Florida

Liam on the boat to shell island

Dolphin

View from our room

Loving the sand

On the Boat

Liam in the ocean on the first day



Sunset



Father's Day we decided to take a trip to St. Petersburg, Florida! The twins, in my opinion, are still to young to enjoy a beach trip so they stayed back with Grand. I was really nervous leaving them behind but I knew that we needed a beach vacation and Liam really needed some one on one mom and dad time. Liam has been on a airplane before, granted he was only 7 months old and had no memory of it, so this flight was a new experience for him. He was so excited! He had the window seat and he just kept saying "MOM! Look at the little houses!" I was worried that when we got to Florida that the weather might be bad. I was constantly checking the week before and they had nothing but rain. We were in luck! The sun was shining and it was 84 degrees when we landed in Tampa. The excitement from the plane ride must have exhausted Liam because as soon the rental car started, he was passed out.

We stayed at the Tradewinds Hotel on St. Pete beach. It was awesome. We only had 2 and a half days  so we started as soon as we reached our room. First stop, the beach. As soon as Liam saw the ocean he started running. I mean this kid took off. He loved it! Kevin and I would take turns being his water taxi. He wasn't afraid of the water. He wanted to keep going further and further out. Next stop was the pool. Liam saw all these kids jumping in from the ledge and wanted to try. He was jumping like a wild man with no fear, until he jumped in and went completely under water. After that he was done with swimming for the rest of the day.

The next day we started with a nice breakfast at the hotel and a quick trip to CVS for some beach stuff.  Kevin was determined to take a boat ride. There was a boat leaving at 1pm for shell island. We decided to go. It was awesome. We rented some snorkel gear and took turns looking for sand dollars. We found a ton. Unfortunately they are super fragile and only 4 survived the plane ride home. Liam had so much fun searching for shells and looking for dolphins.

This trip went by super fast. I would like to go back as soon as possible. Next time I'm taking the twins and just renting a house.