day!  Planes on a boat! I think my little boy’s mind was completely blown when he saw that in person!

I joked with my husband that if K wants to go into the Navy he will only have himself to blame!  (He and his father were both Air Force)

After a warm day on the Midway the boys loved playing in the sand.  Baby D had never been on a beach before, so it was a “first” for him.

K played and dug for a long time, while Baby D opted for a power nap.

Now If you know me, you know that this was only a small sampling of the pictures I took that week!  I can’t wait to go back to San Diego one day again!  Such a beautiful city!  Our first vacation as a family of four was a blast!! I look forward to many more vacations and memory making trips with my boys!

Shortly after my husband returned home, we took our first family vacation as a family of four!

My husband thought he would beat the traffic rush on the weekends and booked a Monday-Monday trip to San Diego!  Unfortunately, he forgot about Labor Day so what should have been a 5 hour drive turned into a 10 hour drive! (The boys did great – my husband however was pretty grumpy by the time we arrived; Understandably so!)

The boys we both quickly sleeping shortly after dinner!

Baby D doesn’t usually sleep in the Woombie anymore, but it was a great thing to have on vacation as it helps him settle and feel comfortable!

I love how sweet the boys were together the whole trip!  They certainly love each other a ton!

San Diego Zoo

This vacation had a theme!  Animals! Lots of Animals!  To start off the vacation we headed to the San Diego Zoo!  We actually split our zoo trip over two days! If you haven’t been to the San Diego Zoo, you must go!  Such an amazing facility!  We had a blast exploring, walking, and even taking a double decker bus tour!

We had to get a family picture on the Lion!  I’m glad we did this first thing too!  San Diego had a heat spell while we were there and it got very hot very quickly!

K’s favorite and must see animal of this trip was the Giraffes!  He was even more excited to see that they had a new baby giraffe at the zoo.  He picked his very own Giraffe stuffed animal to bring home and “Penelope” has been a night-time favorite ever since.

I thought this sign was fitting seeing as many days I do feel like a fly trapped in my children’s webs!

Sweet Baby D certainly learned to make himself comfortable right away!  Lots of naps in the Joovy Ultralight Caboose!  Both my husband and I wore him in his carriers plenty too, but it was SO hot!

This picture makes me laugh!  The Gorilla’s foot was actually curled up when he posed by it, but suddenly slammed flat against the glass!  K jumped right out of his skin!!

K loved seeing all the animals, but he also really enjoyed all the kid touches the zoo had set up! I of course couldn’t resist all the picture taking opportunities!

The Safari Park

The Safari Park was expansive and breath-taking! You almost forget you are in the middle of San Diego!  So many nearly extinct animals in one place.  They are working on building a back up population for the animals in the wild.

There is a 6 month old baby Rhino laying next to it’s mama!

We got to see lots of babies!  Rhino babies, giraffe babies, and more!

I think one of the coolest things for K was watching the Cheetah run!  I have NO clue how I caught this picture – from start to finish she was only running for about 4 seconds!

After a long day in the heat we all were a little batty!  I couldn’t resist making the boys pose for this one! As you can see they were thrilled! Ha!

Stay Tuned for Part 2! SeaWorld, USS Midway, and Coronado!