Anna Maria Island, Florida: Part 3

Tatum made a new friend at the park one night. His name was Aiden and he was ADORABLE. He was in town with his family from Ohio.

Almost all my relatives live in Ohio. What a small world.

Excuse the fat pasty man in the background. She was just adorable carrying HEAVY buckets of water to us.

We made the birds VERY happy and Tatum had a blast chasing them screaming the whole time. Well, I think she was "chirping" like a bird, but it sure sounded like screaming to me. I'm surprised she didn't scare them all away.

These pretty flowers were growing all over the dunes.

I spent our last afternoon on the beach by myself while Tatum napped. Talk about relaxing. I think that's my new "happy place" when I need to mentally get away.

Zach and I loved watching the pelicans. They caught a fish (or many fish, I dunno) EVERY TIME we saw them dive into the water. Amazing. This was the best picture I could get of one.

I also love the sand pipers. They are so freaking funny when they run on those little stick legs.

On a ride on Longboat Key we saw these funny fellas as well as a whole bunch of peacocks. Below is a picture of an albino peacock... maybe? We knew they were peacocks, but I didn't know they came in white too. We saw lots of little baby ones with their mommas. So cute...

On our last night in town we ate at a yummy Italian restaurant called Oma's and then headed out to the beach for sunset. Tatum was WILD! It was the funniest thing ever. The whole scene was like something out of a movie. She was squealing, laughing, and running like a crazy woman.

It was THE PERFECT way to end the trip.

Another perfect baby on the flight home.

I think this picture sums up how we all felt when we got home.