Amelia Island~Day4

We had the dolphin sighting of the year this morning. It was about 9:30 when we got to the beach and they were following a shrimp boat sailing close to the shore. There were at least 6 of them that I could count. It reminded me of the first year we came to Amelia. I was 4 months pregnant with Emma Grace and my usual 5:30 "wake up call" hit me one morning. I took my cheerios out to the balcony and saw my first dolphins swimming near the shore. Sweet Memories!



The day went almost exactly like every other day, but with a few new exciting things to mention...

Just in case you didn't know...the beach is a great place to...

#1 TAKE A NAP


#2 CATCH A FISH




#3 TAKE A WALK


#4 THROW A FRISBEE




#5 MAKE A SPLASH



#6 TAKE A BATH


#7 FIND SOME "SHE-SHELLS"



#8 TALK WITH DAD

Amelia Island~Day 3

Today was quite eventful. It all started with a 30 minute car ride to the Jacksonville Zoo. In the midst of our travels, we were stopped by a drawbridge for some boating passer-by's and quite to my surprise, I looked out my window to find two mating lizards! In my scrambles to get the camera for such a shocking viewing, I missed all of the "action" so to speak and was left with only this picture to prove it!



The zoo was a hit! Well, minus a complaining husband or two. Emma was silent throughout the zoo just taking it all in. Hilarious! Her cousins had a blast also. They even fed the giraffes!





















As promised, we let them ride the zoo carousel. Emma decided she wasn't too fond of the moving animals once it started and wouldn't let go of my neck in her terror!




The trip to the zoo ended with a train ride to top it all off.




After a much needed nap that didn't last long enough, we took Emma to the beach just the three of us to build (and destroy)her first sandcastle.






The day ended with dinner at Barbara Jean's and a short photo shoot with the "pretties" aka: FLOWERS.