Vacation Recap In Longboat Key

We recently visited Longboat Key for a few days. We have been wanting to get away for a long time, but with everything happening lately, it's been hard. Dannie and I last went to Longboat Key for our two year anniversary. We used to go to Siesta Key for our getaways, but all of the hotels were booked so we thought we would venture to LBK. The place we stay at is very quiet and there really isn't a lot of people on the beach. Which we LOVE! It's like paradise for us! This is where we stay when we go.

This was Olivia's first time going to the beach. We were hesitant about taking her at first with her medication and sun exposure, but her doctor okayed it. We purchased a sunshelter from Amazon so that we could keep her under the tent when we weren't in the water. It was super easy to set-up and put away. However, we only used it once. Olivia filled it with sand and it was much easier to use the beach chairs and umbrella.

Olivia had such a good time in the water and playing in the sand. We were really surprised she liked the water so much. The pool float we brought for her she ended up lounging in the whole time in the water. There aren't a lot of waves there, so it made it easy.

We always visit St. Armand's Circle when we go to the Sarasota area. This time it was for The Columbia Restaurant and the second time we went to The Daiquiri Deck. There are LOTS of shops and other restaurants to choose from as well. The night we went to The Columbia we got caught in a storm on the way back to the truck. I tried to keep Livi as dry as possible under the umbrella, but that didn't happen. She kept saying "Uh oh" the whole time.

On Sunday Marcella + Will joined us for the day. We spent the whole day at the beach, minus Olivia's nap time. She actually did pretty well with getting a morning nap in everyday. She missed her afternoon nap a few times. I was worried about her not napping at all there and being grumpy all the time. Any nap actually helped out with that. We are currently weaning her steroids and she has about 4 teeth coming in right now. She hasn't been in the best of moods lately, but she did good!

Sunday evening after dinner I didn't want to go back to the room yet so we ventured over to Anna Maria Island. We haven't ever gone there so I wasn't sure what to expect. It was a good 30 minute from our Hotel. The plan was to look for the City Pier. Well, we didn't know that it wasn't off the beach. So, by the time we found it the sun was setting and it had started to rain a little. We were able to get some good pictures on the pier. It was actually really pretty out there. Olivia had a full diaper and ended up peeing through it onto my shirt so that cut our trip short. We really enjoyed our time away and are missing it already! Until next time...

Beach day #1.

Big smiles!

On our way to dinner at The Columbia.